EVERY 3 SECONDS A CHILD DIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME POVERTY…………………. EVERY 3 SECONDS.. THAT IS 20 CHILDREN, BABIES, TODDLERS, INFANTS EVERY MINUTE……
Let that statistic marinate in your head and heart. Try to imagine what that looks like. Can you even grasp it?
How does that sit with you? Does it make you a little [...]
Archive for April, 2007
A Child Dies
Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, Poverty on April 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Idol Gives Back
Posted in Adoption, Africa, Ethiopia, Poverty on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Did any of you happen to watch the results show on American Idol last night? For some reason Brandon and I have really been enjoying this season of American Idol. We have our favorites and as the show winds down to the final 6 contestants we are dreading that one of the favorites will have to [...]
Home- Part Two
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, General on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My dad wrote about “home” yesterday and I thought it was so interesting because I had started a post with the same title. I found myself not having much to say after reading his post. However, he encouraged me to keep going with the topic.
I started thinking about what “home” is when we sold our [...]
Sloan Fishing
Posted in The Boys on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One Small Fisherman, One GIANT Fish
Posted in The Boys on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well, I think we have a new fisherman in the family. Look out Poppa!
We have a lake here in our development. It is called Oquirrih Lake (pronounced O- ker)It is man made and they stocked it with fish last year. Now the fish are huge and and they opened the lake for fishing last weekend. [...]
Easter2007
Posted in Family Life on April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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Hold your cursor over the picture and you will see a little box come up. Click on next to see the rest of our Easter 2007 pictures. Enjoy!
Sean’s First Birthday
Posted in The Boys on April 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 15th, was a special day at our house….. Sean turned ONE! He wasn’t feeling very good and so he slept through the first hour of his party, but he didn’t seem to mind. Brandon’s parents and grandparents were able to be here to help celebrate, which made the occasion even more special. We [...]
Sean’s First Birthday
Posted in The Boys on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sean’s First Birthday,
Click on this picture to see the rest of Sean’s B-day Pictures.
Powder Problem
Posted in The Boys on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Powder Problem,
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Trouble Makers
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So I thought the boys were positively occupied this morning as I was trying to organize my desk in preparation for our social worker coming to visit and check out our new home…… turns out they WERE occupied just not so positively.
I think I smelled the trouble before I actually registered that the boys were [...]
