it is almost time...

2 weeks and 1 day until we meet our PINK surprise.....please join us in praying for the health of our baby, a smooth delivery for our birthmother, an amazing PEACE that only the Lord can provide for Nate and I, and a period of simple transition for our boys and all our family! thank you for walking this journey with us.....

catch up.....fast beach trip

as a lankford boy you never know what your day might hold. on a random monday i got a call from dana and nonni saying they were going to be beach bound the next day. were we interested? YEP! so off we went, 5 days of sun, fun and hanging! thanks for inviting us girls!

the kitchen staff was a little scary
hope one of our last pics without little sis

oh how i love these two

a true beach bum

he sat in this hole for hours each day, oh the imagination

fall picture update....halloween

this is the first of a couple of catch up posts.....
halloween came and went, but we had fun saving the world as turtles. aunt dana had a costume party and i was not about to show up as a party pooper. soooo i went as a sweetheart twirler, when i was in about 2nd grade my mom had a little baton twirling group. we were the sweetheart twirlers and i busted my very large sweatshirt back out! random, but fun!
cy and a special cupcake at the fall festival

all the ladies at the costume party

trick or treat......

a picture update

so all things are wild and crazy here at the lankford house! we have made 2 very special trips south to meet a young lady that holds a special place in our hearts. more to come later about that, in the mean time though we are making the most of our time as a family of 4.....
for fall break we headed to east tn to meet up with gavin and his soon to be in laws. we had a BLAST! the boys were in boy heaven...enjoy the pics

friday night high school football, go green devils!!!
chicken farming, really there are no words!
amazing and SMELLY
love some good poppi time
horse riding alone

best buddies, can't wait for that 3rd little head to be in the pic

photo shoot out on the farm, looks a lot like mater

a dad and his little boys

loving my guy :)

photos by cy....

colby loving

big brother loves his mom

horse riding with poppi

and mr. dan

pony riding, really does it get any better if you are 5 or 3

then home and off to gentry farm with the little school. thanks colby for letting us tag along

and yay that grandmo came!

happy fall, ya'll

a little blog break....

because things are going on and life is changing...please pray with us! :)

m-i-c- see ya real soon, k-e-y- why b/c i like you...

one last safari ride with pep...
one mean momma bird....i think she was sad to see us go!

one last disney treasure....

saying goodbye to our super great hotel....

our small touch of africa to remind us of that crazy african crew we miss and love....

one last day of missing school.....

we headed home, with lots of smiles, laughs and memories! thanks nate for letting us go and thanks grandmo and pep for helping us pull off so many great surprises! what a great trip to spend as a family of 4, next time we will be making many stops at ALL princess sights! :)

a busy day 5

we knew we were closing down our trip so we had to make the most of our last full day. colby was going to make sure that no one got in our way to ride the family fav "soarin." really he just ask every 5 seconds, "where's my pistol?"
we ate our last big meal in "italy", or the italian village in epcot. it was yummy and they had a great gfree dish.

we had to take a couple of pics with the giant ball in the back ground. not sure i had ever been in the big ball until this trip, and it was actually an interesting ride.

family of 4 for now.....

then we headed over to hollywood studios, this time with grandmo and pep. again we hit up starwars and this time came out with some LARGE, over priced swords.

check out the intense battle here....

all bad guys beware~

this was a much appreciated rest time for the big guys

also a nice rest of the big guys was the always entertaining muppets in 3d....check out the vintage mickeys

when cy went off to watch, "indian and the jones," again with nate and pep, colby opted for a less intense activity. (colby had not been a fan of indian and the jones on our previous visit, he watched most of it under the seats in front of him)

since moving in with grandmo and pep, all morning news shows are no longer shown, disney junior rules~ so it only made sense that colby attend the show with mickey, jake and all the other junior stars, with grandmo!

one character i had not imagined the boys getting an autograph from, "green army man"