"Blessings"

The kids had choir at church tonight, when they came out Nathan handed me a piece of paper, they had been asked to write down the things that were blessings in their lives. Here is what he wrote, it made me cry right there in the church hallway...

"A Mom and a Dad that love me and care for me, my sister, a home and food, a bed to sleep in, my adopted brother or sister I don't know when we are going to get it, but I still love it even though I don't know where it is right now."

Still sick...and "soon"...

After several days of this nagging cough and fever my "Mom Instinct" told me that maybe Nathan should visit the doctor today...it turns out he has not been fighting the flu, but bronchitis. They put him on an antibiotic so hopefully he will be as good as new soon! Thanks for praying for him!

I spoke with our adoption agency the other day just to get an update on what is going on... (aka... When will we get our baby?!?!), they said they are curently working with several birthmothers and things will happen "soon". Can anyone tell me what the definition of "soon" is????

Flu Fighting!

We've been stuck in the house this week with a sick kiddo! Poor Nathan has been fighting the flu...fever, coughing, achy, etc..not good. He's had to miss out on all his favorite things this week, choir, SEEK, soccer practice, and was exceptionally disappointed that today was his last soccer game of the season and he wasn't able to play. Please pray he feels better soon and the rest of us stay healthy!

A Day at the Fair...

We spent the day at the North Carolina State Fair, it is such a fun day and we look forward to it every year! There is so much to see and do...lots of walking and a great tiring day!

Emily's most favorite thing every year is the exhibit where you can hold and pet the baby chicks and ducks. She would stay there all day if we would let her!


I love looking at all the things people create to enter in the fair. These cakes were just amazing!
Our kids are pretty frugal when it comes to spending their money at the fair, they are wise to the games that cost $ 2 to play only to win a 25 cent toy... although they did each spend 50 cents of their money to see the World's Smallest Horse! It really was a teeny-tiny horse...no bigger than our dog!
We took in a "Michelle's Magnificent Poodles" show...again Em would have stayed all day playing with these poodles!

It was a super day and I am proud to say... we saw, but DID NOT eat any of the following deep fried foods... cheesecake, oreos, pecan pie, twinkies, snickers bar, pickles, or mac-n-cheese. Yes, they deep fry and sell all of those items!! We did, however splurge and eat ham biscuits and a funnel cake! It just wouldn't have been fair day without those items!

Happy Birthday Dave!!!

Today was Dave's "thirty-somthing-th" birthday!! We didn't do anything terribly exciting, just enjoyed spending the day together as a family! Tomorrow is NC State Fair Day!! Woohoo! We Love Ya, Honey!!

Yard Sale Success!

We had our fundraiser yard sale this morning and it was a great success! People came out in droves and we sold nearly everything we collected!!! We made a grand total of $ 192!!! Praise the Lord! Every little bit helps!! Thanks to those who donated their treasures to make our sale a success!

Field Trip Fun!

We took a field trip today to the Museum of Life & Science in Durham today. It was our first time to visit there and we really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting indoor & outdoor exhibits! One of our favorites was definitely the Butterfly House! It is a natural, tropical climate conservatory with hundreds of butterfly species fluttering about, landing on you if they wish!



The farmyard section featured goats, lambs, sheep, etc... it kind of felt like a zoo trip for a few minutes!

Poison Dart Frogs... we were commenting how much they looked like plastic toys. Thank goodness we don't have them around here or we would pick them up and play with them!
These huge, nasty looking bugs are considered a tasty treat in South America!
These simulate the motion of a bird in flight.It was a great day! Long drive home... back to school tomorrow!!

Saturday Snapshot

Random pics of our Saturday...

We had a late soccer game today (11:30 AM) which meant there was time for a hot breakfast... Pumpkin Waffles... yum!!




It was great game, with perfect weather! The boys won 4-2!

After soccer, we headed to the Farmers Market to get some pumpkins and other goodies! These hay bales made for a perfect fall picture!
Seriously big pumpkin!! I think it was 127 pounds!

Em found her perfect pumpkin!

We're busy cleaning out, pricing, and collecting stuff for our yard sale this Saturday. Pray we collect more stuff and sell it all!! Hopefully, we will hear some baby news soon!

Got any Stuff????

I posted the other day that we are still $ 3,000 short of the funds needed for our adoption expenses...I believe a part of the answer may have appeared on my mailbox today in the form of a flier advertising our community yard sale. We realize that the economy is not the greatest right now and most folks don't have alot of extra $$ to donate so we have decided to have a fundraiser yard sale and collects donations of items to sell with all proceeds going to help pay for our adoption. Everyone has a closet they can clean out! So if you live in the area and have any junk (oops, I mean valuable "treasures") you would like to donate just let us know and we'll come and pick it up!!

Pray with us!!!

We got word this weekend that we were not approved for one of the adoption grants we had applied for to help pay for our expenses. At first we were discouraged as we had been praying for this to help us raise the rest of the funds needed, but obviously God has bigger things in store and is ready to move some mountains!!! At this point we are still praying for around $ 3,000 to help cover our expenses. Will you join with us in praying and watching for a miracle????

Saturday...

Just a quick video of some shots of this morning's soccer game! The boys played a tough game, but tied 2-2. We are so proud of Nathan for not only playing his best, but for playing clean, fun and having a great attitiude!

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