A new journey!

Thought we'd let everyone know that we are on a new journey! Our sweet middle schooler is now a homeschooler! Today is the first day of school with her new teacher (Daddy). They both agreed that I could be the Principal :-) There were many reasons behind this decision, which I won't go into now...but, most importantly, we wanted to be a part of growing the love of learning with Bethany! Please pray for guidance and patience as we embark on this journey!

Gabbrielle's Adoption Day!!

We recently celebrated Gabbrielle's Adoption Day!! What a blessing she is to us!

This is not "normal" eating practices in our home, but we decided today it was OK!

Always making me smile :-)

These are the moments....

I had a really sweet moment with my Chloe girl this morning. She was getting ready to leave for gymnastics with Daddy and she came running into my office, gave me a big hug, put her little hands on my cheeks, kissed me and said "I'll miss you." My heart melted on the spot and it brought me to tears. God is soooo good!

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Adoption Update: I haven't updated in a while. We have everything turned in for Gladney and our dossier. We are waiting for the final home study report, which will be the last piece for Gladney, the dossier and CIS. They told us we should have that in the next couple of weeks, so we are getting closer!

Labor Day with Grandpa and Mimi!!

We had a fun and relaxing Labor Day hanging out in the pool with Grandpa and Mimi!

A Fun Week with Family!

We had a lot of fun this past week! Uncle Ron, Aunt Jodi, and cousin Vannesa came to visit from Michigan. My other cousin, Ben, already lives here and has also recently gotten engaged to Katie. It was great to spend time with all of them!

Gabbrielle showing us her diving technique!

Ben showing us his surfing skills!

Bethany showing off her Tony Hawk moves :-)

Vannesa and Bethany....too sweet!

Another sweet move from Ben!

This is Ben again (what you don't see is Vannesa sunbathing on the side about to get the outcome of Ben's cannonball) Look at that face :-)

Wow..look at the air John got


And this is my idea of swimming.....

We had a pool full! What fun!

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We spent a day in Fort Worth, we saw a Bug movie at the Omni Theatre and then went to the Stockyards and saw the cattle run (or walk).

Chloe snuggled into Katie, she was a little scared of the Bug movie

The girls attempting to cool off

This was one "hot" turtle

Chloe loved the cows and horses!

So did Ben :-)


And Katie too!

This is the cattle run!
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Uncle Ron, a.k.a. amazing photographer, took some great shots of the girls! Thanks Uncle Ron!