This was taken on Christmas day. Britt came home Monday evening and we had a good week together. The girls seemed to enjoy all the activity and we all looked back to last year and when they were not here. It is hard to believe it has been 8 1/2 months already. There have been some tough days but over all the joy sure out weighs those bad moments. We are so blessed to have not only 4 wonderful sons but also 2 sweet, darling girls. Evie and I shopped for her brothers and she had a good time picking out different things for each of them.(Dollar Store!!) Now as we just enjoy some slow days at home we have time to thank the Lord for the laughter the girls have brought to us. We always have been a goofy kind of family but adding Mazie and Evie and their "antics" have just brought out the best in all of us. Mazie will steal your heart. She loves to call her self our "baby girl", something J has said to her from day one. I know that we are "older" parents but I think what our ages make us realize is that time moves on so quickly that you need to grab a hold and go with it!! We are smiling and loving each day and we pray that as the girls grow they will realize just how much they were prayed for and wanted by not only their parents but their 4 older brothers too. Evie finally got her ears pierced yesterday and she looks so sweet. She is coming along in school at a good pace and learning that knowledge is not easy. She has her "moods" because she is a perfectionist but on a whole she is moving forward. Her world has changed so much and she has had a lot to deal with. She does know we all love her and feels good about that so I know the Lord will help her and us with the rest of "it". As a family we have all experienced changes and I hope that you will all pray for us as we continue to work through these changes. We know that this is what God wanted for our family and we pray that others will also reach out to children across the globe that just need to know that someone cares for them and will teach them about the love of our Lord.
