#lisfamilypartyof7

 We said yes to a file the last week in April and the call came on May 2nd!!! They wanted us to meet a beautiful teenage girl who was available for adoption.
We met for dinner on Monday May 7th just James and I her caseworker and one of the most beautiful girls in the world!
The following Saturday James and I took the boys  (Makayla had to work) to meet her and we spent the afternoon with her. They hit it off right away!! We spent the afternoon at the trampoline park, took her shopping for a new outfit and had dinner of her choosing.
The next Saturday we were invited to her dance recital and she was allowed to stay the night with us. This was the first time Makayla laid eyes on the sister she had been praying for, for so many years. I could hardly contain my emotions!!! We went to a big family dinner that night and the next day took her shopping for new bedding and then we all went to a movie.

Just a few short days later on Friday May 25th, our answered prayer, the daughter I have been praying for, for 9 years, walked through my door and came home. HOME forever.

To say it was a whirlwind is an understand, if you did the math, it all happened in less than a month. It also happened in the busiest month of the school year and the devil was throwing James and I jabs personally and professionally to throw us off track but she felt like a calm breeze because she is for sure God given in our lives. James said "it feels like she has always been here"
         
She came home in May which is National Foster Care Month and the goal/plan to finalize her adoption, National Adoption Day 2018 ......now that is God's perfect and beautiful plan.

End of School Wrap Up 2018

 Oh May, you always come in like a tornado and leave me juggling an over-full calendar trying to remind myself to take in every tiny memory and moment. May 2018 was one for the record books, more on that later.

 James and I were honored at the Amarillo Area CASA volunteer appreciation banquet with the "Dynamic Duo" Award. What an honor! First, to do work alongside my best friend and soulmate but to work for these kids who have no one else.

 David made his church stage debut in the Spring PreSchool Praize Choir Performance.

 James Henry performed in our church’s Kid Rock Spring Performance of “Kingdom Connection”. He also served on the woodworking team for the production. 
                                       
 James got to attend Pastries with Parents with David!!!!

David and I finished up the year at Kid University! Next year David moves on to Preschool 😩 and I am staying home to help our family with the changes 2018 has bought us. Kid U was such a blessing to us and was exactly where we were supposed to be in this season. 

                                                     Christopher’s 7th grade awards day:

1000's club (more than 10 100’s), A honor roll, outstanding attendance, the Literature award & the character trait of Virtue

                                                       James Henry’s 2nd grade awards:

2 Thousands Club (more than 20 100’s), outstanding attendance, AB honor roll, and the character trait of Diligence!

He also starred as Paparazzi in the 2nd grade play,”American Symbols on Parade”

                                                        Makayla’s sophomore awards:

B honor roll, outstanding attendance and the character trait of benevolence

 Then there was High School Banquet. Makayla's Sophomore Year 2018.