Baseball Game

Last Saturday we made it to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League AA Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays game. We go every year and this time we went with friends from our church. As you can see the boys are very excited. I know we live in Red Sox nation but we cannot afford to go to a Red Sox game. So we enjoy our AA league game. It works for the boys and I have to say I do enjoy going to baseball games (I am not sure about football games and I am still recovering from my visits to Bronco games when we lived in Denver).
Anyway it was a rainy day on Saturday. Great for the grass but not so good for a baseball game. We spent first 1st hour trying to stay dry and watching rolling and unrolling a cover on the field. After several hours of rain delays the game was finally played.
It was Jo's first baseball outing and she did great. She loved strolling around in her jogger and she turned a few heads. Yes she is very cute. So is Emma.
Here she is ready for a nap. Can you tell she is comfortable?
We won some gift certificates to a local restaurant. Here is Fil with Emma on Jumbotron receiving the certificates. It started to rain after that again. However we got free tickets out of this game for Monday nights game. That is where the boys are heading tonight. I am staying home and relaxing (editing pictures and trying to catch up with my blog). They will have a great time and I will have to deal with only 2 sleepy kids tomorrow.

Sunday Reflections

For I am the LORD, your God,

who takes hold of your right hand

and says to you,

Do not fear;

I will help you.

Isaiah 41:13

They are precious in his sight

Jesus loves the little children

Jesus loves the little children

All the children of the world; Red and yellow, black and white,

They are precious in his sight;

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Jesus died for all the children,

All the children of the world; Red and yellow, black and white,

They are precious in his sight;

Jesus died the little children of the world.

Jesus rose for all the children,

All the children of the world; Red and yellow, black and white,

They are precious in his sight;

Jesus arose the little children of the world.

Jesus wants the little children,

To be careful what they do;

Honor father, mother dear

Keep their hearts so full of cheer;

Then he'll take them home to glory by and by.

Go to the Laughner's blog to find out more.

(I love my new bag)

Passport

We got Jordan's passport in the mail today. Hooray!!!

I know there has been some confusion about what you need for passport application so here is what we sent out.

- NH adoption decree original with raised seal.

(They sent this one back with a new passport)

- Permanent Resident Card.

(they told us we will not get it back but we did)

- NH Birth Certificate with raised seal

(you do not need to send this but we did just in case)

- We took all the Ethiopian paperwork just to be safe but did not need it.
Here is Jordan's old and new passport.

Now we need to apply for her SSN and the certificate of citizenship (you do not need to get this certificate but we will get it anyway). If you have any paperwork question ask Fil. He is quite the guru when it comes to paperwork. Just ask for Dr. Fil :)

She is crawling!

She is crawling. You have no idea how excited we are. She showed us her new skills tonight at the library of all places. I guess she wanted to checkout some dvd's and got them herself. I am so happy. You have no idea but this makes my life much easier. You go girl.
Here are my two silly girls. Emma just finished some pbj sandwiches if you are wondering about her beautiful face and Jo just finished drinking her water. Yep two busy sisters.
Don't they just look cute?

Memorial Day

You are probably wondering what is going on. Well the Laughner's told us on Saturday that they will be heading to one of the NH beaches on Monday and since we live relatively close we met up with them!!!
The boys had a great time playing together in the sand and to everyone's surprise even in the water. Here are the boys in a bunker Fil dug for them. Fil and his girls getting their toes wet.

Let me tell ya it was cold!

Nate won the award for most sand on his body but then again he wins that every time we go to the beach.
The boys pretended they were in a battle and the flying kites around us were bombers. Emma played that the hole was her castle and she was a princess. Somehow it worked for everybody. I love their imaginations.

The water here in NH is so cold. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my son in there. Sam and Michael spent some time playing in the waves. Nate joined them for a little bit and even Fil got all wet. Just in case you are wondering I got my toe wet and that was good enough for me.
Our silly girl.

And her new friend Allison.

We are praying that the Laughner's will get their referral soon!

I believe this is our first family picture with everybody.

I feel so blessed!

We had a great time at the beach!

Sunday Reflections

Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have revealed.

Revelation 15:3-4