A bit of comic relief

This blog has been a bit serious lately and I am not a very serious person. So I decided to lighten things up just a bit. Below is an old post I am bring back to life because 1. there is no time to write a new post and 2. lots of us are dealing [...]

From the horses mouth..

Well, it seems that my recent post will continue to a serve as a reminder to me. We got more news and you can read it for yourselves here. We are encouraged that the country has not CLOSED..but honestly, I am struggling in my faith. I am struggling to understand how this is good for [...]

What Adoption is teaching me…(part 1)

Well I learned today that we will still have to wait a few months before Micah can be approved by the MOE
Really, I knew this all along…but I was hoping. I am still hoping. It is hard now that there is a picture of this sweet boy…the thought of him just waiting and waiting for [...]

Egypt, adoption and my facebook disaster (**updated)

We leave in 6 days for Egypt. I am busy trying to find appropriate clothing and a descent pair of sun glasses. Thankfully, the clothes are easily found but the sunglasses….now that is another story. You really do have to have some one you trust help you with that. Anyway, most of you know why [...]

House Mix-new to blog roll…

Most of you have already heard about the death of Maria Chapman, the 5 year old daughter of Stephen Curtis Chapman. This man, his music and his family, though we have never met, have had a massive impact in our lives and millions around the world. In fact, it was at his concert that Trevis [...]

Hooray for the Dossier!!

Words can not describe my complete joy. Ava and I went up to Olympia today and got all the docs authenticated while Claire and Jorden were in VBS and Trev was at work. (Thanks Margie for letting C & J stay at your house to play with their best buddies )

Then we came [...]

Joy and Grief

Yesterday was such a day of mixed emotions. Trevis and I accomplished an absolutely HUGE part of the adoption by receiving our completed home study and getting it into the UCIS office. To make it even better we were already fingerprinted and I felt like we had climbed 2 of the 3 mountains of adoption [...]

Swimming our cares away

In the mist of all the adoption drama, my husband planned a super fun family vacation to The Great Wolf Lodge. Aside from just the complete joy of spending time with my in-laws this place was fabulous!! There was a cabin in our room and the kiddos literally cried with delight! The pools were awesome. [...]

The Good Wait

I spoke with our agency last week and learned that our case manager has a meeting in DC on the 11th of May. Hopefully, we will know something on the 12th. My dossier is complete except for our home study, which is on hold until we decide what country we are going with. SO let [...]

Keep the Son in your eyes…..

My husband is out of town with Jorden, my girls are asleep, my mom ( who is staying with us because she had back surgery) is sleeping and it is 8:30 on a Friday night. I could do laundry but…why fold when you can blog, right?! Lately, lots of things are going on at the [...]