CRAZY TIMES

Blogging to me means sharing our joys with our friends and family. Sharing the difficulties in our every day lives is hard for me... but I admire those who can reach out and share those personal moments with others. The past few months have been rough in our family and I have chosen to keep things private. I appreciate the e-mails and the many prayers that have been sent our way. Maybe someday I will find a way to share the good as well as the bad and ugly. For now, I want to keep our family blog as a scrapbook of the miracles and blessings in our lives... which I never forget even in our darker times... are VERY plentiful!

Keeping the glass half full and looking for the wonder in the everyday things is what I wake up every day and try to do. And, I have a few precious faces that help me remember that I am blessed beyond measure...





Hopefully, things will settle down and I will be back to blogging more regularly soon... I know I have some promised post catchups to do as well as my Pay It Forward and a give away opportunity!

Favorite Foto Friday #37 - SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods, but here in KY, Spring has finally sprung! The parks are full of people, kites are flying, flowers and trees are blooming and people are enjoying sitting outside at almost every sidewalk cafe. This is truly one of my favorite times of year!

For this week's FFF, I am posting some pics from our little trip to the zoo on Thursday. All the animals were out enjoying the warm weather and we were finally able to pull out the shorts and sandals and had a great time! Thanks Auntie Susan and Andrew for joining us... it was so relaxing to just wander through the zoo and leave all the errands and chores for another time. Time spent with our children on a beautiful day TOGETHER is priceless!

SO excited to see the zebras!!


My little sassy diva on the playground! Look at that attitude!


Just chillin!


This is her pensive look...


Whee!! This Bug LOVES to swing... we have been to the park or out in our backyard swinging every night this week!




I so love this baby girl!


Also, a huge shout out to my friend, Alma, who arrived home last week with her beautiful baby Natalia! She was blessed with a wonderful agency and incredible timeline and her gorgeous daughter joined her mommy at home at the age of 5 1/2 months old! Congratulations Alma!

Please leave a comment if you would like me to link your FFF post this week.
Christina, Emily, Madeline & Ashley
Misty, Madisyn & Lyza
Maddy & Lyza
Jennifer, K, M & F
Sarah & Anna
Aves, Tuks, Cheetah & Panda
Lilysmom and Lily - First FFF!
Linda, Claire and soon, Ruth!
Becky, Juliana & Amaya
Megan & Mackenzie
Becca, Myles & Ella
Rachel, Max & Makan
Kerri & Ruby
Katie, Brayden & Arianna
Ellie, Angelena & Angelo
Marianne, Finley & Chloe
Tina, Liliana & Toby
Christina & Aiden
Lisa & Madeline
Kerry & Cameron
Rebekah & Jaden
Carrie & Savannah
Tricia, Victoria & Sofia
Kathy & John
jamie, Jalyn & Justice
Soltana, Derek & Cerah
Laurie & Bella
Rachel & Riley
Jenelle & Colter
Stacey & Luke
Heidi & Emmi
Laurie, Kari, Mindy & Joe
Kelly, Kemry & Karson
Michelle, Dylan & Dominic
Katie, Madeleine & Audrey
Lisa & Sophia
Heather, Kyle, Brandon, Devin, Jacob & Allie
Tracy & Brenda
Lauren, Amanda & Adam
Amy & Brayden
Amanda, Mason & Matthew
Robyn & Gabriella
Timberly, Dawson & Daeton - First FFF!
Jennifer, Sara, Rachel, Ali & McCaleb
Beth & Isabella Faye
Becky & Tabitha
Ruthie & Liliana

Dayli gets her pictures!

In December, I sent a package down to Dayli with pictures from our time together in November. The package inadvertently got buried under some other things but Sharon with Mayan Families finally delivered them to her this week. Today, she sent me pictures of Dayli receiving them... isn't she a beautiful child?




And look how happy she is to see the pictures of us together! I can't wait to see and hug on this beauty again!

Favorite Foto Friday #36 - SIBLINGS

I have reserved this Special Edition FFF in honor of SIBLINGS as I have a very special post about a very special little guy that just happens to be the biological brother of my Sophie~Bug. His name is Daniel and he is 11 months older than Sophie and just the most handsome, sweetest and tender hearted little guy. His family and ours are so blessed to know one another and have been able to get together several times with the kids over the past couple years. It has definitely been one of those unexpected blessings that have come from adoption... one I never would have imagined! Luckily, our families get along so well and of course, we think our children are just beautiful and even more so... together.

So, last week in Destin, they were able to join us for a few days at the beach and I will share a few pictures of them together as my FFF!

Cheesy smile on Bug, but Daniel sure looks gorgeous!


He was so protective of Sophie and tried to put his arm around her.


They had so much fun on the beach together.




I will leave more of the story for a later post since this is FFF!

Looking forward to your SIBLINGS FFF!! And, to not exclude any only children... don't forget about furry siblings (I consider my dogs my furbabies)!! And, as always, you never have to follow a theme... just post your FFF and leave a comment and I will link you!! FFF has grown tremendously the past couple of months and is alot of fun! I look forward to checking in with everybody every week!! Thanks for participating and leaving comments here!!

Rachel, Makensie, Madison, Makan & Max
Kerri & Ruby
Tonya, Brent, Zach & Gabe
Stephanie & Jaden
Lisa & Madeline
Stephanie & Alex
Jennifer, F, M & K
Christina, Emily, Ashley & Madeline
Lauren, Amanda & Adam
Lisa & Sophia
Becky, Juliana & Amaya
Kelly & Skylie
Tina, Toby & Liliana - First FFF!
Kelly, Karson & Kemry
Denise, K, F, E & L
Tricia, Victoria & Sofia
Michelle, Dylan & Dominic
Farrah, Madisyn, Gracie & Austin
Misty, Madisyn & Lyza
Amy, Brooklyn, Regan & Carson
Tracy & Brenda
Kelli & Kaleb
Heather, Kyle, Brandon, Devin, Jacob & Allie
Janelle & Colter
Laurie, Mindy & Joe
Ellie, Angelena & Angelo
Heidi, Emmi & Jake
Christina Kelsey, Clara & Aiden
Kelley & her 7 Blessings
Dena & Annie
Jennisa, Avery & Olivia
Amy, Nathan, Jeff, Giovanni, Kayla & Samantha
Beccay, Myles & Ella
Marianne & her furry babies
Tracy, Matt & Emmy
Kathy, John, Mia & Shoshie
Dori & Annalise - private
Three Handprints Beautiful Boys
Katie, Madeleine & Audrey
Amy, Joey & Honey
Sharon & Anna Maria
Rachel & Riley - First FFF!
Amanda, Mary, Mason & Matthew
Rachel & her Philippino cuties
Amy & Steve - Happy Anniversary!
Aves, Tuks & Heathcliff, Einstein & Murph
Ruthie & Liliana
Jill & Mario
Jamie, Jalyn & Justice
Robyn & Gabriella
Laurie & Bella
Amy, Brayden & Malayna
Becky & Tabitha

Wordless Wednesday

SPRING BREAK!!

Just pictures... ready for the overload??



Did you know that just a placement of a Dora bandaid makes the pain in your leg/foot/toe go away? Boy, I wish I had one tenth of her tan!


I can't believe I am posting a picture of me in a swimsuit, but I just love this picture of me and my Bug!













My Island Beauties!



The big kids were very elusive this week... mostly out with their friends the bulk of the time. I can't believe that I did not get more pictures of them!






Sigh... it is hard to be home after a glorious week in that warm salty air. It is rainy and f-f-freezing back at home... come on SPRING!

Favorite Foto Friday #35 - SATURDAY EDITION

We are home from Spring Break in Destin, FL! Sorry to have delayed yesterday's FFF. Thought I would quickly catch up with my favorite foto of the week in Destin of my three children. No explanation necessary, but I can tell you that Bug was very attached to mommy the entire week, including our beach photo session as evidenced here!



I promise a more detailed post as soon as I can go through the more than 600 pictures I took this week and catch up on some sleep! I will try to whittle it down to a manageable number for you soon!

Our regularly scheduled FFF will return next week with a new theme!!! I will resume linking then!!