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2019 Update

Wow! 2019 is almost over?! That was fast!

Let's do a quick update to catch up!

January: Luke turned 21 and Lottie turned 5. 

February: Brad and I probably went on a Valentines date.

March: Moriah turned 11 and Brad turned the corner towards his 50th. (I'm still 29)

April: Moriah was dancing in competitions with her AIMPAC Minis Team!

May: Grace finished her freshman year at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

June: We moved to Weatherford, Texas and Brad became the Worship Pastor at Northside Baptist Church!

July: I (Sally) worked from home for Shaw Insurance Agency as Commercial Account Manager, while the girls swam at the neighborhood pool with new friends and went to Cousins Camp to hang out with all our family in Kansas.

August: Lottie started Kindergarten at Mary Martin Elementary very close to our new house, and Moriah started 6th grade at Tison Middle School, as well as a new dance studio (Elite - Aledo).

September: Luke swore into the US Air Force. He is currently still waiting for the job he wants to open up, but expects to go to Basic Training in January. 

October: Mom, Dad, Moriah, and Lottie went to DisneyWorld!  Grace turned 19 and started infusions again for Crohn's, all while keeping up her grades as a sophomore and working PT at Hibbetts Sports.

November: Sally started working the same job, but part time at Wallace Insurance Agency in Weatherford.We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at home and are looking forward to all that this season holds. 

Hugs and love to all our friends and family!

Summer Updates

Here is a quick update about the Martin's summer and what's coming soon....

Brad is still loving, shepherding, preaching, and leading Shady Oaks Baptist church.
I spent the spring semester subbing 2 days per week in HS English at Moriah's school, then got a wonderful job as office manager at a memory care community in the area. I love it! (No grading or lesson planning has been a welcome change!)
Luke left to spend the summer in Red River, New Mexico working on the ropes course. We will go visit him in July!
Grace is going to college in Oklahoma in August! More news on that to come...
Moriah spent last year at Harvest Christian Academy and did a great job earning all A's all year! This year she will be in 5th grade at Bedford Heights Elementary and plans to work hard pursuing her dance dreams!
Lottie has officially been home one year today. She fits us like she's always been here. She will go to preschool in the fall and pursue her degree in Adorableness.
Sam (not pictured) got a new bed and seems pretty okay about it. He turned 7 in August and his gray is showing, but we don't mention it around him.
Happy Summer!

Graduate Grace

Life with Lottie

This face lights up a room!

Has she almost been home a year?

Amazing.

Just after coming home June 17, 2017, she was 3yo and weighed 23lb @ 32" tall.

Now this big 4yo weighs 28lb. @ 35" tall!

She loves school, where her best friend is a sweet boy named Asher.

She loves Elmo & Doc McStuffins. She sleeps with her favorite blanket and Elmo every night and for naps each day. Lottie loves wrestling with Luke, riding in the car and eating at McAlisters with Grace. She has fun on the trampoline with Moriah, reading books with Mommy and dancing with Daddy. Lottie mentions China often and we talk about it, even looking back at pictures when she remembers where she came from, celebrating that God let us be her mommy and daddy. She can be very stubborn at times, but almost never complains, and is very compliant. She loves to be funny and is communicating very well in the past few months. We love that we all understand each other!

We're blessed to be Lottie's forever family.

So grateful for our baby girl.