november?

we had a wonderful christmas with the grissom family this year.  we had a lot of snow, a lot of singing, and a lot of laughs!  we also had a steady stream of visitors stop by for the party that is our house (thanks jonny p for singing some garth for us-and wes for throwin in some merle:)) and a bday party for jesus.  my husband called me a dork for this-but i think it's a sweet memory for my stella.  

if you know me well, you probably know that i sometimes get restless and want to move out of this house.  or out of this area.  get a smaller place.  a town home with no yard work or a house near the church.  just make a change.  but then i think about how many people visit here on a regular basis and feel welcome.  this is the first home we have ever owned and i am so glad that we have enough dear friends and family to keep hotel grissom hoppin'.  if you know us-you know that you are always welcome here.  heck-you probably already know our garage code and most of our neighbors:)    

after a great holiday, stella and i loaded up and headed to grand rapids with brandon and his band.  this was a fun trip because all the wives and kids were able to join the guys for this conference.  it was a lot of fun and stella and i really enjoyed the beautiful hotel, food, and swimming pool!  stella got pretty good at helping the guys sell cd's.  check it...

i have kind of taken a break from the adoption paperwork for the week.  most of the people at the agency are out for the holiday anyway.  i'm trying to do a step or 2 at a time and not freak out.  it is really a lot of work!  i can't wait until we have our beautiful ethiopian daughter home with us.  that is the light at the end of the tunnel.  on a side note, i am putting in A LOT of time thinking about baby names.  whatever we choose has to work with her birth name but i want something special to go with it.  got any ideas?  i recently heard the name november in a jon foreman song and loved it.  i need to get brandon on board with it...