To my little princess

To my beautiful daughter I wish you a happy birthday.  Four years ago I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have such a blessing given to me.

You are healthy

You are beautiful

You are full of love and laughter

You are a light in a dark world

I pray for you and your future, that you would grow to know the love of God.  That he would be your daddy in a very real and special way.  That this world would not have a hold on you but that you would see the world through Gods eyes.  That you will find what God gave you a passion for and live that life without worry of what the world thinks.  That you are blessed with peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, love, self-control, joy, goodness and a long life.




My angel and me



My beauty queen trying not to smile



She was posing on purpose (so cute)



camp hair!!!



random thoughts

We have been so blessed by people interested in supporting our adoption.  I want to thank all of you who are supporting us. I am going to add jewelry to my etsy sight in the next couple of days so that those of you who would like to do some Christmas shopping can look at what I have.  There is another group from our church going to Uganda soon and I must say that I am totally jealous that I am not able to go this time.  I am hoping and praying that God allows me to go again soon.  Also I want my husband to go so that he can see first hand the heart and the love of the people of Uganda. 

Also there is a update for those of you who were keeping an eye out for my daughters precious Ducky (stuffed animal) WE FOUND IT!!! And by we I mean Anna found it.  It was at Mops, a group for women who have preschoolers.  It was apparently in the puppet box.  I was so excited to see that silly guy, it was driving me crazy were on earth he could have gone. 

I know that I have somewhat boring posting because of the lack of pictures. I am still mastering the camera, downloading, posting them thing.  I will work on that for my wonderful followers.

Here is a picture from the Pictures part of my computer (LOL) just for you!!

Patience for the journey.....

I have to admit that growing up I loved winter because that meant that the holidays were coming up and I LOVE the holidays.  Unfortunately I am not looking forward to this winter at all. I am still looking forward to the holidays but because our business slows down to nothing means that we have hardly any money coming in.  Pastor talked about miracles this Sunday and I have to admit that it is going to have to be a God thing to get us through the winter this year.  I am not writing this to get any pity or anything else. I am hoping to be able to look back on this post and have it be a answer to prayer that God did get us through the winter and then some. 

There is a update on the adoption, we are still trying to raise money for the adoption to get started. The update however is the burden I feel with how family members are handling the fact that we are going to adopt from Uganda.  They say they are ok with it but I can tell from the comments that they think we are making a stupid decision to bring children home from a different country, especially Africa.  I know that I shouldn't care what they think but because it is family it makes me mad and scared.  I don't want our kids to come from a hardship of poverty, death and loss to a new family of unloving, uncaring, complacent people in their lives.  I am scared that I will loose these people in my life because we are choosing to adopt from Africa.  In the end I dont want to go against what I feel like God is calling us to do.  I feel with all my heart that this is just the beginning of adopting for us.

Please pray for peace and wisdom

MY PRAYER:  Thank you Jesus for all you do for us, I know we dont understand your path and I pray that you give us patience for the journey.

Thank you for all of you that have been praying for us. I know we have a good support system through our friends and I thank God for every one of you.

Thank you Jesus

One more orphan has a home!!!! One of the ladies that went with our team to Uganda this past May decided to adopt a baby girl from there.  She is currently in Uganda and picking up her little one.  Her blog is Chosen Ones if you want to see the pictures of her smiling baby girl.

The children that are in these orphanages don't smile that much, and so to see her smiling brought tears to my eyes.

She is hoping to bring her home the first part of November, so please from that the court process goes smoothly and that Leah (babies name) adapts to her new family smoothly.

A quick update for our adoption: We have contacted a lawyer in Uganda and waiting to here if she is going to take our case.  Incidentally she is the same lawyer that Abi Q and our friend that is in Uganda now is using.

We have started to find some organizations that might be able to help us with the financial side of it and now we are praying we get approved for that.

Funny Story

Anna J. was taking a tubby the other day and she starts singing a song.  I realized that she was repeating words to a worship song that I had been playing in the car earlier that day.  I love her sweet spirit and love seeing seeds being planted in her soul. Makes your wonder what else they are soaking up that you do and don't want them to. 

The little things

It is amazing when something huge and scary happens everything else just doesn't matter.  Today we had a scare with Kaden.  It is a story that I am happy to say ended with a happy ending.

The kids and I were at the church and they were playing in the courtyard.  I hadn't seen Kaden for a while and asked the kids were he was.  One of them said that they had seen him walking toward the open gate heading to the parking lot.  With that news I stood up and started to head toward the parking lot to find him.  I went around the building and couldn't find him, all the while calling his name.  I started to head the other direction to see if he went toward the street, by this time I am completely freaking out.  I am calling his name like a crazy lady and balling my eyes out.  There is no other feeling like thinking that someone might have taken your baby or he got lost and is really scared.  

The people that I was eating lunch with were helping me look as well as some people who had been at the church.  I am still screaming and praying to God to not let this happen to my baby.  Someone then suggests that I look in the building for him.  I go inside but inside in almost completely dark and can't help but think that he wouldn't go in there with how dark it was.  I turn around and headed back outside.......when I get out there B is holding Kaden.....Kaden is rubbing his eyes and looking at me like WHAT!  I grabbed him and wouldn't let go, he started to whine because I was holding him soooo tight.  I then ask B were he was..... and wouldn't you know it HE WAS ASLEEP!! He had fallen asleep on the slide that is also a tunnel. I didn't even think to look in the playground.

That happened earlier today and I have to say that since this afternoon the little things have really been put into perspective. God had that situation in His hands but there will be times that scary moment will come and last longer than we would like.  We have to remember that God still has us in His hands whether or not the moment passes or lasts for years. 

I love you Kaden Joseph and mommy is glad that you are safe and sound.

On Etsy

I love that there are people now reading my blog. I spend most of the day trying to figure out how Etsy works. Etsy is a sight that you can sell homemade items.  I am posting some items on there to try and start raising money for the adoption.  Right now I only have hats on the there, but there will be jewelry to come. 

It is amazing what you learn about computers when you spend hours on them.  I tell you it is not my thing but I know that I need to do what it takes to get the word out about the adoption and raise these funds. Plus I have had these hats for a little bit now and need to sell them.

I know that many of you will not be willing to help out financially and that is ok.  I need prayer warriors too. If you would like to be a prayer warrior for me here are the things you can start praying for:

Pray for our baby that they will be protected during the waiting period
Pray that the funds come in for the adoption
Pray that the adoption goes smoothly
Pray that we get a good lawyer

Here are some pictures of the hats



Hello... well to nobody yet

I am officially writing my first blog post.  I am mainly starting a blog so that my friends and family can follow the journey that Joe and I are about to take in adopting a child from Uganda.  I know that God wants us to do this adoption and after looking at how much it will cost and the paperwork that comes along with it, it will TOTALLY have to be a God thing for it to happen. 

We are believing in Gods word when it says in James 1:27:

"Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us."

Although I know that there is nobody reading this yet I wanted to write an update on the adoption for future reference for me to show me how amazing God is and how far he has brought us.

The Adoption:  The first step was to figure out which adoption agency we wanted to go through for our home study.  I talked our pastors wife who has adopted in the past and asked her who she recommended and she said Chinese Children.  After researching who was the cheapest and who knew what they were doing (as far as international adoption went) we have decided to go with Chinese Children.  The next step is to fill our the paperwork and raise money for the home study.  I will be honest the thought of coming up with $3000 to just get started is just crazy to me. 

There is going to be a spot on this blog (as soon as I figure out how to do it) of how you can help with the funding of this miracle.  I make jewelry and crochet hats which will be one of many fundraisers that will be held for raising of the money.

We also have to find a lawyer in country that will be handling the placement or picking out a child for us.  I have contacted some people who are in the process of adopting from Uganda to ask who they are going though.  Please pray the we get a good lawyer who has a heart for the orphan and knowledgeable in the adoption process.

As soon as I figure out how to upload a picture from my camera I will show my kiddos.