We're Adopting!

We are super excited to share our news...

We are adopting a little girl from China!!

We feel like the Lord has called and we are simply saying, "YES!" I'll blog more as I have time but we really thought our family was complete with our four awesome kiddos! Apparently, He had other plans all along! haha!

We've spent the past year praying and researching and finally feel like it's time. We started the process in January and we are in the beginning stages of our home study! I might as well be pregnant because I am a nesting MACHINE right now. If it doesn't bring me joy, it's gone! haha!

Please pray for us! It's very overwhelming, especially when you also have 4 children to care for. There's paperwork, paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork. Classes, classes and more classes. SO.MUCH.TO.DO.

And, you know me, gotta make it a little more complicated than it already is. We are taking all 4 kids with us to China! (By the way, they are super excited to have a new little sister, especially Reece!) There are several reasons for this...for one, I can't be away from my babies for that long. I.WOULD.DIE. Second, we want them to be there for that moment when we pick her up...I want them to be able to experience that. Third, I really think it will be easier on the little girl we adopt to have other children around her because that's what she will be used to. Fourth, not many people can say they have been to China! What an awesome thing to be able to do! There are many more reasons but those are the main points!

So, how can you help?

It's EASY! We are funding our adoption mostly through flipping houses! If you see me, Josh or my sister post a house for sale on Facebook...SHARE IT! :) That will help us sell the houses! The more times they are shared, the more people will see them and the faster we will sell them!

Also, we will be having a t-shirt fundraiser very soon! We want a party at the airport when we return home and want all of our peeps matching in a super cool shirt we have designed! :)

We know it's going to be SO worth it when we have her in our arms and can kiss her sweet cheeks!

More details soon! :)

New Farm Babies!

On Sunday, January 10th, our Foxy girl gave birth to two of the most precious little baby goats you ever did see! We were leaving for church and had been on baby watch for a couple of weeks! As we were going down our driveway the hubby saw them first! Reece and I bailed out and ran down to meet the new babies, who were super freshly born!

I love baby goats! Almost as much as baby humans! :)

Their names are Sweet Pea and Peanut Butter Cup and they are both boys!

It was a super cold day so right after church I snuggled them up in my jacket while the Hubby got a heat lamp set up for them!

                           

They are both pretty tame, just like their momma, but the little black one is SUPER sweet! He just wants to be held anytime we are down there...and he kisses you on the cheek! 

Happy Birthday Peyton!

Happy 12th Birthday Peyton!!

How he is already 12? Sheesh, time flies! Peyton is one awesome dude! He loves playing the trombone in the band, playing his x box, wrestling with Griffin, aggravating Reece and teaching Brooks fun stuff like fist bumping!

He is having his 3rd annual paintball party on Saturday! Seriously, the kid loves paintball! Hopefully we won't FREEZE!

Tonight, he wants to eat Japanese so that's just what we'll do! 

Happy Birthday Buddy!

2015 Christmas Card

So, yea, I'm way behind on here AGAIN. Life is just busy. And, while I want to keep this blog updated for us to be able to look back on, I also have to, ya know, take care of the hubs and children and be a Property Queen! :) So, I'm doing the best I can!

We had a photo shoot back in November-I'll share pictures soon! I picked our Christmas Card picture from those!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 

Happy Birthday Reece!

Yesterday was Reece's 8th birthday!! I seriously can not believe she is EIGHT! We had her party last weekend. She wanted it at the ice skating rink that she had her party at last year...so that's just what we did!

He had on skates, he's already WAY taller than me! haha!

 She wanted her theme to be the movie Inside Out, so if you haven't seen it you will be totally lost when you look at the cake! ;)

B LOVED ice skating!

Happy Birthday baby girl!!!

Happy Birthday Josh!

My Lover Lover is 34 today!! We’re getting old…but, he’s always going to be the oldest! HAHA! Tonight we’re celebrating with dinner and, most importantly, Strawberry Cheesecake Shortcake! HOLLA!

Camp McDowell

Griffin and I spent three days last week at the Camp McDowell Farm School!! The farm school is new to Camp McDowell, it’s only been there about a year. We arrived on Monday around lunch and got settled into our cabins…girls in one, boys in the other! There were only 7 girls on the trip so it really wasn’t bad at all! After settling in we ate lunch and then got right to work! The first thing we did was plant some red cabbage in a raised bed. After planting we took a tour around the farm to visit the animals! That night we went on a night hike. In the woods. With NO flashlight…nothing! We hiked and fell down a steep hill and ended up in a cave! It was super cool…we were behind a waterfall…and there were GLOW WORMS in the cave! SO FUN! The next day we had farm chore duty! As in, milking the goats, feeding the goats, feeding the hogs, chickens and everything else! It was fun but it was work! That afternoon we spread several tons of gravel to make a new drive area close to the barn. And by we I mean everyone but ME! haha! The next day we had a farm to table class where we picked things from the garden and cooked. It was fun but I was BEYOND ready to come home!!

I’m very thankful for one on one time with my Griffin!!

This is Sandy! SHE LOVES ME!  See? Oh yea, and we made our own butter and popped popcorn on the campfire and when the two came together….HOLY!