From our house to yours

We wish you a Christ centerd Christmas...

My Girl

My girl, my Russian Princess as I call her is getting older.  She is such a happy girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Ava Grace before Church.  She just looked so grown up carrying her purse!

I love to watch how Ava Grace looks over all the ornaments

showing me a few of her favorites

Tinker Bell and a crystal church

A Russian Doll ornament that we picked up in St. Petersburg



With all the wonder and excitement this season brings

I am reflecting on our many treasures that

God has given to us....

His Son

Is the GREATEST gift ever

All I really want for Christmas

I saw this on another adoptive blog here , It really tug at my heart strings so I thought I would share it with you all...

All I really want for Christmas

God is good ALL the time....

Lets remember the reason of the season, we can not possibly give a better gift then the one that God has already given us...

Bass Pro Santa

Love this place!

I wrote about my dealings with the mall Santa last year here, so I made my way over to Bass Pro again and had another wonderful experience.  I'm telling you, this Santa is wonderful, so kind, so caring, dosen't wear any kind of wig, so real...so patient.  Ava played a little shy at first, but then Santa saw her holding a horse, and that was all it took for Ava to open up...she showed Santa her horse, made horse sounds and they laughed together...never again will I go to a mall Santa.

after seeing Santa,

they gave Ava Grace a candy cane

and a reindeer bracelet

(you see her holding the reindeer bracelet up

and the candy cane all over her mouth)

My happy girl, love her to pieces

So for those of you within driving of Bass Pro

go there instead of the mall

you won't be dissapointed!

Merry CHRISTmas

Fogotten pictures

Ava Grace enjoying her ice cream

who says Russians don't like anything cold?

This girl loves her some Ice cream. 

At the end of October

the ladies go on our annual

Door County trip 

My bff Kelly with her mom 

while shopping at Von Maur

Ava Grace jumped up onto the sleigh

she looks so cute... 

now no longer forgotten, enjoy this wonderful season as we celebrate Christs birth.