Saturday, June 20, 2009
Ally Turns FIVE!
My "Ally Girl" has officially turned five! I must say that her turning five has been bittersweet...my baby girl is turning into a BIG girl and I just want her to stay little! However, she has informed me that,
"mama, I have waited a LONG time to be five! I don't want to be four!"
Ally is all things "girly" and has such a sweet, kind heart. God is going to do great things with her and through her! We adore you, Ally Shay!!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
One Year Ago....
Our paperwork was on it's way to CHINA! After an 18 month paperchase, our work was done and it was out of our hands! Little did we know that just a month later we would get THE CALL! Looking forward to re-visiting our "one year ago" memories over the next few weeks. Also, i'll be posting some photos of Ashley we recieved during her stay in Love Without Boundries Foster Care...so check back!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
5 Months HOME...
In so many ways, it feels like Ashley has been here forever. I guess we always knew we had a daughter in China, but I mean this is different...
I cannot believe she has only been here 5 months, and then I can't believe how fast this 5 months has gone! She has become such a huggable, snuggable TODDLER, who every day tells me "I yub you too!" and, "mama, ashee's mama!" I still go into her room and stare at her in her crib and am amazed at her. Your family LOVES you, baby girl!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
What a Week!
Summer is officially here.
Just a week after school was out, the summer stuff began! Which for us, means VBS, Swim Lessons, spending hours outside at the pool, and gearing up for all our summer birthdays!
VBS was this past week and the kids had a blast! We had over 500 people each day and the girls had wonderful teachers. I direct the Elementary portion of VBS so we had to be there early each morning, which was NOT fun...hello?, 4 kids dressed, fed, and out the door by 7:30? No thank you! Somehow we managed but we were worn out. On Thursday, we all took a 4 hour nap!
Afternoons (and mornings and evenings) around here are spend poolside. I am so thankful for the blessing of this house where we can spend so much FUN family time here in our own backyard! Annalyse is my little fish...swimming the length of the pool with no floaties! Ashley is really afraid of the water, so we got her a small baby pool and she is content to just play in that and watch her sisters. I will get her in and do some lessons in a few weeks, though! She has to learn! If you hear screaming from this general direction, please do not call the police:)
I'm also doing a few swimming lessons for friends' children. We wrapped up our first week and it went great! I had three little girls (my experise!) and they were all swimming great by weeks end:)
I'm hoping to get some video of Annalyse swimming today...check back!
Here's the summer b-day line up:
June 17 Ally
July 1 Ashley
July 15 Daddy
Aug 7 Mommy
Aug 14 10 Year Anniversery!
Aug 20 Avery
It's a summer of celebrations!! Poor Annalyse...way out there in November:)
Just a week after school was out, the summer stuff began! Which for us, means VBS, Swim Lessons, spending hours outside at the pool, and gearing up for all our summer birthdays!
VBS was this past week and the kids had a blast! We had over 500 people each day and the girls had wonderful teachers. I direct the Elementary portion of VBS so we had to be there early each morning, which was NOT fun...hello?, 4 kids dressed, fed, and out the door by 7:30? No thank you! Somehow we managed but we were worn out. On Thursday, we all took a 4 hour nap!
Afternoons (and mornings and evenings) around here are spend poolside. I am so thankful for the blessing of this house where we can spend so much FUN family time here in our own backyard! Annalyse is my little fish...swimming the length of the pool with no floaties! Ashley is really afraid of the water, so we got her a small baby pool and she is content to just play in that and watch her sisters. I will get her in and do some lessons in a few weeks, though! She has to learn! If you hear screaming from this general direction, please do not call the police:)
I'm also doing a few swimming lessons for friends' children. We wrapped up our first week and it went great! I had three little girls (my experise!) and they were all swimming great by weeks end:)
I'm hoping to get some video of Annalyse swimming today...check back!
Here's the summer b-day line up:
June 17 Ally
July 1 Ashley
July 15 Daddy
Aug 7 Mommy
Aug 14 10 Year Anniversery!
Aug 20 Avery
It's a summer of celebrations!! Poor Annalyse...way out there in November:)
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