One year home...

We got called to adopt. We (as a family of 5) answered the Lord's call. We started the paper work and waited, waited, and waited until we got our court date. My mom and dad left for Africa, Uganda. They meet Patrick and Nicholas and had to come home without them, because if they stayed, they would have to stay there for 2 months. We waited for another month aching to see Patrick and Nicholas. Then, we got the call that changed our lives. On December 5, 2010 my dad, my mom, and I left to get Patrick and Nicholas! On December 8, 2010 I got to meet them for the first time! Finally, we got to come home on December 15, 2010! Now we are officially a family of 7! Thank you for being apart of our journey!

First haircut!

First snow!
Having fun with family




Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Love- Drew, Tara, Emma (11), Ava (8), Sarah James (6), Patrick (4), and Nicholas (3)

One year home!

the boys are home for one year! What a year getting to know them, love them, and much more! Jesus is wonderful. I could NEVER ask for a better present, now that Patrick and Nicholas are home. "Every good and perfect gift is from above..." James 1:17

*I am posting pictures tomorrow*

Thank you for praying, for every thing! Love- The Maddux Family

Fun October!

FALL... Here are some things, and stuff that has happend this October. Well first, fall is offically here for the Maddux family. We are all so excited that it is fall. Here are some pictures of Nicholas and Patrick with a pumpkin.

TRIP... my mom and my aunt went to Haiti this month and got to see my beautiful cousin there. Please pray that they will come home very soon. They are so precious! Here is a picture-

KATIE... Katie Davis who lives in Uganda, wrote a book called Kisses from Katie. She brought her 2 little girls with her, for her book tour, back from Uganda! One of her girls had surgery on her foot! Amazing! I am so glad I got to see them again! here are some pictures...

SCHOOL... Nicholas and Patrick started school in August. They love being "big boys" by walking into their classroom and caring their backpacks. They are so precious. Also they both have their picture up on their classroom's door. NOW THATS REALLY BIG BOY TO THEM! Here are some pictures-

CAR WASH... Finally we found a day were it was warm enough to do our last "car wash" of this year. We puled out all of our riding toys and put them in our drive way. We got our hose, bucket of soapy water, and wash cloths. The boys love to do this. Here are some pictures-


We have had a great year so far, as we lead up to having the boys home for a year!

the day our lives change forever

i am remembering the day when our lives change, where were going to have TWO new children living our house, and where we were getting to change TWO boys lives. December 8, 2010 we met our boys. This was the day i will NEVER forget. I was in AFRICA and meting my NEW brothers. God knew two boy all the way across the world in Jinja, Uganda and a family of 5 all the way in Nashville, Tennessee would be a family in 2010. How amazing! God is wonderful.

in our arms forever! Patrick and Nicholas are forever ours!

Happy birthday Patrick!!!!!

Happy 4th birthday Patrick! We love you! We are so thankful to celebrate Patrick's birthday today, and he has had SO much fun! We started off the day with breakfast at Chick-fil-a and brought it to the park. Then in afternoon all of our family came and we had tacos and Shrek birthday cake:) Patrick LOVES SHREK! here are some pictures of today-

on the swings at the park-
He loves his brother!We love you Patrick!
Cowboy Patrick!
he loved his cake!

we loved celebrating your birthday Patrick! We are so glad you are home!

Officially ours!!!

well today we went to the court house, and the boys adoption in the US is official! We are soooo happy that they are now Madduxes! The judge was so nice and wonderful. We are so excited that they are "officially" our new additions! "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being" James 1:27. Here are some pictures of today-
picture with the judge-

Patrick and Nicholas- i am so glad to be your sister!!!

"Speak up for those who can not speak for them selfs..." Proverbs 31:8 a

We love you Patrick and Nicholas!