Trick or Treat - 2009

Well, here's our little "Tink". Anna is so small that being Tinkerbelle for Halloween was very fitting. She was really cute in her little outfit. And she did very well -- especially considering she went Trick or Treating with 5 BOYS!!

















Here's the crew dressed and ready to go Trick or Treating! We had fun with some new friends, Margaret and Thomas, and their 3 boys.

Jill's visit!

Our dear friend, Jill (Quinn's mom!), came to visit us in September! We had such fun showing Jill around our beautiful little town...even got to go to the drive-in movie for the first time. You can see our valley behind us in the picture. Thanks for your visit Jill!

Anna's Baptism

Anna was baptized in the historic Sanctuary of Roswell Presbyterian Church on July 19, 2009. Granny Reba and Aunt Kathy and families were with us. Fran Farias was the assisting elder (she also assisted with Spencer and Kent's baptisms in the historic sanctuary) and Senior Pastor Lane Alderman performed the service. Very moving. Several people commented after church that morning that there wasn't a dry eye in the place. It was very special to us.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Russ was working out of town on his birthday so the kids made him a birthday card and we sent him a virtual birthday greeting. Here they are singing "Happy Birthday". Anna joined right in because she knows every word!

Happy Birthday America!

Anna made a hat and flag for a 4th of July parade at school...she was so proud of her creation!



I thought it was so cute that I had to take pictures to post. What a camera ham!

Dress Up Day at Preschool

Anna had dress up day at school today. Thank goodness Aunt Kathy happened to give us some adorable princess costumes on Memorial Day weekend that Quinna and Moraya had outgrown...perfect timing. So Anna went as Cinderella.






Here she is doing a little curtsey.








And here she is with her incredible teachers Ms. Tershana and Ms. Carolyn. Love these ladies - they are so loving and so patient with the little ones.

Anna's Official!!!

We readopted Anna in the State of Georgia -- not necessary but it has many benefits to her later in life so we wanted to get it done. We had a wonderful attorney (Josie Redwine - an adoptive mother) and judge (Craig Schwall). They were great about including the boys in the process. They even swore Spencer and Kent in and made them promise to be good big brothers (and obey their parents and do their chores!! :-) ). We all learned a lot from the process and I was glad the boys actually got to play a part in the overall process. Anna will receive her GA birth certificate soon. Then all we have left to do are two more home visits by the agency and we have completed the entire paper chase!! How thrilling - almost done!