First FFF of 2008

Looking back through 2007, I realized that Miss Maya's 6 month anniversary home with us was last month! It is so hard to believe that she has been home with us for 6 months already! It seems like yesterday we were in Guatemala picking her up! Her adoption was the longest one we had, with many ups and downs! We thought we would never have her home, at times, and were happy to finally receive the news that she would be coming home to join our family in June of 2007! What a great addition she has made to our family! Her heart is sweet and so loving!

Here are a few of my favorite pics from when we first met her, that are already on our blog, but I just adore the spirit and look on her face!!

Have a fabulous Friday!! :O)

Favorite Foto Friday!

Hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas!! :o)





Here is my Favorite foto for this Friday! I was looking through some old photos, and here is a couple I found of Caleb playing with some of Miss Hannah's dress up clothes! What a cutie, huh?? He looks so little!!

Possible relatives of Hannah Montana? :o)

Yep- I think there is some resemblence of Hannah Montana here-what do you think?

Our Hannah Montana

Momma Momtana

Daddy Montana

Maya Montana

Caleb Montana

Sofia Montana

Bob Montana

What a Christmas!!

Whew! Will our house ever be straight again? Toys EVERYWHERE!!!! The remnants of Christmas present openings are still being found! Such excitement in the faces as they came down to see all of their toys!! Caleb screamed "Choo Choo"! Maya screamed "Dora"! and Sofia screamed because she wanted her milk! Ha ha!

There were hours of fun as they peeled away the layers of wrapping underneath the tree, too~! I have to say that our first BIG Christmas was quite the success!

Hannah got to open a present on Christmas Eve, and we had quite the time watching her unwrap the many layers to empty boxes, and go on a hunt for her gift, as we had notes posted in various places in the house.

Box #1

Box #4

Note #3

Could it be in the freezer??!

Could it be in the loft in the garage?

And finally.... a pretty pink digital camera!

Sofia with her milk in her new Dora chair!

The kids enjoying their presents, and each others!

Maya and Caleb playing with Sofia's toy!

All those fancy new gifts, and Caleb is entertained by the empty box!

Maya's new Elmo camera!

Hannah and her new boots!

Sofia playing with Maya's new doll house!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as ours!

Favorite Foto Friday!!

I have so many favorites, right now-and actually plan to post a Christmas post-so, for now, let me show you a bit of a funny set of pictures!

You see, my kids have discovered that if you take ALL the toys out of the toy box in the playroom, you can get in it!  Caleb and Maya have been doing this for about a month!(I will have to look for a picture of them!!)  You will never guess who I found in it just the other day??

Yep-Sofia!!! So, I set out on a mission to get her in the act-here she is!

Dig that hair do?? Ha ha

FFF or FFV :O)

Yes, here is one of my finest yet! Caleb in all of his glory!! He is a riot! I hope you get a big kick out of this! Sorry about the graniness-I am working on my downloading techniques!!

Have a fabulous Friday, and I hope this makes you smile like it did me!

(((HUGS))))
Sabra

I haven't posted in awhile...

So sorry I haven't kept up with the FFFs!! I have no excuse, outside of the fact that I am amazed and blown away that Fridays seem to come so fast-I just can't keep up! YIKES!!

Since I have failed to post pictures and keep up with my blog, I have decided to post a ton of pictures and stories to make up for it! (I am determined to stay up all night, or at least until I get this post done!) Oh, how I wish you could meet and see each and everyone in person-they just melt our hearts- such distinctive personalities!


Last Saturday, we took a trip to see Santa Clause and "have breakfast with him." Well, that didn't work out so well, as Sofia was the only one who would sit on Santa's lap. Caleb actually talked with him, but, no sitting in Santa's lap. Maya flat out refused to get near him. Ha ha! Despite the fact that we got there a little later than we should have-they had games and crafts-we had a pretty good time! We will get there earlier next year!! Remember, we are still learning how to operate as a family with 4 kids-3 of which are 1, 2, & 3!!

Here is Sofia with Santa:

Here is Santa with Mommy and Sofia. Funny story-I scared Santa to death when he thought I was going to sit in his lap! Ha ha!! Poor guy!! Also, I knocked over a reindeer with my toosh! As I stooped beside Santa, one of those dagone deers got too close to me, and he fell! Ha ha!

Since I couldn't get any good pictures at the breakfast, I decided we HAD to stop and try for some pictures with every one so nicely dressed! Of course, it is difficult to get pictures with all of us in the camera with a happy face, plus there was no tripod for the camera to rest on, and for me to jump into the picture.

Here is a picture I took of Bus and the kiddos! Caleb was just not in the mood for photos!! He hates having his picture taken!!

Here is Bus and Caleb! He loves his Daddy!

Here is Maya and Me! We have come a long way-I remember the days in Guatemala.....!!

Maya, who never takes a bad picture!!

Me and the girls!

Me and my honeyBus!

Daddy and his big girl!

Momma and her big girl!

Maya in front of the Christmas tree! I can't wait to see her face Christmas morning!

Here is giggly Sofia-who always has a smile for you!

Ms. Hannah Clause

Maya Clause!

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Here is a funny photo I took the other day when I was using the spotbot! You would have thought that I laid a batch of chocolate chip cookies in the floor! They were amazed and sat and stared at it the whole 5 minutes it took to clean the spot! Sofia could not keep her hands off of it!

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Here is a few photos from Caleb's Mashed potato play time! I was sitting at the desk typing on the computer-imagine that-when I heard way too much giggling and laughing coming from the table! At first, I listened, and after a few more minutes of uproar, I stood to see Caleb plastered in mashed potatoes! HUH????? I think he had been dipping his face into his plate and eating without his fork! They were even in his hair!! YIKES!!

Oops, got caught!!

MMMmmmmm....yummy taters!!

See my hands-no potatoes!! Look closely in his hair for the potatoes!

Super Saturday Shots...

Let me say, I officially Protest the previous post by my dear wife!!

Caleb, we men wil stick together - I got your back!

Love - Your Dad

Caleb with his very MASCULINE Truck
Caleb on his very MANLY Motorcycle (Thanks Grandpa and Grandma!!)

Caleb with ANOTHER truck (Uh, let's see dump truck, construction a very manly career if I may say so!!)