Praise the Lord......

Aaron is no longer an orphan. He is CHOSEN and LOVED. The Nalles had such strength and faith....and now they have a new SON!

AMEN.

Afternoon canoe trip....

Rich talked me into going canoeing with him the other
day.... I'm not much of a dark, murky water person....so I didn't want to go.

But I did so to please him :)

Now let me begin by saying that when you have to start your trip off with one of these....it's probably not such a good idea to go.

And yes, he had to use it MANY times to bail the water. ( But I just tried to ignore the fact that water was getting my pant legs wet.... rolling eyes here)

Then this happens. To BOTH of the oars. Not kidding.

Then when we finally make it down the river to the spot we had Shane pick us up at....we were met by Mr. Friendly Police officer...that would be THIS guy.

And he's sayin....as we're in the truck with the canoe on top....."Did you NOT see that sign you just drove by"???????????

ahhhhhh........(deer in headlight look, mouth hanging open)

As he's pointing to this sign 4 feet in front of us.

Yeah.

So I blamed it on Shane. (Hee hee hee.)

To top it all off, we were all going to cram ourselves into the teeny tiny truck that Shane came to get us in...with Michael and Summer. That's 5 of us....

And Mr. Friendly Police Officer was still there....watching...

So, Rich told kids the 3 of them were going to walk home. About 3/4 of a mile.

They were already really mad that they didn't get a chance to go in the canoe.

( mean old mom wouldn't let them when she saw water coming in it---Shocking!)

So they cried all the way home.

Can you say 'lovely family afternoon' .........?

At least we didn't get a ticket.

:) :) :) :) :)

Isn't he a beautiful child....

This is little Alexander. He is in an orphanage in Eastern Europe and desperately needs a family. He will be transferred to an institution soon if no one comes for him.
Just look at those eyes! So beautiful and he has such a gentle spirit. My friend Gretchen (http://www.ready4ross.blogspot.com/) was able to spend time with him recently and she just fell in love with him.
What a wonderful son little Alexander (Sasha) would make. It's also a very easy region to adopt from and I know a VERY good cab driver who could drive you all around ;)
I would love to go get him myself if I could, and so would Gretchen, but since we both just came home with a child...it makes it a little difficult.

But PLEASE look into those gorgeous eyes and picture this sweet boy in your family....adoption is such a blessing for all involved...it's a decision you'll never regret.

A very naughty 3 yr old.....

that would be this guy......decided it would be a good idea to turn the hose on and put it through the sun roof of his big brothers car.

Lets just say it was a good thing mama was home to protect him when big brother went out later that day to go somewhere and his car was practically floating away.......

thanks guys :)......................

You see, Lindsey and I share a birthday, so yesterday she was showing off all her facebook 'happy birthday's' which she had 47 at that point. Then she went over to my blog and saw a big fat 0. So, she had that " oh my! Mom, where are all your 'bloggy' friends" ?? he heee he- -look on her face. grrrrr.

So I had to put that desperate (and shameful) plea out last night to show off to her that -Yes, I do indeed have bloggy friends. Hmp.-

Teenagers think they know everything. :)

I actually didn't even leave the house yesterday, just did ALOT of cleaning. Rich got home late, so we didn't do anything. But my mom and dad came over with a pan of cherry breeze right before bed. Yum. :)

It does make me a little mad however, that some of my older kids (and YOU know who you are) completely forget their moms birthday...and mothers day.... seriously, what's wrong with this picture!!!!!

anyway, thanks everyone! Now I can call Miss L up here to show her...even though it's not 47... it will do :)

yes, we're entering that 'pathetic realm' again.....

It's my birthday today and not one single person said Happy Birthday to me

Boo Hoo.

Well... my sweetie did :)

And Michael.

More Candles....

17 years ago on what was my 22 birthday I gave birth to this girl.....Happy Birthday Lindsey!