Catching up - April so far!

We've had some beautiful warm days in April! We've been fishing at the pond...

And eating Popsicles on the back porch!

This was the proof for Brody's Spring pictures - why don't they have less feminine poses and backgrounds for boys?? :)

I painted these "camping" signs for Brody and Lennox's room.  Love them! Hope to reveal the whole room before long. Still have some finishing touches. 

We celebrated Pawpaw's birthday at Flying Burger!

And I helped host a fun baby shower for Tara and my sweet little nameless nephew ;)

Pawpaw took Levi to check wells with him one day - this was the picture I received. :) They sure do have fun together. 

Somebody is starting to use the potty a little! 

Love this snaggletoothed cutie!!

Fun day at the park!

Baseball season is upon us! Beckett is in tball this year, and Brody is playing pitching machine. Our Spring schedule is full already!

Spring Break 2014 - Dallas

Amie and I took the boys (minus Brody - he decided to spend the weekend with his Pawpaw - fishing, target shooting, doing outdoor boy things) and Brooke to Dallas for a few days during Spring Break. Here's a photo dump from our little trip!

Catching up - Part 2

We bought a new kitchen table and buffet and a few new accessories, and I'm so happy with the way it's looking! I was tired of the red, and I'm loving the lighter creams and blues! 

The rainbow loom is still a favorite around here! 

I checked this sweet boy out of school after his awards program the day before Spring break started, and we got an early start to our week off!

Noni even invited us over for a cookout!

Loved getting to spend some time with cousins that I don't see very often at my uncle's wedding. :)

But the very best? Snuggling with these three before bedtime. 

And making them tent forts to sit under and eat popcorn while they watch a movie. 

Fro-yo!

This was Lennox's Easter package. These are getting harder and harder to mail out each month. Never dreamed we'd still be clueless as to travel. I pray his Easter package found him and brought a smile to his little face. Because there's a lot of love packed in that little box. And a few tears from his mama who misses him terribly. 

Back at it - catching up! Part 1

Back in February, we had a little girls weekend with my "Korea mom friends". It was much needed!

I love these girls so very much, and I don't know what I'd do without them!

We talked about our sweet boys and compared pictures and videos. One day we will have a picture of the four of us with four little dark haired boys on our laps. One day. 

Levi stayed with my dad. And loved every minute of it. 

We mailed Lennox his March care package too! 

Levi has still been playing with his train table daily - one of the best gifts ever!

Headed to eat lunch with daddy!

In March we celebrated Mimi's birthday!

And had a few mud fights ;)

Visiting Aunt Tara and Uncle Ryan's new house!

We love riding on Pawpaw's new Pioneer!

I was able to go with Brody on his GT field trip to LR - love being able to do these things with him! 

Somebody was excited to get two new books from Scholastic!

And he's a pretty good nap buddy, too :)

Adoption update...

I know I haven't been the best at keeping everyone updated on Lennox's adoption. Mainly because since our last step forward, there hasn't been any good news to share. There have been some very sad and unfortunate delays in the process lately, and everything was frozen for a couple months. We are starting to hear of small rustlings of movement this week, so we are cautiously optimistic that things will start to move forward again soon. Once we receive EP Approval (which we really hope comes before the end of May), we will be submitted to court, then we will just wait for a court date. 

Our hearts are sad that our boy will not be with us for his 2nd birthday. I never would've imagined that at this point we would still have no idea when we would be traveling. As much as we love getting his sweet picture every month, it's so hard to see him getting so big. 

I'm asking for prayers. Please please pray with us for the process to pick back up, for our file to move forward, and for us to receive good news soon. Pray that we soon receive EP approval. Pray that once we are court submitted, that we will receive a court date soon. Please pray that, if possible, we could travel before school starts back up in the fall so that Brody can go without having to miss a lot of school. 

It's time for this boy to come home. We miss him terribly, and we are so ready for him to join our family.