Easter Pics

MN...Reviewed!

Thanks to our friend, Lily & I were able to fly to MN for pretty cheap...Lily earned her wings :)

We enjoyed grandma's good cooking and special treatment!

We had fun playing with all the boys!

We went to the MN zoo and saw this cool sea horse and other animals...

...and had a picnic!

Catching some sun with her buddy Tommy!

Lily turned 3 while we were there, so we had another party :)

Uncle Doug, Auntie Lory, Cousin Jen & Auntie Kris came for cake & presents!

Auntie Kris took Lily to the American Girl store at the Mall of America for her birthday...she got to pick out a baby..she named it Kristina after her two aunties!

Thanks Auntie Kris!

More Mall pics...

Burgers & Fries at the MOA

Lego Woody at MOA

We enjoyed some warmer weather....

...and tea at the tea room with Bumba and the two little boys....

Yum!

We all used our best manners!

We also had Paczki day....Mom & I started at 4:45 am!

Lily joined us around 5:45 :)

The Dough ready to cut into doughnuts...

...rising one more time...

...and frying...it smelled soooo good in the house :)

Taste testers...they played in the basement with grandpa while we fried the paczki!

Mom & Me

Me, Mom & Rachel

Yummy!

It snowed :)

We got to see Levia & Karlyn at a coffee shop the last day we were in MN...they had been sick the whole time I was there.  Even though it was a short visit with them, we were happy to see them and sorry we missed seeing Haddon & Baby Haddon.  When we were at the MOA with Auntie Kris, she got Levia a doll to match Lily's.  We were able to deliver it :)

We also got  to attend Auntie Kris' surprise party that evening, unfortunately I have NO Pictures!  It was fun to see the entire "K" family!

Happy 3rd Birthday Lily!

Please pray for us and with us.....

...today we learned that another adoption we had been presented with would no longer be available to us....this was baby #12.  We are weary of this journey.   It has been very difficult emotionally with each possible situation we have been presented with in the past 8 months.  Even though you may think 8 months is not very long, our journey has actually been 3 years.  We had been actively pursuing Amber until the end of August (when we learned we would not be able to get her back)....so we have been waiting a long time for our arms to be filled with our second child.  Please pray that the Lord would see fit to bless us now after this season of waiting and please pray for endurance for this season of suffering.

3rd Birthday Party!

Birthday girl....3 on April 10th!

We had Lily's friends over to the park to celebrate her birthday coming up...the weather was perfect and we had lots of fun!

Thanks everyone who came and made this day so special for Lily!!