I’m a few days late, but I pray your Christmas was wonderful & miraculous!!! This has been a Christmas I will never forget…memories have been so precious!Watching Zoie LOVE her first Christmas with her forever family has been special beyond words.(we’ll post pics & video later today:) OK…what was your…
Today was a day of good news. Rog & sis, Erin had me hopping…we had a string of doctor visits & was able to accomplish a CAT scan, neck xray, chiropractor (thx family for watching Zoie) The reports were very positive!! My face feels like a big bruise, but feeling…
Last night, our dear friends brought over dinner & cooked it for us in our kitchen:) A special guest, Adiki also joined us. She is a student at a college in our area from Ghana. What a fun night!! Thanks Hoecks!!
[Posted December 19th 2008] I wish I could say that I was hit by Santa’s sleigh or run over by a reindeer, but the truth is… an elf hit me in the nose!!! This was day 1…sadly, I’m in the same shirt day 2, but w/ little dribbles of coffee….
Its tradition…we anticipate every year visiting Santa at Silver Dollar City!! We head to the theme park for a special photo with Santa….for the past 15 years its been the same jolly, merry, blue eyed Claus. Its enough to make *me* believe. The line is always long & several elves…
Five months & 3 days ago we met our beautiful daughter, Zoie Senait for the first time!! She weighed only 8 lbs….just like a newborn!! At rapid speed, she has blossomed & thrived in our family. She weighs 20 lbs, cut 5 teeth, jabbers baby talk non-stop, smiles constantly, waves…
Do you need an easy, yummy-curl your toes recipe for your cookie party??? Do you need a treat that your kids will BEG for you to make daily (but you can’t!!) Well, thanks to Aunti Erin….here you go!!! Santa’s Toffee Ingredients: 40 Saltine or club crackers 2 sticks of butter…
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thrilled to have the entire family here in town for this special day! Zoie’s first American holiday with her new family was a JOY! Zoie loved her Aunti’s sweet potato casserole & corn bread stuffing!!
Bloggy friends…we pray that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family & friends! We have so much to be thankful for…1 Corinthians 1:4 ( Thanksgiving ) I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus. What are…
How is it possible that *my baby* hit 6’1 & received his driver’s permit all in one week:)))) Congrats MG on this amazing milestone in your life!! We are sooo proud of you!!!You’ve been dreaming of driving since you were 2 years old!!! whooohoooo
We had the honor of meeting an Ethiopian princess named Etsegenet (Sege) when we traveled to Addis Ababa in July. She is home now with her amazing family *VanWettens* & we just wanted to say WELCOME HOME SWEET GIRL!! ps: Zoie’s 3rd new tooth just peeked thru…that makes 5!! 🙂
Family…Zoie sat up in her crib for the first time today:) Her 2 top teeth have peeked thru & she had her first visit from a real Christian rock star (Phil Joel:) & family. We swear she said “sissssthy” to Hannah & “buubbuuub” to Michael! She saw her first movie…
Roger & I need your help…..iQuestions.com wants to advocate for adoption & foster care.Please give me your feedback…. If you could ask ANY question about adoption….what would you want to know? List as many ?’s as you can think from A to Z!!! We want to help make this new…
We had so much fun at the Neal’s fundraiser for Wide Horizon Orphanage!! It was at a yummy pizza rest. w/ tons of family & friends. By the time we left, I think the count was at 210 people!!!! We are so proud of the Neals & congrats on their…
