Lover of Renee: 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Christmas Day Tear Down!

It comes. It goes! The reason never fades. What a hectic time of year for our family. But also the most amazing celebration. Now it's off to the snow with family. Blessings!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

My boy?!

I love him no matter what?! Besides this was Taylor's fault.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Youth Worship Team

Today the Youth Worship Team led our church family in worship. We also had a guest artist come paint some amazing images. Thank you Father for your amazing gift of creativity.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

We are finding that Solomon us quite the little dresser-upper. He is pure joy. We constantly laugh at his many antics. We think what it would be like for him if he stayed at the orphanage. And thank God constantly for giving us the opportunity to have Solomon and Markenley in our family.

Winter Wear!

What can I say? It's cooling down a bit and the boys heads were cold. Granted we live in Ca. and it's only down to the high 60's. But where Marky and Soly are from, where it hardly ever gets below the 80's, this is frigid.

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Markenely and the soccer game!

Markenely has been in the U.S. for less than 4 months. So you can understand that we would be a little apprehensive to throw him into a great social sport event such as soccer. Well we did anyway and today was his first game. The first quarter he just sat on the field near the Goal Box not moving a bit. Even with the action swirling around him, he didn't budge. We encouraged him tremendously but to no avail. The second quarter he sat on the sidelines. But by the third quarter he finally found his soccer legs and was off and running. His smile filled his face. It was a great joy seeing him have so much fun. He only kicked the ball once, but he was on the field having a blast. This is a some of the footage from the game. Enjoy.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Soly goes for a spin!

Markenley and Solomon came home in May. Life has not been the same since! We have been joyfully exhausted day after day! We wouldn't change it for the world. To see how the boys have adjusted so quickly is a blessing! The pic above is just one example of kids being kids. We've experienced quite a few of these moments. And laughed are pants off. Thank you Father for amazing love and allowing us to be a part of our kids lives!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Say what?!

This is my buddy Scot's reaction when he saw my daughter driving for the first time. She just got her permit. She is not only a good driver, but she is very beautiful.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

New driver!

My beautiful almost 16 yr. old has her permit and is getting mad road skill training! Go Shanay! You are off to an amazing start.

School starts tomorrow!

Where does the time go! It seems the days are screaming by! TJ is starting 4th grade tomorrow. Taylor is going to middle school. Then there's the soph. & junior in the house. Aaggggghhhhh! Time please slow down. Blessings to all the kiddos starting school tomorrow. And the parents they're leaving behind!!