Slowly making my way through pictures. The complete set is at our Photos page.
Would your life be different?
Please excuse run-ons and excessive use of parentheses. What is it about the Christmas season that elicits a sense of good cheer, giving, charity, and joyfulness? Is it the fact that in all that shopping and commercialism, we need to ease our guilty (sub?)conscious by throwing in an extra pair of mittens for the local...
Constant Motion
Exhibit A for why we need a padded room. This went on for about 45 minutes.
Snow Day (and release of 2009 Christmas letter)
********UPDATE********* Official snowfall: 18 inches (courtesy of the National Weather Service) ********ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS******** To some, the copious amounts of snow falling in our neck of the woods might be considered inconvenient or annoying. For us, who had no plans and a lot of catching up to do around the house, it represents fun in...
Foto Friday
It’s official. After a short but very sweet (like Ty-got-to-adopt-a-teddy-bear-from-the-judge’s-collection kind of sweet) hearing adoption ceremony, Ty is officially no longer an orphan. Ty is officially a tax deduction. Ty is officially an American. Ty is officially a Corkum. We are officially a family of FIVE!
13. Things to do in San Fransciso in a weekend, on a budget
Remember to get on your plane. This way you can avoid any unnecessary upcharges from your airline. If you do happen to not get on your plane, make sure to acquire a very pleasant, accommodating, all around AWESOME customer service agent who can redeem your idiocy. Stay at a cute, inexpensive hotel. It should be...
Happy 1097th Day, Ty!
Ty’s original referral picture So unlike biological children, parents do not look back on the birthdates of adoptive children and have memories of physical labor, hospital gowns, IVs, doctors, and nurses. When Ty was born 3 years ago today, he wasn’t even a hope, dream, or prayer for us. Mia was 18 months old...