Beach trip #2

We are getting ready to head out in the morning for our family vacation at THE BEACH.. Matt and I have been looking forward to some time away and also time to spend as a family. SA and I were fortunuate to do a beach trip with some lovely friends a couple of weeks ago. We all had such a great time together and it was a great 1st experience for the little ones.

Chillin!

As we are at the beach, (tomorrow) Mom will find out results of her treatment from the last 8 weeks.. We have been praying for excellent results because we know our Lord God has been giving Mom extra strength these last several months as she has been on chemotherapy.. Would you pray with us that her results are great and that we again can praise The Lord for continued healing of her body. We thank him all the time for strength he has provided for Mom and her incredible outlook on her situation. To God be the glory.

What word would you describe her expression?

to me it says "delight".... This child is a delight to me from the giver of all good things. And when I look at this expression, I see that I should delight in the word with this same expression... Thank you God for always pricking my heart through this precious child's life, and for DELIGHTING IN ME.
Zephaniah 3:17

WHAT

What you think..............is how you will live............. Al Mohler

He spoke at our church tonight and really challenged my mind.
to think. to live. for Jesus!

fun comparing

JULY 2009
Maggie 19 mos, SA 17 mos, Georgia 13mos MAY 2010
Maggie 2.5 years, SA 2.3 years, Georgia 23 mos

We are definitely having fun here. Lots of activity and giggles.

FIRST

haircut

She was so excited to get her haircut eventhough she didn't understand what was going to happen. Look at that face. She liked being able to look in the mirror and watch her stylist do the work!

She mostly got the ends cut off and evened out

her hair is a little frizzy but the stylist shaid she had plenty of new hair growth and said she had a lot of hair. Seems real thin to me though.

The finished product in the backa picture with the stylist. she was really great with her.
And here she is with her first haircut card with clippings of her hair... sigh........

She is growing up so fast!

Busy buzzzy

Our Evenings 5-6:30 pm, are usually full of bubble blowing, walks and playing in our yard!

and sometimes we have favorite people come visit us during our evening play time.. and WE LIKE THAT!!!!

Playing outside with KK (Kerri)

One happy little girl~!

And recently we had dinner with Jack and Teri, our friends who have two kiddos: Aimee and Micah. We had lots of fun with them the other night. Teri and I made dinner together and then after we ate, we went to the park that is right next to their house.

Jack hooked up the wagon to his chair and pulled them, they thought that was lots of fun!

We joked and said this was Micah's first date with SA... Isn't he a cutie?

And sometimes you wonder, Oh I hope my child will have a sweet heart, and you pray for them to love with a servant's heart... And well, my eyes welled up when she said "I help Jack".. This is pure sweetness! ummmph I love her

Hope you are all doing well. We are busy as bees but we are having a load of fun.

Giveaway

The Bottomly's are one of the original families that sparked my interest in adopting from Ethiopia. I have mentioned them in the past on my blog. They are truly a beautiful couple with incredible hearts. Well they are adopting again and are having a GIVEWAY on their blog. Check it out, there is not much time.. And if you haven't read their book, it is pretty terrific too!

http://bottomlysandethiopia.blogspot.com/