Things have gotten a tad crazy around here. Crazy in a very blessed kind of way!! Share in our blessings over the last few days!!

Blessed with a garden overflowing…..

Blessed with a wedding to plan…..

Addie and David’s three sisters are the bridesmaids!

Blessed with the start of school today…..

Grant Evan, almost 17, a junior this year!

Addie Mae, almost 16, also a junior this year!

Chad Ryan, 10 years old, in the 5th grade!

Lane Stevan, 6 years old, in the 1st grade!

Eliza Claire, two years old, wanting to do everything the big kids do!

Our first day of school went SO well! I have a blast planning school for these guys!!

Also blessed with a little miss who takes our breath away…

Do you think the girls like to get Eliza ready in the morning?

Jet lag is still hanging on…just for one busy mama….but I am determined to win! We also have four boys that are pretty sick with the China cold. Blake is the worst and I wonder if he has pneumonia. It was a long weekend for my poor hubby. We are praying everyone will be better soon, and that it won’t get passed to Kayla who is the only one that has been spared of it.

Life continues in the fast lane as Blake, Eliza and I will be spending the afternoon at the hospital tomorrow as we meet with pediatric specialties for the first time with Eliza. Please pray for our sweet girl! And for wisdom for Blake and I!

These very special blessings……

Are engaged!!!

We couldn’t be more excited!!!! Preparing for an October 25th wedding!!!!

Just got a call from my darling Mother scolding me for the length of time that is lapsing between blog posts now that life is C.R.A.Z.Y. Apparently a post everyday is more to her liking!

And since I always listen to my Mom (Hi, Mom!), and do everything she tells me, here are some photos of our sweet new princess to meet my quota for a post today.

The weather is beautiful here!

Yes, technically our sweet new princess is riding on a tractor and playing with a nerf gun….but at least she is wearing pink, right?

Today after Eliza’s nap I sat her down to pull her hair up and she took the bow out of my hand and said “It is so pretty!” IT IS SO PRETTY? I thought we were all going to fall off our chairs! I have spoken this language my whole life, and even though I am still very young (grin), I don’t think I make sentences grammatically correct all the time yet! Grammatically correct all the time yet? See what I mean?

This sweet new princess is a rock star! She continues to amaze us ALL DAY LONG.

We love you so much Eliza Claire!! How did we ever live without you??!!

P.S. I have a post ready for tomorrow that you are going to love!

We are soaking up all that summer will give us before school starts….and having a blast!! Eliza is still amazing us all, and even amazed our caseworker who was here today for our first post placement visit. She said what we ALL say – “She is doing so well, it seems like she has just always been here!” We are all over the moon in love with this little miracle! Thank you, Lord!!

We had a campfire with coffee and dessert after dinner one night. How I missed our favorite summer gathering spot!

It was great fun to watch Eliza take her first “swim!” She LOVED this!!

Kayla took Chad in the big pool after he had a yummy smoothie first!

I also snuck away during Eliza’s nap today to spend some time with the two youngest boys. We went to the library and then to the Co-op for a special snack! They picked a cookie and a root beer (both gluten-free, of course!). Their can’t-seem-to-get-over-jet-lag Mama picked coffee. Heh, heh.

Stick around a little longer summer! We are having fun!!