Watching Caleb watching "Underdog"

These are pictures of Caleb watching Underdog. He loves this movie and gets very excited! It's so cute to watch him! When he sees something exciting happen, he sticks his hands and feet out.:)

Brothers......GEEEEZ!:):):)

We just got done looking at some photos taken in Eastern Europe (where it is very COLD right now). This gave Ben an idea. A couple minutes later, he brought Caleb in the kitchen with Ben's leather jacket on and the Russian hat I brought home for Ben from my trip to Russia. TOO CUTE!!!!

Our Adoption journey begins.....AGAIN!

I am very happy to announce that we are adopting again! We are in the process of bringing home a little boy with Down syndrome from Eastern Europe. We feel very blessed to once again bring a child into our family to share our love with! I pray that everything goes quickly and smoothly and that we are able to bring home our newest addition very soon! God Is Good!

January Cookies!

I think Jimmy is missing all the Christmas goodies we had for the holidays. Today he said "Mom, you need to make cookies." "I need to make cookies, huh?" I asked. He said "Yea, January cookies!" ............Sounds GOOD to me!

Caleb and Santa.....I mean Jimmy!

Jimmy has often said that he doesn't want to shave because he wants to be Santa. So during Christmas break, I let him go 2 weeks without shaving and here he is! Today I told him that we needed to shave because he had school tomorrow and he said, "No, I want to be Santa." I tried to tell him that Santa shaves when it is not Christmas (wink) but he didn't buy it.........so he still has not shaved yet. I wanted to share a picture of Santa Jimmy and wouldn't you know it, a little elf came up and wanted his picture taken too. So here is Santa Jimmy and his little elf Caleb.

Happy New Year!!!

Our family wishes everyone a Happy and Blessed New Year!!!

Our Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone! The boys and I had a really nice Christmas this year. My parents came over to celebrate the day with us. My brother Sean called from Florida. It's always good to hear from him, we miss him so much! Caleb really got into opening the presents which was a lot of fun to watch. Santa brought him a big red fire engine with flashing lights, siren, and battery operated moving ladder. Needless to say, Caleb was excited and didn't want to open anything else. He got a Tickle Me Elmo this year and he loves it! See video below.:) Santa brought Jimmy a real black cowboy hat like the one that Garth Brooks wears. Jimmy is a big fan! He also got a Garth Brooks World Tour baseball cap. Jimmy loves movies and he got a few movies..... He also got a snowglobe with Santa in it because Jimmy would like to be Santa Clause. You need to watch Santa Clause 3 the Escape Clause to understand this one. Ben got some video games, baseball caps, a remote control car (sorry Dad, it's a Ford)... The boys gave me some really great smelling candles, pretty necklaces, cute ornaments.... The greatest gift of all is from God and that is my family. My family means the world to me and I'm so thankful for them each and everyday. The pictures above show the highlights of our day including Caleb blowing out the candle on Jesus's birthday cake. Thank you to my mom who baked the cake and brought it over for us to share. I pray that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, and safe 2008!