Other Family Times

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Disney. We had planned to do this as our Adoption Celebration. That has not happened yet so we went ahead and did it anyway. We told the 4 little ones we were going to another Adoption family camp in Florida. As soon as we got to the Disney gate we said "Oh no, Daddy made a wrong turn. We're at Disney! Should we stay?" They all screamed YES!!! So they were thoroughly excited and surprised to say the least. We did Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Blizzard Beach water park. The weather was great and we couldnt have planned it better. What great memories were made.

The children all did fantastic. We went none stop to get our "monies worth". We must have slept a week after we got back.

Alyssa being a Princess
My Three Amigos

Pirate Boys

Our Family at Disney

Down Town Disney

Hi, We're Still Here

I can't believe I haven't blogged in some time. I think its been 4 months. Needless to say I can't seem to find the time. But I'm here now and that's all that counts. Were did I leave off? Lets start with Christmas, which was great! We all were so blessed and of course Burt and I did too much for the kids. I keep saying we will only give 3 gifts like Jesus got but it never seems to work out that way. Maybe next year. I also did something different in the wrapping department this year. Since our Christmas starts a week early with Burt's side of the family I seem to have been caught off gaurd with haveing everything if anything wrapped so this year I had a GREAT idea. I used black trash bags with big red bows. It worked out fantastic. The bags were then used to pick up other trash later. I think I'll patten the idea.

Time Passes by So Quickly

Adoption Family Camp

Girls at the Clemson Football Game with Audrey

First Trick or Treat

My Three Amigos

Gabriels 9th Birthday at the Yellow River Game Ranch

All Is Well

OK! I know it has been waaaaaay to long since I've posted but I'm a little busy. A good kind of busy. The children are growing, changing and healing. They are learning about God, baseball and the violin. I'm so proud of them all and feel soooooo blessed. I just had by 42nd Birthday and thought to myself, "my life is great, no regrets". I've started an Adoption Support Group at our church and had a great first turn out. We will meet again next month. I cant wait to see what God has in store for it.
Our adoption is not finalized yet and we have some "glitches" with the system but are working them out and will hopefully get the green light to proceed forward. I'd love to finalize before Christmas.

Are We There Yet?

This is this question we heard on our 7 hour drive to the beach. Burt and I had a great time keeping score of who asked the most times. We didn't tell the children so we thoroughly enjoyed our little game. This was our annual family beach trip and the children did fantastic. They all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the ocean tremendously. I was proud of them all. Our family is growing every day and I look forward to what God has in store for each and every one of them. I am truly blessed with my 7 children....... so far (hee hee).

Homecoming Party

Last Sunday 7 dear friends hosted a Homecoming Party for our new family. We were overjoyed at the outpouring of love, well wishes, prayers, praises and the generosity of so many friends and family. The kids did Fantastic and were so excited to be going to "their" party. There were over 100 people there and the food and fellowship was outstanding not to mention the decorations, crafts for the kids, pictures of all who came and so much more. From the bottom of our hearts we thank each and every one for lifting our family up during this very exciting time in our lives.

School Picture Day

Sorry for not writing more often but that's just the way it is. I don't do my e-mails as much or talk on the phone as much or clean the house as much but .... that's OK. I'm doing other things. Like raising a large family. It still hasn't dawned on me that I'm the only one I know with 7 children. I hope to meet another large family in my lifetime. They are few and far between.

We decided to have our school pictures taken today so we went to Stone Mountain park. How many kids can say they have their picture day there? Homeschooling has it's perks!

Things are going well as we are all learning to get along and become a "Big Fat Happy Family". We've gotten the "buddy system" down when going places and have even had the manager at a grocery store give me a dozen roses because she was shocked that 7 children could go through the store and not be heard. Little did she know that I gave them the "mean mommy" speech in the parking lot just seconds earlier. It worked and we were a blessing to others. Life is different but just as special and we still covet all your prayers.