Friends + Adoption + Your Old Stuff

Our good friends, Brian and Allie made an announcement on their blog yesterday. We might be a little bit excited that they are adopting two kids from the same country as our kids!

My friend, Maria, is having a garage sale this Saturday and all the money will go toward Brian and Allie's adoption. If you have stuff to get rid of and want to donate it to the garage sale, you can bring it to my house anytime this week (before Friday at noon) and I will take it to her. Email me or text me to let me know if you want to drop stuff off.

Maria is my good friend who, with her husband Bobby, have two boys from the same country as our kids - and our kids all lived together in foster care before they came home to each of our families. Bobby and Maria are half-way through the adoption process again, but this time to adopt two GIRLS from the same country as our and their kids.

I love what God is doing!

Hard to Say Goodbye

I realize I am quite fortunate in that I have never had a really good friend move away. 

But today, a really, really good friend is moving away . . . 

with her husband and two red-headed boys, back to her home country - THE SOUTH (Louisiana to be specific)! 

And while I am so excited for what God has in store for them, man, it is hard to see her go. 

Mandy, I have loved living these last ten years with you in my life as a close friend.

God has blessed my life through you and your friendship in more ways than I will ever know. 

I love you so much!

{Now, if I can just stop crying!}

Lots of Baseball

This past weekend there was baseball with Grandpa Tom in the play room . . . 

And baseball with Dad, Grandma Rhonda and Uncle (yes, all the kids just call him "uncle"!)