A wonderful Christmas Indeed!!

Ok so I have been really behind on my blogging. I think if there was no Facebook I would probably blog alot more but since that is easier to update--it's usually my go to. Anyways I hope all of you had a Very Merry Christmas. We did at the Pierce household. We have been making and baking all kinds of things. We made Peanut butter chex mix -which I totally oinked out on because it had reeces pieces in it. YUMMO! The kids decorated rice krispy houses at my parents. That was a huge hit. We had a lot of fun making reindeer pops. Of course, ours were not as pretty as the blog where I got the idea--it was still fun and they were yummy.

Our biggest Christmas present happened on December 20!!! This is what we got:

Lori & Michael-






Great news:



The cases of Disha have been passed by the court and now waiting for the court documents.


How awesome is that? We were granted verbal guardianship of our little lollipop. Thank you all for the prayers. Please keep them coming. We are really hoping we could travel by March but nothing has gone as planned in this adoption. We waited 6 months from NOC to pass court. I am blessed that we received our NOC so soon as so many friends are waiting months for that. It really hit home though that God is active while we are waiting. I was at work when I got the emails and let me tell you. . .  I was useless for the rest of the day. I was giddy and thankful and oh so happy. I had ran over the scenario in my mind countless times--"where would I be when we got the news?" "when would it be?" I have to tell you that it was the right timing because I had been so down and stressed about this and not even realizing it. It made this Christmas so much better even though she wasn't here with us. Now we are loaded up with more paperwork. I seriously wonder how many trees have been sacrificed for this adoption. lol!!

Christmas was indeed wonderful. It was low key and was great to celebrate with family and see our boys enjoy the season. Our Christmas Eve service at church was awesome. It really brought out the true meaning of the season.... Jesus. Mike and I have enjoyed playing endless games of bingo and Spongebob yahtzee junior with the kiddos. I'll leave you with our boys Christmas picture. Happy New Year!!! Love and blessings!!

Lori