Happy Adoption Day!!!!!

Three years today Jade joined our family. I remember the day like it was yesterday. I remember all the years waiting to become a mother and the crazy range of emotions I felt on that day. How strange the day must have been for my sweet girl. She never cried just looked at us with caution. Words really can not describe how blessed I feel to be Jade's mama.
Jade,
I love you so much and you bring so much joy in my life!!!

.. July 2006

Da Pool

It was Liam's first time at the pool today. We went with my mom to the pool at her fitness club. They have a nice pool set up. A baby pool, gradual depth pool and regular pool. Jade likes the water but is not fond of getting her head wet. Liam on the other hand is a fish. He sticks his head in the water! They had so much fun today with Grandma or as she likes to refer to herself as "The spoiler".

Ball Obsessed!

That's what our dog is. We can not have any balls in the house because our Boston (Moe) will demolish them in seconds. We just got the kids a small pool and Moe spotted the ball in the pool. He was trying for about 10 minutes to get it so we busted out the camera. Now pool ball is no more lol!

VBS!!

We had Vacation Bible School last week. It was a lot of fun! My mom and I taught a story again this year. We teach each each age and grade with two groups a day. It is a lot of work but the kids love it. Our story was about a shipwreck where God saved all aboard but the ship was lost in a storm. This was really fun to create in our room.

Jade and her friend Millie singing at the parent program.

Our ship

Jade in her class.

Jewelry Giveaway!

I love jewelry! Especially hand made silver jewelry. I really enjoy making it myself and almost majored in it in collage. So go check out Laurie over at Pho for five for a fun giveaway.

Amazing!

My friend Shel had a baby girl yesterday afternoon. I am very thankful that I was able to see baby Liana enter the world. I had never seen a baby born and most likely will not experience it myself so it was a real gift to witness. (But also looked VERY painful!)

Btw who looks this good an hour after birthing a baby with no drugs! Mama was a trooper!

Zoo, Picnic and Beauty Parlor.

Can I say I LOVE me some Spring. After months and months of cold and snow I feel like I go a little nutty when the sun comes out and the trees get their leaves. We took Liam to the zoo for the first time on Saturday and he had a blast. He was pointing and dada'in at all the animals (I think this is his happy sound, lol). Jade had fun showing baby bro the ropes since she has been to this zoo many times. Liam LOVES to be licked by animals. He likes to lean down to our Boston and have him lick his face. He thinks it is hilarious (which it is, yet slightly gross).
So he had fun feeding the goats and having them lick his hands (don't worry hands only no lips).
We also went to a picnic over at our friends on Monday. They had some others over from our church and it was really fun! They live on an acre so the kids have lots of room to play. Then we had a bon fire and they torched this old rotten picnic table. Good times!


At picnic: Who gave my kid this bottle? Uncle Cory?!


Um, Cory the table you are on is on fire, lol.

Uh oh I think our dog is going to be jealous.

Lets see how many kids we can cram in this baby.

Jade wanted to make daddy "handsome" Looking good honey!

Zoo:

Look at that joy!