Easter and tub...

My girls in their Easter dresses. Keep in mind they had just gotten up from their "rest" that afternoon. hence the messy hair! The boys would NOT sit for a picture so they missed out!
Here they are in the bathtub...doesn't it look like they are concocting a plan of some sort?
Well ,we are 1 week away from leaving for Oregon and 3 of us have NASTY head colds!! YUCK! I just hope we get over them before we go.Flying with a headcold would be no fun on top of the fact that I don't want to bring it to Aeva or Crystal's boys.....Pray we get well!

Update and a few pictures...

I know I have been a bad blogger lately. Sorry! Here are a few pictures to make up for it. This was taken when we had our last snow.Sammie got to go play outside while the boys were napping.It was a whopping 40%,which here is plenty warm enough to go out! Sad I know.

Cassie is reading really well and likes to show off her skills to the boys,which they enjoy.And I think it is just SWEET watching her read to them.

Max and Mitch had their first play date with a friend this week.They had alot of fun with Joe.They all did really well together and there was really no fighting. The boys all love the trains..CUTE!

Now,for the NEWS. WE bought our tickets yesterday!!!! We will be leaving on the 2nd, 2 weeks from yesterday! Oh my goodness, thats going to be here really quick! We are really excited!!!! I have been praying for Aeva, that she would transition well. Will you pray with me? Also, if you think about it, pray for Beth and Chuck,her foster parents,who love her a whole lot. I know this is going to be really hard for them. God is SO good, his faithfulness is everlasting!

And the answer is.....

I love our caseworker in Oregon. She called me today to let me know that the commitee said...
NO.And then laughed and said no, they said YES!!! And also said to get this baby there asap!!!
Even though she said there was no way they would say no, I was still not letting myself get fully excited until they voted. So,SHE IS COMING!!And we will be going in hopefully 2 weeks! WE ARE SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!! Praise the LORD!

WoW!

I am SO sorry. I know I am a bad blogger lately. So much going on.Plus, this has kinda sarted to become an addiction for me so I thought I better focus on something else for a while. Let's see....to catch you all up on what is going on....

1. We are awaiting the commitee to vote on us this coming Tuesday.I have been told that they will vote yes since the judge already did.

2.We were informed that the ICPC(the agency that does foster and adoption across states)will be paying for Tyson and my tickets and also a rental car!!! What an answer to prayer! I REALLY wanted all the kids to come with us and now we are pretty sure that will be able to happen!PTL!!

3.We got to do the web-cam a few weeks ago with Aeva and her forster parents. What fun that was! We got to just talk to her and watch her drink her bottle. SUCH A CUTIE!!

4.Another praise...our town has a twice a year consignment sale and they are sponsoring our family and letting us go through clothes to pick out stuff for Aeva. What a blessing!

5.Tyson is going out of town Mon-Wed. for a class to advance his knowledge in digitizing. Pray for me as I will be alone with 4 kids for 3 days!!:)

6.A couple from our church had their house burn down last week. Pretty much EVERYTHING is a loss..Pray for them...Norm and Mary-Lou.

7.WE ARE SO EXCITED!!! WE ARE GETTING OUR BABY IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS!!!

OH Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday, we found out we will be having baby cousin of the ........
BOY variety!!! What a e!!!! We are VERY excited!!! CONGRATS l Thomas and Stephanie!

Wordless wednesday....HEE-HEE!:)

Oh MY!!!

I just rewatched my video's below.....OH MY WORD!!! My voice is so incredibly annoying!!!!:) I didn't realize how bad I sounded until just now! SORRY!:)

Boys and Sports.....

I don't want to say my boys have advanced athletic abilities.......but my boys
have advanced athletic abilities!!!:) I don't know if this is normal for 2 year
olds to do, but I think it's pretty awesome. Mitchell is a BORN basketball player
and Max is a complete NATURAL at baseball...enjoy watching my exceptional
boys!:) (can you tell i'm one proud momma??? and sorry about the sideways view)

Wordless Wednesday.....LOVE

NEWS.....

The Judge said.......YES!!!!! YAHOO!!!

Catching up...

Hello everyone. Just wanted to posta few pictures and catch you up on whats going on. Yesterday was Aeva's permanancy hearing. The judge was given our paperwork and made a decision on us. We haven't found out what he/she said yet.It's killing me!!! Our caseworker was in court all day yesterday so I can't call her until 8am their time!!!I will be posting as soon as I find out....This is Max and Mitch still enjoying their Christmas presents from 2006.Cuties!
I know, this is totally random and not very good(i took a picture of a picture) but I had to show Rachel what I found yesterday. Rach, do you remember Charlette Loomis?She made me a scrapbook when Cassie was born and put a ton of pictures from when we lived in Oregon in it...this was at Amy Palmer's wedding shower..I don't know how old we were, but look at how little Ruth is??!!What REALLY made me laugh was looking at me next to you...I had ABSOLUTELY NOOOO fashion sense.AGHHH!You are all cute and color-cordinated...Anyway, thought it would make you laugh!:)

We went to Build-A-BEAR for a birthday party last week.The girls LOVED it! Samantha named her bear Gabriella(after high school musical...oh boy!)She found that dress the minute we walked into the store and didn't want to look at any other..
Cassie also picked out her bears outfit almost the same way.She named hers Lacey.She made the name up,not after anything that I know of...We had fun but will not be going back anytime soon..those things are rediculously expensive!! But cute huh??

NEXT wednesday....

Hello blog world! After browsing several other blog sites, I decided I liked the idea of a "wordless wednesday". So, though I AM writing about this now, after this, wednesdays will be for my "favorite" picture and NOTHING else. We are all doing well and are on the "up" swing of our colds. This was a nasty one to boot! The boys still are having snot but everyday it gets more and more clear. They have started talking in sentences now. It is so much fun! Funny story.....I pray with the boys everynight and we have a "routine" prayer.. Jesus,thank-you for:mommy,daddy,cassie,sammie,max ,mitchell,baby Aeva,nannie and poppie,AMEN. SO this week, Mitchell said " I DO IT, when we were going to pray.(generally they repeat after me) He proceeded to go through "the list" and remembered EVERYONE!!:) SO CUTE! Another night, he said,"Jesus, taint-to for, poppie,house,poppie,house......poppie,house..AMEN! What can I say, He LOVES his poppie!! Anyway, just wanted to give a little update....KEEP praying for the hearing that is happening the 25th. That God would get the paperwork there in time and the judge would okay us!!! Have a great wednesday!!

Stephanie's ADORABLE!!!

Crystal, these are for you!:) Isn't she adorable??? LOVE IT!
Again, playing with the color accents on my camera....
Cassie's excited about her new cousin. Oh, and she is 5 and 1/2 months prego!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!!

Today is my g-mas 82nd birthday! She has been such a blessing in my life and I love her very much.The scripture that comes to mind when I think of her is:

Proverbs 31....(paraphrased)

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life. She speaks wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Her children arise and call her blessed;her husband also,he praises her;"many women do noble things,but you surpass them all". Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised .Give her the reward she has earned and let her work bring her praise at the city gate.

I LOVE YOU GRANDMA, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

SICKNESS!!!

I have a NASTY cold.It's all in my sinus' and hurts like the dickens!I just read what I wrote and I can honestly say, I have NO IDEA what that phrase means.Anywho, am just feeling yucky and wish it were over!HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO YOU ALL!

MORE TEETH........

Cassie lost her 5th tooth this morning.It's her first one from the top.The three other top front one's are loose too!:)Won't that make an adorable picture??I was holding off on doing her 7 year pictures,hoping we could get one with NO front teeth.Maybe i will get my wish.......

BLESSINGS!

This,my friends, is our "new" minivan!!!Can you believe it?God has blessed us so far beyond what we can ask or even imagine!We got a very good deal on it and it is SO much nicer than anything I thought we would ever own.Thank-you Lord!Also, we got a call from the lady who did our homestudy and she said she is sending ALL the paperwork to Oregon tommorow!!!A MIRACLE I TELL YOU!!She told us when she was here it could take up to a month and it hasn't even been a WEEK!!God is SO AWESOME!We will be sending out a letter later this week to all our friends/family and hopefully we will be able to go get her by next month!I am SOOOOO EXCITED!PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS BLESSINGS!

My Babies...

Are not so much babies anymore!Cassie is looking very much older to me these days.

My boys crack me up EVERYDAY! They are enjoying the fact that they can undress themselves and like to do it every chance they get (i.e. while mom is doing dishes)
Samantha is not as amused as I am at her little brothers antics.She SO much more mature than those Baby boys!
They are both enjoying hats lately and like to put them on themselves.EVERYTHING is "I DO IT" lately.They are little rock stars apparently....

Do you know a rock star that can rock out AND do ballet at the same time??

Max makes the most hilarious faces as he is JAMMIN'.(don't look at the saggy diaper,oh shoot, I just made you look!)

PTL!!!!

The homestudy went REALLY well.She said everything looks great!So,we are waiting for the hearing the end of this month,where they should have our approval in hand,and tell us when we can come get her!!!YAHOO!We are so happy!Thankyou for praying for us.It was more helpful than you will ever know!Love ya!

Today is the day!!!

Our homestudy is today.I have no idea what to expect other than she is going to look at our house and watch us with our kids.I don't know if she will tell us,"you pass" or if we will have to wait for more paperwork.I am pretty nervous though.I just pray that our space and stuff is sufficiant!I keep reminding myself that our GOD is in control.That it will be okay whatever the outcome because HE is still God!I stayed up til' about 12:30 cleaning out the fridge and painting some knicks on the walls.We have done all that we can and now we just wait......yesterday I was playing on our little piano for the girls(i only know 3 songs:)One of them I learned when I was 10 or so....only it just spoke to me yesterday.

I CAST ALL MY CARES UPON YOU,
I LAY ALL OF MY BURDENS,DOWN AT YOUR FEET,
AND ANYTIME I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
I WILL CAST ALL MY CARES UPON YOU!!!