Ellyana's Precious Dress & a heart for orphans

OK, this link is for these amazing dresses & lots of great links for supporting orphans as this family is on their journey of their 3rd adoption.

Check out this website, for beautiful fabrics & adorable styles (and absolutely amazing "customer service") Its not too early to order your Spring/Easter dresses :)

I have to say how happy Ellyana was to try on this dress (as you can tell from the pictures), it was so precious!

Here she is featured on the website,

http://itspoppydipblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/look-at-this-sweet-baby.html

(I put the link for "Its Poppy Dip" to the side of our blog also)

Enjoy!!!!

Is Jesus the Strongest!?!!

Brian's Grandpa Blume passed away unexpectedly on Wed. morning. He was ready to go & we were very thankful for the nice time we had with him at Christmas. We made a quick trip to the visitation & funeral & have answered more questions about death & dying from our boys than we can count (their 1st funeral in recent memory). We have tried to answer everything Scripturally & in an age-appropriate way...but sometime you just wonder what they are really comprehending!?!

Last night as Zach was eating his snack, he said....Mom, is Jesus the Strongest in the world? Oh, yes, He's the strongest of all! Zach then said, well, if He's the strongest is He going to be able to carry Great-Grandpa all the way to heaven in that tub?

Brian & I could not hold a straight face. After seeing Daddy & 8 other guys trying to carry the casket as pallbears... to a 4 yr old...heaven seems like a really far way to have to carry it ;)

We do rejoice that God's ways are above our ways & that Great-Grandpa can be in heaven!

Christmas & more

Our first "Christmas" was at home together before we left for 7 days to visit family. Ellyana seemed to enjoy things from the very start. It seems to be her motto, and we LOVE it! Christmas is always special, but it seemed extra special this year to see all the excitement in the kids!

We asked for "girly toys" for Ellyana for her for Christmas. She really knows how to push around little matchbox cars & make the "motor" sound just like her brothers...but she looks pretty happy with these new beads too! She is just starting to play with her baby dolls now, it is sooo cute to watch!

We enjoyed our final day with family at a hotel, the kids loved swimming in the pool!

Things have actually been warmer & less snowy here in Michigan than other places! Ellyana enjoyed a few trips down the really big hill at BJ's school with this week's snow. She was jabbering about the snow, who knows what she was saying, but she seems to really like it all!

BJ had fun at his basketball camp today. We had such a good time with our family & the few friends we saw over the holidays! Now it is back to everyday, busy life...praying we can keep Christ 1st in 2010!