Thursday, March 29, 2007

Too Tired to Give Details--just want my kids...



It's the end of March and I think we've proven we can handle huge tantrums, flying objects and extreme behaviors of all sort. Spring break has come and gone and still the caseworker won't move our kids. People in high places are telling me this is insane but that they have no jurisdiction over her. They say if they intervened she could make it harder on us. Something has got to change!!!!

Friday, March 09, 2007


Sledding!!! Even I had fun...

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Showcase



Our home school friends do this quarterly thing they call Showcase where the kids present a project they've been working on. We all got dressed up and went over to a church where we watched the presentations and then the kids watched "Cars" on the big screen. They had a blast!

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Valentine's Day


We had the kids for Valentine's Day weekend and got some really cute pictures of them. Unfortunately, we're still no closer it seems to getting them home for good. When this is over we will have learned a lot. Too bad it will be our our kids' expense...

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Monster Truck Rally



Tim took the boys to the Monster truck rally this weekend. They went with a whole group of people--Marty and Ben Miller, Scott Carr and his son, and Jacob Wagoner with his daddy. They got home very late and you should have seen Gabriel's eyes dancing when he came through the door. He was SO excited and eager to tell me all about what I had missed. Ezra was asleep but Dakota was rearing to go. What a cutie!

Friday, January 19, 2007

It's DEFINITELY a girl!

Our new daughter brought home half of her closet this weekend so we don't have to move everything at once. I haven't gone through it all yet but so far we've acquired five Disney princess dress up outfits, two tiarras, six pair of dress up shoes, a pair of pom poms, three dollhouses, a My Little Pony barn, at least 20 more stuffed animals, and I could go on but will spare you all the details of her highness' belongings.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

We Got 'Em!!!

I know most of you know by now that we were chosen to adopt the two children I mentioned in my previous post. Because they will technically be foster children until the adoption is final, I cannot post any identifying information so if you haven't heard the details from us, give us a call and we'll be happy to gush. :)

It has been a whirlwind two months as we have tried to get to know them from three hours away and have started bringing them to our home every weekend. They are high maintenance but delightful. Thanks to books like "Attaching in Adoption","Adopting the Hurt Child" and "Parenting the Hurt Child", Tim and I feel equipped to deal with their many complicated and deep emotional needs. That, combined with our support system of those of you who have done this before and those of you who have upheld us in prayer, is why we are feeling pretty good about our experience thus far with the kids. We have had them for three weekends now and they are already asking when they can move in, which is a huge shock to everyone. They have been in their current foster home for over two years and their foster family loves them dearly so we weren't expecting to be receiving much warmth yet. Fortunately, we have been educating ourselves about how to win the hearts of hurt kids and apparently it is working. We have seen God move in a mighty way in these last few months and have had our financial and emotional needs met time and time again and just in the nick of time! We have put over four thousand miles on our van since we met the kids and started traveling weekends to see them. WHEW!!

Sometime soon, we'll be sending out a more complete update through the mail. Thank you to all of you who have prayed for us during this time. God is good!