Saturday, November 12, 2011

Friends Come for a Visit

We had some friends come for a visit today! They live quite a few hours out of state, and it was so nice to see them again! My parents met them in Ethiopia, when they were there to bring their little boy home. We got to hang out at our house, talk, laugh, and then got to go out to dinner to celebrate my mom's birthday! :)

A friend of ours, Beka, is staying with us this weekend and so we had double the fun!

Beka and 'L'! :) Such a smart girl!

This is 'E' and I!

All of the girls together! We squished together for a picture!

All of us girls squeezed onto my small bed, to play a fun game of "Catch Phrase"!



'T' and 'C' - Friends unite again for the second time, since being home!

They both have grown so much! Such cute Ethiopians!

They have three biological children (two older and who could not make it) and a 15 year old son, who didn't make it into any pictures. They also have two beautiful daughters from India! 'C' and 'T' have now been home close to 16 months! It's crazy how fast time flies, and the many friendships we can make!

Blessings, to a wonderful Sunday!
~Michlyn

Friday, November 11, 2011

Veteran's Day 2011

Remembering those who serve and have served -

Thank you!
Blessings,
~Michlyn

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

15 years...

15 years ago...



 On November 7th

At 4:11am
 a beautiful baby girl arrived into the world

8# 

blue eyes

fuzzzy brown hair

more precious than words

It was love at first sight

xoxo

And I became a Momma!!!

Michlyn 1 year old
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So much changes in 15 years


Michlyn became a big sister x5 ... and is wonderful at it!

She went from 21" baby girl

to a 5'4" beautiful young woman

Inside & out

Michlyn Kate

is not only beautiful but

compassionate

giving

Lover of Jesus

a friend to all

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And then somethings never change...

Just like the day she was born

she's strong-willed & stubborn
[not sure where she gets that from???;)]

a bringer of Joy!

And I will never stop loving being her Momma xo



Happy 15th Birthday Sweetheart!!!!

May you continue to seek God's plans for your unique & beautiful life!

; ) Lucky Duck,
Love ~Your Momma

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

powder puff game




Last Thursday Afternoon

On a beautiful Fall day in Minnesota

I had the chance to watch Michlyn play in Pact's 4th Annual Powder Puff game

Freshmen & Seniors vs. Sophomores & Juniors

Undefeated vs. The Hunters

It's was Michlyn's first opportunity to play

It's her first year attending Pact

She's a Freshman

They practiced a few afternoons & spent time "creating" their orginal team shirts before game day :D
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It was a lot of fun to watch!

The players all seemed to have a blast too!

The game was close, even intense at times.


Undefeated WON 34 - 30

Woo Hoo!!!!


~PowderPuff Mom :)



Friday, November 4, 2011

Looking back...

I was picking up the house today, and as I was walking around I noticed that we have so few pictures up. Some that I did notice were the ones of Erin and I when we were little. It's crazy how fast time flies, and how things can change throughout that time.

This is upstairs in the homework room - 2002

This is in our room, by my bed - 2003

This one is always by my bed - 2011

Blessings,
~Michlyn

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

wORDLESS wEDNESDAY











... our chair ...

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

WoW!


Michlyn's been asking me for a long time to post on the blog again :)

 I truly enjoy posting but time gets away from me & words seem few...

Well, the words that swim around in my head aren't few but when it comes down to putting them on paper journaling those words on the blog, I often draw a blank.

But I did not want to miss the opportunity to brag on my wonderful kiddos...

Last Friday after a few hard days and few not so bad days, my big girls gave me the opportunity to get out with a girlfriend for a couple hours.

We were just running errands but the reprieve from daily demands and the friendly conversation was priceless!


What I came home to was the icing on the cake...

Kids had had lunch

Kitchen counters were cleared & wiped off

Dishwasher was loaded and running

Both upstairs & downstairs were picked up and vacuumed

Beds were made

E. put some finishing touches on the girls room

Michlyn picked up the boys room

and all 5 kiddo's were in good spirits!
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While I was out & about I picked up a few little things;

Fake nails & black polish for Michlyn

2 Teen magazines (starring J.B. of course) for E.

[an on sale] Starwars Jedi costume for J.

*I tease that the purchases were well worth the "sweetness" that I came home to... Truth is, I would have paid much more!

We were all "ready" for the evening activities - A youth group bonfire and games for the big girls, a costume party with a friend for the boys, Dad was working late so a quiet night home for T. and I :) Awww

 Wow, I really do have GREAT kids... I am blessed!

~Becky