First Day of School

While I am only two days late posting, Monday was the kids first day of school. Dressed up in new clothes, new backpacks and smiling from ear to ear ( I give it a week), they hopped into the car and off we went. Both children go to daycare in the morning, AA grabs the bus there, and the baby stays there. Here are their photos from that morning.

Pray for This Family

Our bloggy friends GANGS ALL HERE,( http://whitneygang.blogspot.com/) are eagerly awaiting a consulate appointment in China so that they can become a forever family. Knowing first hand the ups and downs of the adoption process, my heart is in the same place as theirs all over again. I remember being on pins and needles all the time, and looking back on it, Gods plan was right. It was the right baby, the right timing, the right trip, the right friends, etc.
Please lift this family up in prayer. Little Aidan needs her mommy and daddy so badly.

Crayola Crayon Factory

I ventured out of the house a few weeks ago with my brother and his family to the Crayola Crayon Factory. What a great day. The kids get tokens to make crayons or markers. They get to see how they are made and play with sidewalk chalk, make a hat, windsock and play with modeling clay. The best part is they get to color and color and color. It is a day filled with stations and they had a blast. After we were done I told the kids that they could get a toy at the crayola shop. AA said he would like to go to the gift shop and purchase anything that didn't have to do with coloring. Of course he had to say it in front of the sales rep who burst out laughing, we sunk ourselves into finger paints from Color Wonder (you know that ones that only make on special paper). Bonus for mom, since you haven't all gotten the great pleasure of cyclone Faith.

Here are some pictures of our great day.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mother's birthday. To honor her today, I am dedicating my blog today to this fabulous mom. I have been absolutely blessed to have been raised by this wonderful mother (and my dad too).
I called her at work this morning and sang my best rendition of Happy Birthday, even though I had a lot to do at work, she always found the time for me, its the least I could do. I tell her that I love her, because my love for her never gets old. I pray for her every morning, that her blessings will continue to flow onto others, as they have on me. I am thankful for my mother, in every single way, I needed her to know on her Birthday how special she is to me.

There are angels God puts on this earth
who care for us and guide us.
You can feel their love and gentleness
as they walk through life beside us.
God blessed me with a person like that
she loves me more than any other.
And I'm thankful I'm the lucky one
who gets to call her MOTHER

So thank you God for giving me my mother. Bless her life with happiness, as she continually gives to me. Wrap her in your love today Father, so that she may know how much we love her.

Proverbs 31: 28-29

"Her children rise up and bless her;

Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:

Many daughters have done nobly,

But you excel them all."


Happy Birthday Mom!