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Our Adoption Story Comes to an End

  • September 22, 2020

Wow, a lot has happened since the last time I posted about our adoption journey in 2014.

We decided back in 2016 we would pull out of waiting to adopt in a traditional sense. It had been 4 years of …

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Bold and Glam Fall Family Photos

  • September 18, 2020

Fall is my favorite season!! Which also means it’s one of my favorite time to take family photos—plus isn’t everyone taking Fall family photos to then use them as holiday cards?

I always loooooove to add some glam to our …

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5 things NOT to say to a family who wanted to adopt a child, but didn’t

  • February 20, 2015

 

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So if you have followed my blog for any length of time, you may know that for years we have tried to adopt a child.  My husband and I have 3 healthy, wonderful, wild biological children, but I have …

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And then there was the time a girl pushed my son right off the playground equipment….

  • August 14, 2014

 

So I can’t get this story out of my mind. And usually that means until I blog about it, it’s going to sit there….. bugging me like a strand of gray hair or a picture on my wall that …

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The latest on our adoption process

  • June 16, 2014

091513 plus garage video 136   I get so many sweet emails from so many of you wondering where is our adoption process is at?  You guys are the absolute best, do you know that?  Big hugs from me to you! I can’t believe that I …

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Our adoption journey: The day God didn’t show up

  • September 4, 2013
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(picture from 2 years ago)

As many of you know, my husband and I began the process of trying to adopt another girl for our family almost 3 years ago.  We could have had another biological child, but adoption has …

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Adoption Update: The kids we just said “no” to….

  • June 20, 2013

I got what could have been “the call” last week.  I have heard other adoptive families talk about “the call” so fondly and my heart has longed to be able to type those words.

 

It was a normal day. 

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We finally have a tiny bit of news: Our Adoption Update

  • January 18, 2013

Hey friends….I am blogging today to give you an update on our adoption process.

If you follow my blog, you will know the 30 second story is that our family felt led to start the adoption process 2.5 years ago.  …

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Worst possible time to adopt from the foster care system? ~ Our adoption update

  • December 10, 2012

I have decided we are trying to adopt from the foster care system in perhaps the worst.possible.time.ever.

It makes me giggle actually.

It’s like a bad sitcom.

While we were on our summer vacation to paradise this summer, we found …

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The day I quit our adoption process

  • October 22, 2012
 
(photo compliments of the talented Aimee Decker at Radiant Photography)

Last week I had a rough day.  I looked one of my BFFs in the face over dinner and I told her I was done…..

I want to …

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