One year ago, I was headed out the door at work to meet my friend, Shelli, for lunch. A coworker stopped me in the hall to ask if John and I would be interested in adopting a baby due in December. One of the clients at the Mission where I worked, was pregnant and wanted to find a family for her baby.My initial thought was there was no way we could adopt the baby without me loosing my job. I remember Shelli and I talking about the baby and going over all the "what ifs". The more I talked about Continue Reading

We had a great, laid back, 4th of July! During the day, we stayed in from the Oklahoma heat and while Jackson napped, so did John and I. We had some friends over for a cookout and then we watched the fireworks from our driveway. We literally have a front row seat. It's a nice perk!Jackson didn't stay up long enough to see the fireworks and thankfully the loud noise didn't wake him up! Here's some photos from our day....Jackson loves his chair! He's my little firecracker!  Happy 1st Fourth of Continue Reading

This photo says it all! Jackson no longer wants to smile. He has a new talent of blowing crazy bubbles and spraying you like crazy! Nothing like a shower of spit from your 6 month old! This morning that's all he wanted to do...his facial expressions are priceless! Happy 1/2 Birthday Little Man!A few other highlights from the past month:Jackson started eating veggies and HATED my home cooking! Once we switched to good ol' Gerber, he ate EVERYTHING....He's now eating fruits and veggies and there Continue Reading

I never wanted to write a book. Well, I take that back. I've envisioned myself writing children's books, but never a 60,000 word best-seller. I do short. Newspaper articles, blog posts, you get the picture?I have always been good at expressing myself through writing. When I was about 9-years-old, I wrote a poem that was read at my grandfather's funeral. I later wrote an essay about him that was published in my middle school's writing publication. I have kept journals for years and I swear I will Continue Reading

Our friends Jason and Joely are probably just WEEKS away from going back to Ethiopia to get their son and bring him home FOREVER! Woo hoo! There's just one little glitch.... they are still $4500 short of being fully funded. What do you say we help them out by doing a little giveaway....Here's a photo of the prizes....a handmade African doll, a framed print of Africa that says Ethiopia in Amharic and three GREAT books - Fields of the Fatherless, Crazy Love and Radical. Each person who donates at Continue Reading