Putting things in perspective...

I know I don't often do 2 family posts back to back, but my heart is so full of family and wanting to capture every memory as we are making them, that I couldn't resist posting some more family memories. Even though these were just taken, they are already memories and I know I will cherish these pictures forever.
This past week I had a conversation with a friend from Washington about how thankful we are for our boys & our little girl & I woke up the next morning to learn of the tragedy that happened to the Steven Curtis Chapman family. They are such an advocate of adoption & since we are an adoptive family, it really hit home with me that we just never know when something is going to happen in and instant and change our life for eternity.
My love & prayers go to their family.

Today was such a beautiful, cloudless day and it could not have been any more perfect. The boys rode dirt bikes around the house and I tried my hardest to get some action shots of them, but they are just too fast! I did manage a couple and they are posted above of Sawyer & Sutton.
Sage insisted on helping her daddy wash the truck and had to put on her tutu bathing suit.
If you are looking for a bathing suit for your little princess.. you must get this one by Kate Mack. Oh my goodness... it is scrumptious!
Sage is obsessed with picking every flower she sees and there is just something about her little hands holding flowers that melts my heart. She found a couple of dandelions and I told her to get ready to blow and she put her other hand behind her back with a couple of flowers and I thought it was just perfect!
Hope you can stand just a few more of our family pictures!

~Libby

She lost her first tooth...

I had the most spectacular Mother's Day just being treated like royalty by the boys & Sage. Every once in awhile I would just look around and fight tears- tears of thankfulness. My heart is just so full of love for these healthy, loving, mischievous, forgiving, hilarious kids! I am beyond thankful to God for the gifts he has given me through family- it made me warm inside and just feel blessed beyond belief to spend the day with them all.
The handmade gifts,  potted flowers,  poems,  hand holding & kisses, little snuggles, twirling dances-
thank you Sullivan, Sawyer, Sutton & Sage for the fabulous Mother's Day. The memories will forever stay with me.

Sage lost her first tooth and I cried! I don't exactly know why, maybe it is saying goodbye to her baby & toddler years and a step towards her growing up- I don't know, it just was sad.
However, she is simply charming with her new tooth already growing in and I had to include that today in my post. Last night Tim took the boys to a movie and Sage and I had (as she calls it)  "girl time" and spent the afternoon/evening picking flowers & Sidewalk chalking our driveway. I, of course, had to get pictures so I could share with everyone how much fun I had with Sage.
I.simply.love.her.

~Libby