A year in Review...plus a big surprise!

Well, I did not get our Christmas cards and letter out this year.  Part of it was due to our family pics not getting to us until after Christmas and the other part was just laziness...or maybe I was just a little preoccupied. :)  So, if I were to have written a letter and sent a pic below is what you would have seen and read.



                                     PICTURE HAD TO BE REMOVED.
                         We will have plenty more after the adoption takes place.

Jakob turned 8 and was baptized by his dad. He also started 3rd grade and took a gymnastics class.   Zack turned 6 and started 1st grade. He also took gymnastics and excelled. He got really bored with the class because it wasn't progressing fast enough.  He's Hoping to find a real gymnastics class when we move.
We added Jason and Skylar to our family. Jason is doing awesome! He is seeing more but still visually impaired. He is a light in our house and we love him dearly! Skylar has definitely added some spark to our family. Sometimes those sparks have felt like fires but we are learning to make life fun with a strong willed, diva girl. We have not adopted them yet. We have one last hurdle to get through but hopefully, we can get through it before we move.
John came home in March and hasn't had to leave us since. That has been awesome! He is serving in our ward bishopric and enjoying it.  John participated in his first triathlon and loved it.  Now that he has a better road bike he's hoping to do more.
Marrian completed her year long schooling and became certified to do health coaching.  She enjoyed all the volunteer work she did at school and with the military. But most of that has taken a back seat since having new kids in our home.  She turned the big 40 this year.  She also participated in a mud run that she enjoyed very much!
Until our adoption is final we cannot talk about our two new kids.
During the summer we went to Sea World in San Antonio and spent time in Utah and Idaho.  We met and became reacquainted with some awesome family!  We also enjoyed lots of camping this year.  We have enjoyed our time with foster care and are really excited to be adding Skylar and Jason to our family.  The adoption process has become a little complicated.  Pray for us!  It is not looking like the adoption will go through before we move but we are hopeful!  Finding a good lawyer to take on our case is a difficult thing.

Our first big news isn't really news to most of you...we will be moving to Fort Campbell in June. We haven't decided if we are going to move to the Kentucky side of the post or to the Tennessee side.  We are leaning towards the KY side as it is a bit more out in the country.  We plan to have a big house with a big yard so come and visit!!!
Our second big news is that we will be adding an additional child to the family. Yes, Marrian is going to have a baby!  So far, everything is going well!

John after the swim part of the triathlon

Sea World

Mud Run

Traveling to Idaho

Camping

 Jakob and Zackary at gymnastics

Family in Idaho.