God is at work!!!!

I have had little time to post anything lately. God is doing such an amazing work in me, that I have little time to figure it out all (as if I should eh?)...its happening so fast. I must say not all days are easy (very few actually)...many are hard because as much as the Lord is working in me, Satan is there at every angle attempting to destroy what God has deemed Good. I did want to two things that have been given to me that I like to think about...
"God does not call the equipped, He equips the called." This rings sooo loud for me when I think about our adoption. Because so many days I feel that I'm just not capable of being a mother to more than three (somedays I'm not even sure about three)....but yet my heart is called to father the fatherless...or in my case "mother." :)
"Fake it, till you make it" This has been my saying this week...to myself...when I lack much needed patience! I HATE lessons in patience, but its a must if you have children. And I do want to be the kind, patient, laid back easy going Momma. lol..that makes me laugh...b/c I feel I'm a far cry from it. :)
Well...its feeding time again...and we are having company tonight. I love having other families come and eat supper with us! Fellowship!!!!! I crave it!

Hop on over to our adoption blog
www.heartforafricakids.blogspot.com
There are some cool things posted for sale, all proceeds go towards our adoption.

The Great Pumpkin Patch

The best group shot I got! I really wish Pappy would of made of it, but he didn't. Thats ok, maybe next year. This is the one time of year my sibs and I make an effort to get us all together to enjoy the patch. This is the first year we went to The Great Pumpkin Patch and aside from the horrible wind that kicked up tons of dust and dirt...this patch rocked! The kids had fun, I got a delicate pie pumpkin (not the regular pinkish ones that are used for canned pumpkin) no...this one is the cream of the crop pumpkin pie pumpkin...or so the guy told me. If he was just trying to sell me a pumpkin...it worked. I took a ton of pics, but 50 were worthy of keeping. And b/c I'm dead tired...this is the only one my blog readers get to see today. :)

Our walk in Oakland today.

A nice blue bench...I love color in odd places. Blue didn't match anything around this bench...which makes it so unique!

Launahee J

Zahavah...I love that this photo is completely unaltered. I think it turned out very good. Nice green steps!

I want to say this is at OCC, but I think maybe its the Historical Building, or the old Teen hang-out, and now I'm not sure what they call it...but I like to take pics there!

~They are holding hands...I LOVE IT~

She is only two, but looks so big here!

Micayla's First High School Dance!

I wanted so badly to sneek off to the dance and peek in and get some more photos...but that time has come that I am no longer welcome with her and her girlys. Thats ok, I understand...I remember being the same exact way. Even at Wal-Mart they hook up and run away to whisper all their private talk. It's offical...I am now at a stage in my life where I can honestly say...I remember treating my mom like that. I remember doing the samethings Micayla is doing. Makes me feel like I'm getting old. But instead of being depressed about it...I'm embracing it. Micayla is brilliant and beautiful. She has so much ahead of her. And she seems to be making some hard decisions these days. Public school is not a kind place. (Thats a whole other post). I'm happy she had fun and enjoyed it.

And those with Big Brother....

I love her lips in this photo!
I think this one is my favorite.

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Special thanks to Brenda and Bogey Bogear for the use of their property...it was beautiful and we had fun! And to Daddy for his participation in helping with bubbles and smiles...and to little brother Eli for being a trooper and joinin in on the fun...see next post for pics with him!!!!

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Labor Day Weekend Campout

I had a lot more photos to load, but it seems blogger is only going to allow me these. Grrrr. We had an awesome campout experience...just as good as last year, if not better since our children are bigger. We were able to sit and enjoy a little Bible study without interruptions, which was really nice. Here are a few snippets of our weekend....

My Mom and Zahavah...I really like this pic.
Bear Taylor and Marie Bixby playing a game...this was sooo funny. The picture doesn't do justice b/c you can't hear the sounds these two were making. Although I did get a video, so maybe Brett can help me post it. Marie won!

I love Z's expressions!

Enjoying a toy from my childhood, Pap is suppose to bring it to me sometime...since my sis is clearing out the barn for chickens...eeek...more of that to come for sure!

Eli and Caydance try the game. Eli says, "I won!" Although I'm pretty sure Caydee did, but oh well...they had a blast.

My absolute favorite photo of the weekend! Micayla with her big Pappy.

LOL...I had to post this...I told Cari it would make it to facebook...although it hasn't yet!

Serious Golf-A players.

Second favorite photo of the weekend, suckers from Aunt Tabby!

~These two tikes really love each other, they are close cousins~