Miscellany Monday and a Special Birthday

It's Monday again and a very, very special Monday for our family.  I'll share more as I get into my Miscellany Monday thoughts this morning.  Thanks Carissa for this brilliant meme that you created.  You are just short of a genius!

4 years ago....

 Yes, 4 years ago today the Lord smiled down on our family.  He orchestrated the most perfect adoption of the most perfect baby girl.  Our hearts were overwhelmed when she was placed in the arms of our son and DIL and we have never been the same.  She was named Hanna Beth, but she is affectionately known as "The Princess" around our house. 

The "partee"....

This past Saturday was Hanna Beth's first birthday party that included outsiders.  By that I mean, she has always had "family parties" until this year.  Her party included several of her friends and it was held at The Kidzone of their church.  The perfect place for a kids birthday party for sure.

Happy Birthday to our Princess....I pray God's blessings upon your life everyday.  You are precious!

A "real" cowboy... 

 As you well know, our little Clancy man is definitely a horse-riding cowboy, but he is also an OSU Cowboy (Oklahoma State).  His Dad graduated from OSU and he made sure from a very early age that Clancy bled orange and black.  They took him to the OSU/Kansas game this past Saturday as a part of his 5th birthday celebration.  As you can see, he thoroughly enjoyed himself in the sea of orange.

The first week of October holds 3 birthdays of our immediate family.  Clancy claims the first on the 2nd, our son, Brandon claims the second, on the 3rd and the Princess claims the 3rd on the 7th.  About all we are able to accomplish the first week of October is celebrating birthdays.  

And, I leave you with this...