Good byes

This is the day the boys took me to the airport. This was our good bye! It was not so easy to say our good byes. As you can see on little Fransicos face!

Ok so I hear the visit with the boys momma went well. She was very happy to see all of her boys. And I think the boys were very happy to see their momma too. They were all dressed up and excited to see their momma. So it helped their mom to see the smiles on their faces and to see that they are well taken care of. So thanks to all of you who prayed for the visit.

Here are some pictures of the boys the day that I left. They all took me to the airport. We just made an adventure of it. We went to Pizza Hut and let them play and then on to Baskin Robbins to eat some ice cream, and then it was the hard part........on the the airport to say our goodbyes. Oh was it so sweet. I didnt' think that I would tear up or have such a hard time leaving the boys. I mean at that point in time we only been together 3 weeks. But little Fransico was not to happy about me leaving. He was screaming as I left him and went thru the security point. Oh if that doesn' t break your heart. And then Yovani barried his little head in his knees and would not tell me good bye. Finally he came around and I had him laughing and he hugged me and kissed me good bye. The other boys didn't have that hard of a time. But it sure is hard on this girl. With me being here and them being there. But I know that they will be there waiting for me when I get back! Enjoy the pictures!! They are all cute as ever!



 

Please oh please keep the boys in your prayers as they visit their mom for the first time tomorrow since we have had them. I am afraid that there are going to be lots of anger and hurt after the visitation. Before at the place where the kids were at I think they had visitation days with their mom once a week. So not seeing her for a month has been hard on them, especially the older boys. Please pray that it is a good visit, and that the mothers sees that she is helping her children out by letting them be with us. That she will see the love that we have for them and the love they have for us. May she see that we are not trying to take her place but that we are trying to better her children and love on them and show them Jesus while they are in our home.
I flew home on Tuesday and so please pray for Jen as she is there with the kids and that she has the wisdom and the strength to deal with the kids when times get tough.

Here is our first family photo.....
 

Enjoy some more pictures of the boys

Antonio......what a cute baby
Yovani showing his guns....
Marvin showing off his muscles.....look at those muscles.......they all at least show me their muscles a couple of times a day. They always want to know whos muscles are the biggest.
Franciso ready for a kiss.......
Supper time.....Mario and his spagetti
It is Tackle Tio Jeff time. They love to wrestle with him.
While Yovani plays the music on the keyboard the rest of us are busy dancing!!

The boys were outside racing down the slides today and I look over and there they are praying. Everytime before they raced down they said the sweetest little prayer. Here is a couple of pictures of them praying before the "big race". Oh how sweet it is to hear a little child talk to their FATHER.



SMILE!!!!
Mark McKain this picture is for you...... "Oh Deer"

Mario

Ok so we made if through our first week with the boys. They have not tied us up to chairs or locked us out of the house yet. Thank you Lord! But you know "boys" will be "boys", so who knwos what we have coming. Although each of them seem to be adapting more and more each and everyday. Also I think that I am adapting slowy, my body is slowly adjusting to my new schedule.

Well here are some cute picture of little Mario! He is such a character. He loves to be very expressive, always has some sort of cute little expression on his face. He is 4 and soon to be 5 this month. He is always wanting to try to help out by telling the others what they need to do. Such as they need to eat all of their food or they can not get up and play and etc. Defiently thinks he is little boss man! Please pray for this little guy! Also here our a few pictures of him to put with the name as you pray for him.

I can already feel so many of your prayers! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

It's bed time, aren't they stinking cute in their PJ's!!! Ok these are all of the sweet faces that you need to be praying for! Marvin, Frances, Mario, Jose, Yovani
Yovani and Frances .......oh how cute!!!!
Tio Joe and Tio Mark.......oh how the boys love them. They are very special people in my life and I am so excited for the boys to spend time around guys like them. They were over here with the boys the other day and were just being "boys" and roughing around needless to say the boys loved it! Just tonight we were sitting down and they were talking about them and how much fun they had with them the other day. Oh what a blessing you guys are to so many. Thank you for being a blessing in my boys lives!!!! Ok I think the boys are ready for another visit from Tio Joe and Tio Mark!!!
Yovani and Marvin, I don't know who send these cars down here for the kiddos but they love them. Outside that is one of the their favorite things to do.
Here is Tia Nicole and Marvin coloring. Nicole is one of our interns for the summer.
This is Tio Jeff one of our interns for the summer. What a blessing it has been to have both Nicole and Jeff here to help out this summer. Jeff and Frances just loving on on another.
So the last few days has been lots of adjusting and learning (for the boys and us) and I am sure that there will be plenty more days of all of that. The boys are precious and each and everyday I grow to love them more and more. I can't wait for each and everyone of you to come here and get to see them and fall in love with them too.
Ok please continue to keep us in your prayers as we do this "mom stuff". As I have said over and over we just need abundance of wisdom poured out on us. So if anyone has any motherly advice, go right ahead I am listening!