Over the rivers and through the clouds to Kimberly's house we go...

little Josiah, 6 months. so sweet. silly jilli, 4 1/2 years. such a character.

I stand in awe of You.

mr. judah, 3 years. spontaneous sweetie.

What a fun time my sister Allisyn & I had at my older sister Kimberly's house! :)) I, of course, loved seeing my niece, Jillian, & my two nephews, Judah & Josiah, but most of all it was great to have some sister time! There are ten years between my sister Kimberly and my twin sister Allisyn and I. When we were younger it was such an age gap, but now that I (and my twin sister Allisyn ) are twenty one, almost twenty two, and my sister Kimberly is thirty two, it is becoming so much fun! We are closer than we have ever been and things make more sense now between us three. I do have another sister, Stephanie, that is sixteen years older than me, but she lives only a couple of blocks from my parent's house, so I see her every weekend when I go home. Above are pictures of Kimberly's kids :)

hmmm...

LOL. The plane ride was kinda nerveracking for me LOL. I didn't like it - at all. Somehow, some way I am going to get to Africa.

p.s. I did pretty good when I wasn't looking out the window. [this was on an hour & forty minute flight]

ahhhh!!!!

Hehe. The title of my post is how I feel about now :)) LOL. I'm about to leave for the airport to get on my first flight EVER!

yay! :))

This friday [in 48 hours!!!] I will be heading to the airport to board my flight to Florida! My first ever time being on a plane. I'm kinda nervous, but I've come to realize that Jesus walked through the fire with the Hebrew boys, so He can board the plane with me & my sister :))

Allisyn & Cristian/my Daddy's bday/Holden

So today was my Daddy's bday! And with Allisyn & her boyfriend Cristian (of 11 months) there @ my parent's house I took the opportunity of snapping a few pictures of them before the guests arrived for the bday party.

The picture above is the product of my five year old nephew Holden! Of course, it had a little help from editing, but nonetheless I thought it was very good! The rest are pictures I took.

This picture was Cristian's idea. My sister Allisyn was hilarious!

As I mentioned, it was my Daddy's bday today :)) Here is the cake that my Aunt Greta made for him.

Here is my five year old nephew Holden. He loves his aunt Allisyn & Cristian. He just had to tickle her!

One of my favorite pics of the day! For those of you who do not know Holden, this is a classic Holden face. LOL!

He's just kidding around!

Wow.

Okay, so earlier tonight my mom, sister and I were wrapping Christmas presents (I know, early! lol) and my mom made the comment, "What would yall like to watch on t.v. tonight? Another Wifeswap (she has millions dvr'd)", and I was like, "Please, not another wifeswap" hehe. I thought a minute and I was like, "You know what would really be great? I wish I could see "Losing Isaiah"." And they all agreed. Then a few minutes later my mom, my sister and I went to the livingroom and my dad was looking through the channels to see what was coming on at 8:00, and what do you know "Losing Isaiah" was coming on Lifetime Movie Network tonight at 8:00.
Now those of you who have never watched this movie may not get the significance, just google it and I'm sure you'll find something. Youtube it even if you want to see a clip :) I absolutely adore this movie, not only because it speaks of transracial adoption, but because it shows how powerful love really is. I cannot explain how surprised I was to find out that it was coming on tonight just moments after I wished I could see that tonight! :)) Some may say I'm crazy, but I know I'm not. That was a GOD thing. For sure!
I have been thinking so much about transracial adoption lately, especially this week it seems. I know I needed to see this movie again. And GOD knew just how to cheer me up and give me an extra layer of hope :)

i just want to hug these little ones

These kids are just so precious, so unique. GOD made them, and with a purpose. They too have a purpose, just like the kids that have parents, that have someone loving them at this very moment. Just because they may not be privileged like the kids in the suburbs or the city, or even the country doesn't mean they don't have privileges. It doesn't mean they don't matter. In fact, it is exactly the opposite. They have life in their bones that speaks of struggle, of real struggle. They may know hunger, prejudice, hate even. Yet they somehow are still here, struggling through it all. They have a perseverance we don't. We - including myself - grumble about not having the "right" type of sugar. Do we want brown, white or powdered? They have never tasted any. They don't have many choices to make, but they do have one. They continue to strive for a hope and life they have never known. They persevere without anyone whispering in their ear it's going to be okay.