it's a girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when we officially started our adoption last summer(on my heart for years to adopt again)God spoke to me about "unsurpassed joy" I wanted this joy, but fearful of all the "what ifs????"we adopted our daughter from Romania 13 years ago, she was 11 months old from the worst orphanage in Romania, I was 27 with 3 little boys under 5, she was every failure to that there was, the doctors here thought she was blind, deaf and autistic, and definitely had a attachment disorder, the one thing I told God I could not do, today she is perfect, the road long? YES! Attached-YES, so this "joy" was out there, I wanted it and God was growing impatient with me, Galatians 4:20-at His wits end with me to be so blunt! so I start trusting in Him to do a great work and He chose for our family a four year old girl in Ethiopia, stupid me was thinking an infant and then He spoke to me telling me I would have a referral this week, and there she was, the only girl referral and we had just changed our ages up to 5, this has brought me to my knees and I could not get up, then JOY came, God is working, beyond my human comprehension! my cousin called and said that when she saw her picture she felt a spritual connection , an unexplainable JOY, this is true, and she is not a spiritual person, God is working! We are so thrilled and feel blessed beyond measure, please pray for "M" Joy(middle name) to know her mommy and daddy are comming for her and that she will adjust quickly to our crazy family! We are so thankful for God being in control! tara

Harry's braces are off after 2 and a half years!

cute cute hubby and harry

Dylan's 18th b-day

my second son turned 18, I am officially old ! soo thankful for Dylan and his sweet heart, I made him his favorite, Patrick, Spongebob's best friend, all my kids are characters out of that cartoon: Jacob-Squidward, Dylan-Patrick, Harry- Spongebob, Isabel-Plankton, Dad-Mr. Krabs, and I'm Sandy,no news on the adoption front, all is quiet, hoping for a storm

surely we can change by david crowder band

and the problem is this
we were bought with a kiss
but the cheek still turned
even when it wasn't hit
and i don't know
what to do with a love like that
and i don't know
how to be a love like that
when all the love in thw world
is right here among us
and hatred too
and so we must choose
what our hands will do
where there is pain
let there be grace
where there is suffering
bring serenity
for those afraid
help them be brave
where there is misery
bring expectancy
and surely we can change
something
and the problem it seems
is with you and me
not the Love who came
to repair everything
oh the world's about to change
the whole world's about to
change


i love the hope in this song

sixteen

harry's 16 ,yikes watch out if you're driving in kansas, i made his cake it was so much fun, all the stuff was from walmart, no other news on baby front

Thinking we are number 4 on girls list

I guess it's time I made a post trying to figure out the blog thing, been reading blogs since this summer, very excited for all the babies comming home and new refferals! Well here's a picture of my kiddos, waiting to add more, yeah!