Fishing Firsts

I can’t believe it’s Friday already.  I really meant to post this much earlier this week, but, well, ya know… Anyway, the kids have been very patient for the last 3 weekends while we worked in the garden so Sunday, Patrick suggested we go mini-golfing, get ice cream, and go fishing.  All three of these things […]

Mia Dancerina

I told you there would be dance videos in the future… Since all Mia does is dance and twirl around our house, I couldn’t resist signing her up for a dance class this year.  I admit I’m a bit biased towards dancing to begin with, but if you know Mia, you know dancing is in […]

Foto Multimedia Friday

 Mia celebrated her birthday with her preschool class on Tuesday.  It was pretty special since her birthday is not really for another month.  This is her bouquet of well-wishes from her classmates.  Mia’s year of Tappin’ Toddlers ended today with a mini-recital.  Video coming soon…  Promise, last one of Mia.  I just couldn’t help myself.  […]

Foto Friday (and a lot more)

***WARNING:  This is LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG post.***  I think I left off on Friday of our trip…or did I leave out Thursday morning? Thursday AM In last minute, Corkum fashion, we had left gift buying for the foster family until Thursday morning.  We headed back to Namdaemun and Shinsegae in an effort to secure gifts for the […]

Foto Friday

Foto Friday will hopefully be a regular occurence.  Just a post of a couple pictures from the week.  It’s an excuse to get behind the camera more…therapeutic for me.   The full set of pictures can be found on the Photos page. Snow in April  It’s snowy out and we’re starting seedlings…seems weird.   White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies are […]

Wait Well

Wait well. I’ve been reading a devotional that Shaohannah’s Hope sends to prospective grant recipients. It’s been inspirational and challenging to read other view and journeys of adoption. The last section had advice from families who have been there. A running theme was to not waste your waiting time. Mmmm…interesting concept. With 2 young kids, […]

Still waiting…

I wish there was more to report but that’s about it.  Apparently CIS is researching what happened to our I-600 but that doesn’t really change the above statement. We’ve been dealing a lot with irrational fear around here lately too.  There are varying theories between Patrick and me as to what the precipitating event was, […]

When God closes one door, He always opens another.  We were told by 3 different organizations this week that they did not have sufficient funds to financially aid us on our adoption journey.  As dissappointing as that was, we were encouraged by extra support from an unexpected source and we landed another offer that got […]