Gotcha Day

May is the month that we celebrate the adoptions of John and Faith. It has been three years since these two became a permanent part of our family. We refer to this as their gotcha day! They both have very unique stories that I was planning on sharing but, I ended up writing posts that were way too long :o) Instead, I decided to share a slide show in celebration of each of these kiddos. We feel so blessed to be their parents.


Faith Gracelynn



Happy Gotcha Day sweet baby girl!!! We love you.




Johnathan Luke



Happy Gotcha Day little man!! We love you.


Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Psalms 107:1

Mothers Day

For Mothers Day my sweet husband and children surprised me with these...

Beautiful new rose bushes!!!

Attached to each of the bushes is a special engraved tag. So sweet.


We were able to get together with my Mom and Dad for a nice Mothers Day lunch. The food was great and the best part...no clean up!!!

Birthday Boy

Our youngest boy is now a big 5 year old! He thinks this is pretty cool since big brother Nicholas is also 5 years old. Well, until next month at least :o) We had cake and ice cream for his celebration and were excited to have Poppy and Bammy join us. Happy Birthday John!! We love you.

Sledding Trip

We took a trip up the the mountains this weekend to enjoy a day of sledding. The weather was beautiful and we had the whole place to ourselves. In between trips down on the sled, Jason and the kiddos made a pretty cool snow fort. After it was finished they used the fort as a shelter during their snowball fight. Faith and I opted out of the snowball fight but we did have fun watching them :o)

Uhh Ohh

Out of the mouth of my precious daughter came these words...

"Uhh ohh Mommy! (pause) My butt has a crack in it!"

I had to ask her to repeat herself just to make sure I heard her right. Sure enough, I did! After I finished laughing hysterically, I figured out that she meant her behind was showing out of her jeans.
I just love this little girl!!

Easter In Colorado

Wednesday Afternoon

A couple of Wednesdays a month we are blessed with the presence of ... Daddy! These days usually consist of me taking care of appts. while Jason is able to watch the kids. Well, today our afternoon was spent at the river, enjoying the sunshine. It was originally planned for us to watch until Daddy caught a fish so that the kids could see it but, they were pretty bored after the first 15 minutes. So, we took a walk and found some fun. While we were gone, Jason caught a fish. Of course!! Well, I guess there's always next time :o)


Little girl and a Very big rock. I think we were scaring the fish away...oops! I'm thinking Jason was secretly glad we left the area.


Train on the slide...they came up with that one on their own

And finally, washing our hands off with that really cool pump :o)