Labor Day

Kate asked for Labor Day pictures....and this is all I have. :-( I didn't take a ton like normal, guess we were too busy!!

Mess of new pictures from...the past few MONTHS!

So...here are some of the latest pictures from our summer. No particular order, no subtitles. Sorry. I'm wayyyy too tired to be witty tonight. I figure most folks just want to see the pictures of the kids and such anyways. :-)

Picture Update

I had planned on posting new pictures today, but as luck would have it...my powercord for the newer laptop is junk. :- So, it's dead. I can't get it to fire up. I should have known it would happen. My sister had the same trouble. Anyways...sorry about the lack of photos. I'm now using my OLD
laptop which has battery issues. LOL! Nice, eh? Not sure my next laptop will be a Dell.

I have the best kids

We went to a local county fair today. Came home and then took off to go watch the sun set over Lake Michigan. All in all it was a great day. So tonight while sitting down to watch the last bit of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I told the kids that my foot hurts. Cam got me a pillow, blanket, glass of water and a pudding cup. Anna gave me a shoulder rub and Julia rubbed my sore foot and put lotion on it. How great is that?

9:44 pm

Jonas Brothers blaring from the tv in the parents bedroom
2 sisters dancing around IN parents bedroom
1 big brother in his bed where he should be, watching a movie
and to think I want more kids?

YEP. Without a doubt. Not sure if it's Dawn or Tonni's line, but CHAOS REIGNS!!

What makes you family?

I was just sitting here cruising through some of my friend Jess' pictures. Her and her husband are in the process of adopting from China and my brain just got to thinking.....

What makes you family?

There's no denying when you look at pictures of Jess and her daughter Jordan, they are mother and daughter. I think that about Cameron and Wayne. Without a doubt, you know Cam is a Wagner. What about the way we act? My cousins Verna and Vonda both said that Anna acts a lot like I used to. Well, Anna is my daughter and of course she will have some of the traits that make her like me. But what about Julia? Who does she look like? Does she laugh more like her mom or her dad? What about her goofy looks she gives me when I do something to annoy her? LOL! These are things that we will never know. But are those the things that make us family?

I believe what makes us family is our desire to love, be loved and feel secure within a group of people who feel the same way. Julia didn't to choose her family, much like my own children didn't get to pick their parents. However, we did pick Julia. Well, maybe we didn't...God did. God had a plan for the tiny baby with the little ear. He knew that she would eventually make her way to us. I'm still amazed at how she's turned out.

As we go back to Jess and Tim and their family. They also have 2 kiddos who act and look much like them, and in God's time they will have a little one who giggle, smile and laugh like 2 people they will never know. I do know that they will be just as grateful as we are to be given the chance to be the parents of one great kid from China. ;-)