We are All Made in His Image...What A Beautiful God

James 1:27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.



YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN ADOPTIVE PARENT IF ...



1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.


2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love & family.


3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.


4. The fact that, if 7% of Christians adopted 1 child there would be no orphans in the world, is convicting to you.


5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who've experienced the blessing of adoption.


6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about adopted child's "real" parents.


7. You've been "pregnant" with your adoptive child longer than it takes an elephant to give birth.(2 years!)


8. You'd no idea how you'd afford to adopt, but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing He'd provide. (& He does!)


9. You've taken an airplane half-way around the world with a child you just met.


10. You believe God's heart's for adoption.


11. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart & family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.


12. You know what the word "Dossier" means & you can actually pronounce it correctly!

Meemee's 6th Birthday

I am still trying to convince myself that we just celebrated my first child's sixth birthday! I just can't believe how fast time has FLOWN by! It just ain't right! I promise that is one of the first questions I'll ask God up in Heaven. "Why do they grow up so fast!" Anyway we had a GREAT time surrounded by bunches of wonderful treasures of friends. Scott's mom, dad, and sister came too and put the icing on the cake of our weekend (haha, get it, icing on the cake!?) The one thing that kept running through my mind is..."We are sooo blessed, look at this daughter of mine, so beautiful and kind. Look at all these people that love our family....we are soooo blessed....thank you sweet Jesus, thank you, thank you , thank from the bottom of my heart"...here are some pics of our day. And yes, I made the cake. Turned out pretty good for my very first cake ever, huh?