Mark's 28th Birthday

Birthday dinner on the "Special" plate

Mark's ice creme cake

Happy Birthday!!

The birthday boy!!

Making a wish...hope it comes true:)

Adoption date # 2

We got news today that Shane William will be ours on August 17 at 1:00. His adoption will be finalized exactly 2 months after the adoption of M and Z. Thankfully Mark will be able to attend this adoption! We will post pics of the little man when he is officially ours!

More Abilene Train fun

Like father, like son:)

Playing

The boys checking out the engine

M's turn

Z driving

Abilene train

Mark and M on the train

M and Z looking at the river as we drove over it

We rode in the open gondola car on the way to Enterprise

Mark and the boys waiting to leave the station

We went for a ride on a real life train!

1st dinner at home!

We use the red "special" plate for special occasions and daddy coming home was just that! He chose what he wanted for supper and he was in heaven:)

Manhattan Zoo

Z even fed the goats with Grammy's help!

M feeding the goats

Daddy and his boys and Uncle Zack

Grammy pushing S

Checking out the fish

Redeployment nap

Could we fit more people/animals on the floor?? Everyone wanted to be close to daddy:)

More redeployment pics

The boys made signs for daddy

The boys all over daddy

We are so glad he's home!

The puppies with daddy!

The dogs missed daddy too:)

He's HOME!

Z giving daddy hugs

M giving daddy hugs (the boys hid to begin with then they ran away but eventually came out to greet daddy!)

Daddy meeting S for the first time

Mark and I after the ceremony

Waiting for Mark!!

Salina Waterpark

M playing with the water

M and Z on the toys

My little fishy

M going down the slide

S and I playing in the water...we are turning him into a fish too!