Cousin Day

Graham and Quinn spent a day with us back in May,too.

Oh man, I am telling you these days are our very favorite! 

 I wish they came around a little more often!  The boys were off to school soon after these pics.

They like it better when they are home all day and I must admit they certainly help!

Sam put Quinn back to sleep before he left!  

Sam also had this sugary cereal before he left and Graham saw it - I might

have fed him this for breakfast!  He LOVED it.  He could fish the cookies out of the milk

himself.  They were the perfect size for his learning fingers - we made a mess!

He helped me sweep my bathroom.  Made the broom stand up on it's own, ha!

Played me drums while I folded laundry.

Sister was chilling in Uncle Dan's chair.  It's comfy!

It turned out windy/chilly that day but we bundled up and went outside anyway.

Quinn took her nap snuggled in her corner and Graham explored everywhere.

We got our Sam (and Joe's) old car.

He loved it.

We visited our small garden (that has been made smaller by our resident rabbits this year)

Sweet baby girl.  She has the best personality.

It's fun having a little one exploring our yard again!

Oh his face, I wish I had captured it. He was pushing the car and it took off from

him down this hill.  He turned around and had big eyes and covered his mouth.

I laughed and he laughed.  Fun memory.

Cherish these days!

Evening at the Ballpark

Evenings at the ball park are some of my favorites!

I love watching this guy play baseball.

He hustles and tries hard, he's a leader and encourager.

He loves the game.

He pitched a great game. Had fun with team mates

This year ND brought teams down a few times to play us

so that was fun for the boys!

Graham and Quinn (oh and their mom and dad) were on a walk on purpose past the field 

so they could come see Joe play -we love that!

Quinnie girl was so happy in her seat so we let her be!

It's hard to believe that Graham was this size last year when he came to the ballfield!

Getting Passports

We are headed to the NorthWest again this summer on a fun adventure with our friends.

This time we are staying at their home and an island around the Bellingham Bay - we are super excited.  Their home is not far south of the Canadian border so we are hoping there may be a trip there, too.  That means we all need passports!

I'm not sure why I had let our expire?

We've had a lot of fun adventures, just not international yet!

For some reason, this was stressful for me. Insert weird emoji face.

And I had put it off too long.

But, we had our appointment (for the boys, we were able to mail adult renewals) in early May -

and now we wait.  We are hoping they come before our late July departure!

I'm telling you what, looking at these old passport stamps we collected on our trips

to Guatemala sure brought back a lot of memories.

Memories our hope and dreams and fear but a whole lot of faith on our Lord and Savior!

Sam's second passport had expired it was issued in the US, look at his sweet face!

But take a look at this scrumptious picture!  This was taken at the Guatemalan embassy

and he had been forever ours for 3 days.  

And our sweet baby Joe - same here taken at embassy in Guatemala - those lips!

Update: I drafted this posted long ago and then summer has come in full swing!  I've checked the status of our passports and Sam and Joe's are in route!  I had an rationally irrational (it's a term that I think fits where international adoption is concerned) fear of getting their passports on time so this is a giant relief!  Now, I mailed Dan and I's separate and 2 weeks before theirs and they are still processing- that makes no sense?!?