Day 152

Kayla has really improved her basketball skills this season. She’s even playing aggressively enough now to draw fouls!

Day 151

Excuse the terrible picture.  My wonderful husband and father to my kids neglected to take a picture of his date night with Kayla.  This is what they brought home.  We are trying to do “date training” around each of the kids’ birthdays where the parent of the opposite gender takes the birthday child out for […]

Day 149

Guess who turned 14?!  It was a day with lots of little surprises including video chatting with her friends back at her orphanage.

Day 144

Our 4 kids from hard places struggle with anxiety or depression. Fortunately, movement is an anecdote for both and is great even if you don’t suffer from anxiety or depression. Patrick and I have put our personal trainer hats on to get especially our Ethiopians up and moving and show them what they really can […]

Day 117

A very nervous Kayla, got to play a couple minutes at her team’s first game. She did great! Now on to teach her about what is actually happening on the court.

Day 113

Kayla’s extracurricular of choice this year is basketball. She had her first practice tonight. The coaches were great getting her acclimated and helping her learn the basics.