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.