How does your garden grow?

Madisyn has been waiting for this moment since she came here in Febuary. We have been buying so many flowers and she loves it. We do to!!!

hail hail the gangs all here!!!

We came home from church Sunday and Madisyn wanted to take pictures...so here they are!

THANK YOU GOD

I just want to thank God for my life.... past, present and future.
He blessed me with the best mom in the world (Ruby Fraser). She was so special. We had a very close relationship and she was always there for me. She was not only my mom, but my friend as well. There were no 'awkward' moments between us, and the time we had together is priceless to me. She was also the best grandmother, cook etc in the world. Mom was beautiful, inside and out. Jesus was her Lord and Saviour, and she let everyone know it. Just knowing that she and my sister, Kay are with Him gives me such peace. Mom was such a reflection of God's love. I so desperately miss her, sometimes I feel my heart is going to break. Mother's Day is hard for me.
I LOVE BEING A MOM and God has blessed me with 3 great kids.

Lori- my firstborn is such a strength to me and is always there in a moments notice. I see our relationship growing into one I had with my mom and I love it.
I love you Lori!

Aaron- This kid keeps me laughing. He is always coming up with a new 'gadget' to make life a little easier. When I feel down, I just call Aaron.
I love you Aaron! Madisyn- She has only been here for 3 months and I wonder how I got along without her? Madisyn helps me with everything. She cooks & cleans even when I don't ask her to. She is free to give hugs and compliments. She would do without to help someone else.
I love you Madisyn!
It is odd but the one similarity in all 3 kids are their giving and caring spirit. This comes from Jesus., and for that I say THANK YOU LORD!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIARA

Today is a very special day...Why, you ask?? Well let me tell you. Today is Kiara's 6th birthday.
Madisyn and I got up and went to see Brittan in 2 programs at her school (she was awesome)!
We left the school and went to Logan's Roadhouse. They sang to Kiara and we all had a great time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL....WE LOVE YOU!!

MY LITTLE ANGELS

Tonight Madisyn and I watched Megan and Katie while Aaron and Sharon went out. Papaw has to work tomorrow so he went to bed early. The girls were so good and we had a great time together.
I love you girls sooooo much, you made the night special!!

It's finally spring!!!

Wayne and Dustin worked all day. Madisyn and I had to clean the house, i made potato salad, deviled eggs, and we had some errands to run. Sharon always gets me brown eggs when she goes down south so i made the deviled eggs for her. Madisyn and i went and saw Megan and Katie today. When the guys got home from work we cooked hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. I baked beans right before cooking the hamburgers.
After dinner Wayne went and got some black mulch for the flower beds. We all got busy and worked on the yard. My goodness, it does look good!
Dustin and Madisyn really got their hands dirty tonight.......
THANKS KIDS, WE LOVE YOU!
Tomorrow Madisyn is getting her hair done in the morning, then we are going to get some flowers to pretty things up around here.

Sisters reunion

THANK YOU JESUS!

The special day has finally arrived. At 6:30 tonight we went to see Loudnie, Madisyn's little sister. At 1:30 today Madisyn started saying, "5 more hours and I get to see Loudnie". The countdown was on......4 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours, 1 hour and finally it was time to leave. Madisyn loaded down with gifts to give to Loudnie.

When they first saw each other there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

Here was the scene:

Madisyn was looking in the freezer last night (keep in mind that WE had already decided that we were having cold cut sandwiches, salad and pasta). she ask me if shc could cook some pork chops (oops, the 'easy' meal just went out the window!!! hehehe). she wanted to cook the chops herself. i put some potatoes on to cook and broccoli. i told her she could show me her way of cooking the chops. she was having a good time for sure. she is definately at home in the kitchen...YES!!!!!
she gets my dutch oven pan out and puts miracle whip, mustard, garlic powder & chicken boullion in the pan and mixes it all together (i was grossing out at this point!). i thawed the chops out for her. she then coated them with the 'mixture', and started cooking them on top of the stove. oddly enough, the more they cooked the better it smelled. after cooking till meat was very tender, i said,"oh, good the meat is done and so is the broccoli and i can now mash the potatoes". she just laughed and said, 'oh no...now i have to fry the meat' (i am thinking...isn't that what we just did?? but i know from experience, you don't argue with the cook!). she gets a skillet out and puts oil in it. she takes each chop out of the sauce mix and fries it till crispy. now it is time to eat.
once i tasted her 'chops' i couldn't believe it. one of the best chops i had ever tasted.
THAT'S MY GIRL!!!!!
needless to say, wayne loves having 2 cooks in the house.

God is good!

I am so sorry I haven't posted since Madisyn has come home, we have been so busy. Things are going very well, and Madisyn is adjusting just fine. I asked her last night so far what is best about America? Her answer: WAL-MART! Isn't that just too funny? She loves her room and is taking pictures of everything in it. She even opened her closet and dresser drawers and took pictures of the clothes.
Today, we washed and conditioned her hair. Lori came overthis afternoon and braided her hair. It looks so cute and she really likes it. A BIG THANK YOU to Lori for the 4 hours she put in today on her sister's hair.
Tonight for dinner I cooked pork chops. Madisyn cooked beans and rice and okra. I don't eat rice or okra but Wayne loved it. She was so happy.

She's coming home today!!!!!!

Madisyn's visa came through on Friday. Wayne flew to Haiti on Saturday, and left to come home Sunday. They missed their flight in Miami due to the long process at immigration. Now they are due to land in Indy at 2:30 pm today (Monday). Wayne has some very funny stories to tell, so be prepared....He said he has some great blog material.....:)

I Am Blessed!!

Just wanted to publicly say Thank You Jesus for blessing me with a wonderful husband of 42 years and 3 great kids. I also thank God for my son n law, Spike, and daughter n law (Sharon). They are perfect mates for my kids and I love them both.
Now as for my grandkids??? Well, there isn't enough room on this page to tell you how special they are to me. They are all my angels and I love them with all my heart.
The desire of my heart is that my whole family gives their hearts to the Lord and serves him forever.
Now, you can all see why I say I am blessed and highly favored of God!!

Wayne (My Hunk 'O Burnin' Love)
Lori Aaron
Madisyn

Sisters

Here is a picture of Madisyn (right) and her 2 sisters, Anise (center) and Lowna (left). The 3 girls plus a brother, Hermane, all have the same mother. I believe Madisyn and Hermane have the same father but I will have to check with Licia on that.

Favorite grandson!!!!

Wayne had to work this weekend and couldn't go to church with me this morning.
I got up, got ready and headed to church. When I got there I was talking to everyone. Sue told me to look behind me and there stood my handsome and favorite grandson, Dusty(of course he is my only grandson). You could have knocked me over with a feather. Everyone was thrilled to see him and I was excited and proud to have him there with me. When he was little Wayne used to hold him all through church. Once in a while he would climb over and sit on my lap. I was telling him that at church today and he said now I would have to climb on his lap....
Love you Dusty!!!!

What season are we in???

Our granddaughter, Megan is 5 yrs old and in kindergarten. Well, this past week they have been learning about the different seasons. The teacher asked if anyone knew what season we are in right now, and Megan was eager to let them know.
When called upon she proudly announced ...DEER SEASON! Her daddy is an avid hunter, can you tell???
I am sure Aaron was thinking....'that's my girl'! hehehe

A week with 'ANGELS'

I know I haven't blogged in a few days, and the blog reporters have been letting me know it..........sorry!!!!

I spent the night at Lori's on Wednesday because I stayed with all 3 little girls on Thursday. Lori and Spike had to be out of town for the day. We had a lot of fun. We played dress up and went 'bear hunting' as Karleigh says, we even danced till poor ole' Nana was pooped!!! Brittan came home from school at 3:00 and I scooted out around 3:30.

Friday Wayne was off work so we ran all day. We headed to Indy to pick up his MRI film then to good ole' Wal-Mart. We ate lunch at Bob Evans in Noblesville then off to Anderson. Wayne took me to Sophie's, my favorite consignment store. while he took a little 'power nap'. I picked up some things for me and Madisyn.

Wayne went back to work today (Friday). I had already planned to spend the day cleaning house. This morning our 5 year old granddaughter Megan called. Her little sister Katie was at their other grandparents house so I asked if Megan could come and 'help' me today. Aaron brought her over and we had a great time. Megan ran the sweeper while i did laundry, dishes and dusted. We got this place looking pretty 'spiffey'. After the work we had a little puppet show in the dining room, had lunch and watched 'Barnyard' movie. We also took some pictures while she was here.

Our gauge is climbing

Hey everyone, look at our gauge now.........it is going up, up, up. We are now over the half way mark. I believe in my heart that this is going to be totally paid for by the end of the year.
Please agree with me that the money just comes in.
Thank You, Jesus!!!

The great hunters!

Wayne and Aaron left Friday to go to southern Indiana for their annual deer hunting weekend. I talked to Wayne today and he said they have seen a few deer, but haven't been close enough to shoot.
I thank God for them to be able to go together every year and spend some special father/son time together. They come back each year with the funniest stories, not many that I can write about though!!! :)
Hopefully when I talk to Wayne next time, at least one of them will have gotten a deer. Oh well, we'll see!!!

Back to blogging!

I received an email from a dear friend (Lynn) wanting to know if everything is alright. She said she noticed I hadn't blogged in a few days. Then I got another email from her wanting to know what was up with us cause she also noticed Lori hasn't blogged in a few days either. I understand her concern cause Lori blogs very consistantly. We have both been so busy here lately and my 'puter has been 'sick'. My dear son in law came by the other night and fixed my 'puter and now it works!!!! THANK YOU SPIKE.
Lori has had lots to do lately since their house has been up for sale. She has to keep it up at a moments notice and most every Sunday they have open house.
We have got several coming for Thanksgiving this year and I am thrilled. I went the other day and got the turkey, sweet potatoes, etc getting ready for the big day. This year other than our kids and grandkids coming we are blessed to have Kyle, Angela, and their 3 kiddos. Next year we will have Madisyn here with us.

WE ARE OUT OF PARQUET!!!!

We just got word that we are out of Parquet. We went in October 4 and just got out. We are now officially in Department of Justice (whatever that is). I have no idea what any of this means, but when I hear we are 'out' of something, I know that is reason for celebration. We are one step closer to getting Madisyn home.
I want to thank all of you that have supported us in ANY way. Just last night someone I didn't even know, sent $5 towards the adoption fees. She had seen Lori's blog and sent $5 through Pay Pal. God has such great kids!!!! :) I also know that there are so many that have been praying us through each step.
Thank you so much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE II

Today is my nephew, Mike's birthday. He is my sister's oldest child, I think he is 48. Makes me feel sooooo old. I remember how excited I was when he was born. I became an 'aunt' for the first time. I thought of his birthday last night but forgot to send him an email till just now. When he and his brother and sister were little they called me Aunt GiGi. I love them all dearly and pray God's blessings on all of them.
Happy Birthday Mike.... Aunt GiGi loves you!!!!

Gonna be a busy week

I just got an email from a good friend, she told me she has checked out mine and Lori's blog, and that I am ahead....YES!!!!! I feel I am on a roll so I am going to blog tonight too.
Wayne had to work this weekend so he couldn't go to church with me today. We had a good service, then I came home and started fixing dinner. Roast, carrots & potatoes.
This week is going to be busy. Tomorrow morning I have to meet others at the church to decorate for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Wednesday Wayne has a doctor appt, Thursday is prayer meeting at my house, Friday, Wayne and Aaron leave to go deer hunting for the weekend.

Look Lori, I am blogging!!!!

It has been 4 days since I last posted, so I am sure Lori will be checking. You have to know, she is like a blog detective. If I don't post for a few days, she is on the phone and even emailing me, telling me to get to it. I read her blog and laugh my head off. She is so funny.
There can be nothing sacred in our family, Lori blog's EVERYTHING about EVERYBODY. Now she is digging up dirt about my younger days, as she says, "when I was a rebel".
God has changed all that in me, now I pray she will find some 'good' things to say about her 'dear 'ol mom'.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOUDNIE

Today is Miss Loudnie's 7th birthday. This is Madisyn's little sister. Isn't she adorable? This will be her last birthday in Haiti, she will be coming home to her parents soon. We will be at the airport to welcome you for sure!
We love you Loudnie and are anxious to be part of your life.
You are precious!!!

Beware: Blog Stalker

I was going to try to sneak off to bed but Lori IM'd me and said, "Mom you need to blog tonight". She checks every one's blog every night...i think she is a 'blog stalker'. If you are not blogging a 'pink slip' may be on it's way from someone we all know and love.......................... soooo get to blogging or she will boot you from the blogging circuit!
Lori has such a big heart and she wants to fix the world. We need more people like her. When there is a need, she sinks in like a bulldog and won't let up till it is resolved. She gets this trait very honest, she is exactly like her dad. I wish i had more of this in me. The word CAN'T isn't in their vocabulary at all.
It is CAN and WILL...DO or DIE!!!
I love my family and wouldn't trade any of them for anyone in the world. God has truely blessed me and I thank Him for them. When Madisyn gets here she is going to fit right in.
Oh the stories that we can and will tell her!!!

Beautiful sisters!!!!

Thank you Licia for these pictures of Madisyn and Loudnie, they are priceless. You captured them beautifully. I can just feel the love between the two of them. They will continue to be close when they come home. I am sure they will talk on the phone, spend the night with each other, go camping, family get togethers and such. Only God could have worked things out the way they are. I thank and praise Him daily for what He has done, is doing, and what He is going to do with all of us.