Fun With Charity

Charity spent the night last night and did great! Mom is worried about leaving her for Taiwan. I don't blame her. I hate leaving my kids too, but I think Char will do just fine. She hung out with the Hodges yesterday evening while we went to dance and today we went to the pumpkin patch.
The pumpkin patch is sponsored by a church. Cole kept running around the little maze yelling "Holy Snap!" I hope he didn't offend anyone.

After we left the pumpkin patch we went to Orange Leaf.

While we were eating Charity says (out of nowhere), "Glad I'm staying the night in Tulsa so Joplin doesn't get destroyed again." I told her that doesn't happen every time we eat frozen yogurt. For those of you who don't know, we left Cherry Berry 10 minutes before the tornado in Joplin hit. Poor girl.After Orange Leaf we went to Zoe's elementary to play.




As we were leaving Charity called and left her mom a message, "Hey Mom, I'm going to stay at Marcy's one more night. I love you."

Way To Go Zoe!

I just got an email from Zoe's teacher that said she was Student of the Quarter. They chose 5 kids from the class and one of the other students who got it was her new friend Macy. She earned it based her character. I'm so proud of her. They will get to eat lunch with their principal, Mr. Holderman, next week. He seems like a pretty fun, laid back principal. She's excited.

This is a picture I stole off the website of Mr. Holderman. I don't know who the other kids are. They're cute though.

Weekend in Seneca

We spent a fun weekend in Seneca. Cole's still there. He wanted to stay with Nan and Pops.

I really miss hanging out with Charity and Blake, although Blake wasn't hardly there.

We had a great shower for Judd on Saturday at Tiffany's house. Mom loved it.
She was overwhelmed with the love everyone showed her and Judd. She got a lot of great gifts. It was fun to see everyone and hang out with them.Zoe drew this picture of Judd. This is Michelle. She gave this to us as a joke. It had been hanging in her studio back in Columbia. Tiffany hung it on her wall and when Michelle walked in and saw it, she just looked at us and said, "morons". It was funny though!

It was really fun to hang out with friends. I love you all!

Trust in the Lord

This was a little devotion I did for Judd's shower. Mom wanted a copy of it. The shower was so much fun and the generosity of everyone was overwhelming.

Before Judd even knows Mom and Dad exist they have been constantly thinking about him. They already love him. They are preparing a place for him. They are travelling all the way to Taiwan to get him (and it's Mom's first time on a plane because she's terrified). It is also an expensive process.

The bible says that God loved us even when we were still in our mother's womb. Even before we knew He existed He already loved us. He is preparing a place for us and it is in Him. He will go to great lengths to get us and the price He paid is a huge one.

Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

It is obvious to everyone that Mom and Dad are not 'leaning on their own understanding' when they made the decision to adopt Judd. As my dad would tell you, it's not logical.

But neither was Justin

or Blake

or Charity

and because of my parents they are promised hope. Hope in eternal life, hope in a family that will love them no matter what.

Because Mom and Dad are trusting God, we get this amazing gift

Half blind, "energetic" (as the orphanage puts it), can't speak English, completely illogical...GIFT.

Please pray for Judd. Pray that he won't be scared. That his heart will be prepared to come to America and live with Mom, Dad, Charity, and Blake.

Thank you God for the example my mom and dad are to others. Thank you that they Trust You, Lord.

I'm Just Really Proud of My Dad!

I know I've already posted pictures of Homecoming night, but Angela Nesvold sent me these on facebook and they are so much better than my pictures. You can tell by the pictures that Dad was a little unsure of what was going on at the beginning of the presentation. He even looks a little choked up.

Then he really starts to enjoy the moment. I love Coach Yust in these pictures. Look how happy he is for Dad. I do love that man too!

I miss the days when they coached together.

This is my favorite of all the pictures. You may have to click on it to enlarge the picture. Big, tough Kevin is crying hard. Tears running down his face, couldn't be prouder. It's so funny, but also makes my heart swell. I know he thinks a lot of my dad.

We're all really proud of you Dad! What a great night.

Fun With New Friends

We got invited to a new friend's house today. Lindsay from church invited us over to her house for this morning for craft time. There was a couple of other girls

Zoe's New Friend

Zoe went to Macy's house yesterday to play and today Macy joined us for church. We really like our church. It's a satellite church at Stone Canyon (Zoe's school) out of First Christian Church.