FFF... Laughter and Smiles!

Hey guys!! Have you missed me? I have absolutely LOVED watching FFF continue over at Hannah's Blog and have missed posting my own!! This week, Hannah has asked me to host FFF for her so she can enjoy some much deserved away time to celebrate her 138th Birthday (yes, she is THAT OLD and wrinkly!!) and Dmitry's 10th Family Day!

This week's theme is Laughter and Smiles!! We sure have been experiencing a lot of that around here lately as spring has definitely sprung! As a matter of fact, several weeks ago during Spring Break week, Hannah and I got our kids together as some of you have already seen and had a little Princess and Pettiskirt photo session with the Sophias! They were FULL of laughs and giggles that day! Thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share some of those beautiful smiles on their cute little budding friendship!

Even some tickle tackles occurred and the girls LOVED it!

Dmitry was a sport and posed for the mamarazzi but would not wear a tutu!!! ha ha

Sophia was teaching Sophie the ropes on how to pose effectively!!

Yep, I think the tips were effective!! LOL!
Look at their little tudes!!!

Can't see their smiles, but this is one of my favorite shots!

Loads of laughter and smiles!!

Thanks Hannah for showing me the ropes of my new camera! And, I can't wait to get together again for another round of fun!!!

As Hannah says... Link Up and Leave Some Love!!!! See you next week back at Hannah's!!!

Best. Mothers. Day. Ever.

...because I heart these faces... and get to call them my own.

Will I ever catch up??

Morgan's Senior Prom

Morgan's Senior Prom was last night... she looks so grown up and so incredibly beautiful!!

She picked out the most amazing dress... actually the very first one she tried on! I think this had to be a record!

Sissy and Sophie

Mom, really....

Have fun, Sissy!!

The kids had a great time... look at this beautiful group of girls!

And one in particular face in the crowd...

Hamming it up!!

And, why yes, I do get this face often!!

The whole gang!

Morgan took her friend, Adam.

Don't they make a cute couple?

Time to get on the Party Bus!

A great time was had by all!

And this is what Sophie thought about being left behind!! LOL!

Next weekend is graduation... seriously, hug your kids tight. Time passes so quickly!! My baby is all grown up!

Play Ball!

PLAY BALL!!!

OK, I know I said that I was going to be back to blogging... it is just taking me longer than I thought to actually remember. But, I plan to backup and try to catch up with the past 6 months as well as share the current goings on too.

Sophie is playing her first season of Tee Ball this year and so far, she loves it! She is by far the tiniest on the team although one of the oldest. She missed the cutoff by 3 days. We need to work a bit with her overhand throw but she really doesn't care!

Coach Bart helping her with her pink bat (of course) and getting things lined up to hit!


Coach/Aunt Molly giving her a little congratulatory swing while running the bases!


She is so excited about turning 5 next Monday and that her uniform is also #5!!


And every good game (or practice as this day was) deserves a snow cone!!



Love, hugs and FROG!

Wordless Wednesday

{I promise words soon.}

Back to our regular scheduled program...

{insert crickets chirping}

Is anybody still here? I am sure I freaked a lot of you out last year with the sudden closing of my blog and never sending out invitations like I promised. I actually did not go private, I just fell into a little bit of a personal rut and then did not know how to pull myself out for a while, so I just closed it. I kept up with many of you through facebook but have really missed blogging. And, I had hopes of using my blog as a family scrapbook of sorts so that my kids can look back on what was going on in our little family through the years.

So, with that being said... I am going to try to catch up from the past 6 months and begin to move forward a little bit at a time too. I have met so many people through the years through this blog and really miss those connections.

So, if you are still here... leave me a comment and let me know!!

And, I am so thrilled that Favorite Foto Friday is still going strong over at Hannah's blog. Maybe I will join in too! I love where she has taken it and love keeping up with many of you there!

And for those of you that have just missed seeing some cuteness... here are some pics from Christmas time of all three of my angels. I will try to catch up slowly and backdate some posts.

Morgan

Grant

And Sophie~Bug

Oh... and I have a new camera!! Long story but my plan is to bump up my effort to really learn it this time!! Hope you are willing to be my critics!

Love, hugs and FROG!!

Favorite Foto Friday #105 - Happy 15th Birthday Grant!

Thank you all so much for your comments and private e-mails regarding my decision to take my blog private. I am so touched with all the stories that you have shared with me and feel honored that so many care about my family and have been touched by our adoption journey. I really have mixed emotions about closing it down, but feel it is the right thing to do at this time in our lives. I hope that sometime I will be able to make it public again once we find a better flow in our lives.

In the meantime, for this week's FFF... I want to wish a very Happy 15th Birthday to my son, Grant. He turned 15 on Wednesday, September 30th and we were fortunate enough to be able to celebrate with family and friends at his favorite Japanese Hibachi restaurant. I forgot to take my camera to his celebratory dinner but did manage a picture before we left of him opening his birthday gifts at home with his little sister by his side...

It is definitely my favorite foto of the week even though the flash went off in the fireplace screen and is slightly out of focus. Oh well... it has two of my three favorite people in this world in it! More pictures are on Morgan's camera but she has lost her cable to download them, so this will have to do!!

As I announced earlier this week... this is the final FFF that I will be hosting on this blog until further notice. Starting next week, you will find the FFF linkup on Hannah's blog! I know she will take really good care of everybody there!! Please be sure to leave her loads of comments thanking her for hosting as well as how much you love her AMAZING photography skills of her gorgeous children!!!

Here is MckLinky! I hope we have a great turnout this week!!!



I will post some pictures from our trip to Guatoberfest when we return next week! Sophie~Bug and I are so excited to spend time with the many wonderful families we have been looking forward to meeting in person!

Love, Hugs and FROG (Fully Rely On God)!!