"Word It For Me" Weekend

OK... a new little meme that I thought might be fun...

Please help me with a caption for this picture from the weekend... dont-cha just love her expression? She is saying something with that face... you tell me!

The winner is.....

WHATCHU TALKIN ABOUT WILLIS?!
Submitted first by Tricia

(so funny... as that was one of my first thoughts too... just perfect!)

I will post the winner of the best caption Monday evening... I don't have a give-a-way to reward you with... but you will get credit for the caption!

EDITED: This was ALOT of fun... I am going to do this again! I love all the great quotes!!!

In other weekend happenings... fall is finally here and the weekend was GORGEOUS with crystal clear blue skies and crisp fall air. We made it out to the Zoo Halloween Party with Becca and Ella and the girls had fun. It was packed and Sophie and Ella had to warm up to each other and the sights of all the various costumes and decorations, but I think they had a great time! Becca and I loved catching up with each other... if you ever have the time to hang out with her, she is one cool chica! Here are some pictures of our fun night out!

My little kitty cat!

With Ella the Pumpkin!

Gathering in the loot~!

Checking out the martians

Gorgeous!

Shakin their groove thing with the headless mama (aka Becca)!

And a flashed out picture of the tired little ghouls and their mamas!

Oh... and we ran into our friends, Roberto with his new little sister, Eliana, in the parking lot on the way out! Of course, I grabbed a quick photo of those cutie patooties as well! Can't wait to spend more than five minutes with them soon too ~ the days go by so quickly!

Eliana has been home two months already and is getting ready to celebrate her first birthday next weekend! Is she not precious? And she has dimples just like her big brother!


We also made it to the Pumpkin Patch today. I will have to save those pictures for another post and will save my favorite for FFF this week!

Hope you had a great weekend too!

Favorite Foto Friday #61 - FRIENDS!

I want to tell you a little about my friends... they are so much more than that... many of them have become my FAMILY and I am so amazed at how God has put them in my life and brought them closer to me and my kids than my blood family!

For today's post, I want to focus on the one lady who has really been my rock, my soul sister... my best friend. She has been there through thick and thin (literally)...

This is Susan

I honestly do not know what I would have done over the past ten years without her. She and her family welcomed my little family with open arms and have invited us on family vacations, holiday meals, and everything in between. I always dreamed of having a sister (I have three brothers)... and God brought her to me at just the perfect time.

She has a wonderful husband, Mike, and five of the most precious kids this side of the world!

She is the first person I call when I am feeling low and the first person I call to celebrate the big stuff. But, the best thing is... she is there for all the little stuff every single day. She has the patience of Job and parents her children with grace and respect and her children are compassionate, loving and respectful and have the most awesome mother and role model a kid could ask for.

Susan is the one who will always tell me the truth, good or bad... sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. But, she never judges me and always supports me and I can go to her for advice any time of the day or night. We often like to joke that we are long lost sisters and someday our parents will tell us the truth!

I chose her and her husband, Mike, to be Sophie's Godparents and cannot imagine a more loving family to care for my baby if something were to ever happen to me... they love my little Bug as much as they do their own and were there every step of the way during her adoption process.

Sophie has adored her Auntie Susan from day one!!

I could write a book on how much my best friend, Susan, means to me... but I won't for FFF. She already knows that God put us together for a reason and for a lifetime... we have had so many great things happen between us, big and little, that have bound us together for forever. She rarely reads this blog, but if you do, know how much I LOVE YOU, my friend!! I truly do not know what I would ever do without you!!

xoxoxo, Eyah

Here is Mr. Linky... LINK AWAY!! if you need directions, you can find them here. Please leave a comment that you were here... so sorry I have been amiss at commenting over the past couple weeks when I have either (a) been without power or (b) been out of town. I promise to catch up with all of you this week!! Can't wait!



Next week's theme for FFF is PUMPKINS! Show your little pumpkins in action!!! (Edited because I LOVE seeing everybody's pumpkin pictures)

GUATOBERFEST 2008!!

Yeah, we're here, we're at the beach!! Ellie and Sophie were so excited to be out of the car after ten hours!!

Time to take the "luggage" up to the room!

Aww... aren't they cute from behind?

Meeting up with Daniel in the elevator!!!

Aren't we silly?

The hammocks were so much fun!

The sand was so silky smooth!

And the water felt great... too bad Mr. Sun did not come with us!

Yikes! The waves are getting me!

Just hanging around!

So much fun!

Awww... isn't she beautiful? My heart just melts!

Seriously...


These chicas are friends forever!

Heading to the Guatoberfest reception with Joseph and Daniel!

Can he get ANY sweeter??

Brother and sister reunited and having a ball!

Are they not the cutest cheesers?

Finally got to hug my friend, Holly! We could not catch Gia to be in the picture with us... she was like lightening running around! And SO TALL!

Julia, Kerry and Megan... you ladies ROCK!

Global Orphan Team!

What love bugs!

OMG! John Bryan and Gia are here!

Holly, Nino, Abby Grace and Bryan - who do you think have their mommies and daddies wrapped around their cutie patootie little fingers?

Girl Power! - Ellie, Sophie and Gabriella!

Sophie, Kya Grace and Gabriella

Gorgeous Miss Maya

The aquarium was a blast!

The charming Miss Sofia

And finally wrapped my arms around my dear friend, Tricia with our Sophia/Sofias!

Ring around the rosey everywhere!

Making a wish!

Whee!! So much fun at Carousel Park!

Ho Ho Ho

Scrub a dub dub, two cuties in the tub!

Squeaky clean and having to say goodnight and goodbye.

Our last morning there and the sun finally came out!

Bye Bye Beach!

Yeah! Finally got a few minutes with Laurie and Mindy!

Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

I so wish I had been able to spend more time hanging out with the fantastic people that were there! Bug had an upset tummy, so our time was cut short the one night we all hung out in the lobby together. I was so excited to meet so many people I have met through the blogs and FFF! To see all our beautiful and amazing children together in one place was a sight to see! We are all so incredibly blessed!

I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I had hoped!

Thank you so much Julia, Kerry, Megan, Kim, Holly and everybody else who helped put together such an amazing event! I look forward to next year!!