emma lael's birthday party

today was a very special day in the sisler household...we were surrounded by friends and families who came to celebrate emma lael's 4th birthday (her birthday is july 5)...this was the first time my dad had ever meet emma lael....the kids swam and ate yummy cupcakes & cookies.... i looked around at the kids at the party 6 of the children were adopted...5 from china.... to see God bring all these children to the same area of the u.s.a is something only God could plan....emma lael is very fortunate to have these other girls to share her life with...thank you to everyone who attended her birthday and celebrated this special day for emma lael....3 hours of swimming will make for a sound sleeping toddler ;0)

Happy Father's Day

a picture of the girls with kent....2 very lucky girls to have such a great daddy (garrett went fishing when i took this picture)

our final day

we've had a great time at the beach...weather has been great....meals have been yummy....a good time had by all...emma lael liked her first time at the beach....can't wait to come back again.

* natalie spent over 2 hours today on the wave board...she now wants to learn to surf....fyi: we don't live near the ocean my dear.
*lynz chilled under the umbrella quit a bit today...smart girl it was very hot today
*emma lael has met some new friends..evi, georgeanne, ellie & hadley all from TX they have played all week together having a ball
*kent and emma lael made a pile of sand with a path to walk around...the girls had so much fun playing with his creation
*garrett fished today
*the picture of the empty chair i've spent every day in that chair livin the life ;0)

another great day at the beach...
*garrett caught a fish Whoo Hoo
*a little boy and his dad were out in a kayak they had a shark swimming underneath the kayak the entire time... YIKES
*emma lael played for hours today on the beach with a few little other girls from the longhorn state of texas
*emma lael fell asleep on the lounge chair with the cutest sandy little feet i've ever seen
*we went and had ice cream at miss luccie's this afternoon emma lael ate ice cream (this is a first ;0)
*came home from the beach and hung out at the pool for awhile
*natalie & lynz hanging out on the tubes
a great day had by all

this is what Heaven looks like in my head!

joy

mama and her baby girl

day 1 at the beach

day 1 at the beach....emma lael's first visit to the beach and she's a Beach Bummm (good thing because the sisler crew love the beach) she has played in the sand all morning and having a blast....garrett and kent fished for hours without a bit, awwww...lynsey and natalie have been sun bathing and "chillin on the beach" ...me, the family photographer and "mom" we are having a great day....we went to church on the beach this morning, missed most of it but it was so neat to see people gathered on the beach worshipping our Awesome God!

serving others

Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

today we had the pleasure of serving lunch to over 300 men and women in downtown atlanta, ga...it was 98 degrees today very HOT for the guest we served...kent headed the serving today he did a GREAT job!
kudos... to my kids (and lynz my red headed daughter) for serving others and being the hands and feet of Jesus today...always a pleasure to spend time serving others....after all, isn't that what Jesus taught us to do?

moses

moses has stolen our hearts...once a "thrown away kitten" is now loved and a part of the sisler family...i say THANK you to the lady in the white honda who abandoned moses now he has a loving home and a family that adores him....welcome to the family moses.

emma wear

this is the first time emma lael has worn "emma wear" the t-shirt i made to raise money for her adoption....she knows what a cross is and she put it on and i told her i made this for her she said "emma lael church cross necklace" she has a cross necklace she was given as a gift that she wears to church on sundays...it was really neat to see my sweet girl wearing "emma wear"

emma lael bday preparation

we are so HAPPY to be preparing for emma lael's fourth birthday party....she will have her party before her actual birthday (july 5th...she won't know the difference) she loves cars my sister in law who puts on the best birthday parties i've ever seen hooked me up with "peas and thank you" and amazing lady who designs and makes anything paper...she designed emma lael party items....new day was wonderful always celebrating the children's birthdays thank you new day....i am so THANKFUL to be a part of emma lael's first birthday with her family...she continues to Awww us all....i know we all love our children and see the how awesome they are...i tell y'all she's AMAZING...really AMAZING ;0)
i wonder daily which one of her parents or possible both had the amazing personality...i bet they are both great people who did what they thought was the best for emma lael....she prays for everything and everyone...we were in the car the other day and she prayed for "mama ear" i have vertigo and she's been to the doctor's with me to get treatments...i tell her that "mama's ear is sick" out of the blue she prayed for my ear....i told you she was AMAZING!!!