Category Archives: Everyday Stuff
Gift Ideas for the Kids
Real digital camera (inexpensive or one you’re retiring) Doll clothes and accessories (we have 12″ dolls right now) – accessories: diapers, hairbrushes, etc. I have added several books and fun learning games to our amazon wish list recently, some of … Continue reading
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Progress and Quandries!
Big progress! Our homestudy update is COMPLETE. I will be driving to Portland today to pick up four official copies (and a couple other dossier documents). Our USCIS (immigration) I800A (application to adopt internationally) will be mailed TODAY. The wait … Continue reading
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Care for Orphans – A Great Calling
This video speaks eloquently of the drive behind adoptive parents. It speaks to the heart of adoption. Honestly, it doesn’t have to be speaking about adoption at all, certainly not exclusively… it speaks of the heart response to the plight … Continue reading
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Less Happy Post – But Not so bad Really
I never blogged here, but I crashed our van (with the entire family in it!!!) last Sunday. Totaled. Bummer. We’ll have to buy our new van out of pocket. Our insurance will pay for the other car involved, though. I … Continue reading
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Adoption Update plus Pictures
Here is where we are so far. We read a blog by a sweet mother named Adeye this summer (read here or here) who brought home two little angels from Eastern Europe. Hailee was five years old when they brought … Continue reading
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