Ellie

Ellie made a short video of photos from age 1-17, here.

Music

For older material, see below. Here I will put links to videos of some of Ellie's recent music performances.

• Mr. PC. Recorded Jan 2020 with Ian Gleissner (bass) and Grant Wheeler (sax) from the Wellington Blue Notes. (105 MB)
• Tenor Madness. Recorded Jan 2020 with Ian Gleissner (bass) and Grant Wheeler (sax) from the Wellington Blue Notes. (133 MB)
• Walk Tall. Wellington Blue Notes, school concert, Feb 2020. (319 MB)
• Caravan. Ian Gleissner's "Little Big Band", school concert, Feb 2020. (281 MB)
• Ellie's drum solo from Caravan. (95 MB)
• Pot-Pourri recorded 12/2020 (264 MB)

Childhood photos and recollections

Ellie was born May 19, 2002 in Hubei Province, China. She spent her first 11 months in the excellent care of the Tuangfeng Social Welfare Institute. Lisa and I adopted her on April 15, 2003, changing her name from Li Rui Yang to Elena Rui Florman Weinberg.

Adopting from China was a wonderful experience, and I highly recommend our adoption agency, Families Through International Adoption to anyone considering a similar course.

For the seriously doting relatives (and our own future reference), I have put photos of some of Ellie's drawings, paintings, and other art works on a gallery page.

I have written occasional "Ellie updates" recording our life with Ellie over the last seven years. Click on thumbnails to get larger photos.

• Update 13, January 2010.
  

  

• Update 12, Spring 2008.
  

  

• Update 11, Aug-Dec 2007.
  

  

• Update 10, July 2007.
  

  

• Update 9, December, 2006.
  

  

• Update 8, August, 2006.
  
• Update 7, May, 2006.
  

  

• Update 6, December, 2004.
  

  

• Update 5, August, 2004.
• Update 4, May, 2004.
• Update 3, March, 2004.
• Update 2, September, 2003.
• Update 1, July, 2003.

Photos of Ellie and family from our China trip.

Photos of our China travel group.