Family Pictures.. Ohh the fun (say cheese)

How much fun it is to take pictures of children.... We had a great time.... kinda.. at least the camera guy was great and has 8 or 9 children of there own so they understand. But here is a preview of a few . Hope you enjoy.

Beth

Fun Things happening around here....

Joseph thought broccli looked better mashed and spred evenly all over him and the tray..... Hope did the same just not to the extent as he. So insted of hanging my head for another mess to clean up I grabed the camera and just smiled.... There only little once so might as well enjoy there excitement with them. Emma and Nikki got some cheap sun glasses and just think they are so cool. They wear them all day and pretend to be me..... hmmmm hope this is a good thing.lol We have a praise the Lord.... We got a bigger seat for the Van on Monday and so for now every kid has a seat and John and I can ride together again... For at least the next 10 weeks. So please continue to pray for us to find a Van. We really are not sure what or how this will happen but we know it will... Of course we would just be back to taking 2 cars everywhere so at least we have transportation. And also John and his friend Kenny made me benches to go with my 8ft table. so I have 7 foot benches now on each side..... Ready for more little blessings behinds.... LOL I am truly blessed. Thanks so much to Kenny and his family for the time they devote to us. They truly are a blessing. Thanks for your prayers

and have a great day.

Beth

Tree Day

Well the tree is up and our favorite family orniment is on and the Pecan Pie made so our day was just as perfect as it could be. We are so happy about the upcomming holiday events all the lights and the Celebration of Jesus birth what a happy time with our children. Who wouldn't want to spend Christmas morning with Six bubbling children tearing Christmas paper and screaming with delight..... It shall be a memory forever in our heart... and ears. LOL Yesterday we made homemade salt dough orniments and painted them and it snowed here today so it was awesome. Thank You Lord for your Blessings.

Beth

Happy Thanksgiving

This is a wonderful month with a few sad memories... November 14th of last year was when the girls left and I truly never thought I would ever have them back..... I prayed and cried and pleaded with God to let me keep my girls , Loosing a child is so hard and when they left I did loose hope and my hope in my prayers and that they would be ours. God obviously had a plan..... If we will be still and wait on the Lord he always knows what is best. Them being gone allowed the obvious to happen with the parents which is that they could not take care of them and now everything will be finial for us. God is so big it is easy to forget that His ways our not our ways.... Praise be to God and How THANKFUL I am for my family back together plus 2. I am so thankful to so many in our life for shaping us and molding us.... God has used so many in John and my life to get us where we are to day. Thanks to everyone for playing your part in God's plan for our life. Your prayers and support mean so much to us. The Salvation promise we have of God's eternal Heaven our Home we live in , the computer I type on , the van I drive, the Shop my husband has the list goes on and on..... God has always came through for us.... So I urge you to count your blessing..... We do everyday.

Happy Thanksgiving
Beth

Nikki Jean & Emma Carolyn

Mommy's Big girl's I just couldn't do it with out them. They are big helpers and of course they think they are the boss of the little ones. Nikki Jean loves horses and riding her bike which she learned to do with out training wheels already... Her and Daddy scare me to death because she wants to go fast and He encourages the fun...Now I know how Norma felt with john..... It is hard to watch... and Smile and pretend that you think what they are doing is great......... :) She is still a little wobly but doing fine .... She loves anything with sugar and then some more is always great.... LOL and she is so skinny just like her daddy.. Emma Carolyn is my girly girl.... She is always concerned with how her hair looks and loves to play hair and make-up John and I have some pretty wild hair at times when she is done with us... LOL She loves to pretend to be Mommy and cook for her babies and she walks around with my nursing vail and the baby under it and feeds them She is sure this is done through her belly button .... LOL it is the funniest thing ... She will soon learn diffrent once John Michael is born... My girls are so special and are great sisters and best of friends... Nikki prayed for me to have a girl but I told her she must have prayed really hard because we got 3 girls.... She enjoys that. They are having me start filing out adoption paper work.... YAAAAAA so this summer we will add 3 more Determan's to the bunch.

Beth

Hope Nichole

My Sweet Hope,
She is so darling and very sweet. A wonderful easy baby. I am blessed. She loves to eat.... Can't you tell and she mostly spends the day keeping away from Joseph... He is finaly loosing intrest in her. Praise the Lord for Little Girls... She is precious.

Beth

Joseph Henry

He is a fun little guy that is growing more everyday. He loves his daddy and is always with him when he is home. He enjoys baths and Coo coos.... Cookies LOL Most of all he enjoys being out side with the big kids and he climbs everything...... He has had good teachers. What a joy it is to watch him grow.

Beth

Faith Lucille or better known as "Lucy Goosey"

What a ball of energy she is.... And is very set in her ways..... meaning her ways are right and us parents must be crazy to tell her other wise because she is standing her ground.... She adds a new color to our family that was not there before that is for sure . She loves to play Mommy with her dolls and of course JUMP from anything and everything... She has taught Joseph how to climb rather well. Most of her days are spent following Nikki and Emma around. We are embarking on potty training soon so pray for us. What a blessing from the Lord she is for us.

Beth

My little Man... Cowboy in the making

I am so happy God gave me sons. They really do teach you allot. For those of you who know Ty you would say that he is just like his daddy... SHY but if around the right people.... (close family) totally goofy.... He has several nick names one that is Classic was given to him buy the special people at the SSI office on his SS Card they put his name as Ty Basco..... .therefore we call him (tabasco) and his other one is Ty the tumble weed... he falls and gets hurt at least 2 times a day... And since he was little we called him monkey since his feet were so big and so the other day he asked me " Mom, I'm not really a monkey right?" LOL It was so serious I had to laugh before I could answer him. What I love about Ty the most is his very compasionate nature. He is alway loving me or if there is a new baby around he wants to hold them and loves to rub peoples arms... Yep you guessed it his love language is deff. physical touch. But on the flip side.... there always is to boys... he can be the dirtiest little boy i have ever seen and he will get up early with his dad to go to work with him . He is shaping up to be a great young man. I can not wait to see what the Lord has in store for him. I thought it would be neat to profile the children since most of you reading are not around all the time so each day will be a new child....

Beth

So close but not close enough......

The van seat didn't fit on Saturday..... I was disapointed at first but realized God must have something bigger in store... It was inches from fitting but just was the wrong size... We appreciate so much of Chris and Tammi's thinking of us. So KEEP PRAYING:) Thanks guys.

Beth

Great News

Well we were given a Bench seat today and we will put it in on Saturday so now everyone has a seat and is buckled in..... Thanks to Uncle Chris and Aunt Tammi.... and that is until John Michael gets here but that is in about 14 weeks... So We are still praying for a van but we know that we will be taken care of. God always has a way... And if we have to we can take two vehicles everywhere... But that dose have me putting Nikki in the front seat and of course I do not like that because of the air bag.... But it will be transportation. And we are thankful. This thanksgiving is so awesome ... We have so much to be thankful for. We are very blessed to have the Girls back and be one BIG happy family.

Our Daily Bread...mmmmmm

Well the Holidays are upon us and we decided to make some extra money buy baking and selling our Home Made Bread...... It is really wonderful. Thought I would offer this to the family also if you wanted some since I am already making it. We have our Honey Wheat bread which is so fluffy and moist and most of all it is good for you... Very healthy. When warm with Honey butter it is the best..... MY husbands and children think so anyway... LOL it is 2.25 a loaf and is pre-sliced and bagged. You can eat right away or put it in the freezer for a cold day and just unthaw and heat. Just let me know and we can also ship it . The kids are doing great and Dad and Mom are fine to. Thanks for the prayers and the shop is slow but we do have work so praise the Lord... Love you guys. Oh just email me if you want Bread.

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Praise the Lord !!! We were approved.

We got the one phone call today that I had been waiting for from the DHS worker .... We were approved to keep the girls even after the Baby is born. So now were home free..... kinda... LOL we still have court in December but the judge is terminating the dad's rights but he could go to a jury trial which he still would not win so it would just make things go a little slower untill the official adoption happend. But for now everything is going according to plan and we are so happy... WE STILL NEED A VAN>........ We are praying and hope you are to. We had a possible lead on one but never heard back on it so it might have fallen through but we know that God has a plan so we are happy waiting. We are trying to get a bigger van seat at least but we are having a hard time getting one. So this would work out until John Michael was born so we are looking but everytime we call they either just sold one or it is tooooooo expensive... lol so thanks for your prayers and we will up date again soon. Thanksgiving is almost here and I wish it would hurry..... After all, the Christmas tree goes up the day after and I already have the tubs out....... I can't wait..... John can.... He has to string all those precious lights all over the house....
I am thankful for my BIG house...... Lots of lights..... yipeee..... John maybe not so thrilled... What a great husband.

Beth

Family Firewood Day

Wow did we have a blast on Saturday morning We got up early and got all bundled up and headed out for a day cutting fire wood and stacking it. Obiviously John did the hard part but the kids and I pitched in and helped clean up and stack the wood. It was a great time. Hope you like the pictures.

Beth