Blackberry Pickin' Fun

Today the kids and I met up with some great friends to enjoy a day picking blackberries. What fun! The kids were really getting into it and if it weren't for that hot July sun we might have had to take out a loan to pay for all the berries we might have picked!

Old Dogs and a new Mac

I have to apologize. I am an "official" OLD DOG. I know you come to my blog in hopes to catch a glimpse of the latest pics and videos of my two way cute kids, but alas each day drags on with NOTHING new. Sad. And now the truth must be revealed. I am a Mac idiot. Chad and I had been in discussion as to what to do for a new computer for a while now and after much thought and great excitement, we opted for a Mac laptop. It's great. I love it. Except..I do not have the time nor the patience to sit down and learn Mac's version of downloading and uploading. Those of you faithful blogsters, hang in there - I promise pictures are coming! Surely this old dog isn't down for the count! :-)

As most of you already know, we have had to make a difficult decision to decline Jett's referral. Out of respect for him and for his future forever family I have removed all posts that relate to him. We will continue to pray for him and ask that you all do the same. He is a precious piece to our life's puzzle and we will never forget him. We thank God for the peace He has given and the grace He gives us to endure this journey to our next child.

Some of you may be asking, now what? Well, we will be placed back on the waiting list for a referral and we are confident it will come in God's perfect timing.

Stay tuned...

Refreshed, restored, and rested!

I really didn't think it was possible. To go on a family vacation (with kids under the age of 18) and come back saying I feel rested...but, I do! We had a total blast at Disney and on the Disney cruise. It was truly the prefect combination and I would recommend it to EVERYONE! I won't go into the mind numbing description of our daily magical moments but, suffice it to say we are already saving our pennies for our next Disney experience! (Jennifer W. ~ You and Kevin just say the word...you've got some travel companions in a heartbeat! :-)

Here are a few pictures from the trip. We also had our annual "Gotcha Day" pictures taken and I'll post those as soon as I can.
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Look out Disneyworld....

Today is the day before, the day before, we leave for WDW!! Chad and I decided back in the cold days of February to treat our family to one of the 8 wonders of the world that is DISNEY. We will be there over Malia and Cole's "Gotcha Day", 4/30, so we hope this will be a special forever family day that they will not soon forget.
We also decided that since we are expecting baby #3, that we might as well go ahead and make the trip as a family of 4 and wait a few more years to go again when the baby will be out of diapers!


I think we are all packed and ready. After Malia's soccer game Saturday, we are OUTTA here!

We will be with out a computer for a whole week (yeah!) so I hope to have some new news on our adoption progress when we come home...a girl can hope, can't she?! Till then, have a Magical week and I'll go ahead and post new pictures of my kids here since that's what ya'll are looking for anyway! Ha!


Cole on a cool Spring day...

Malia and cousin Paige in the back of a 911...eat your heart out!

One tiny step closer...

Chad and I both recieved our letters from CIS for our fingerprinting appointments today! We are scheduled for April 1st...hope this wasn't their idea of a April Fool's joke!

It's a tiny step, but I'm thrilled to have something scheduled to get me one step closer to our next baby!! Please pray that my fingerprints pass the first time. It seems my prints are difficult to read and for Malia and Cole's processes, I've had to go to OKC to have my prints redone. Oh how I would love for them to be processed and approved the FIRST time!!! I've read that cornhuskers oil might to the trick...off to go get some!!

We're On The List!

Yahoo! Chad and I started our adoption process for baby #3 late last August and we can now proudly say, OUR HOMESTUDY IS APPROVED AS OF FEBRURARY 12, 2008 AND WE ARE ON THE LIST!!!!

It's crazy, but it's a true relief to know that we made it this far and now we can settle in and wait. Our agency has told us that we can have up to a 12 month wait for our referral, but things have been moving and we are hoping to know who our next child is by mid to late summer. We'll see. For now we'll be content to wait (I might need help remembering this!).

Our next big step is waiting to hear from CIS to come to Oklahoma City to be fingerprinted. We hope to see this in the next 2-3 weeks.