Lovin’ These Days

 At one point we saw Elizabeth crouched and kind of running between the island and the kitchen table.  We ran to see what she was doing and she was dragging Finn by his legs around the kitchen floor. Finn was enjoying every minute of it!!  I tried to grab my camera and catch it, but…

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, this little almost 8 year old treasure  became part of our forever family…. A whopping 32 lbs…waiting almost 8 years for a family… and then finally{!} it was her turn… What a difference  a year makes!! One year ago on this very day…. Look at the change!! What a difference knowing…

Our Family Christmas Tree Hunt….

With our $8.00 “cut a tree down” permit from the National Forest in hand….. The Hunt Begins… not so far from our home…  Weaving through the fresh powder…  Climbing Little Hills ….in the National Forest…. Four Little Treasures who could still be sitting in orphanages around the world… wondering what the word “family” even means…..not…

Late Night Fun

 After seeing the picture I posted yesterday of Jonathan and I, Sarah asked me just how tall Jonathan is? I was enjoying how tall he was so much that I called him from watching football to get the bowls down from above the stove…. Seriously, who needs a footstool when Jonathan is around, right? Jonathan…

Celebrating {my birthday redo!}

Since my birthday was Tuesday and I spent most of the day at the hospital, my family thought it would be sweet to bless me with a second birthday celebration…so all day they pampered me…it was bliss.  Complete and utter bliss.   My treasures surround me… Breakfast in bed…compliments of Emmy… {Sweet daughter of mine…whatever…

Sunday

We are off to church and in the midst of the first service Emma, Autumn and I are leaving for Phoenix.  Autumn has a long-awaited appointment with a neurosurgeon tomorrow morning.   He has reviewed her {large} file and will be talking about surgery to remove the tumor deep in her brain.  In the meantime…

My Countertop Test

I kind of feel that I should do a disclaimer to this post.   Life takes us all on different roads, around curves we didn’t anticipate and through swamps we couldn’t have guessed.  Sometimes we sense the Lord telling us something that just might not make sense to others.  This is one of those stories….