reminiscing

A day at the children's museum. Josiah and Lynsey went with us and we had a blast. We painted, made bubbles, played in the kitchen and farmed the day, well 2 hours, away!!!

And this pic (below) is their attempt at mean faces/muscle flex......too funny how natural these things are for little boy's. He knew just what Justin was doing. Well, Eli's face isn't so mean, he's too cute to have a mean face!!!!

SOOO hard to believe that 3 years ago Eli was born.

2nd birthday

3rd birthday

What a difference. This year he used a fork to eat his cake rather then his fingers!!!
He has grown into a fine young boy. Not a baby anymore and really not a toddler.

Parker, one of the boys in the youth group, gets made when people call him a baby. It's really cute.

One last thing, FINALLY we have another appointment at Bethany next week to get the ball rolling again. Excited to see what God is going to do with this. Boy or Girl?????? Really ready for this next chapter.

Grace and Peace to you all!!!

new family member

The countdown is on.......I can't wait for our departure for CO.
There is a new family member. It's name is blue and i'm not sure of the sex. Eli is gonna have a blast with the new puppy. When we first got Wilson he was a big dog, so Eli never really experienced the whole "puppy" part of dog life. I think the will be a match made in heaven. Really what dog/toddler isn't?


ADOPTION update....
We have our finger prints done, now Justin needs a physical and then the caseworker will come meet with us to start the home-study process. My guess that will be sometime in mid July.

Please keep us in your prayers. That the timing will be Gods. For the birth-mom to have a healthy pregnancy. That she will be confident in the choice for life she is making. The whole process with Eli went sooooo smooth, I pray that this will be the same. If not, then I pray for Gods strength to get through what he has in store for us.

thanks for visiting. I will post again soon. Grace and Peace until then!

what's new

My mom made it home safe to CO with just a tiny glitch. She wasn't confident that her brakes would make it through the mountian's. So she stopped in NE to stay over night and get them fixed in the morning.....finally she made in home late Monday afternoon. I loved having her home, and she loved the 3 trips we took to Joann's that week. She missed being able to touch the fabric. You can only look online so much before you need to touch.

I, am more then ready for spring. I'm ready to start my garden and see beautiful flowers growing. Hopefully this weekend I will get a start on that.

Adoption, still nothing much there. I guess the next time you see Justin get on his case about that.

Eli is growing by leaps and bounds. Each day he repeats all kinds of new words. And it's great to here him try to tell stories in his jibber-jabber fashion. He loves to play outside and I am sure this summer there will be epic fights to get him inside at night for bed. Maybe I will just set up a tent in the yard and let him sleep out there......

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!” - Philippians 2:5-8

Grace and Peace today

QUILTING

I really like to create things. I think sewing is a good way for me to do that. I am good at sewing, and if I sit right, it is relaxing. This is my latest project. I start many and finish, well not very many. I have had this fabric for several years. I bought it with the intention of making a quilt for a friends little girl and never started it. So I will make it now. I have found several blogs about quilting and they have given me great inspiration. So yesterday I sat down and started. I had it cut out already which seems to be tricky for me. I can never seem to cut even. I'm hoping practice makes perfect....and a few tools that should help. So for now wish me luck and I will post the finished product.

ADOPTION update.....

Right now things are moving very slow!!!!! We really have to start all over with background checks and physicals. And well, we just haven't made the time. So, please keep praying for us....that we make the time and that the right birth mom comes to us at the right time.....

Follow Him!!!!