Photo Shoot w The Girls...

They dressed me up to look like Elvis.. haha not sure it worked!

Three crazy girls!!

twin sandwich!!

Jump as high as you can!! Maybe they cheated a little and stood on chairs ;)

Mary Helen trying to do one of her cheer moves!!!

Goofy Goofy!!!

TENNESSEE

This past Monday, Lane and I went downtown to attempt to get some decent pics for her graduation announcements...I just got a new camera and needed to practice! Well, we were standing outside the gates of Neyland and this guy comes up to us and asks if we wanted to join the fraternity boys with their tour. We were like DUH!! So, here we go, two girls and 20 frat boys touring Neyland! It was hilarious. I was snapping pics left and right until MY BATTERY DIED haha. All day I thought about how I probably should charge the battery, but then thought nah it will be fine. So, half way into the tour we had to take the battery out every time we wanted to take a picture. Then, we were in the elevator going up to the sky boxes, 20 boys and 2 girls in ONE elevator, I couldn't breathe... I tried to take a pic of all of us crammed in there, but forgot to take the lens cap off and then it died again. The boys thought it was hilarious! It is never a dull moment that's for sure! I was not dressed for the occasion, since I was just suppose to just be the photographer, but of course lane made me take some pics in my running clothes! #Iwasdrippingsweat bah ha Yay for graduations!! Yay for no more undergrad!!!!

we were being interviewed!!!

ah hahahahahaha

I got to touch his head in the 3rd grade at A.L. Lotts and now I can say I have kissed him, ish!

Number one!!!!

It's my own jersey..who knew!!!

I love this pic, its going to be on her graduation announcements!!!

Booyah killed UT!!!!! and that darn hill!! hahaha NO MORE UNDERGRAD!

Baby...

She was so mad at me for A. putting her in her stroller, and B. for putting her sunglasses on her

She loves her little bouncy seat!!!

This is my last week with baby Addison! I have grown SO attached to her that I am going to cry when I don't see her everyday! Gosh, spending all this time with her has made me want a kid of my own EVEN MORE! I'll keep being patient, but I might just take one home from the grocery if I don't get one of my own soooooooon! Well, maybe not the grocery considering my speciality are black African/Haitian babies....but you get what I'm saying!

HOPE in the DARK pt. II

Tonight all that my heart could cling to was that in HIM

we find our hope to live. It is so funny to me that ever since I have a tattoo on my wrist that reads,

"bay espwa" the Lord is bringing up HOPE in so many aspects of my life. Tonight, Every time I would

get sad or feel anxious that my HUGE desire for adoption was not going to happen I would look at my

wrist and be reminded that HE is using me to 'give hope' to the world in many different ways.

Including waiting patiently and trusting that I will love orphans, whether or not I have 30 of my own

or I support and love on families that are adopting; I will be loving and giving hope to a dark world.

HOPE in the DARK

"....When you did it to one of the least of these... you were doing it to me."

-Matthew 25:40

This little shirt is one of the items I came home with tonight. The flower on the shirt is the last thing that Maria drew before the accident. When Steven Curtis Chapman ran outside to see what had happened, he cried out to the Lord saying, "I need to SEE you Jesus!" He had no idea that later that day when it was really true that Maria had gone home to be with her Papa that her last drawing was a picture of a flower with six petals (six in the family, only one being colored in) and with the word SEE on it. The Lord loves/speaks to us in some crazy ways sometimes thats for sure.

Espwa. Tumaini. Hope. 希望 [xī wàng].esperança.

Girls Go To The Prom...

This past Saturday Kelsey, Caroline, Samantha, Cydney, and Allie all went to the West prom. They all looked absolutely gorgeous! It was so crazy to be a part of this. I feel like just yesterday we were at Sharp Top before their freshman year of high school with braces, ring pops, and stuffed animals... and now they are juniors almost seniors going to the prom. It was also weird because I remember my Junior prom like it was just last week! I remember how Thomas asked me, I remember where I got my dress, I remember all of us getting ready and taking pics in gettysvue. I remember dancing my heart out, and sweating all that hard work of make up off. It was just so sweet to be apart of these five girl's special day! They each have a very special part in my heart and I pray that the Lord will continue to write our stories allowing me to be a part of theirs for more years to come!

Kels' shoes!!!!!!!

So sweet..sisterly love right here!!! Fake eyelashes are a prom must!

Curly iron chaos and lots of make up time!!!

Gorgeous.... need I say more!

Baby Laughing Hysterically at Ripping Paper (Original)