My mom is fussing at me.

Hello baby Allen!!! This is my brand new baby nephew born on 3/11. Isn't he yummy!!


Well my mom called tonight and even she told me it was time to update my blog! I guess I'm going to post some random pics from the last month and then tell you how things are going with the foster/adoption. (Let me warn you, they are not in order.)

It's March, so in Texas that means bluebonnet season. I LOVE bluebonnets!!

Even after we got home from Disney, Joshua wouldn't wear anything else. Too cute!

Spring Break was Disney World!!! My favorite place to be besides home!!

A few pictures from earlier in the month. Grace and Joshua gardening, and half the girls in the neighborhood in a huge oak tree!!

OK, back to the adoption news.

We have a case worker!! All we need now is our id number and we can receive children!!!! Did I mention how absolutely excited we are!! I will be on here as soon as something happens. It could be any day from now!!

HA!!! I am sooo sad at blogging now and I don't know how to get back in the groove. It literally takes one of my kids to get sick and slow me down to get back to blogging. :) 

We have been so busy planning our trip to Disney... 11 days to go and counting!!! Woo Hoo!!!

We have been busy getting things together for our new additions to the family. (We will be licensed in the next 4 weeks or so) 

I have been following the Weight Watchers diet. I have lost 9 lbs in 3 weeks AND I have still been able to eat Thin Mints!!! Now that is a diet I can handle!

All this and I have been planning the next mission trip to Montana. Whew! That is enough for me right now. :) 

Well, mommy duty calls and I have to take care of my sweet Grace. I am still hoping to get back to the routine soon. Pray for me. Hee hee! :)

My baby is playing her first instrument!!

This is such a proud moment for me....

my baby is playing the guitar!!

Anna has had an interest since she was 3, but she was too little to take lessons then. She has always brought it back up time and time again, and FINALLY mommy and daddy got the hint!!

We found a wonderful teacher and Anna absolutely LOVED the lesson!!

Look for some video clips in the weeks to come. :)

My baby brother, John

My brother John is leaving for Navy boot camp in less than two weeks. I am thrilled, excited, nervous, scared, and proud all at the same time.

John has always been the sweet boy who used to grab onto my leg every time I walked in and out of the door. (Even when he grew up and didn't pay attention to me through the teen years) I love my baby brother and I can't wait to see what God has planned for him in this journey.

Tomorrow is his going away party and I can't wait to give him a big hug and tell him how much I love him!!

Please pray for him. Of course I will update you when he gets back. :)

Where oh where is our mommy??

Just look at them, so so sad. They don't know where their mommy has gone.

She hasn't blogged in over a month!!! How is anyone going to know how big they are getting?




Desperate times call for desperate measures.



We are going on a hunt.





We will find her.

THERE SHE IS!!!!!!

Yes, here I am. Facebook swallowed me up and I have finally been spit out. I better start making a habit of posting again or I am going to be lost forever!

Seriously though, my kids have asked to see their pictures on "mommy's website" lately and I have had nothing to show them. It's pretty bad when my 5 yr old is reminding me to blog. :)

I have a long post that is coming up, so I will update you all on everything that has been going on soon!! Bye for now!

Snow?? Snow in Texas?? What is that all about??

Sad I know. Very sad that it takes returning home from a trip to Delaware and being in Houston, TX of ALL places to see... SNOW!!!

Now all you northern friends of mine... don't laugh. This little sprinkle of snow entertained my children for 2 hours!! Just take a look at that sad little snowball Anna and her friend Shelby were able to round up. :)

It has been so long since I have been here and I am so sorry for that. I really thought that after that last post, Anna was going to keep up with my blog for me. LOL She does have another post started, but she's as bad as I am about distractions. This time of year there are so many!!

Let me tell you a little of what I have been doing:

1. Organizing a Christmas party and gifts for 8 boys in the cottage my Sunday school sponsors.

2. Purchasing all the gifts for another cottage of 8 boys. (I was the personal shopper for their sponsor)

3. Lots and lots of photo shoots.

4. Laundry.

5. Trip to DE with the ENTIRE family... on a PLANE... on only 24 HOURS notice!!! (my grandfather passed away)

6. Black Friday shopping with my expecting SIL in Delaware!! (crazy, I know!)

7. Lots and lots of paperwork for our foster/adoption journey.

8. A couple of work Christmas parties with Rodney.

9. Facebook.

10. Both of my girls birthday parties!!

11. Oh yeah... and taking care of the 3 kids we have now. :)

How I want my Summer Vacation to be (maybe in school too)

   Do you want to know how I spent my summer vacation?Well, I really want to walk dogs for 1.00 each,there I said it! Now are you happy?Dogs are my favorite animals, besides my cat. The cat that I have now is,well my first cat that I've ever had (I think so). Back to dogs, Bailey my first dog, was my favorite dog. He was so fun and so cute!!! But we had to give him away!!! I was crying for hours!!! I want another dog but my parents won't let me. So thats why I want to walk dogs in the summer, maybe while I'm in school too. Now you know what I want to do in the summer (maybe all year and I want to save up to buy a dog and beg and beg and tell my parents that I'll pay for one myself). Bye! Bye! (see don't you love my story?! I'm only a kid! Well, I'm getting bored. Gotta go eat dinner!) AWESOME PLAN ISN'T IT!!!

(written by Anna, my 9 year old)