Leaving In 3 Days!!!

Hello all...Its official...we leave in 3 days to pick up Lila Grace! We got a "surprise" phone call yesterday that literally brought me to my knees that we can pick up our daughter Dec. 3rd! We are frantically getting things in order to leave for Africa this Sunday! Thank you for all of your prayers and well wishes! It’s truly a "Thanksgiving Miracle!" I have so many things to be Thankful For! I will post one more time before we leave. Also, an update on our non-profit organization Lila's Hope, we did collect enough money to purchase the refrigerator! Yippee! All extra funds collected this month will go to stocking the pantry at El Olam orphanage! Thank you for all of your generous donations!

Love and Hugs~Holley

Happy Halloween!

Hello All!! Happy Halloween! We had a great Halloween weekend. Ethan decided that he was going to be Peter Pan for Halloween and looked so adorable! His best friend Grace was Wendy and Meredith was supposed to be Tinker Bell but she refused to wear her costume! Stinker! :) The kids had a blast, we took them to the church carnival and then out Trick-or-Treating. They got loads of candy and had a blast running door to door.

Andrew and I also enjoyed ourselves and we attended my "Mossman" staff Halloween party on Friday night. I was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Andrew was Super Mario Brother! What a hoot and tons of fun! Teachers really know how to have a good time!

Adoption update....we are planning on leaving for Africa on Nov. 24th if all goes as planned! We are counting down the seconds!!! We miss our girl!!!!

XO~ Holley

Lila's Slide Show

Hello All! We are so excited that we passed court today! We are now a family of four and can not wait to journey back to Africa to pick up our little angel. Now that we can show photos of our little love, we wanted to post a slide show that we made when we returned from Africa this summer. Enjoy.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

WE PASSED COURT!!!

We "oficially" welcomed Lila Grace Brown to our family today! WE PASSED COURT IN AFRICA and she is now our little girl. We will be leaving a few days after Thanksgiving to pick her up becasue it takes about 5 weeks for her visa, birth certificate and passport! Thank you so much for all of your support and prayers! We feel so blessed! God is Good! As of today we are a family of FOUR!

Love, Tha Browns

Waiting and Praying

We are still waiting to hear news from the court....I will post as soon as we hear something. Waiting and Praying.

XO~The Browns

Court Date...October 22nd!

Hello all...We got word at 2:30 this morning that our court date is officially this Thursday, Oct 22nd! We are waiting and praying! We also want to say a huge Congratulations to the 4 CCI (Celebrate Children International) families that passed court on Monday! God is good!

God Bless,Holley

Court Date?

We think we have good news to share.... but... we are still a little uneasy. Our agency let us know that we "possibly" have a court date for the 21st. Its not 100% confirmed, but I am holding onto the words "possibly." Please pray that our case is heard and we pass. Its been exactly 4 months and 1 day since we last saw our baby girl. The days are creeping by and the wait seems so long. We are holding onto the hope that Lila will be home for Christmas.