growing!

my, what a difference 4 months has made to our little guy.....

one month:

in this picture Charlie didn't have enough shirt to attach this sticker...so I'm just holding it

two months:

this was 8 days after coming home

three months:

looking at Mama (love!)

four months:

okay, i really can't sit up on my own...but i do look like a big boy here!

bagel bird feeders and a trip to roper mountain

a couple of fun things we've done for school in the last month....making bagel bird feeders to attract birds to our yard since we are studying flying creatures this year and going to roper mountain for their second saturday even this month which focused on flight....the girls learned about owls, dissected owl pellets (eww!!), explored the living history farm, and saw hobby airplane demos!

camdyn's 9th birthday!!

we love you sweet camdyn...you will always be our baby girl....may God's bless you over the coming year as you seek to know Him more....we are so proud of you!!

apple picking

we tried a new apple orchard this year - justus apple orchard in hendersonville, nc. we had an awesome day trying new apples and dreaming of yummy apple pies!! this year i made all of my pies with a combination of fuji and jonagold apples...

rejoicing in God's blessings.....

we are thrilled to announce today that our son's adoption is finalized!

Charles Edward "Charlie"

is officially a Snyder!!!

please check out our adoption blog for new posts on our eventful summer!

http://wewalkbyfaithnotsight.blogspot.com

i'll be updating our family blog over the next week with other posts of what we've 

been up to since july!

1 corinthians 13 for moms

ran across this today and thought it was worth putting here for frequent reading and reminding myself of the long view of mothering....

take the time to click on this link and read

1 corinthians 13 for moms

swim team

the girls wrapped up their swim season yesterday at divisionals. we are so proud of their hard work and determination in sticking with it this year. it is not easy to have two hour long practices each day one of them being from 8 - 9 in the morning! we love you both and are just as proud of your sportsmanship and character as we are of your improved times. way to go girls!