Say it With a Pumpkin
I LOVE this time of year - when the leaves turn various shades of yellow and red, and there's a crisp feeling in the air! This year, we celebrated with a little friendly competition, carving pumpkins!...
View ArticleGlow Results and Adoption Updates
Last month’s Glow in The Dark Race, presented by Compass and Kearney Orthopedic, was an amazing event! All the proceeds from the event were raised to help bring our little boy home and we are still...
View Article(L)earning Love
"...As I heard these children talk of how they would wash their new family’s clothes, clean the family’s home or achieve adoption through being “obedient”, “doing well in school” or “getting good...
View Article2 + 1 = FAMILY!
After over a year of paperwork, planning and prayer, we have our little boy and are FINALLY together at home! And that means… we can finally show you pictures of our son!...
View ArticleHong Kong… The Beginning
Our US departure began at 4:30am with a flight to Chicago and then a five hour layover. Long? Ya. But, would you believe it? Over the past year, we’d kept in touch with a family we’d met in an adoption...
View ArticleWhere East Meets West – Part 2
When all you have is time… time to wait, to think, to pray, to anticipate one moment… you can’t help but imagine what that moment might be like. Every family’s adoption day is different. Sometimes, a...
View ArticleThen There Were Three
Disclaimer: ***If you’re just joining our adoption journey, please read the posts before and after this one before leaving our story altogether. We’ve experienced MANY wonderful moments as a new...
View ArticleRivers, Caves and Boat Rides
We quickly learned that the more we stayed active, the less our son cried. He loved being strapped into the ergo, taken for walks or going for a ride in a car. He especially loved the stop and go...
View ArticleReady For Surgery
It’s surgery day! If you think about our family, we’d appreciate your prayers as our son is having his first surgery to fix his cleft palate this morning. I say “his first” because it is the first of...
View ArticleCleft Palate Post-Op
Our son is out of surgery and in recovery. His palate was a little wider than expected so we’ve been admitted for an extra day to make sure there are no complications. We were told every child responds...
View ArticleCh-ch-changes
Ok, I know I’ve disappeared for a while. Hmmm, where to begin? Since welcoming home our son home… We’ve moved to a new city! Actually, a new state. Leaving our hometown of 14+ yrs, I cried many tears...
View ArticleSeasons Of Thanks
IT’S FINISHED! Since our family’s move, we’ve had the chance to be involved in a few ministries at our local church. One of them, is the Visual Arts team, and a few weeks ago, we began our first art...
View ArticleProject Restoration
One of my hobbies is purchasing old pieces of furniture (some, that would otherwise be considered trash) and giving them new life. Sometimes pieces can be a little challenging, but I love seeing them...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday and Mr Rogers
...Excited to share a piece of my childhood with my son, we grabbed our comfy blanket and snacks, sat on the couch, and pressed play. We were about one minute in when I thought, maybe this wasn't a...
View ArticleMy Second Quilt! Finished!
Yay, my son's quilt is done! He's been waiting, and waiting for this... at least, he was. He used to tell everyone how excited he was to be getting his very own quilt (His cousin got one for...
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