Picture Purge

With Korey enjoying a hot summer day....

With Daddy at High School Musical Live Theatre.....Rinn and Creed loved it....okay, we did too!!
Creed....in a league all of his own. This is what he wanted to do for fun when we were going to hang out with our small group. Put on a show, of course!! (complete with costumes)
Hehehehe...Nesli is totally going to kill me for this one. How in the world did I talk her into teaching with me in the one and a half year old class for VBS?...she rocks!
Fun times with our new buddy Cole. Cole is going to be a big brother like Creed to a baby from Korea some day.

Friends for my whole lifetime

Playtime with Emmers and Carys is always so much fun!

What exactly are we "harvesting?"

We just had a ton of fun on a farm. When my sis in law asked me to go help her aunt with harvest I was really tempted to ask what exactly we would be harvesting. Upon thinking about it, I decided that would be a silly question and would make me appear as if I know nothing about farming (which would be true). So, when I got there and saw the wheat (I figured out that it was wheat only after the little 4 year old farmer explained it to me) I was excited. 

We had a blast. The kids really loved it a ton. What could be better than playing outside all day, getting dirty, and riding on a combine (that's kinda like a tractor, I found out)?

Explaination of the pics: Creed and Will were flying (I will not explain the secret but will say that there is NO photo editing on these photos!), Creed took the pic of the girls, and a pic of the cousins plus little Dakota...the little farmer that was sure to explain the difference between a pickup and a truck and a combine and a tractor, finally Micah's narration for the pic of Creed and Rinn is this Creed says "Marge, it looks like a storm is rising up in the east, we better head to the cellar."

My very own chicken little

Creed was the star of the show in his drama class production of Chicken Little. What a cutie. I loved how they got to participate in many different aspects of the production. They did t-shirt designs, stage design, sets, ticket designs, costumes, and of course acting. 

One thing that we did notice that wasn't a surprise....Creed has no problem with projection. It actually came in handy this time around!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy.

Creed's words: "The lotion monster is so fun. Daddy is so much fun he likes to take us on bike rides and he likes to take us on scooter rides and sometimes he just wants to play and even sometimes he wants to go outside and play soccer. Normally, he likes to go help mom clean up the kitchen and the bathroom and the whole house. And we like to go play with daddy and wrestle with him. Dad's the best dad in the whole world because he likes to play piano with me and teach me how to play. Hey...and dad, be careful not to try to knock over any cars when you are wrestling."

Rinn words: "I love you daddy because I like gum. Because I like gold fish. Because you flay (trans. play) with me, see some animals, take me to the park, make a funny face, play piano.

Mommy's words: I think you are an amazing daddy, babe. I am so thankful for you. I love you so much and I am praising God today for bringing us together 12 years ago. I fall in love with you more and more every day. 

side note: Creed's notation about daddy cleaning the house and kitchen and bathroom is not entirely a false tale. he's done it once or twice :)

Good news, again.

Man, it seems like we have lots of good news lately. Keep it Comin', Lord. 

We just received notice from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services that we have advance processing for our orphan petition. This may not seem like a huge deal, but it kind of is. It is basically the final step in the US government saying "Okay, we think it is okay for you to adopt an orphan internationally." Once we find our child (hopefully sooner versus later) we will notify our government again and say "Okay, we found our child." Since we have pre-approval on this now, it makes that go a bit smoother since they already have our file started. 

On another adoption note. I think I am nesting. We are organizing our house and trying to get rid of clutter. We live in an 1100 sq foot home. We just removed 9 buckets of childrens clothes. Ummm, something about that does not seem right! And, of course, we are saving them since we know not what sex our new child is at this time. Good grief. 

Also, big news: Creed has slept ALL night in his own bed for 2 days. Okay, not a huge amount of time, but we are counting it as one small victory. We have resorted to bribery, but it is working. He gets to get a toy for his new fish if he sleeps in his bed 7 nights in a row. We love him sneaking in our bed in the night and cuddlying but are kind of thinking that it will be a little bit harder when we have a 9 month old in there as well. So, we are trying to break the habit now versus him thinking it is baby's fault in the future. 

Any more suggestions for bribes?

Baby "K"

Just thinking a ton about baby lately. Maybe it is the fact that SEVERAL people on our adoption agency's forum have received their referrals....thus, we are getting super close. By super close I mean it could be 3-5 monthsish and we could get our referral (ie: info on our child).

Still amazes me that we have about a three or four month old in the world and haven't met them yet. 

God has a plan for us. No doubt. Can't wait to see if fulfilled. 

Missing Baby "K" this morning.