One guess whos beautiful magic feet these are!  The answer is on the bottom of this blog!!  You'll be surprised.  Oh, and they're not mine!!  So don't waste your guess on that.  (wow, you'd think I had nothing better to do ha ha!)

Here's Lael posing in our most favorite sweater.  My good friend Jens mom made it for Lael last year.  That meant so much to us because she had never even met Lael and she put so much love into it.  I really admire that.  Our other daughter Zara wears it too!  I"ll post a pic of her in it later. 

Sorry about the sideways pics.  I don't know how to turn them........

And here is Zara Christine our latest, soon to be adopted addition!!  We have been watching her for about 6 months now.  She's 1 and a half months younger than Lael.  We though she was going to be back with her family, but she has come up for adoption.  She is as sweet as they come.  The best hugger and her kisses kind of tickle!!  When we need a cuddle fix, we go to Zara as Lael is just to busy in her life to sit in someones lap all day.  (Lael's got too many cookies to find and chip cupboards to raid!!!)

And here is Zara folding her laundry!  She sure knows how to do it right!  he he

We've been having a lot of fun with our girls.  We have a 14 year old Minerva whom we've grown very fond of.  She keeps in contact with her mother and siblings.  She's just got a great spirit about her and it's awesome to see her growing and making more and more right choices everyday.  And we also have a 16 year old Wendy with us who has brought a lot of challenges that she is making great changes with.  We're starting to get to know her better little by little as we uncover the layers life has added to her real personality.  Lots of Prayer!!  Alex is doing a lot of growing in his new job as an electrician and really likes work a lot despite the more challenging days he faces.  I keep busy with the little ones and try to give the older ones my ears as much as I am able.  I want them to feel as valued as they are.  Well, I hope you all have great blogs waiting tohappen because I just did a great one and it wouldn't be fair now would it, if you all read this great one and then did nothing to reciprocate for my reading enjoyment!!  And don't be stingy on the details!!  JK!!  We love you all tons!!!  And here is the long awaited answer to whose feet are in the picture above.................................................Dun dun dun dun!!!!!!.....................................

Hi there everybody!!  It's 10 at night and Alex is at the movies watching Munich.  It really wasn't up my alley at the moment so he went by himself.  I hope he's enjoying the break  I just got finished putting together 2 twin beds in our foster daughters room.  We went down and bought some because they were tired of the bunkbeds.  (understandably)  Whew, I'm glad I inherited the mechanical inclination.  The instructions were only so so.  My back is tired and my eyes are tired and my brain is tired, but we have a new kitchen!!!!  Our family all got together (thankyou everyone from the bottom of my heart)  and surprised us with a new dishwasher, garbage disposal, cabinets and countertops and a corner lazy susan set!!  I've got a load going in the dishwaser as I write.  It does make life much easier.  I've always enjoyed washing dishes by hand, but with our expanding family, I just couldn't keep up! I feel guilty at times for having such an awesome caring family.  I know I shouldn't, but some people don't have anyone.  I just have to count my blessings.  Our 1st teenage foster daughter, April, moves into independent living on Wednesday.  I'm so happy for her.  I've really got to see her change so much from when she first moved in with us 5 months ago.  She has a different personality than anyone in our families we grew up with.  She's very loud and demanding and she'll hustle to get what she wants out of life, but when you look beyond just those things, she's a beautiful human being who deserves to be seen and be loved for who she is.  And all those things that have driven me crazy at times, I love about her too and see that those can be great strengths in her life.  And I know for a fact that she has grown fond of us too.  And I take that as a complement.  So we'll be busy tomorrow moving her and all that good stuff.  

Well, I just want to thank all my family from the bottom of my heart again.  It means more to me than I can say that you saw this and decided to tackle what looked impossible.  Once again you have shown us your love, and all though it's hard to recieve at times, I know I have to.  So thanks and have a great night!  Lots of love, Bethany.