Catching up!

Sorry I haven't really blogged about life in awhile. About 10 days ago we had a great visit from my brother, Rick, Jane (his wonderful wife) and two of my three nephews in the family, Jordan and Justin (Josh was at Graceland - different spring break). We hung out and the kids had a great game of Laser Tag with their cousins. It was great catching up with them and they enjoyed finally meeting Asher and hanging out with all of our kids. I know our kids had a great time literally hanging on them during the few days they were here. We were also excited to hear that my nephew Justin will be attending Kenyon College here in Ohio starting next year. We will have to plan to make a trip to visit and hopefully we will have more visits in the future from my brother and family as they currently live in Kansas City. We were so busy visiting that I didn't take one picture of our great time together and the weather was wonderful. What was I thinking? Here is shot with their family about a year and a half ago when we went to their house.

So, you think that I would have moved the rolled oats or put them up higher, but that would mean that I'd have to think and plan ahead and being a mother of four and the fourth being a fast toddler there are days I'm just in survival mode in my thinking. So. . . it happened again. Since it has been a while since we'd had used the oats and they weren't too much left (comes with being dumped - more than once), so I finally just got rid of them. I think I should make a sensory table for the back porch and put in oats - he loves playing with them. Doesn't he have a guitly look on his face - Caught ya!

Here are some other shots of the cute guy. Asher got another hair cut but this time we asked for the almost shaved look. It took off all of his curls and I like the short look but I REALLY like his curls. He is so much fun and smiles almost non stop - so why don't I have many photos of that great smile. When I get the camera out he puts on the curious look instead. I'll have to try and sneak up on him for the smile shots. Here are a few of the good ones. This is taken after a snack and we were cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes. When we say "Go Bucks!" Asher puts his hands in the air and say "SSSSS" He is supposed to be saying "YYEESSS!" He gets so excited when we get excited watching the games. We will be watching again today when OSU take on Georgetown. GO BUCKS!

See What Can Happens When You Go to a Concert

I just loved this story that was on Oprah in January. It was just on a friends blog and I had to post it here as well. Just see what God has changed hearts of some many in one town. I love this story! Enjoy!


The first part is here

The second part is here

Amazing things happen when we are willing to listen to the pressions God lays on our hearts! I realize that God is not calling all to adopt, but how many times have I missed God blessings by not acting on the things He laid on my heart?

Spotlight Child!

Our agency asked us to write a little something for a spotlight on Asher. We were so flattered to put a little light on the fourth precious gift the Lord has given our family. So here it is if you interested http://cwa.org/cwanewsletter/mar07/spotlight.htm



He is such a fun little guy! We enjoy our time with him. Even some of his recent teething sessions from 2-4 am. He is awake but never fussy. It so nice and frustrating all in the same time. It only gets frustrating when the tiredness wears on you. We just love our Caroline, Caleb, Abby and our Asher Bradley Behailu! Oh, yeah! We came home 8 months ago today! And this was the day last year that CWA got our paper work and our taxes arrived in our account to cover the check we mail out of faith. It was truly an act of God and one of His many ways that he reminded us that He was in charge of the whole process and still is in control of our family! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Readoption Day!

Today was Asher's readoption hearing in the county court. Our whole family took part and though some of us were a little nervous the event was actually quite fun! We were asked the typical questions of how long has he been in our family? Was the adoption overseas completed? And how does he do with our family?

But there was one question that we weren't expecting and that was: Is there anything else that I need to know about Asher to help me make my decision to approve his readoption. We considered this a formality so we weren't ready to give reason for his approval on our adoption. Taken back Brad did an awesome job at stating Asher's need for a family and our desire for him to be in our family. My thought - We ain't shipping him back! After the formalities we spent time taking pictures and answering questions that the judge had about our choices in our adoption and why we decided to adopt. He was very sincere in wanting to know.

Afterwards we went to IHOP to celebrate and then took everyone to school and work. But we all did so with extra energy and joy from this awesome experience!

Where did it go??

We've had some great weather lately. Sunny and in the upper 50s, but yesterday on Friday it was actually in the 60s and we were all playing outside. Caleb was playing football when he said hey Mom look! I had no idea what I was looking at until finally a ball came into focus and I started to belly laugh. And of course, I just had to run and get my camera.

I couldn't believe that he had it balancing on the branch. But then I noticed that it was stuck between the little twigs which I think could be equally challenging to do. Yeah for Spring!

Last Year at This Time!

Last year at this time . . . is a favorite Ewing saying and maybe every family does this! So, these pictures were from this past weekend last year. My five brothers and sisters and I ascended onto the Colorado Slopes at Copper Mountain. We had the best time. This picture of my brother, Gary is at the top of the Mountains at our resort. He and my brother Rick went everywhere and took tons of pictures so we could see what it looked like up there since Cathy and I only saw the closest run past the bunny hill. We had a great weekend and I can't remembering laughing so hard. All 6 of us live in 4 different states and one of us is even out of the country. I miss you all Connie, Sharon, Rick, Gary and Cathy! Let's do it again!