The Day my Chaotic Life Became More So....

Found this old picture of some of Caleb's first steps back in Jan 08. Now I just want to get him off the table or off the step stool and out of the freezer....

County Fair!

Once again we enjoyed an absolutely beautiful weekend at the county fair. Usually there is rain of some sort but nowhere to be found this year! The kids had a blast on Friday with rides and friends and Anna danced yesterday. Jacob was a huge help at the Chick-fil-A booth and Nathan spent the day hanging out with friends. A great way to spend a weekend!

A Family Reunited

For those of you who have been in the AWAA community for awhile, you probably know of Julia Norris and her adopted son Christian. I just received this from another AWAA family this week. They were able to track Christian's biological family in China and just a couple of weeks ago he was reunited with them in China. There are some very emotional CNN reports on this blog following their journey. I was in tears by the end.

www.afamilyreuinited.blogspot.com

Caleb turns 4!

Celebrated with a Spiderman birthday party and cupcakes with his friends at school. Can't believe our little guy is 4 already!

Nathan's big night

Six years after his decision to follow Christ, Nathan made the decision to be baptized. We are so proud of him and his spiritual growth this year. God has big things in store for our son!

Pictures at last

Or so I thought. Caleb has decided to not take a nap today so this post will be short but I'll at least get a couple of pictures of the kids in. School is going well and we are settling in to our new schedule. I am amazed at how much I get done during the day without my "helpers" but I do miss them. This move has been a good one all around though!

Transitions

Back in 2000, we had a year that I thought would top all years. I won't bore you with the details, just suffice it to say that it was full of lots of firsts, big decisions and things that have changed the landscape of our family today. Evidently these big years tend to cycle through and we are finishing yet another one of those years. I know that many of you have been saddened by my lack of blogging (ok, maybe that is an exaggeration but you couple of people can stop bugging me about it...)but I am hopeful that I will be doing a better job soon. After 7 years of homeschooling some or all of my kids, I sent the oldest 4 off to school today and Caleb will be following them in a few days. Our family has been stretched quite thin with commitments that were not always ours to make (yes, some were) but have all piled onto us in a pretty dramatic way. Ken and I are praying that we will, in the next few months, see some sense of normalcy come back to our chaos (as normal as a family of 7 can be :) ) I am realistic that my time will continue to not always be my own but that the expectations of it will be a bit more realistic. Feel free to pray for us as we make another transition year and I will do my best to get pictures up soon!