The Crazy World we Live in....

It has been a crazy week around here... first a little girl missing, and then found in a dump.. what is wrong with people??? You now have an entire town of freaked out people because someone was so evil! It just makes me sick to my stomach!!!! I do believe that God was with that little girl, and I do believe that whoever did this will justly be punished.

I read an article that said most abductions and/or murders that happen in this country are committed by someone they know personally. Child snatching is very random ( I believe they said 40 true cases last year) but still the fear is just unsettling. It just makes you wonder how a country that was founded upon Christianity has turned so far away from Christianity. The amount of kids who are not involved in church, the number of young adults that have no "religious" connection... it just makes me sad. God is so faithful to those who believe, why would you not?? And surely, if you have kids, how could you sleep at night not raising them in a Christian environment!! There will come a day, and you will have to answer for that! That I know for sure. And I am so lucky that my mom drug took us to church when we complained, and when she had just worked 12 hours Saturday night.. and all the dinners and functions that we were allowed to attend... it really developed my personal belief that God is real, and he has so many good things planned for us! I just wish more people had that relationship with God.

These next few pictures (are kind of gross) but the Big J has been going to Youth at church, and this is just one of their crazy activities.., dealing with light and dark... Something about feeding B cereal and giving him a banana!

It was a little messy to say the least!

Not sure why he is crawling around the gym! Pretty funny though! I have witnessed this before, only looking for contacts during games! LOL

The Little J has absolutely loved the games! Between yelling for Lonnie and Jasper he has had great fun playing with his pom, or eating game food, or just walking around with his dad!

What a season this has been! We have made every game, and stayed until the very end! Derek and I are not huge football fans, but it is amazing what you will do for your kiddos! Only three more games and then it is basketball! We can hardly wait. The Big J should really do well there- and they should have a pretty good season... Maybe we will see some State ball this year!

Let me down... J wanted to run all over Chuck E Cheese. He was not afraid at all! He even learned how to put his "money" into the machines!

The little J loved this horse at Chuck E Cheese... He like the party too, because he had cake and pizza, but the horse was his favorite!

Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese today! That place is extremely busy.. they even had a cop working there to "keep the peace". It had been a long time since we had been there, but really a cop!!!! What is wrong with people!

J and his daddy went to the Hawks game last night, and this is the only picture I got!

There has been so much going on lately, it has been hard to find a minute to BLOG! I think we are finally all over whatever it was that hung around for about 3 1/2 weeks! It was crazy.. never the flu, but sure just yucky stuff! I would like to own stock in Lysol about now because I am sure that people are buying that stuff like crazy!

Life is good though! God is good to us! We finalize the little J's adoption on Monday and we can hardly wait! We are so happy to have this complete! Then, the Guardian will pursue his brothers for us. We still strongly feel that God is so in control of this process and that what He has planned for us is so much greater (and better) than we could have ever imagined for ourselves! We have listened to a lot of opinions on this case, and it seems to sum it up... it is just a big hot mess. And really, the further removed we have become, the more peace we have had from it. We feel that J was placed with us perfectly, and we all have adjusted as if he was never not with us. No problems to speak of, he is on target with all his developmental stuff, and he is pretty much perfect in our eyes.. but then, they all are that way to us!

We are officially 1/4 of the way through this school year! When I say it is flying by... I mean it is literally flying by! We have a really great class this year which makes it so much easier, and all of our students get along really well with each other. The Winter Break will be here before we know it!

It was actually cool last week. I had the air off for 5 days, before it went back into the '80s. We are loving the new Trane, I just wish it blew a whistle when we walked in the door!

We finally pulled down our fall stuff... wreaths, pumpkins, decorations! It is such a great time of year! J learned Jesus Loves Me and he sings it all the time! I know that he is going to be so excited with Thanksgiving and Christmas this year! You can see that he is building his schema of important family events! M & B are excited as well. B has already completed her list, and has it ready to mail to Santa, and M has told us what she would like this year! The Big J is dreaming of a learner's permit, and the little J has no idea who Santa even is!

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

Deuteronomy 7:9