Thursdayness

Today we are off school and then tomorrow it is officially officially on.  Like full force…a full day of school.  So we’re back-to-school shopping this morning and taking it easy.  Tomorrow I’ll only have two little ones in tow so I’m going to get some work done.  Fingers crossed.

I am all about some tacos, but especially fish tacos.  They are my favorite.  The other night I tried these steak tacos and whoa!!!  It was love.  I haven’t eaten a ton of steak tacos, but these from Outback definitely took the cake.

This guy.  The dinner time struggle is real with this one.  What more can I say.

Hudson has a pretty amazing goggle tan line.  It’s hilarious.  I was trying to get a good picture, but the lighting was bad which made for a most excellent black and white.  He makes my heart beat a little faster and a little sweeter.

Josh Kelley and I pulled an all day IKEA trip off thanks to his parents.  We are re-doing our kitchen and needed some major supplies.  Our house is old so we’ve redone several things, but never renovated an entire room.  I keep telling myself it won’t be that bad, despite it being our kitchen, because it is such a small room.  Our cabinets are particle board and falling apart so I might be insanely excited to have a more functional and working kitchen.  First world probs for sure.

Speaking of our kitchen…

Alas.  And this is where we will be eating all week.  This is going to be fun!!!

These four spent forever making their own all pets newspaper.  Yes you read that correctly.  They made copies from lots of different newspapers…only pet stories or information on pets needing a home.  Then they cut and ever so carefully pieced it together with scotch tape.  I like them.

When you cut your boiled egg in half and it kind of makes your day.

We’ve been changing things up in the boy’s room and giving it a fresh coat of white paint.  Their room was the last remaining non-white color.  I love how it is turning out.  As they grow and change and get bigger it’s always challenging and fun to figure out how to accommodate the three boys in one room.  I love love love when we figure out something new that works.  Like taking out their large bookshelf and replacing it with a craigslist metal library cart.  Smaller.  Less space consumed.  Still holds all their books.  Win, win, win.

Solomon and his gymnastics ninja skillz astounds us.  The kid is insane and strong and yet still so little.  We call him the big skinny.  Boy do I love him!!!

And we are still fostering on.  Our littlest has been with us for 19 months now.  It feels like forever.  We had a big meeting last week and I took all the kids.  Truthfully, I won’t do that again…it was a mistake on my part.  Harper was all ears and got very emotional when we left.  Then cried her little heart out that night too.  God has been doing something special in her heart.  He has been cultivating great compassion for our littlest and her family in Harper’s heart.  It’s humbling to see and yet, really really hard.  We are still so hopeful for our littlest and reunification…we are all still fighting for them.

Tomorrow is Friday and well, the weekend is looking good.

Happy Thursday.

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