March 15

Adam and I finally found time to go out to celebrate my birthday. He took me to Andres Confiserie Suisse, a French restuarant that makes amazing chocolate desserts. It was wonderful!

 

 

Today, the weather was really beautiful- 80 degrees! So, we decided to have a spontaneous cookout, since this is the first Friday night both Adam and I have been at home since the beginning of January.

 

This character is pretty threatening if you are trying to play ladder ball

 

After several people arrived, I couldn't find Neylan. I think  his introverted side came out and he retreated to the couch inside to play ipad by himself.

 

March 14

The boys went to Gigi's this afternoon for lunch and came home with their Easter presents. These hats are to accompany their Easter outfits. They are going to be the most handsome boys at church!

 

March 12

The weather looked so nice from inside the house so the boys wanted to get out and play this afternoon. But it was freezing cold!! And they wanted to ride their bikes to the park. I am such a nice mom that I agreed, but this is not ideal park weather!! Can you see Neylan's blue lips? (It's actually from a piece of candy, but it could easily be from the frigid temperatures we are playing in!)

 

March 11

Wow! It's so nice coming home to people ready to help clean on Monday morning

 

 

When daddies are away, we get together so the kids can play! Play date for Inna and Grayson

March 10

I couldn't leave Atlanta without meeting  a family I have been waiting to meet since Neylan came home. Their little girl, Rylan, was Neylan's roomie in Korea for 9 months. They were raised by the same foster mother. She is so stinkin' cute and her family was fabulous. It was so much fun having lunch with them today

 

March 9

My wonderful roomies for the weekend. Alicia is a friend from home who adopted a little girl from Ukraine at the same time we adopted Neylan. And Amanda is a new friend who I went to school with (but just met yesterday) and is in the process of adopting from India.

 

 

The view from our balcony. This would be so beautiful in the fall

 

 

March 8

Today a friend and I travelled to Atlanta for our first Created for Care adoption retreat. We stayed at the Lodge at Lake Lanier, which is absolutely gorgeous!

 

 

We started the night with a wonderful worship time with 450 other moms who all share the same passion for adoption. It's going to be a good weekend!

March 7

The snow is melting and it's above freezing today, so why not get the bikes out and get some fresh air.

 

 

And that's all that's left of our snowman

 

 

March 6

Last night Adam came home with this beautiful bouquet of flowers and said they were for me to celebrate the end of Upward season. We had survived!! How sweet!

 

Except that I had been at church last night for awards night and knew that there were a bunch of flowers that had been donated after a funeral that week. There's very little Adam can get by me. So, thanks for the lovely funeral flowers, Babe! He chose the day lilies because he knew I liked them. I do, but I don't think I realized how strong of a smell they have. From now on, I think I like my lilies outside.

 

March 5

Tonight was the last Awards night for Upward!! Adam has now completed his first season and will be able to be home a bit more now!

 

The entertainer was a well known, incredibly talented jump roper. He did lots of cool tricks and used a unicycle. I thought he was fun to watch, he held Grayson's attention for a while, but Neylan was not impressed and could not sit still at.all! So, halfway through the program, we left. Oh well. I tried

 

March 4

Our little old man, Neylan. I love how he watches TV with one leg crossed

 

 

Grayson decided he wanted to be pregnant with a monkey this morning! And without prompting, he even knows the stance!! (Please don't think I encouraged this- he did it all on his own)

 

Today was a big day. The window was fixed early this afternoon, so that meant that after Grayson's nap, his 10 day grounding from the ipad was over!

March 3

Adam was able to get Neylan to perform a little song on camera tonight (hence the bad lighting). Enjoy!

 

March 2

Back to the hill this morning for more sledding, probably the last time!

 

 

Neylan had NO desire to sled, so he just made snow angels

 

and painted the tree blue!

March 1

The Upward basketball season is coming to a close this weekend. Adam has done a great job this year, but we are ready for him to come home. These are just a couple shots of the festivities tonight. I didn't get any pictures of Adam because he doesn't sit still long enough on game days.

 

February 28

This morning we headed out and about for some fun. We started at Crown Center at the free kids' exhibit, Funville

 

 

And then we were off to Kaleidoscope for some art time

 

And we finished the morning at Fritz's, one of the boys favorite restuarants.

 

 

 

And after all of that- good, long naps were taken by everyone!!

February 27

Finally, almost bed time. We're all winding down

 

February 26

We woke to another 8 inches of snow this morning. This time it stuck to the trees and made a real winter wonderland.

 

 

We played inside early this morning. We pulled out the pom poms and sorted them by color in muffin tins, with chopsticks. What a great fine motor activity!

 

Soon, the neighbor appeared and the boys couldn't get outside fast enough

 

The loved spraying the snow with our colored spray bottles. What a masterpiece

 

And then our neighbor brought out popcorn! Neylan was thrilled!

 

After naps, we went back to the big hill for more sledding fun with friends

 

At any given time there are at least 100 people sledding down this huge hill

 

Grayson and Brayden having a blast! This time Neylan stayed at the top of the hill making snow balls and eating snow. We couldn't  convince him for anything that he should try sledding again.

February 25

Well, well, well. Looks like someone else is enjoying the bird seed

 

 

Grayson took a short nap today, so he and I went outside to build our first snowman. Isn't the cowgirl without arms cute?

February24

There's nothing like a quick lunch at Taco Bell :/ but today the toy in the kids meal was fantastic. It was a pirate ship with ocean accessories that were like paper dolls. We put it all together and the boys had a blast with it. One of the best kids meal toys we've gotten in a long time!