A day of fun!

Chase letting his sister get a closer look!

She has such awesome brothers! They help her all the time!

Love it!

She, of course, was too scared to take a picture with Mickey and Minnie by herself, but she LOVES them! Her favorite show!

That is PURE excitement and joy!!!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?????

Chase is the only red uniform admist the black. His only "tackle" play he got to be a part of!

Olivia cheered for him the whole time and she watched the game. I was so proud of her...he could hear her yell, "GOOO CHASE" too!! SO funny!

Look at our baby!!! He looks so natural!

There he is, #81!

His first huddle!!! Can't believe he finally gets to play!! HE was sooo excited!

Oh my!!!

The last day of spirit week was spirit day! Cam wanted me to make him a shirt, so I did the best I could, and then they sprayed their hair...crazy ppl!!

He thinks he's so cool!! HAHA

THe ONLY thing fuddy dud participated in!! He's so silly!!!

Our BEAUTIFUL little princess!

This one is blurry, Zack did a great job trying to get as many good ones as he could, but I had to put this one on there because she's showing the judges the back of her dress and making it flair out...sooo cute

This one is really awesome..not only is it a great pic and she's beautiful...look at Anthony on the side! I just love this!!!

Walking out on stage all by herself! I bribed her with gum, but she did it and we were so proud of her!!

AHHHHH SO beautiful!

Our silly little girl...loves to make picture taking hard!!!


BTW..she didn't win anything again this year, but she won the hearts of those who already love her again and others who just thought she was beautiful! We know she's beautiful, we don't need judges to tell us or reward her...we all just know. But the experience is great for her and we aren't gonna stop being in them, unless she don't like them when she's older! It's just fun and we like to show everyone how beautiful she is!!!

A day at the park with grandparents/Labor Day

Just us!! Me and my man!!! :)

Nana and Papaw (Anthony's parents)

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture! Look at how blessed we are! They are all sooo beautiful!!!

I like this one of the three of them! Sooo cute!

Grandparents and their grandkids!

A day of firsts!!

Olivia's first BIG bo-bo! she fell out of the door onto the concrete! I didn't notice the bump bc she said she hurt her foot! Then someone asked what happened and I thought they were talking about how bad she was crying and when I looked to wipe her tears I saw it!!! AAHHHH So, it turned purple, and was swollen for a while, but it is all ok now! :) Poor baby girl!

First time all 3 of my boys are in the youth group! Really?? I can't believe it!

SO sweet!

Olivia's first day in a class and not the nursery!

She had a great time! I was so proud of her!!!

Silly/BIG Toby!

This was originally Olivia's time-out chair, but Toby has taken over it....He won't be able to sit in it for much longer, but really enjoys it right now! Yes, that is a doll he is chewing on..Olivia said it was ok! :)

Toby LOVES to sit with me!! Here, he is upset because I told him no!!! HAHAHA

He's sooo cute! I just love him! He's getting big tho, but that's ok..we wanted a big dog!

Zack turns 16!!!!

We had a cookout for Zack and his friends. He said he didn't want a "Baby" party, so all they did was eat and then watch a movie at the house...ookkkayy!!! :)

Cameron, Jessie, Chase, Hannah, Zack, Olivia and Jeromy...standing in the back...JP, Weston and Chris!

Didn't think his cake was big enough so I made cupcakes too..good thing I did! There wasn't much left!

His guitar cake he wanted. First time for this type of icing...marshmallow...it was ok decorated, but the kids ate the cake up!! They loved it icing!!! sooo glad!

OUr little nerd!! HAHAHA

It was spirit week at school and Monday was Nerd day!! He did a good job!!! HAHAHAHA

Our handsome football player!

There he is...in his uniform!! The night before his first game! He was so excited!!

Such a big boy now!!

Olivia/Zack/Hannah

This is Zack and his beautiful girlfriend, Hannah!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one...they asked me to take some pics of them, so I agreed! :)

Olivia learned how to pedal her bike!!! It takes alot out of her, but she does it!

SHe was so proud of herself!!! We were proud too!

Chase turns 13!

Well, we officially have THREE teenage boys in our house! We can't believe that our "baby boy" is already 13! Time sure flies. We are so proud of him. This year he is playing football at school, gets to go to school in a brand new school, is now in the youth group at church and he is just an awesome child! God surely has blessed us with our children and they are all so special in so many different ways! We thank God everyday for them and we might be a little biased, but we think they are awesome!!! SO..happy birthday our sweet, Chase! We love you!!!


For his bday party, we had hotdogs, chips and cake then we took them all to the movies. This is what he wanted to do, so we let him. Not necessarily my type of party, but that's what he wanted, so...I guess it was good! :) Then Josh and Jimmy spent the night!!!
His friends, Jimmy, Cameron, Megan (his gf at the time), Taylor (friend of Megan's and goes to the church) and Josh (some call him BOB!!! ) HAHAHAHA

"Where do you want to eat?" "Nina"!!! HAHAHA

She LOVES her chinese food! Here she's eating a California roll..she has to put soy sauce on it like me and Anthony or she won't eat it!! HAHA

First time for this..she didn't really like it..that's good though bc it's a little greasy and SUGARY!!!

Look at all that rice! And she had been eating for a while. I think this is her second helping!! She always asks for more rice!

We let her choose where she wanted to go and eat for her Gotcha Day celebration, and she said, "Nina" meaning Chinese...we laughed so hard! Then I asked her if she wanted to wear one of her Komono's and she jumped up and down saying, "YES!!!!" When I put it on her I told her girls wear this in China and she smiled! Then she started turing, making it flair out! It was such a mommy, daughter moment! I love being a mommy to boys, and my little girl!

TWO YEAR GOTCHA DAY!!!!

Believe it or not, it's been two years since God blessed us with our gorgeous, smart and funny little Olivia! Can't believe it's been that long, or short, depending on the day! :) I can't tell you how awesome she is. I even sometimes wish her birth mom could know her and know that she gave us an awesome little girl and she should be proud! She is potty trained..YAY!! Took 3 days really...still not at night, but that's ok! She does everything during the day. I have always been proud of the fact that our 3 boys were trained at 2.5..well, the streak continues bc Olivia was 2 yrs and 7 mths!! YAY!!! She is 37" tall, weighs 27 pds and has BROWN hair! Her skin is a little darker now, but not as dark as some. She does have a spicy attitude! She likes to pitch fits. She's started this talking with her tongue sticking out???? And since we got the Asian wax out of her ears, she is talking ALOT better! She is very smart and LEFT handed! She loves her brothers and vice versa. She chooses if she's a momma's girl or daddy's girl, depending on the day, but mostly she's a momma's girl! I can't go ANYWHERE without her. I even have to sneak out without telling her bye or Anthony has a hard time calming her down! Really...she's an awesome little girl and I feel so bleesed to have her and look forward to her growing and celebrating every year of Gotcha Day...a day that will be in our hearts and minds forever...Thank you God for our 4 blessings, but the awesome experience of adoption and bringing Olivia into our family!
Learning how to use scissors..dangerous, but she LOVES it! She cuts LITTLE BITTY pieces and they go all over the floor, but that's ok.

I mean really, how beautiful is she?

This is a picture we received from someone who visited her orphanage..it was taken the June before we even knew who she was in July, so this is a very special thing. Lana and I made this for her and I was gonna change out the picture, but I think this one will stay in there. When you ask her where she was born or where she is in this picture she tells you, "Nina" (China) SOOOO sweet!

Miss priss!!!

Look how tall she is! She might be tall for an Asian????