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Easter

What an amazing Easter we have had this year! Easter is always great as we celebrate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross & triumph over the grave, but this year was especially sentimental as the princess...

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Almost-Summer Fun

The kids are soooo ready for summer (gee, I guess the adults are just as ready, too)! The princess is having a blast taking in lots of new, warm weather activities. She has loved helping us pick out...

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Happy Mother's Day, Mom...no training wheels!

This afternoon, the princess woke me up from my mother's day nap with the sweetest words...."Hurry, come Mom! I ride my bike no training wheels all myself by"! She started trying to do it yesterday...

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Sharkie

This post should have been months ago, but it's summer & I'm totally trying to catch up! Anyways, Gabriella & Troy's elementary school had their first walk-a-thon this spring. Siskel, Ebert,...

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Vacation Baby!

We just returned home from the most amazing vacation ever! Since it's been 4 trips to Disney World since we went to the beach, I can honestly say I haven't kicked back & chilled this much in way...

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Princess Update

It has been way too long since I sat down & did a blog update on the princess. She is still doing "fantabulous"! The biggest progress we've made lately is that she's come around to seemingly love...

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Roller Skating

One hot, Sunday afternoon we decided to head to the Roller Skating Rink to take the kids skating for the first time. It was the weekend after Michael Jackson died, so it was a fitting memorial for me...

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Splish Splash

Last week, my friend was house sitting at a house with a pool, so me and the kids spent TONS of time over there. They had the coolest slide that entertained the kids forever. My friend & I even...

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First Fouth

We had so much fun celebrating the princess' first 4th of July. We had to spread the celebrating out across 4 days to squeeze in all the fun!Cook-out with my childhood friends' families...All decorated...

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DC Fun

We just came home from a great trip to our nation's captiol! Nate Dogg's brother & sister-in-law live outside of the city, so we made a road trip up to visit them & experience the city. On the...

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My New Normal

We have been home with our precious princess for 11 months, and I can only now say that I feel like life is "normal" again. Whoever said that after you go from 2 kids to 3 kids, adding more is...

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1st Gotcha Day

We are so excited to be celebrating 1 year of having our sweet girl in our arms. We have been blessed with one amazing little girl, & most days I can't believe she's ours yet I feel like she's been...

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Quick Update

Wow! What a crazy few weeks this has been! Most of you know that our princess' Ethiopian cousin has come home to America. The princess has been waiting for this all summer long & the prospect...

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Girls Weekend

Well, you know you've been a bad, bad blogger when you have to reset your password before being able to login to update your blog. ;) What can I say, 4 kids keeps me on my toes! Now, I'm hoping to do 3...

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A Letter of Love

What a month this has been! Last Friday, we were preparing to head up to the mountains for a weekend with Nate Dogg's family. His mom called to discuss some plans & then proceeded to tell me she...

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Reunion in the USA

The much anticipated reunion for the princess & her Ethiopian cousin/sister finally happened! It has been a long 3 months of waiting, but the princess has been amazing! She was both excited &...

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His Guiding Hand

Wow! Where to start?! Months ago...when we started feeling God moving us. We didn't know what or how, but we felt that change was on the horizon. Promotion within Home Depot, maybe...moving our family...

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Still Waiting

I've been meaning to post an update, but life with four kiddos is just plain busy & doesn't allow much time for blogging. You know the "dream job"...it ended up not being the next step for us. It...

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New Post on the Adoption Blog TOO :)

We still update our adoption blog occasionally with adoption stuff & there's a new post there too! Lots of time on the couch, I'm telling ya!

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We're Back....

Sorry we've been MIA...We miss everyone...But life is CRAZY...And we wouldn't want it any other way...Promise we'll do better about posting! :)

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Thankful.

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Halloween

So, this was our first Halloween with Momma bear working full-time.... and to say the least we were not prepared. Can you say "too many Halloween traditions to uphold"?! I thought we'd be able to...

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Five Months of Crazy Fun

Long time, no post! We've had birthdays, orthodontist visits, a new nephew, two surgeries, holidays and lots of soccer! Whew! Non-stop CHAOS....I mean FUN!

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Flying to the OC Again...

     So today, hubby and I boarded a plane headed to the west coast.  Southern California is my third favorite place on earth (first favorite place being home, second being Africa).  I love California...

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Class of 2012

This year I was blessed to serve 235 high school seniors.  This was my first year working full-time outside of the home since becoming a Mommy 9 years ago, and it was full of challenges.  There were...

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