Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

Hope everyone has a great Halloween....I will post more Halloween pictures after "trick or treating" tomorrow!!! Love you all!!!

Carving Pumpkins with Grandma!!!!

Brooklyn and Kobe had so much fun helping Grandma carve her pumpkin!!! I think Grandma had more pumpkin seeds on the floor then she did on the table. =) So here are some of the pictures Grandma....I hope you like them!!! =)

Pictures from Crossroads are coming soon!!!! I bet you can't wait!!!! =)
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Last year!!!

THIS IS BROOKLYN AND KOBE LAST YEAR FOR HALLOWEEN!!! THEY WERE BOTH SO CUTE AND SO FUN TO WATCH. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS HALLOWEEN.....MORE PICTURES TO COME!!!!

God's Mission: Adoption by Max Lucado

When we come to Christ, God not only forgives us, he also adopts us. Through a dramatic series of events, we go from condemned orphans with no hope to adopted children with no fear. Here is how it happens. You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven. But the story doesn’t end with God’s forgiveness.
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God (Rom. 8:15–16 NASB).
But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons (Gal. 4:4–5 NASB).
It would be enough if God just cleansed your name, but he does more. He gives you his name. It would be enough if God just set you free, but he does more. He takes you home. He takes you home to the Great House of God.
Adoptive parents understand this more than anyone. I certainly don’t mean to offend any biological parents—I’m one myself. We biological parents know well the earnest longing to have a child. But in many cases our cribs were filled easily. We decided to have a child and a child came. In fact, sometimes the child came with no decision. I’ve heard of unplanned pregnancies, but I’ve never heard of an unplanned adoption.
That’s why adoptive parents understand God’s passion to adopt us. They know what it means to feel an empty space inside. They know what it means to hunt, to set out on a mission, and take responsibility for a child with a spotted past and a dubious future. If anybody understands God’s ardor for his children, it’s someone who has rescued an orphan from despair, for that is what God has done for us.
God has adopted you. God sought you, found you, signed the papers and took you home.

Thanks mom for sending me this!!! It is so true!!! Love you!!!

Well.........

Well, Jay is leaving today to go to Minnesota and he will be gone till late Thursday night!!! He hasn't had to travel in a long time, which has been nice, but we still hate to see him leave. We love you. honey very much!!! Thanks for everything you do for us!!!! We will see you will you get home!!!!



So...with that said, I will not be on here very much this week, but will try to keep in touch with everyone when he gets back!!! Hope you all have a great week. Love you all!!!

Having FUN at Grandma and Grandpa's house!!!!

Brooklyn and Kobe love to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house!!! They always have so much fun playing in the barns, the garden, and with Max and of course playing with Grandma and Grandpa!!! Sometimes, I don't think they would ever come home!!! =) Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for being GREAT grandparents and watching them so we can go out and have fun!!! We love you very much!!!

Baking time with Mommy!!!

We had soooo much FUN making chocolate chip muffins. She love them and loves to make them. I love the fall it is such a great time for baking lots of fun stuff and it is fun to do it with Brooklyn. We usually make a BIG mess, but the mess can be clean up. These times are sooo special to me and Brooklyn!!! What a fun and funny little girl we have!!!!

Walker Farms

We had a wonderful time tonight. We went to Walker Farms to look at the pumpkin patch and go through there hay maize and she loved every minute of that. It was cold and windy so we didn't stay for very long. I did get some pretty good pictures of Brook that I thought were cute.


So I will share them with you!!! =)

Some of my favorite pictures of Brooklyn....

Baking brownies with mommy...

Happy Halloween...last year...

4th of July...2 years old...

Talking to Santa on the phone at Bronners...

At Bronners...again...

She looks soooo sweet!!!!!!!!

I love looking and pictures of Brook and seeing how much she has grown and it is amazing to me!!! I can't wait to post pictures of our new little one!!! Please pray for my patience...as many of you know I am not great at being patient!!!! =)

The first blog......Enjoy!!!

Surprise....Surprise

The Siagon River

So.....I thought to myself that it would probably be easier to keep everyone in the loop regarding our adoption process by starting a blog!!!! So with that said here we go......

The Children of Vietnam

Well, as many of you know we have had a little problem with our adoption! We had to change our country due to some problems with Guatemala. Well, with lots of prayer and lots of research we have decided to go with Vietnam! For some reason God has told us Vietnam and we are soooo excited and can't wait to get things started. We now have to get things amended and get our finger prints done!!! Vietnam is a long process so we may not have a baby till the end of next year which is sad, but God will work everything out!!

Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers and thoughts. We love all of you and we will post as new things come up!!!

The Fishing boats
The open market in vietnam