It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
I’m really enjoying reminiscing about all we went through when we adopted our two girls fifteen years ago. When I’m sharing with the LOML what I’m writing about, we both remember things we hadn’t thought about since the adoption. Please read Part One ~ How God placed adoption on my heart and Part Two ~ […]
Hello Everybody! Thank you for coming to visit my blog. I’m so glad that you’re here. Usually I write about home projects that me and the LOML (Love of My Life) are doing, arts and crafts, home decor, recipes, travel and family stuff. Today, I thought I’d change it up a bit. A few days […]
Daughter #2 just got her driver’s permit! I cannot believe she’s old enough to drive. Where has the time gone?? While preparing all the forms I needed to bring to the DMV for her to take her permit test, I found all of her adoption papers, naturalization papers, birth certificate, and home study forms. The […]
Eight years ago plus one day, we sat in an orphanage office half way around the world awaiting the arrival of our two new daughters. Today is our youngest daughter's ninth birthday. Time flew by so fast in between these two occurences in my life it's unbelievable! It seems like yesterday that I met this […]
After decorating boys’ rooms for so long (we have four boys), decorating a girl’s room was fun! We adopted our two daughters from Kazakhstan in 2005. Our first trip was for five weeks, where we met, fell in love with, and spent a lot of time with the girls. Then we came home…..without them 🙁 […]
The crock pot is heating up and the smells are filling my house with sweet apples and barbecue sauce. YUMMY! There is also the smell of birthday cupcakes baking in the oven. It’s been a busy morning here in my house. I’m trying a new crock pot recipe. I’m new at this slow cooking stuff. […]