no need for words

both of their faces say it all!!

festive giveaway

I ♥ AMERICA! July is such a fun month...I can't wait for it to get here and celebrate and be festive all month. And did you know American Eagle has $5 graphic tee's to help us all be patriotic! Check it out here. This is my shot at starting the patriotism:

And what did you say?

You liked my necklace?

OH!! Well...I have one to give away too!!

Leave me a comment, because I'm curious who in the world still reads my blog since comments are far and few between (I know Summer overrules the blog world).

Say hi to me and by tomorrow evening I'll choose where I'm mailing this cute necklace off so one of you can start being patriotic too!!!

HURRY QUICK! ☺

time somehow evaporates

I can't believe Kambrie has been in our lives for only nine short months. It feels like she's always been with us, and we can't imagine our lives without her.

She has brought us joy that will be

ever lasting!!

We love Kambrie more than words can say.

She's getting bigger, smarter and more beautiful every day.

Nine months old today.

What a beauty!

My little Curly Q

(gotta love the chub and those bright blues that come along with it!!)

When the term tramp means something GOOD

the value of a penny is worth so much more on this buy...it will save my sanity this Summer.

we've eagerly awaited something fun in our yard.

it's already in good use!!

Happy mothers day

I held my baby a little longer than normal tonight as I rocked her to sleep for bed. I nestled her face into my neck and felt the vibrations of her breath. I wanted to breath in everything about her. As I turned my cheek so we were nose to nose,

I tried to stop the tears from dropping on her

face and waking her up. She's so peaceful.

She's so beautiful.

I'm overwhelmed with the love I have for her.

I reflected on the moments like these that I had with Tanner when he was a baby. I loved getting up at night with him, hearing his sucking of the bottle and patting his delicate

body until a little burp erupted.

I have such beautiful children, both in

physical beauty and sweet innocence.

I love being a mom. I love my children. They are so dear and precious to me. All I ever wanted was to be MOM. Every day is a celebration for me, every day is

my own personal mothers day!

I hope my kids will always feel my love.

I hope my kids will always remember I love them.

I hope my kids will always believe I'm so utterly in love.

small places

Tanner is SO FUNNY.

He loves small, dark, covered/hidden places. He loves to build forts, play behind the couch and wall, watch movies under beds...and this is the latest where I've found him...

I guess he's definitely NOT claustrophobic!

Too cute.

tea time

Would anyone care to join us for a tea party?

We're starting at high noon.

Hurry, don't be late!

DC or bust

Lincoln Monument behind me

(more pix to come)

We've been the travelin' fam...and we're having a blast. I can hardly keep up with my life right now but

I LOVE IT.

We're living it up baby!

I've been reflecting on my life lately...we've gone through so much and come a long way. Sometimes it seems like it was all a dream. It feels good to finally have things stable and good and happy in our lives! Not to say it's perfect at all, but there was a dark point for awhile and now the sun is brilliantly shining.

Two of my sisters are going through some family struggles right now and it's

like re-opening a wound for me.

I'm grateful the past is OVER but it's remembering and taking those glimpses of the past that I see how the Lord has so lovingly blessed us. I know that He loves us all, and every road we traverse is for our good. It's through

the difficult times that we find what we're made of. We are stronger than

we think sometimes. Each one of us in our lives are blessed to endure trials because our Heavenly Father and

Savior are always there for US.

I pray for my family, and also for friends or anyone else right now struggling to rise from their fall, that they can look forward with a brightness of HOPE!

All things are for our good.

I know it.

GNO

My step mother-in-law treated us sister-in-law's to pedicures...

and the question was,

do pedi's really cure?

Me, Emily, Amber

Ya see, we were all in Oklahoma this past weekend for a family reunion.

Susan (our step mom in law)

is a die hard pedicure ♥er, and I am too...

but not so much for E & A.

Susan wanted us all to go get pedicures but they had never had one before and were somewhat hesitant to give it a try.

They were TROOPERS though and decided to "take the plunge" despite their paranoia of fungus and extreme ticklishness.

(is that a word?)

Amber had a tickling fit there for awhile!!

I don't know if they are converted, but they did say they liked it, and we all ended up

with super hot cute

painted toe nails!!

fun memories for sure

heart breaker

I ♥♥♥ that smile!

This young man is growing too fast for me. Before I know it my kids will be teenagers...AHHHH! lol.

Tanner has been attending Jump Start this month, in preparation for the big K.

kindergarten

He loves it and he's been learning his letters and practicing his adorable handwriting. I love it when he writes the letter backwards. Too cute. He's really learned alot from his preschool classes and already a ton from Jump Start. I think he'll be ready and roarin' to start kindergarten this FALL...

BUT I'M NOT!

I seriously have panic attacks thinking about him going to the big school.

Will he be nice to other kids?

Will other kids be nice to him?

Will he be scared riding the bus?

Will he obey his teachers?

Will he have fun!?

Will he enjoy learning?

Will he develop more skills?

Will he be the class clown?

Will he share his sweet personality with everyone!?

Oh how badly I wish I could be a fly on the wall and observe him at school.

I know he will ♥ exerting his energy learning and playing.

I hope it will be a positive experience for him!!

I just know my heart won't rest easy. I'll miss by bosom buddy who's been attached to my hip for 5 years now. We've got such a great relationship and I'll miss him

LIKE CRAZY

while he's gone

ALL DAY.

I know Kambrie will miss him badly too.

There's going to be two sad girls at home moping around waiting for his return each day!!

she makes the flowers look like thorns

Kam and Cam

Meet

Kambrie Kirk

and

Cambree Kirk

These two little angels are cousins. And yes. They have the same name. And no. We didn't plan it that way. Here's the funny story:

Landon's younger brother Carson, and his wife Amber, were expecting a baby before we knew we were adopting. They are such a fun couple, but they are the secretive kind of type. They didn't want people to really know they were dating before they got engaged, and when they were prego they didn't want anyone to know their name choices.

It's all good, right!

Some people are like that, no problemo. We had asked them several times what girl names they were thinking of and never got a response.

Fast forward a few months and a beautiful **MIRACLE** in our lives occurs and we find out we are going to adopt and

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

We're ecstatic that pink is going to be in abundance at our house and my first words to Landon are: we're naming her Kambrie.

Ya see, I've loved the name since before high school. I always told Landon I wanted our daughter to have that name but he was somewhat hesitant because he thought it sounded like a car...Camry.

Whatev.

We always kept that name in the back of our minds because we never knew if a princess would enter our world. Well, SHE WAS ABOUT TO NOW, and I was determined to have her be Kambrie. My fabuloso husband lovingly agreed and we started spreading the good news that a little girl named Kambrie would soon be in our family!!!!!!

This story has a lot of details so to spare most of them...

Amber and I were emailing, and she was sharing her excitement for us that we were getting a girl. She asked me what names we were thinking of so I told her

I've always loved Kambrie...

at this point I still had no idea what names they were considering because they wouldn't tell us when we asked

and she writes back that she's going to throw up because that is their baby name choice too!!!!!!

HELLO!!!!!!

Are ya kidding me?

5 minutes later the phone rings and it's Carson on the phone asking us if this is all a joke.

Ha!

Unfortunately it wasn't April Fools day.

Anyways, it's still pretty funny to laugh about. We both agreed that we were okay with each of us using the same name. I knew I didn't want to change our name and I didn't care if they used the name either. Isn't it hilarious we both picked Kambrie/Cambree without the other one knowing it!!!!!!???? At least we spell them differently.

I totally ♥ Amber and I knew we were alike in many ways, but this tops it all I'd say!

So there ya have it. Kambrie/Cambree Kirk squared.

Stinkin adorable princesses.

I bet they were laughing about this in heaven before they came. ☺