Happy 37th!

 Tuesday was my wonderful husbands 37th birthday!

And just like last year, Shane's co-workers went CRAZY decorating his office for his special day! 

Shane had NO idea that when he left for work that morning, 

THIS is what awaited him!!! 

The birthday boy sportin' his new apple poncho;)

How fun!!!

Our celebration at home wasn't quite as over the top as it was at work, but it was just as sweet! 

 We enjoyed a yummy Mexican dinner, complete with Shane's FAVORITE cake...

Yes...those are matches serving as birthday candles:} I couldn't find my candles so instead of taking the time to hunt for them, we just improvised:}

Yellow cake and chocolate icing.

Simple but oh so DELICIOUS!

 And even though an ipad was on Shane's birthday wish list, a new adoption t-shirt and the anticipation of a wonderful trip to China in the near future made my guy just as happy this year!!!!

 Throw in a few precious homemade cards from the kids, and you have yourself quite the birthday celebration!

Happy Birthday Babe! 

I love you with ALL my heart and look forward with great excitement to all that God has in store for us in this coming year!!!!

 XOXOXOXOX

Pumpkin Time!

Monday was Columbus Day and my BIG boys had the day off from school!!! 

Oh how I live for school holidays! 

We enjoyed a somewhat lazy morning at home, and then decided to call up some friends to see if they wanted to meet us at the pumpkin patch near our home!

Outings are always much more fun when shared with friends-right?!?

We quickly packed a picnic lunch and then headed out the door to meet our friends at the patch!

The weatherman was calling for rainstorms, but thankfully he got it wrong! Instead of showers, we were blessed with a cool, cloudy fall day! 

It was PERFECT!

The kids had a BLAST chasing each other through the hay maze, and I enjoyed watching them burn off  some of their unending amount of energy!!!

After playing for a bit, it was soon time to get down to business! 

We were on a mission! 

A mission to find that PERFECT pumpkin!

Corban won for finding the tallest pumpkin, but 

after searching high and low, it was actually Hudson who found THE ONE!

Yup...he found our Jack-o-latern!!!

After a lesson on farm life, 

and a group photo...

It was time to hit to the park!
We enjoy that picnic lunch and attempted to burn off more of that said energy;)

Oh y'all...next year I'll have a little "A" pumpkin running around too and joining in on all our  crazy FALL fun!
I.cannot.wait!!!!!!!

Oh how my heart longs for that sweet day!!!!!

A Little Princess

Once upon a time, in a castle far away, there lived a beautiful princess named Sophie. 

This princess wore a crown of rare jewels on her head 

and carried a crystal wand in her hand. 

The wand was used to help her grant the secret wishes of her adoring subjects!  

The princess herself had a secret wish though. She dreamed of one day going to a ball. 

Okay okay, so maybe it wasn't quite the "ball" she wished for, but Disney on Ice has got to come pretty close, right?!?!?

Friday night, I took my sweet little princess to see Micky, Minnie and the rest of the Disney gang! 

Thanks to my Mother-In-Law who surprised us with last minute tickets, my baby girl and I had a night out on the town!

 Sophie was so excited and could NOT wait for the show to begin. With it being two hours long though, I wasn't too sure how long she would actually sit. But to my surprise and amazement she did fairly well. 

By the time intermission came though, she was getting antsy!  

A bag of her favorite treat totally did the trick. Yes, my girl LOVES her some cotton candy!

I totally caved and spent $12.00 on that sugary stuff, but at least it came with a cute foam crown for her to wear;)

She looked so super cute sportin' that new crown, that it almost made spending that much money on bag of cotton candy worth it (smile)!

And as I sat there, next to my precious little princess, I looked over at her sweet face and was once again reminded that "Dreams Really Do Come True!"

Lunch date with my BIG boys!

I LOVE that my boys go to school just up the street from our house!

It makes popping in for lunch each week fun and easy!

 Wednesdays are designated as Ri's "lunch day" and Fridays are for Cor!

Because the boys eat at two totally different times, we have to visit on separate days of the week or the babies and I would be at school all day;)

Sophie and Hudson carry their own lunch boxes with them each visit and I know they feel like such BIG kids as they eat with their brothers!

LOVE OUR SPECIAL LUNCH DATES!

Family Day

I've gotten a little behind on my blogging lately;( Some weeks are just busier than others and this has been one of those CRAZY weeks;) Fall is such a busy time of year for our family! Every day is filled with busyness, and the weekends are definitely no different! I've also been quite busy with adoption "stuff"! An update post on that coming soon;)

 This past weekend was a special time not just for our family, but for our entire church family as well. Oh how I LOVE my church! We celebrated the Lord's blessings with a beautiful ground breaking ceremony for our new family life center! 

Corban's choir sang during the morning worship service and they did a FANTASTIC job! 

After the ground breaking was over, we all headed home for lunch and naps before heading back to church to celebrate...

"Family Day"!

We enjoyed a delicious picnic dinner and also got to sample a few of the entries in the dessert contest;) 

My friend, Missy won 1st place for her Key Lime Pie! 

You can be sure I got the recipe and am going to try and make her pie this weekend---yummy;) 

The kids had a blast hanging out with their friends. 

They played tug-a-war, 

created spin art master pieces, 

jumped in the bounce house, 

and did the cake walk.

Finally, after several tries at the cake walk...the boys WON and they definitely 

enjoyed their prize!

It truly was an amazing Sunday, filled with wonderful worship and sweet, sweet fellowship! 

I seriously can't think of a better way to spend a day!!!