Here are Haley's senior pictures.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Haley Graduated Today!
Today's was Haley's last day of High School. We are very happy for her!
Here are Haley's senior pictures.
Here are Haley's senior pictures.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas Pageant
Today was the Christmas Pageant where we go to church. Here are a few pictures.
This is the kids singing Away in the Manger.
Zach also got to play a shepherd after he was an angel.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Footprints from Africa
We received the most special gift in the mail today. A set of traced footprints of our future sons. It is so special to see something that outlines thier foot. It makes it more real some how.
Susan
Susan
Monday, December 14, 2009
Welcome Maverick!
A few months ago, our daughter's boyfriend needed a home for his dog, a puppy named Maverick.
He was a nice puppy, but he was not house trained and it seemed like a lot of work that we did not want to go through....however, after a few months, he is now house trained, and he is a nice dog.
All of our kids like him a lot, so welcome Maverick to our little zoo!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Welcome Gizmo!
This is Gizmo. We found her wandering around the streets outside of our house the other day. We brought her home and the owners never claimed her. She is a good cat, and we've decided to keep her.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Funny questions as our family grows.
1. How do you do it all by yourself?................ We don't, we have help, 4 children and 2 parents.
2. Aren't you exausted? .......Sometimes yes. Who wouldn't be!
3. Aren't you overwhelmed with housework ? ...............sometimes but generally not. All family members have daily jobs they must do. Heck, if there is a visitor here they get a job during chore time too!
4. How do you do all that laundry?..........I don't. The older ones do thier own laundry, rare exceptions I will do it for them. If they have no clean clothes they go out in dirty ones. No clean underware? They go underwareless. Younger kids help with laundry, putting it in wash, switching, folding or putting away.
5. How can you afford it?.... We are very blessed and my husband is an amazing motivator to use money wisely without feeling deprived. Also Dave Ramsey's class gave us the tools to use.
6. Why more children, don't you have enough? ....... We really really enjoy our childrens growth. Its like asking "have you taken enough vacations from work?" Or have you had enough presents for a life time. Or don't you have enough friends? Have you had enough cookouts, camping trips, ice cream or cookies? We don't have children out of an obligation to God or community, although this is a large part of our family values. We enjoy our family.
7. How do you and Scott find individual time for each child and each other.......We plan it, seize the time, rarely put off dates or opportunities for time alone together or one on one time with a child. Even a trip to the store with only one child can be a bonding experience/individual time. We are almost daily running to the store for one or two items so this happens often.
8. Did you know the children from Ethiopia are black? ( the country we are adopting from).......yes, we heard that!!!
9. Why not the help/adopt the kids in the US first? .............. He sees all children as his own as do we. Is a child from Russia or Ethiopia less worthy of a home because he was born in poverty and not in the US? Also we are involved in our community deeply and have adopted from the US.
10. Aren't you afraid of discrimination toward your family/children.......We are not afraid but aware. We are already aware of how not diverse many communities are. We hope to educate our children and community about our family.
We will know when we have "enough". We are mature adults, good parents, our children are well behaved ( generally), well fed, we have a strong marriage. Have faith in our decisions.
2. Aren't you exausted? .......Sometimes yes. Who wouldn't be!
3. Aren't you overwhelmed with housework ? ...............sometimes but generally not. All family members have daily jobs they must do. Heck, if there is a visitor here they get a job during chore time too!
4. How do you do all that laundry?..........I don't. The older ones do thier own laundry, rare exceptions I will do it for them. If they have no clean clothes they go out in dirty ones. No clean underware? They go underwareless. Younger kids help with laundry, putting it in wash, switching, folding or putting away.
5. How can you afford it?.... We are very blessed and my husband is an amazing motivator to use money wisely without feeling deprived. Also Dave Ramsey's class gave us the tools to use.
6. Why more children, don't you have enough? ....... We really really enjoy our childrens growth. Its like asking "have you taken enough vacations from work?" Or have you had enough presents for a life time. Or don't you have enough friends? Have you had enough cookouts, camping trips, ice cream or cookies? We don't have children out of an obligation to God or community, although this is a large part of our family values. We enjoy our family.
7. How do you and Scott find individual time for each child and each other.......We plan it, seize the time, rarely put off dates or opportunities for time alone together or one on one time with a child. Even a trip to the store with only one child can be a bonding experience/individual time. We are almost daily running to the store for one or two items so this happens often.
8. Did you know the children from Ethiopia are black? ( the country we are adopting from).......yes, we heard that!!!
9. Why not the help/adopt the kids in the US first? .............. He sees all children as his own as do we. Is a child from Russia or Ethiopia less worthy of a home because he was born in poverty and not in the US? Also we are involved in our community deeply and have adopted from the US.
10. Aren't you afraid of discrimination toward your family/children.......We are not afraid but aware. We are already aware of how not diverse many communities are. We hope to educate our children and community about our family.
We will know when we have "enough". We are mature adults, good parents, our children are well behaved ( generally), well fed, we have a strong marriage. Have faith in our decisions.
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