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As Dw and Emmy leave with the team this week-end I was able to have most of today off from responsibility. I went and sat with an ice tea at a local coffe...
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Here’s a tiny little thing that will cost you nothing and take less than a minute of your time: Vote for Project Hopeful on Cultivate Wines Why should I ca...12 hours ago
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But DO air your clean laundry along with the stuffed animals that Cai thought wanted to go swimming:)
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Montgomery has a fantastic adoption community. It has grown by leaps and bounds since 2008, when we began the adoption process. I felt an instant bond ...17 hours ago
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they didn't win and it was a shame, BUT, we had a great time taking the boys to their first Dodger game. We went on Memorial Day, and the weather was perfe...
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Well as only God can do ... DRUM ROLE PLEASE ... God has doubled our request of $1000 and given us $2300 for the feeding programs of two ministries we ...
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[image: Carolyn Vetter Twietmeyer] * * - 1. Project Hopeful is the ministry that helped us get Josie Love home. The do an UNBELIEVABLE job...
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As a mama to many I often ponder if I am loving each of my little blessings how they need to be loved. This morning as I was getting the kids ready for s...1 day ago
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*There is always a story behind the story. Nate and I have been privileged to walk with these two cherished friends and witness the story behind this sto...1 day ago
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The best part of my day is when I receive photos on my phone from Phiona showing me the bright shining faces of the children in our home in Uganda. I had a...1 day ago
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Most families I know are shocked when they first hear what it costs to adopt a child. It isn’t cheap. In case you didn’t know, it can cost anywhere from ...1 day ago
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…just a quick update from Slow-Internet-Land. In other words, this post will be short and sweet. We finally arrived at our new home in Uganda on Sunday at ...2 days ago
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i am going to attempt to give you the very simple explanation of “why” silas has a sensory processing disorder. you can read a little about his diagnosis ...2 days ago
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Dear Belle, Nine. You are NINE. That, my girl, is hard to believe. You aren't a tiny girl anymore. You are my big girl, full of big girl ideas and big gir...
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Today at our church the message was about taking risks, living for Christ, and going against the grain of this world. The message was also about planning a...
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We live in a very small three bedroom apartment. It's cozy but small. Most of the time I adore our little Hobbit hole (can you guess which of us nicknamed ...
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We are helping to raise funds to bring Aaliyah home! Please consider giving to the Byrom's adoption fund!!! They are SO close to being done, but nee...
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One year ago today, we first held our Malachi. Parenting this boy has made for a year of laughter and tears, struggles and joys, exhaustion and elation, be...1 week ago
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Yes, I have been MIA. For what seems like forever. But it's not without good reason. :) For the last few months I had been distracted getting ready for ou...
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We wish to thank everybody who so freely gave to assist the care needs of the 7 sisters in Uganda yesterday. Because of you, we met our goal! In fact, th...2 weeks ago
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Im sorry I have not been blogging very regularly. Truth is I have become part of the WAGI (We Are Grafted In) team and any time that I would have normally ...2 weeks ago
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A very nice lady asked me, "Do you worry that your kids won't fit in with their peers?" Honestly, I don't think she was being mean but she definitely looke...
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Well, not really, but these are the questions that I get most frequently:) Go check it out and leave a comment over there if you have any other questions y...3 weeks ago
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I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad! Oh, mag...
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Many of you have wondered what will happen to the Federal Adoption Tax Credit after it is set to expire at the end of this year. On April 17, 2012, Rep. Br...1 month ago
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Sorry that I haven't posted pictures until now. It was a busy weekend, in Uganda and in Alabama!! Please click on the link to the right and go like our fac...
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i have been meaning to write all of these things down for almost 5 weeks! but life happened and here i am finally getting a chance to spill my first impres...1 month ago
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Back so soon, you ask? Well, it seems as though my borderline excessive use/talk of Pinterest has caused some of my non-Pinning friends to wonder upon its ...
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I am basically a chicken. I thought, until last month, that my fear was regulated to the normal phobias. Spiders. Falling off, or for that matter, standing...4 months ago
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Dear Finley, On Monday you became official. We've been waiting for October 3rd for what feels like years now. Waiting with bated breath until it was signe...
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We're saying peace to our lovely blog's domain name. Come join at http://our-life-2gether.blogspot.com/ to keep up to speed with all of our craziness.1 year ago
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Okay...so I need to apologize. I have not blogged in months...months. Not because I haven't wanted to and not because I don't enjoy putting all my cra...
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I was so excited to get up and going this morning because we were taking Asher to meet Judah for the first time since Judah had come home. We had tried to ...
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Inspiring Adoptive Fams
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We have already been home for a month! I read comments from other adoptive parents and a lot of them say things like..."it's like they have been here all a...
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We are halfway through our 60 days in the running for a $50,000 grant from Cultivate Wines. We are so thankful for all of you who have been faithfully voti...1 day ago
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I told you I’ve been reflecting while at the beach with my sweet family…that seems to happen often in this momma’s heart when I get away–as so often I’m cr...1 day ago
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Do you ever feel like we have so much amazing technology at our fingertips, and yet still haven’t solved the simplest things? Like, why are we still usi...
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Today Eric and I celebrate 14 years of marriage. Every year of marriage after 13 is significant to me because my parents divorced before 13 years and at ...
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It won't be like this for long. This I know. Right now they still play well together, mostly. They are close in size, but their formerly defined roles are be...
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As we continue to recap our trip to Haiti, I wanted to share our featured new Ordinary Hero/Haiti video with you. Also, be sure to scroll back and read o...
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Sometimes kids with grief issues can have a hard time enjoying the good moments in family life. This afternoon we settled in to work on a Christmas craft, ...1 day ago
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I'm sure that you've passed a scene like this in your city. Perhaps you even passed by one today. A person holding a sign, stating they have a need. ...
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This is the first morning in a month, I have woke up free to blog. The past few weeks have been 100% crazy!! We packed up our home (that was the easy part)...5 days ago
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My friend Erica posted this yesterday and I had to repost. She has articulated well what has been on my heart since we returned from our mission trip in ...2 weeks ago
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Today is a very special day in our house. Five years ago today, in Kunming, China, we were handed the most precious 16 month old baby girl! She wasn't...
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Here it is....The video that was shown tonight at the Ordinary Hero Banquet...What an amazing night!! My big sister, kelly, did an amazing job!! So proud...
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I’m on the flight home with four of the most beautiful and amazing kids and wishing I had journaled throughout the trip, but you’ll forgive me. You might...1 month ago
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While Christmas in our home was a sacred and magical event, our spirits were significantly dampened by a tragic development within our extended B Family. ...
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So, I used to say often "Two's good"... well, I lied. We are going to be a family of 5! We are adopting again from Ethiopia! And this time... a teenager! ...8 months ago
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The kiddos and I just returned from a week visiting family.. It is about a 12 hour drive from the sand and seashells to the hills of East Tennessee. After do...
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*WE WON THE ORDINARY HERO GRANT!!!!!!!!!!!!* YOU made us the #1 SELLER!!!!! From Wednesday through Sunday you bought $1199.04 of merchandise, in which we ...1 year ago
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Ok...so I thought we would hear some good news. Nope, things just got worse.FOR REAL!!!! I don't care to talk about it but PLEASE....I'M BEGGING for some p...1 year ago
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A beautiful family of SEVEN from our church is adopting FIVE more children!!! They are leaving in a couple of weeks to go pick up their new family members...
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1 comments:
i know you are probably swamped in mommyhood stuff but if you have a minute, i would so appreciate it!
we are traveling to uganda to get our baby so i am trying to set up a password protected blog on wordpress.com and not having any luck. i am so curious how you set yours up. help?
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