Boys Fun Night Out

This is another oldie/catch-up post.

Gracie was taking her turn to spend the night with MeMe and PaPa before school started, so Daddy and I took the boys to Fastlane for a night of FUN!

Go Karts

Video Games

We spent a small fortune in there…but didn’t regret it for a second. It’s really fun sometimes to go all out and have a blast together.

We bowled, ate dinner, played lazer tag, did go karts and played video games for over an hour.

I can’t even tell you how much fun we had. It was awesome!! The smiles on those 2 little boys’ faces was priceless.

Catch-Up

I’d like to dedicate this post to my Dad. Who has informed me that my blog is now 2nd on his list of sites that he visits regularly—due to the severe lack of content. :)

Here ya go, Dad! I’m gonna work my way back up to #1!!

These are all pictures from my iphone that date back to July and August :)

What would camping be without smores?? It was raining outside, so we made smores over the gas stove in the camper and enjoyed them at the table. YUM!

I’m always griping about laundry… but seriously, I have a right to. After 1 weekend of camping, this is the dirty laundry we took home. This doesn’t even include the 4 or so loads of blankets…

I thought Gracie’s little tea party was so sweet :)

Family Game Night! This is my Dad’s ancient Risk board. Isn’t it so cool? We love it!  You can see my pink pieces. I decided to go for Africa and protect it :)

My little chefs in the kitchen. This day they were making various yogurt concoctions. They were disgusting and they didn’t even eat what they made, but they were occupied for a few minutes anyway.

My sweet Rhett. This was taken on the day he asked Jesus into his heart. Can’t you just see the excitement on his little face? Love it and him!

My foot has healed up. All that’s left is this gorgeous scar. Good thing I was never a foot model, I guess. A friend recently pointed out that the little white/pinkish scar within the scar is shaped like Africa. Love that!

Gracie and her Uncle Goober

My hunny bunny took me out for my birthday. This is us cruising in the mini-van sans kids. :)

Fav family place to eat= BWW. This was in the lobby one night when we walked in. The boys had fun with it :)

Sweet.Goofy.Babies. Apparently G didn’t get the memo that they were supposed to be silly in this one…

FUN WITH POST-ITS :)

Gracie’s new necklace that she designed and bought with her own money :)

Rhett’s new necklace that he bought with his own money :)

My boy who HATED reading last year. Finished this whole book within the first couple weeks of school. And loved it. SO. PROUD.

There you go! A Catch up in pictures! More to come…

Skol Vikings!

Recently, we got the opportunity to go to another Vikings game. The game was in KC, and we happen to know someone who has season tickets to the Chiefs games and couldn’t make it to this game. He offered to sell us his tickets at face value and threw in his parking pass for free. Ummm…. YES!

If you’ve ever purchased NFL tickets, you know that to be able to get a single game ticket with great seats at face value is impossible!

Gracie wanted to go and we would’ve taken her too, but there were only 4 tickets available, so it was just Mamma, Daddy and the boys again.

We left early Sunday morning, drove up for the game and drove home right after the game. It made for a very long day, but it was WONDERFUL!

Why, yes, that is Jared Allen (aka STUDMUFFIN!) almost close enough to touch! My sweet hubby walked down a few rows to get this close up for me. We didn’t even have our good camera with us, he really was this close!

Oh, look, there’s Jared flexing his muscles for me! :)

We got to see him get a sack!! Unfortunately, I didn’t get it on camera. Actually, I didn’t even get to see it “live”. I was standing in line for 15 minutes to get my youngest son a hot dog and saw it on the closed circuit tv…… he owes me for that one. That’s what I was waiting to see the WHOLE game!!!!!!!!!!!

A purple family in a sea of red!

Arrowhead is a great stadium. The fans were really nice and we really enjoyed ourselves. It was an absolutely PERFECT day. Clear, sunny skies with temps in the mid 70’s. Seriously, it was like heaven on earth!

ADRIAN PETERSON!!!!!

The Viks lost the game and ended up 0-4. It’s no fun to watch your team lose, but we were just so excited to get to be there, that it really didn’t matter too much.

Last time we went to an NFL game, we thought it was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. To get the opportunity to go again, was like icing on the cake.

We just LOVE football and to experience it in person is just amazing. We are so thankful we were able to go! All 4 of us had a wonderful time.

One thing would’ve made it better….
Brett.Favre. (We miss you Brett!!)

18 Months

18 Months ago today, we officially began our adoption journey.

In the first conference call with our agency, we were told to plan on 15-18 months from the time we started our paperwork until we had her home and in our arms forever.

Well, we all know how that has turned out…

Today marks 18 months and we’ve yet to even get to see her little face or “meet” her.

We are still praying for her and can’t wait for the day we get our referral call and most especially for the day we get to bring her HOME!

The last month has been the hardest for me emotionally. It just seems so L-O-N-G. I even made the comment that I could’ve given birth to 2 babies by now :)

I think the hardest part is that it’s so different than what we’d expected and planned and also the unknown… we have absolutely no clue when to expect the next phases of the journey to take place, so much of our life has been put on hold and will continue to be put on hold. I like to live life to the fullest, so not being able to plan and do things has been hard for me.

BUT—God has been doing a work in my heart and I’m in a better place with all of this than I’ve been in a long time. I’m feeling good about it and filled with hope again.

“Faith isn’t believing God can, it’s knowing that He will.”

I’m BELIEVING that HE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m believing that it will be soon! We are expectantly waiting for our referral and trusting in God’s plan and timing. We know that He is FOR us and FOR her and that He’s holding us and guiding us to each other.

Resting in that today and PRAYING for a miracle.

Thank yall for joining with us in prayer!

Wasn't it just yesterday???

that my kids were this little???

Time flies!


I sure had my hands full (in this picture, Braden was about the same age that Gracie is now),
but as I look back, I miss it!

These 3 bless me everyday. I love being a Mamma.
Thank you, Lord, for my family.

B’s Weekend Soccer Highlights

I made a video from this weekend’s soccer games. The first game he was in goal the whole time and I didn’t take any video of him. The video is from the 2nd game of the day. There was about an hour of video, so I just picked some of the highlights.

As you can tell, it was raining most of the game, so there was a little slipping and sliding going on with the wet field. Holding the video camera and an umbrella and trying not to whack my mom in the face with the umbrella every time I moved was a little tricky :)

He had a really great game and we were so proud of him!

His BEST play is at the beginning of the film. LOVE it! All those HOURS of practicing are paying off for him :)

The last bit of the film isn’t necessarily a highlight, but I included it anyways because it was so funny to me. He is a quiet and respectful kid and he always takes a beating out there on the field and always pops back up and never says a word. This time, he let a little of his passion come thru when he disagreed with the ref’s no-call. I don’t want him to get cocky, but showing a little of  your “heart of your sleeve” from time to time isn’t all bad.

Highlight Reel from BASC Tourney

It was much easier to make a highlight reel from the first couple games at the BASC Labor Day tourney in OK than to post several different videos.

Enjoy!