It's better to keep busy, right?

I haven't posted since we spoke with our attorney in Guatemala, because I still haven't heard anything. It can be maddening. I do my best to keep my mind occupied with other things. As it turns out, there are MANY things to occupy my brain space. Too much to go into. There are also just as many things to occupy my hands. Which leads us back to why I haven't posted in a while. So, here's a little catch up of what we've been up to the last week:

I have been completely re-organizing my kitchen. Cabinets, drawers, pantry, even the fridge got a revamping. If you've been to my house you understand and our happy for us!

We spent last weekend in Atlanta visiting my sister and her family. We had a blast and LOVED all the snow they got there. Pictures are below. While in Atlanta we visited the Ikea store. I was in awe. We spent the whole day there and I felt like it was only 10 minutes, I was not ready to leave! Really cool stuff there, but I did find out why their prices are so cheap. POOR customer service and God help you if you have to call them. Anyway, off subject there for a minute. While there I bought some new shiny things for my kitchen.

When we got back home, our shiny things looked nice in our kitchen. Just not nice enough. We decided to paint the kitchen. Then our dinning room which is basically in our kitchen, looked awfully bare. So, it got a color bath also. It's amazing what a little (or a lot in our case) color will do. All this to say that this past weekend we spent the entire time painting. I use the term "we" very lightly. Only because Tim says he'll end up in jail if I paint with him. I'll let you read between the lines there. We are just not good painting buddies. I can't wait to post pictures for you guys. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow. I will forewarn you, it's bright! We are colorful people and our house certainly reflects that.

Here are some pictures from our time in Atlanta. Also, please keep petitioning God on our behalf about our adoption. Thank you!

Ginny and I had to "roll"/ push the belly of the snowman up the hill.


Oh it's coming Mike!

Nathan had lots of fun throwing snowballs at Dad!

Of course we couldn't leave Atlanta without Nathan sustaining some sort of crazy 4 year old boy injury! He was running and chasing and smacked the corner of their kitchen island with his eye. It blacked up for a couple days. He's good now.
Ginny and Tim had a lot of fun picking out songs together. Although I really got sick of hearing the same Jack Johnson song over and over and over. Sorry guys! Nathan on the other had LOVED the microphone. He was born to sing and dance. Actually I think he was born to preach! I wish I had it on video. At one point it was just Nathan and Ginny in her room, and Nathan started preaching a sermon. He said "God is the only one who can give eternal life", and he said "God is powerful". Then he started singing praise songs. Ginny and I looked at each other and our mouths were on the floor! I know the God is powerful part is in one of his memory verses at church. The eternal life part, I have do idea, but I'm proud!