here's me with my morning dooooo. it's funny to me that i wake up looking like this. sometimes i leave it this way if i don't have anywhere to go. but usually i prefer the comb over altenative, or a hat, or a bandana as a last resort. take note of the green kitchen in the background and the yellow living room (it looks more orange in this pic than it really is). i love my house, especially now that we're done painting. next week i might suprise you with a tour of the house. how bout that?!

here's bebe. she wanted to "sleep" in this tote. she want her blanket just so and the pillow just so, and the animals just so, and her sippy cup just so, and soon after the picture was taken, she wanted a bunch of books to be tucked into the side. and she was so ready to smile and say cheese when i came over with the camera. mimi was at school and bebe wanted to watch a moo moo (movie) and this is how she watched a bit of pbs kids.

that's all the pics i took this week. i've been trying to organize my house so that everything has a place. i've given myself the deadline of dec 15. whatever does not have a definite organized place by then will be tossed or donated.

beard is an awesome husband and i love him so much!
mimi is a fun girl and i love her imagination. she keeps making stores all over the house that she wants us to buy stuff from. thankfully she supplies us with the money so that we can pay up for the goods.

last saturday we had a friend take some photos of our family. it was a lot of fun! if you haven't seen them yet, please contact me via facebook/email and i'll give you the link :)

until next week, take care world out there!

we are still here

life is a little busy sometimes.  and sometimes blogs don't get any attention.  but other things do.  we've been giving our attention to other things besides blogs.  please forgive :) 

since we've been gone from the blog...

- bebe turned 2 in july
- we began doing foster care
- first we started by doing respite on the weekends
- mimi started kindergarten
- then we got our first foster care placement
- we registered our foster daughter in high school
- we purchased and moved into our first home at the end of september
- our first foster child was with us from the end of august to almost the end of october
- we thought she would be with us longer, but she wasn't

- we are taking a break from new placements until after christmas
- we are getting settled in our new home

here's some pictures!!!

 family picture after church- didn't bring the pug to church, but i think beard came back to get us after he took desi home.

 desi loves fishing.  we tried to take her a couple times despite the fact that we are not accustomed to fishing.  mimi and bebe loved it so maybe we'll take it up more seriously next summer.

 desi decided to style our hair one evening.  it was good times.

 mimi and desi were trying to catch a cricket.  they'd almost gotten it in their hands when bebe stood up, walked over to that bug and smashed it with her foot.  she was very proud and declared "i mash bug!"

 i got to hold a baby goat! the kids like petting it but there are no pictures of them doing it, so here i am :)

 look at that goat!!!

 goats are fascinating...


well, there you have it!  some pictures and an update.  what more could anyone want from us?!

we will try to be much more consistent with the blog.  my goal will be every sunday evening whenever possible. 

thanks for reading!