The Bostrom Family

These are some photos from our last MOPS outing. We went to farm and had the best time!!! I love the ones with the kids and I so much (even if they aren't all in focus)!!!

When God speaks to us in such a clear and persistent voice we have two options, we can ignore it or answer him YES! God has been telling Jeff and I that he has had plans for us since before we got married. I remember Jeff taking me home from a date and us swinging on my parent's porch swing and he said, "I wonder what kind of mission field we will be in?". God has never stopped leading us to the point that we are now which is adoption. Adoption specifically has been on our hearts for about 3 years. We almost started the foster classes and joining DCS and then we found out we were getting our little Piper. God had different plans. Right now we have our HUGE folder of documents that need to filled out and notarized, documents need to be collected, Jeff and I both have to write an autobiography, they even want our vet records! We also have a county, Ethiopia. We are so excited and so nervous at the same time. Having a biological child was alot easier (even with mor

I know every parent says this and I've said it every year with my darlings, but I really can't believe that she is 1! My sweet smiling Piper has been with us for a whole year now. We have been so blessed to have her gentle, but increasingly wild spirit in our family. The boys just adore their sister. They always have, but now that she can interact with them it is a whole new ball game. The other day I actually found Piper bouncing on the boys bed while Max and Cooper were jumping on it. Crazy kids! Anyway, how did we celebrate her big day? Piper is one lucky girl! She had two special parties. One with Nana and Gramps and the other one with CC, Granddad, Great Grandma, Great Papa, Auntie Jo, and cousin Abby. Each was sweet in their own way. With Nana and Gramps we ate Pei Wei for lunch and then let her dig into a bright pink princess cake. I love first birthday cake pictures!!! With the rest of our family, we had a pic-nic in our back yard and enjoyed cupcakes that Ma