Announcing.....

Family and Friends, please celebrate with us....We finalized our adoption last month, Emmi's birthday month. We will be forever reminded that she is a GIFT! To know her is to love her sweet, kind, outgoing, brave, fun loving, full of energy, climbing the walls before noon personality!!!! We are grateful for who God created her to be....blessed to be a part of her life!

 

 

You may ask, why the yellow and green?

Often, Emmi pronounces her name as

"LemonLime Rose!

Who wants to correct something that cute???

They Love Bugs

My Lady Bug & Butterfly

The Fall festivals in our area were adorned with one million Elsa''s, that's not exaggerating! Therefore, Im thankful my girls wanted to be bugs and flutter!! They received these dress up clothes in their Easter baskets and love them.

The imagination of a child is AMAZING! Crafted so sweet and creative by the Savior. Each of my girls loves to hold and catch their bug of choice, which leads to question on just how they were created!

 

 

Happy Fall

Where have we been and what have we been doing you ask?

First grade seems to be a bigger adjustment than Kindergarten although H is reading well and loving Math, it takes TIME!

She really enjoys her friends and school and field trips and learning.

Her heart is tender, often shy but she has a strong will like none other. She loves playing with friends but tends to be bossiest to her sister, go figure!

My favorite part at this 6 years of age is all her conversation about the Lord. Shes inquisitive and wondering about heaven and what makes God, God. She admits to being a sinner, needing Jesus to forgive her, she believes in the Cross and His resurrection and soon, Im praying that she is ready to confess it before men.

The Lord is gonna save her soul and Im going to cheer her on and encourage her to love Jesus with her life!

 

I'm in love with those faces, those hearts and the minds God has given them! Smart, funny, bossy, loving, willing to help, friend makers and Oh so adorable!!!

E is learning to trace and color in the lines! She likes preschool but says all they do is LEARN< LEARN< LEARN! As she shakes her head back and forth!

E never meets a stranger, she is literally a talker and friend to all! How precious is that?

God is going to use her ! Her mind is always going, at times incredibly thankful!

Emmi is a parent changer, I never want to be the me before her, shes teaching me many things about myself! Love her and am so thankful she loves her family!

 

H is 44 lbs, E is 38 lbs, both tall and in a size 6! H is in a 13 shoe and E in a 12 shoe!!! Tall girls....can I tell you how often I get....

Wow, H looks just like you especially in her eyes! I take that as a compliment!

E is always told how much she looks like Ricky, the brown eyes favor so much!!!

Isnt God good to do that? Our girls know about their adoptions so it makes them smile big when people talk of us favoring one another!

 

We are thankful!!!!

 

 

The First Day of 1st Grade & The First Day of Pre-K

This long awaited and fun day, has come and gone! Our girls are such a blessing to others as they make them smile and feel loved!

They went to bed very excited, woke up to their favorite breakfast of eggs and bacon wraps and apples, H had a pretty dress picked put and wanted her Elsa braid, E wore the same dress H wore on her first day of Pre-K. You see below H leading her little sis into the preschool she attended. E was so excited to make friends, H quickly told her, "and if you see a quiet shy friend, like me, make sure you invite them to play and be their friend!" How precious is that?

H was not nervous this year as she returned to her school from last year, she was more excited to see her good friend Q!

I did tear a bit upon leaving E, realizing my baby is now in school and I am going to really miss her, like I do my big girl!

This first picture below is so true of them, they really love one another. No worries, they are normal sisters that will argue but always come back as friends!

At the end of the day...our routine that I love was back in motion consisting of family dinner around the table, reading, homework, studying AWANA books, play time and prayer!

I am incredibly grateful that both of our girls love school and learning!

Praying for a great school year, won't you pray with us?

 

SAVORING THE SUMMER MOMENTS

As mom to an almost 5 year old and a 6 year old I've learned to savor the moments. They fly, at times they drag on but all are precious! Feeding their minds and souls and realizing our time is limited as its shared with so much between school, church, friends, activities and life.

This summer has been fun, but our vacation is coming and I can't wait. We will be celebrating E's Adoption finalization where "Dreams Come True!" Beyond excited!

Look at these sweet pictures, H & H have grown together since they were babies! E came and fit right in and AJ is a sweet addition too!

 

 



Our Little Piece of HVN...is Turning 6!

 

Happy 6th Birthday HVN

 

This blue eyed sweet pea is a doll is so many ways. God has created her with a tender heart that loves deeply! We are blessed to call her our daughter and know the Lord is working in her heart at such a young age. She is asking many questions about the Lord and heaven and salvation, its as if we get to watch Him draw her to Himself. What a privilege!

HVN is tall for her age, about 44 lbs and SMART! She's non competitive but loves to play games and laugh. We love that she is a cuddle bug and Mommy's lap is her favorite place to rest! Her favorite food is pizza, fruit, salad and chocolate chip pancakes.

Her best friend is below and from a like minded family!

We love Q and HVN thinks she the bestest friend ever!

 

 She's a deep thinker at 6 and articulates well.

Her teacher this past year gave her rave reviews on sharing and being a friend to many. She scored high on all of her reading, math and art work.

The note below was the first note she returned to me in her lunchbox. Each day H received a napkin note from me, often not wiping her face as she didn't want to mess up my note. How sweet is that?

So this note touched my heart and is in a safe place now:

 

HVN loves VBS! She loves the music part and all the hand motions and practicing over and over! Her least favorite part is being in front of everyone to sing but has overcome many fears and leads well in worship.

 

HVN's favorite bugs are butterflies and lady bugs, she enjoys catching them and saving them in her bug box.

HVN loves to do anything ask in the kitchen. She enjoys watching the Pioneer Woman with Mommy and loves to duplicate her work. Shes gotten so good at following directions and tasting the outcome of doing things right.

 

One of HVN's favorite people is this little girl below. They have their days as sisters but they truly love one another and have grown close as friends!

 

We are incredibly thankful to have HVN in our lives. Our families adore her, her friends enjoy her company and E thinks there is no other sister as special as HVN.

God is so good to have made us a family.

We are forever grateful that her birth mom chose life and considered her life while in the womb; taking so much heart and thought as to what would be best for this sweet little girl.

We love you "J" and celebrate our gift each day but especially on her Birthday!

 

 

 

 

 



Piano Recital 2014