The Bostrom Family

We made memories this December without a full calendar of planned events. It was one of the most relaxed Christmas seasons I can remember and it was wonderful!!! Some of our memories are going to the Smokies Stadium to see the Christmas light show. Piper was so hyper on the way to the show...the boys kept saying we have a silly sister. Cooper was strangely quiet, later we discovered that he had an ear infection. Max was too excited to go to the tents and get popcorn to really enjoy the lights. He kept saying, is it time to leave the lights now and go to the tents? Jeff and I enjoyed the lights and the kids did too although we didn't know it at the time. Cooper asked me this morning if we could go back there today. It's hard to tell a 2 year old that the Christmas lights don't really work in the day time....smiles! Oh, we did go to the tent and got lots of keddle corn and Santa even came by and talked to the kids. We built our traditional gingerbread house (from a k...

I have so much to write about my beautiful family. How Piper is starting to take her first steps. She can balance herself now and gets so excited before taking a couple of steps. She will be walking everywhere by Christmas!!! What a great gift. I need to write about how the boys are blossoming before my eyes! Their creativity is growing daily. They pretend play all day. The latest games are hotel. We were blessed to stay in a hotel over Thanksgiving near Jeff's parent's house and the boys LOVED it! They pretend that their closet it the elevator and each bedroom is a different hotel room. The teacher in me can't wait to read their stories that they will write one day. Jeff and I are making great progress with our adoption application. We have made appointments with our doctors for our adoption physicals and are gathering documents like crazy. God is blessing! Money is more times than we care to count, the center of worry, but God never worries about that. We ...

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...

My grandparent's are visiting from Florida and are staying in Townsend. That place just makes my spirit come alive. I have always loved the mountains and I'm pretty sure our kids are growing to love that place too. My grandmother went with us to the Little River and we just relaxed...well the boys played with rocks...what else do little boys and big boys need?!

This year when everyone was suppose to be grilling hot dogs and steaks and having large festive parties it rained...on labor day. We Loved It!!! Like the title says, best Labor Day Ever! Ignore the moving boxes... Do they look worn out to you or is it just me?