Birthday Total!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to Trinity's adoption for Gloria's Birthday yesterday. 


$350.00 (335 after paypal fees) in donations were received.  Thank you!

Gloria is THREE today!!!!

It's Gloria's birthday and she would like nothing more that to have you make a donation to Trinity :)

 

This is Gloria's 2nd birthday home, more birthdays home than in the orphanage!!!!! 

 

 

Will you help us celebrate our special dolly?

We are looking for 47 people to make a $10.00 donation.

 

Why 47?  Because sweet Glory has 47 Chromosomes!

 

Why $10.00 Because Sweet Glory was born in 2010

 and it is a nice even amount that nearly everyone can afford :)

 

 

 

For the donation, I will send you an "Adopted" bracelet.

 

The front says "ADOPTED" and the back says Ephesians 1:5

 

If you are not familiar with that scripture, it says

 

"He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself,

according to the kind intention of His will."

 

You can make the donation to our personal Paypal account here or to our RR account on the side of the blog.

Jesse Tree Ornaments

For several years now we have participated in a Jess Tree ornament exchange.  I am collecting enough sets to pass on to the children when they are grown. 

The Jesse Tree Advent tells the story of Jesus' forthcoming through his lineage starting with Adam and Eve.  It is totally cool!!!!  I am so glad to be passing this on to my kids ... The first year we did the devotions, I leared A LOT about Jesus!!!!!

 

This year we made twenty-five of each ornament pictured below. 

We made
Day 3: Inside the Ark ~~ Symbol: Ark and Rainbow
Day 11: King David~~Symbol: slingshot
Day 23: The Light of the World~~Symbol: a candle

 

 

If your family does not have a daily devotion during the advent season or you wourl like to add to your advent celebrations, I highly recommend the Jesse Tree.  We just love it!

 

We use this book.  I am posting the link through our Amazon Affiliate account.  We like this book because it has an adult reading and a child reading with scripture.  It also has song suggestions.  We use YouTube and sing away.  Honestly, this month of devotions is the best of the year for our family!!!

 

 

If you have little ones that love to color , there are LOTS of free resources on the we.  Here is one. http://www.osv.com/Portals/0/images/pdf/JesseTree.pdf

Signing for Chocolate!

How do you get a girl to talk????

 

Pull out the chocolate!

 

And she is a signing maniac!

 

 

 

She puts her sister's shoes on her feet

Gloria is rockin' her ADL skills!!!  Check her out!!!! She put shoes on all the time.  She has also started putting pants on and taking everything off.  I am not sure how impressed I am with the undressing part!

 

 

 

4th of July

My BIL emailed and asked for a copy of this photo.  I thought I would put it up here, then he can just snag it and you all get to see how cute the kids were on July 4th.

Bonus Gloria Signs More

Bonus Gloria Using a Fork