I'm coming back I promise!! I have lost the cord to download pics and well.... You'll see. Found the cord today:) Yea!! Open house ar school tomorrow and school starts Monday!! Ready or not....mostly not:) but we're gonna give it the good ol' college try....heh.

...taking an itty bitty break:) Be back soon!! Maybe sooner than later!

Coming Like A Child...

I read this by Joni Eareckson Tada recently and thought it might encourage those who are tired and weary...if you don't know her story please do your research and get to know this woman! She's been a quadriplegic for 40+ years now and every day is a struggle even to breathe. Yet...without complaint through weariness and great suffering she carries on in praise to her Savior! I love this quote from her.

God, Like a father doesn't just give advice. He gives himself. He becomes the husband to the grieving widow (Isaiah 54:5). He becomes the comforter to the barren woman (Isaiah 54:1). He becomes the father to the orphaned (Psalm 10:14). He becomes the bridegroom to the single person (Isaiah 62:5). He is the healer to the sick (Exodus 15:26). He is the wonderful counselor to the confused and depressed (Isaiah 9:6).

I encourage you to cover yourself with scripture when life becomes difficult and navigation may seem confusing. We can look to others both in this world and scripture to be examples of righteous living...and on an even higher level...to the one who gives us the very breath we breathe. Write out scriptures, carry them with you, post them and make them the very essence of your day! It works!!

Daughter or Friend...or Both??

A funny story emerged at the grocery store the other day. I had all 3 little girls with me and they were being their normal chatty, giggly, overly-crazy selves:) I sent their cute little bums to perch on a bench near the check out so I could finish and make a hasty exit. The cashier heard me telling them to 'sit and wait' and made the comment...." Oh how nice that your DAUGHTER (emphasis minie) was able to bring her friends to shop with you today." This caught me quite off guard...as one little was now climbing OVER the bench....so I must have looked dumbfounded...but I simply replied..."Those girls??" "Yes" , said the cashier..."Well, they're sisters", I responded. "They're ALL my daughters." (said with a giant smile on my part).

"Ohhhhhhhhhh"...said the cashier. "Wow. That's nice. (Boy you could see those wheels turning in her head!!)

Miss Cashier never said which daughter she thought was 'mine' and I never asked. Adoption transcends culture, ethnic background, hair, eye and skin color....very simply..I don't even think about the fact of how different they look from each other anymore. Cashier lady apparently thought as I'm sure many do that I run a daycare :( or had brought companions along for the day! At this point...I wished I'd had Cade too so I could add that story to the mix:) Another funny story along those lines.....coming soon.

We're Taking This Kid to the Race Track!

Not that we've ever been to a race track...or ever bought a lottery ticket that is! Today Kristin found a lottery ticket in a parking lot just hangin on the ground...and usually I have her throw out whatever current 'treasure' appears in her cute little hand. Today I just happened to look at the item she was holding and it appeared to be a 'new' lottery ticket. I have yet to buy, see, hold one so this was a first for the mommy too. After I donned my 'over-40' reading glasses :) I realized it was an unplayed scratch-off game. We scratched and would you believe...lil missy won 4 bucks!! I had no idea even how to redeem a ticket...but learned real fast and Eloise now has more dollars to her name:) She's so very excited!! It may as well be a million to her because her response was...."Now I can get more than one thing from the dollar store!!" Heh. We're cheap around here:)

Nothin Says Summer Better Than....

...a hunker bowl of ice cream!! Chocolate Marshmallow from Publix is the best!!

What's Better Than Summer??

Especially when your moms let you scream-I-mean-play in the rain!!....One of the moms of one of these two adorable tots is preggers and not feeling so hot. In fact reports have it that she's feeling pretty lousy...hopefully not for too much longer. I'm happy to report...IT'S NOT MEEEEE!!!!! Yep...DIL Mel is rawther green these days...we think maybe cuz this time it's "pink"?? Don't know...but we do know that while Mama Mel laid in the chair...these two ran crazy (along with other sisters) even in a couple of downpours. What's summer without a good rain squeal?? (or should I say squall??) Both apply in this situation:) Cade can high-pitched glass-breaking shriek with the best of them!! BTW...just FYI for those unfamiliar with our family breakdown...these two are aunt and nephew:)