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W: Clara Sylvie Jacobs (38) (policewoman; wavy brown hair, brown eyes)
H: Simon Lewis Foster (39) (teacher; wavy blond hair, grey eyes)

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D: Lily Michal Jacobs Foster (12) (wavy blonde hair, green eyes) (12)
S/S: David Samir Jacobs Foster (wavy blond hair, hazel eyes) / Nicholas Abram Jacobs Foster (wavy blond hair, hazel eyes) (8)
D: Charlotte Iris Jacobs Foster (curly brown hair, blue eyes) (3)
D: Alexandra Nuo Ling Jacobs Foster (straight black hair, brown eyes) (8 months)

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Clara Jacobs & Simon Foster; Lily, David, Nicholas, Charlotte, and Alexandra Foster

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In 2012 Clara is 26 and Simon is 27.

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2012: We welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lily Michal!
2013: Clara's brother Matthias Henry married his wife Leah Jessamine.
2014: We took two-year-old Lily to visit Matthias and Leah in Vermont.
2015: The family traveled to Canada.
2016: Lily is a big sister! Identical twins David Samir and Nicholas Abram were born.
2017: Clara decided to take a painting class and really enjoyed it.
2018: Sofiya, an exchange student from Russia, came to live with us for a year.
2019: Lily started taking karate lessons.
2020: Simon's sister Rosemary Jane married her wife Isabel Audrey.
2021: Our second daughter, Charlotte Iris, was born.
2022: Jasper's cousin Gabriel Noah married his wife Natalia Katherine.
2023: We adopted a cat and named him Kiran.
2024: We adopted a daughter from China! Alexandra Nuo Ling was 8 months old when she came home.