2 Weeks and Counting!

March 3, 2010

Two weeks from today we leave for Ukraine to finalize the adoption of Zhenya, Katya and Kristina. There are a lot of emotions running through our home – excitement over being one step closer to bringing the girls home, sadness over being separated from Anya, Faith & Caleb for so long, anxiety over traveling to [...]

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Almost there…

February 23, 2010

It’s been a while since we have updated the blog.  Having the girls here for Christmas and starting a new year has really taken a lot of our time.  The time we spent at Christmas was fantastic!  On January 14th we had to send the girls back to their orphanage in Ukraine.  It was a [...]

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Today’s the Day!

December 13, 2009

Zhenya, Katya & Kristina arrive today, December 13th at 8:30 pm. We have been busy getting ready for 3 more people in our home & I’m sure we’ve forgotten something! The major things are taken care of… we have beds for all the children, a bench seat added to our van so it will now [...]

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Meet Zhenya!

October 22, 2009

We were so excited to get a picture of Katya & Kristina’s older sister, Zhenya, today! We have been trying to get information about her for more than two months and to have her picture now is wonderful! Zhenya is 15 years old and has said she would like to come visit with us at [...]

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~Puzzle Update~

October 20, 2009

We’re so excited about the puzzle fundraiser! We have 21 pieces sponsored so far and $254 donated!!! Praise God!

Can you guess what it is yet – probably not! I can’t wait until we have more pieces added so you can see the picture!

Thank you all for praying for us and for sponsoring the puzzle for [...]

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Getting Ready for 3!

October 16, 2009

We found out this week that Katya & Kristina’s 15 year old sister would like to come for Christmas (we have been hoping to have that information for quite a while now!). We’re very excited and a little anxious all at the same time. We are not sure if she wants to be adopted or [...]

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Pieces of the Puzzle

October 9, 2009

One of the ways that has helped Anya make sense of all the “whys” in her life is to think of our lives as a puzzle. We can rest assured that God sees the ENTIRE puzzle and sometimes we only see one piece or a few pieces. It can be confusing & frustrating to just [...]

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A Little at a Time!

October 8, 2009

Well, we’ve been waiting quite a while now (over 2 months) for information about Katya & Kristina regarding their legal status (do they have siblings who must be adopted with them and are Katya & Kristina in fact cleared for adoption?). Today we received some good, but vague news. We had found out that there [...]

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“From the Oven of Another”

October 7, 2009

We are working to put together a great cookbook called “From the Oven of Another” – Recipes to delight your taste buds and Adoption stories to warm your heart. If you or someone you know has an adoption story  or a recipe they would like to share, please download these forms and email them back [...]

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