Happy Adoption Day- Joshua, Sarah, & Elizabeth!!!!

This is daddy hard at work decorating all 3 CAKES!!!! Yep you read that right- we adopted Joshua, Sarah, & Elizabeth on the same day so- we do 3 different cakes :)
So here are our 3 babes that we get to celebrate being a forever family for- 2 years ago today!!!!!
Elizabeth- our little crazy 4 year old sweetie! She came to us at 5 1/2 months old and we are soo happy she did :) I remember the day she came- arrived at our home around midnight- the night before our big open house at the camp. You know perfect timing. he he he. I will never forget the squeals of joy on Joshua and Sarah's faces when they woke up and she was in a pack and play in the middle of their room. It was wayyy better than any other gift we could have given them.
Ripping into their presents. Yes we do it in our pj's because who wants to wait to get dressed, bathed and all that stuff???
Darts for of course a dart gun :) Remembering when Joshua & Sarah came to us. We got a phone call from a social worker saying the bare minimum about these children. I asked - can we talk about it and pray about it for at least a few minutes....yep, but hurry :) They needed to find a placement.
So we hung up, prayed, talked, and said yes. Within a couple of hours they arrived. We woke the others up from their naps and told them we would have a couple other children living with us for at least a while. They were pretty excited!
When Joshua darted out of the mini van the social worker drove....he grabbed the bike off the front porch and ran with it through- daddy's freshly planted flowers.....he he he....
We love recounting that silly story, and remembering the shoes he wore were too huge, and how handsome that smile was. It still steals my heart!!!!
Sarah, was sleeping in her car seat. So sweet, so peaceful.....which lasted all of a few minutes! I still remember saying no so many times I thought it would have been much easier to just make a tape recording. She tested every boundary and then some, but she has been such as joy as well.
Their story is LONG........very very very long- 3 years!!!! 3 WHOLE YEARS- we dealt with the system, social workers who loved us and some who didn't, a judge who changed with the wind, and then sided with the CASA worker out of racial hate. Sad story, with a happy ending.
Because these children- couldn't be any more mine than they are! You know that typical question- are these kids yours, don't you want any of your own? Yep- I already have 7!!!!!
You see adoption is REAL! It is not a story, a fantasy, or a sort of way to have children. It is a REAL THING! It is a living, breathing, changing relationship that is REAL!
Sometimes it is sweet, sometimes not so sweet, sometimes it is hard, really hard, sometimes it is great, sometimes it is sad, sometimes it is fun, sometimes not so much.
But it is ALWAYS REAL! My children are a miracle of God and I couldn't love them anymore!!!!! There is no way you could convince anyone in our family that what we are is anything less than any family that is based on God's Love!
So here is Joshua's dirt cake.
Sarah's home made carrot cake.
Elizabeth's strawberry flowery cupcakes.
My husband is the best!!!!! I am just a little biased.








So this day we THANK GOD for all the struggles, the craziness, and all those that held us up in prayer as we walked the road of fostering and then eventually adoption for these beautiful children!!!!!!!!!!!
Because my life would not be half as fun.....
without all .....
of my beautiful faces...
he he he.....
definitely.....
makes everything worth every second of stress, pain, and worry. When God's plan is fulfilled and we get to stand up in court and say- YES!!!!! I want to be the forever family to these beautiful children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT A HUGE BLESSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Lord for my beautiful family :)