Happy Mother’s Day

White daisies (my personal favorite) for you, my sweet bloggy friends to celebrate this wonderful day!! Happy Mother’s Day to all who have the privilege of being a mom whether through adoption or birth or marriage. Happy Mother’s Day to all birth moms who have courageously chosen to adopt their precious little one out to…

True Confessions

A few minutes ago Dw and I were sitting on the couch….we were having a cup of coffee and a snack with the four little ones. We are exhausted. We have been working on inventory. Which means, we type over 190 pages of “stuff” onto a spread sheet on the computer. Each line has to…

An Average Monday

Emma and Liberty have been sick since Friday. After Go*gling Strep Throat I’m guessing they have it. Then yesterday a weird rash appeared on both of them. I looked Strep plus the rash up on Go*gle (what exactly would we do without Google?) and it looks exactly like Scarlett Fever. Emma’s throat is horrible. At…

Thankful Thursday – Abi and Ryan are here!

This Thankful Thursday I am thankful for wonderfully memorable times with Abi and Ryan home……. Laughing, playing, laughing some more, eating, baking, cooking, laughing, honest talks, presents, Abi’s birthday celebration, going out to eat at Carvers, Serious Texas, Oscars, walks, laughing some more, games of pool, and lots of snuggling…..how we treasure these times… Don’t…

Elizabeth’s Two Questions

About two hours after Abigail and Ryan arrived we were sitting around eating dinner. In the midst of the excitement and chaos Elizabeth leaned over to Emma and whispered just loud enough for all of us to hear, “Is Abi from Africa?” Emma laughed and said, “No.” I grabbed my camera to catch the second…

Abigail and Ryan Meet the Little Ones

Abigail and Ryan were able to get their flights a day early (just one more perk that Autumn works for the airlines)…and so they arrived yesterday afternoon. Yippee Jesus! Waiting….Isaiah runs to Abi’s arms…..Hmmmmm….not sure how you got from the camera on mommy’s computer to this real live person stuff… A candid shot of Isaiah…

Tired Much?

The other day I was standing at the kitchen counter working on an email for our Tyler. Elizabeth came over and was snuggled against my feet. She is a snuggler so I really didn’t think much about it. In a few minutes I looked down to see exactly what she was doing….and found…. yes, sucking…