Thank You!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our blog! We're a very middle of the road family with 4 crazy boys. After much prayer we feel like we're being led to adopt and give another child a loving, stable and Christian home. Please 'follow' (link is lower right hand side)along as we go through this journey! Prayers and encouragement are always welcome!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

For our снежный ангелочек

For our 'snow angel'...

Our bracelets are IN!


They are $2 each. Each bracelet purchased is helping us complete our homestudy and application fees!! Yellow was chosen as it's the 'adoptive parents' color.

These bracelets are so much more than just silicone to us...this is our first 'loud-and-clear-for-all-to-hear' step towards bringing our daughter home. Friends and family, we're committed to bringing her home to our family. Now it's time to spread the word and humbly ask for a bit of help(in bright yellow!) For a couple of dollars you are showing us that you support God's addition to our family
and also helping raise awareness about adoption in general(people ask about these bracelets which can spawn a whole other convo). You just never know who might support or even be thinking about adoption in your workplace, or at your church, or within your own family!

I'm asking all of you to keep up prayers and/or start saying a prayer...for her safety wherever she is and also for our family through this process. We know it's not easy, cheap or quick but we truly feel like this is something we're being led to do. We know God will put the right people in our path(some I KNOW have already been placed!!) to guide us and support us through this.

Thank you in advance for the support and please share our blog with anyone you think might enjoy following our journey!!





Friday, August 3, 2012

Nothing sweeter...

...than my 5 yr old Gavin praying for a little girl who has cancer that we know of and going on to pray for his baby sister in Russia before every meal. He understands that she doesn't have a mommy and daddy and of course he adds in she doesn't have toys or good food or TV...but he asks Jesus to take care of her until she comes to live with us. He can be SUCH a sweet boy sometimes!!

We're still in the process of researching what grants are available and various fundraising ideas. Obviously more to come on this topic but we hope friends, family and strangers alike will spread the word as we begin fundraising!

The one fundraiser we will start shortly is adoption bracelets. They'll be $2 a piece. Please let me know if you're interested in helping us sell them or simply just supporting our adoption and getting one(or a few) for yourself/family! We felt these were a Great way to spread the word and remind people what a gift adoption is! I'll post pics when we get them in!