Girly Girls

Hannah Katherine

Sarah Manning

The girls are growing so much and are definitely showing more and more personality. With the change of seasons, I have been shopping a lot for them lately. It is so funny how excited they get over new clothes! A few weeks ago I brought home a little shirt with a bird embroidered on it. The went crazy over it!

They also have become very set on having their bows in their hair. If the bow falls out, they will squeal and bring it to me to put back in. My little girly girls. This stage is so fun with them!

Spring Break!

We are in the midst of Spring Break. It has been so fun to have the boys home and we have tried to enjoy each second. We began the break with a trip to the coast to visit Grammy and Grandpa. This trip was only the girls' third time away from home so we were a little nervous about nighttime. Thankfully, snuggles with Mommy and Daddy did the trick and there were no middle of the night meltdowns like we feared.

Cookout, How to Eat Fried Worms, boy camping trip, zoo and museum are all on tap for the remainder of the week. Yay for Spring Break!

Girlie update . . . the girls are now off and walking. They have been toddling for the last couple of months but still used crawling as their main mode of transportation. Now, they toddle most everywhere.

"Ouch and Amen . . ."

These are words one of my favorite pastors penned about a book I just started reading, Radical by David Platt. I have only read the first chapter and Gregg Matte could not have spoken truer words. I was so excited about the insight and Scriptures shared in the first few pages I could hardly sleep. I cannot wait to see how God uses this book in my life.

To go along with the excitement of this book, we have some sweet friends in the Ukraine right now adopting a son. They have been there for almost three weeks and have blogged about their daily interactions with the other children at the school. Each of the children long to be loved. One sixteen year old girl even asked if she could call my friends "Mommy and Poppy." My heart breaks for them, growing up without knowing love. Time is not right for our family to personally bring one of these children into our family; however, their trip and story has lit a fire in my heart. I can't wait to see what God does with these passions.