Long time no see - finally an update

Sorry it's been so long since we've posted. Life has been pretty crazy around here since last Fall. Besides all the holidays, here's a little bit about what's been going on with us: Tamara started watching a few more kids part time, we finished our adoption paperwork and case study and are approved to adopt again (see our profile at itsaboutlove.org), we received new callings at church to be the Cubmasters (we were Webelos leaders and Cubmasters for about 2 months until they found some new Webelos leaders), and Chris received a job promotion at his work, which he just started this week. Katie's been having lots of fun playing with her friends and cousins. We had a Valentine's Day party with some of the daycare kids and one of her cousins (see pics below). For Tamara's birthday we went to Wingers. Very good, a new favorite! Her birthday goodies included some new CDs and DVDS. Tamara had a surprise birthday party given to her, planned by her stepmom, LaVerne. Tamara was super excited because she's never had a surprise party before. A lot of the family came to the door and when Tamara opened it (expecting to just see LaVerne) they sang "You've Had a Birthday Shout Hurray" to her. She loved it! See some pics from the Valentines Day party and Birthday party below.

Here are the girls making their Valentine Goodie Bags. There's Katie, Kinsey, Livvie, and Kendra.

Here they were playing musical chairs, which soon turned into "animal musical chairs".

Playing bounce the bunny:

Girls just want to have fun!

Strike a pose:

Tamara's birthday cupcakes LaVerne made:

Opening her present from LaVerne: a homemade camera case and a candle and candle holder.

Party visiting:

Here's the candle:

We'll try to start posting more often again.