Chelsea's 10th Birthday!

I couldn't end today without posting pictures of our sweet soon to be 10-year-old. Her birthday is March 19 but we celebrated today with our families at home.

  Chelsea wasn't a fan of the lasagna, the garlic bread or the salad, but oh how she loved the ice cream and cupcakes! She ended up trying the lasagna at the end of the day and decided she liked it. I think she was really hungry, not to mention she and Luke had been swimming in frigid water in the front yard in a blow up pool, so they were both shivering and hungry by the time they finished.You should have heard all the laughing and splashing to be had swimming in that cold water!!! Poor Katie has a little bit of a cough and couldn't participate, so she and I watched the two elders swim while dad had some alone time throwing the boomerang at the park.

The wire cage in Chelsea's birthday picture above was NOT one her gifts! Hahaha!!!  Actually, Darrell has been making the cages for our newly acquired rabbits from my brother and sister in law, and he had just finished making this particular cage right before the party. Yes, we have added rabbits to our small animal farm. This brings us to 1 cat, 8 chickens, 2 rabbits, 1 goldfish and 9 minnows (I think). 

Here's a picture of Luke holding one of our new bunnies. Aren't they cute?!? Both of them, I mean. :-)

For those of you who are wondering how things are going--we have ups and downs and are on the adoption roller coaster ride, probably will be for some time. But along with the challenges we have laughter, we have smiles and we have milestones. We know God brought us together and He is with us through the tough times and the good.

God's blessings to all of you in the coming weeks. I'll post again just as soon as I get the chance. Love, Laura