Thanks, everyone, for your comments and encouragement on our exciting step in the adoption process. It does seem confusing to say “YEAH! We have up to 2 years left! Woohoo!” But that official wait couldn’t begin until we were on the list. * I think I was misleading in my previous post, which I went […]
FIFTEEN is my new favorite number. Why? You may ask. Because it means WE ARE ON THE WAITING LIST! I waited to post until we got this news, but our dossier went to DC and back in record time. Such an answer to prayer! It was all so unknown and SO out of our control–I […]
Here’s what happened. My sweet friend, Erin, who won the drawing, confessed that she really entered to be supportive, not out of her great love for the necklaces. She kept the Suubi necklace and told me to do whatever I wanted with the 2 silver necklaces. I decided the best thing to do would be […]
My friend Sarah posted this prayer this morning, and it just really blessed me as we start a long day and a busy weekend. Last Sunday in the message I heard, the pastor talked about how sometimes Christians rely on Christ as our Eternal Savior, but we look to other things for logistical salvation, ie: […]
I’ve mentioned a few times that in these last eight months, I’ve been challenged and convicted to think more about global issues. It probably has to do with the fact that my child is (perhaps? is he even born yet?) at this very moment spending the first part of his life in an underprivileged country, […]
We love our splash parks! Daddy wouldn’t rest until Carson had legit soccer cleats, shin guards and soccer socks. Looks pretty good, huh? He’s been doing a soccer camp each Tuesday night. Mommy went WAY against type and agreed to a SPONTANEOUS trip the kid’s museum in town. The techno room: The bubble room: The […]
If you are patient, you can sit through this video of the drawing… If you are not, I will tell you that the winner is ERIN CHUNG! What is so awesome is that Erin was only able to buy one ticket–and she won! I love it. * The second place winner is: Kristi Templeton! You’ll […]
We’re having another rough day here in the T household. I’m going to try to take my own advice, think about the big picture, take a deep breath and focus on something funny. I’m using my precious 30 minutes of quiet time for this. Nothing about today is funny yet, so I’ll need to pull […]
I actually have something to report! We have reached a milestone this week. Our collection of dossier documents is complete. Several of the documents have been notarized, it has been certified by the Oregon Secretary of State, and now needs to be authenticated and legalized. What does that mean? Basically it’s a series of confirmations […]
OK, friends and family, we’re trying an experiment. I saw it on the Starrchasers blog and loved the idea. I am offering an online raffle as a fundraiser for our Thailand Adoption. We are continually bombarded by small/medium miscellaneous fees and need to continue being creative to keep up. So, I’m trying this out from […]