Welcome!

This blog began as we documented our adoption of our third child, Caleb. It is now an eclectic journal of our often amusing lifestyle with 4 young children.

We do try to "keep it simple" because our lives are obviously busy enough! We try to hold true to what we firmly believe is the most important: family, friends, and faith.

We hope you enjoy our everyday happenings!

6/29/09

She is Growing Up Fast!

Here is our not-so-much-of-a-baby Mariah. Before you watch, I do have to explain a couple of things...

When Mariah says "no" it is hilarious...it sounds like a snotty teenager. Whenever I bring out the camera or videocamera, she immediately starts saying "cheese." So as I'm trying to catch her saying "NO" she is going "cheese". :)

Enjoy!!!!


6/22/09

Mom is Such a Dork Photographs

Yes, we have too many toys, yet this is what the middle two like to play with:


And YES I'm a dork...I got the girls and boys matching shirts. Come on, admit that you've done this, too!







Note to self...when trying to take a picture of the 4 kids, make sure you have Daddy making faces behind, otherwise someone is always looking away. Here are my vain attempts:

6/17/09

Birthday Party Pictures

With 4 kids, we seem to have a lot of birthday parties around here, don't we? Especially since Jared and Meghan are old enough to want "friend" birthday parties as well as "family" birthday parties. Here are some pictures from Jared's 8th Family Birthday Party.

Here is the big birthday boy!



Caleb and his beautiful smile

The girls decided that it was more fun to play up in Meghan's room, so they disappeared up there for awhile. Any parent will know that if kids are being quiet, they are up to something. Here is what we discovered when we went up to see what was going on:



The girls then decided that Uncle Kevin needed to play with them as well. Doesn't he look like a beautiful princess???


Notice the shoes!

This kind of looks like a chef's hat to me...

Yes, I agree, it's time for this sick joke to stop...



6/12/09

So Cute!

Forgive the quality, this was shot on my cellphone...


Caleb, 9 1/2 months

Caleb, 9 1/2 months
Here is a great picture of Caleb we took during our visit trip.

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old
This is our favorite picture from the group we received with our referral.