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...
View ArticleAlmost-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...
View ArticleHappy 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...
View ArticleSharkie
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,...
View ArticleVacation 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...
View ArticlePrincess 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...
View ArticleRoller 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...
View ArticleSplish 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...
View ArticleFirst 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...
View ArticleDC 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View Article1st 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...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleGirls 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleReunion 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 &...
View ArticleHis 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...
View ArticleStill 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...
View ArticleNew 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!
View ArticleWe'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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