Christmas Decorating!

Here are some more pictures from getting our tree. The kids thought this little one was pretty cute!

Carter turning on the lights when it was all decorating.

It was really different having 7 people decorate the tree at the same time. I will admit it may not be the prettiest tree ever, but it was decorated with love. There are some branches with about 6 ornaments on it that seem to be right about the height of Jackson!

We had fun and we ended the night by watching the movie Elf. I hope it was a good first Christmas memory for the new boys.

Christmas Tree!!

We got our Christmas tree last night!! It was fun to do this for the first time as a family of seven. This is Jackson's very first Christmas tree ever!! He was super excited.

For those of you who know our family tradition of the picture by the Christmas tree guy. Well we got it!! And yes, he did remember us and noticed the two new children. We said since we didn't add a new child last year, we thought we'd add two for this year!!!


The kids had a lot of fun decorating the tree. Everyone got new stockings this year so they would all match and a new ornament to hang on the tree!

More pictures will be coming soon!!!

Soccer!!!

Ezra had his very first soccer tournament!!! Actually it's his first official soccer game that he's ever played!! He did awesome! It's so hard to believe that less than 4 months ago Ezra had never played soccer with shoes on (broken sandals or barefoot) or on anything but dirt.

This is a picture of Ezra playing soccer in Ethiopia

It was so much fun cheering him on!! His team lost the first game, but in the afternoon they were on fire. They kept winning and winning. They made it to the championship game, but ended up losing in sudden death after 3 overtimes!! It was awesome!!

1st Thanksgiving!!

It was a lot of fun celebrating Ezra and Jackson's very first Thanksgiving. This is a brand new holiday they had never heard of before. So the day was filled with a bunch of firsts. Doesn't matter if you are 1 year old or 11 years old, you still have a first time for everything.....

First Thanksgiving!!!

Jackson's first Thanksgiving with his mom!

Ezra trying turkey for the first time

Jackson trying turkey for the first time

Two cute boys eating some good Thanksgiving dinner! Thanks Matt and Grandma for your hard work in the kitchen. The food was awesome!!

Ana enjoying her meal!

Durant likes it!

Carter loves his cornbread!!

We fill up the table with just us and Grandma!!

Ezra trying Pumpkin Pie for the very first time!! He's a fan!!

Jackson trying pumpkin pie for the first time....

Jackson thinking pumpkin pie is disgusting!!!

We appreciate your support and prayers for our family!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Re-adoption day!

It was re-adoption day for our boys!! Which means that they are now legally Ezra Abel Ness and Jackson Fiker Ness! It always feels good to have this part finished. It's so crazy to think that Matt and I have added 4 kids to our family in less then 4 years! Wow!!


Waiting for court to be called into session!


Judge Gablier was very kind! Although he was a little confused why we weren't adopting Durant too today!! Ha! Ha!


Picture with our favorite social worker Melissa! She's been with us for the last 4 years!!


Afterwards we celebrated with Sonic drinks!!

Everyone got a drink!







Then we went out to eat at Pizza Hut!







We ended the night with a movie!! It was a good day!!

More snow pictures!!

The last snow (which was awhile ago, I just forgot to post about it) was a huge hit with all 5 kids!! They could barley get home from school quick enough. They loved how nice it packed and played in it for hours!!

Ana's 1st haircut - take two!

The take two is for those of you who remember the post about her first non-haircut!!! Now it was time, for real. We really cut it!!

Ana enjoying her first professional hair wash!




Ana's hair was cut by our good friend Becky from Studio 9A


The before picture - 21 inches long!


The first cut! Yes we saved it for her baby book!


Grandma helped distract Ana when it got a little long


Watching Becky cut her hair!


The after picture - 6 inches cut off!


Ana did great!! She likes her new hair!!! Thanks Becky!

Ana's Dad and brothers were super excited to see Ana's new hair!! They all came running when we walked in the door and said how beautiful Ana looked!! She has such a great Dad and brothers!!