Barbee Ruth's Gingerbread house

Well it took us two days to get the gingerbread house put together. Barbee Ruth liked putting the things on the roof. I did this part of the house of course.

Here Barbee Ruth is putting the cherry candy on top of the roof. She was not interested in putting the house together because Dora was on and she had to go watch it every few minutes.

The finished product, front view.
Side view.

The other side.

I had so much fun doing this gingerbread house. I love to do this kind of stuff.

Hope you had a great Monday!

Nancy

Busy Day

Gingerbread house for Jennifer, Jay, Chandler and Carson.

Goodies Barbee Ruth making sure every ornament is in it's place.

We have had a very busy day today. Church, shopping and baking three of my favorite things to do. I hope you had a great day and I hope the Lord blessed you in a special way.

Nancy

The most wonderful time of the year!

I love this time of year, decorating, baking and spending time with family. We had our first family Christmas gathering tonight and had a great time. When we got home I did some baking. I wish I could put smell to this post. I baked a ginger bread house and it smells wonderful. We will decorate it tomorrow. I'm sure Barbee Ruth will have a great time doing that. Enjoy the pictures I added of some of our decorations.

The best part of this time of year is the celebration of the birth of my Savior and LORD! Don't forget the reason for the season.

God Bless!

Nancy

Cake anyone!

I love to bake cakes! Here are some pictures of a couple I have done lately. Red velvet and lemon coconut. Hope everyone is having a great Thursday. Nancy

Family

We had a great thanksgiving and I hope that you all did also. Nicholas and Rickey cooked everything except the gravy and the cakes. (I did those two things) Nicholas even made home-made mayo for the deviled eggs. I enjoyed watching my men cook.

Nicholas informed me that I didn't know how to cook green beans. I have to admit they were really good and much better for you then the way I have always cooked them.

Bridgette got a special plate. Nicholas plated her food for her. Doesn't it look beautiful. You send a boy to culinary school and he thinks he knows everything.

This is the newest member of our family. Look close and you will see her, Laney. She is the cutest little thing.

We spent today decorating the house for Christmas. We got 3 of the 4 trees up today and most of the decorations. We even got Barbee Ruth's purple tree put up in her room. Pictures to come later of the trees. Barbee Ruth couldn't take any more, she got up in my chair and fell fast asleep.

Hope you have spent some time this weekend making memories, we did.

God Bless!

Nancy

"Baby it's cold outside"

It was in the 20's this morning and Barbee Ruth had to wear her "big ole coat" as she calls it. We bought this coat for her to wear in China when we go to get Andrew but we are getting some good use out of it now. I love this picture because she has breakfast on her face. I'm a bad mama, we ate muffins in the car this morning on our way to Jennifer's house. Hope everyone is having a good week. Only two more days to go before the weekend. God Bless, Nancy

LID

We finally got our LID (log in date) for blessing number 2 from China. October 22, 2008. All the worrying I was doing for the past month was for nothing. Or maybe it was to make me lean on God more. All we have to do now is wait and pray that we will have a smooth transition and Andrew will stay healthy. Please join us in praying for him!! God is so good and I'm thankful!
Have a great weekend!!!! Nancy

PERFECT FALL DAY

We had a great day. The weather was perfect and the leaves were beautiful. We went to Star Fort National park today and walked around or should I say rolled around. Barbee Ruth and Rickey had a great time playing. We had a great time just being together. Hope everyone has a great weekend just being with family.

Barbee Ruth playing with her stick.

Disney

We had a great time at Disney World. It was a quick trip but lots of fun. This was Barbee Ruth's second trip to trick or treat with Mickey and Minnie. She got all excited when she saw Mickey and Minnie and blew them a kiss when we left them. Sorry it took so long to post these pictures but I just can't find the time to get it all done. I'm doing this as Barbee Ruth takes a bubble bath (it must be nice). Enjoy the pictures. And by the way Robin I don't think it was fair that a girl goes to Disney World and gets tagged. Maybe I will get to that tomorrow night after Spanish class. I hope everyone got out and voted today. Please pray for our nation.

Sitting in Minnie's chair. Barbee Ruth sat there like it was her house. Well she was dressed for the part.

Barbee Ruth loved Minnie's house! We spent alot of time going through it looking at everything.

Barbee Ruth and her Mama.

Barbee Ruth and her Daddy. God Bless!

Nancy

Halloween Party

Our sweet little Minne Mouse.

"Jesus loves the little children all the children of the world" When I look at this picture I can't help but to think of the song.

We had a great time at the Cobb's halloween party! Thanks for having us! We can't hardly wait till we get together again.

GUESS WHO I'M GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN?

More pictures to come tomorrow. We are headed to our first Halloween party. BR is really looking forward to seeing all of her friends at the party.

Guess where we are going next week?? The clue is in BR ears. Keep in touch to see the fun.

Nancy

Pumpkin Patch

We had a great day today! We went to the pumpkin patch with Bridgette and Lawson. We got to go on a hay ride, go through a bat cave, play and then saw some farm animals. BR liked the turkey the best. After all that fun we got to pick us out a pumpkin to take home. Enjoy some of the pictures from our perfect Fall day. My two little angels
My handsome grandson Lawson


Sweet little girl

Another step closer

Our dossier is on its way to CHINA!!!! Our DTC date was yesterday. Now we start the waiting game. Maybe we want have to wait too long. We have to give it to the Lord and let Him be in control. Which is very hard to do sometimes. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week. Check back this weekend, we are headed to the pumkin patch!!

BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THE ZOO

Look who is turning 5!!! Our grandson Lawson. He had the best party ever at the Farm @ Connie Max. The children got to ride horses, feed goats, play with kittens and go on a wagon ride. Everyone had such a great time. Enjoy some of the pictures from our big day.

We had a great time at the Zoo this afternoon. BR has been talking about the animals at the zoo for one week so we made a quick trip to The Riverbank Zoo. We had a great time as usual. Be sure to look at the last picture and you will see that BR's favorite animal at the zoo is PINK.

One step closer

No pictures today, I thought I would just write a quick note about were we are in the adoption process. We are one step closer to Andrew today. Our paper work is gone to Washington DC for the final step of authentication. This is a special day today because it is my mom's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying Fall. God bless.
Nancy

BYE-BYE NICK-NICK

We took Nicholas to Charleston this past weekend to get moved in to his apartment and get ready to start college. It was a wonderful weekend, but very sad. We left Saturday morning around 11am and off we went, when we got to Columbia we realized we forgot something. Nicholas' mattress. We continued on our way and said we would figure out what to do when we got to Charleston. We had to met the cable man at 2:00pm so we could not turn around. Nicholas called his best friend Nick and he brought the mattress to us. Thanks so much Nick! Barbee Ruth and Rickey came home Sunday evening and I came home this evening. Nobody told us how hard it was going to be letting them go.

Please pray for Nicholas as he begins the next chapter in his life. We are blessed to have him in our life and are very proud of the young man he has become.

MID AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL

It is important for us to keep BR's Chinese culture in her life. We celebrated the mid autumn moon festival Saturday night with all our china buddies. ( We were missing one family) Of course we ate Chinese food, well some of us didn't. I don't care for the Chinese food so much.
Here are just a few pictures form the evening. After we ate we went outside to look for the moon but we never could find it. We had a great time and enjoyed being with each other.

God is so good to have blessed us with such special children. We are VERY thankful for each one of them!!!!

BIG DAY

Well yesterday was a big day for the Werts' family. First we took BR to get her FIRST official hair cut. Gina @ Salon 225 did it and BR was so good. She just sat there and let Gina cut it all over. Next we headed to Charleston (yes a three hour drive)to find Nicholas an apartment. Since he starts college on 10/6 it was about time. We found a one bedroom that is about 650 square feet. Now we have to figure out how to furnish it.