Adoption made this possible!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adopting out of birth order made this possible.

 

Adopting a sibling group made this possible.

 

Adopting across "racial" lines made this possible.      

 

The devil uses many lies to stop adoptions - don't let one of these stop you!!! 

 

 

 

These two boys love each other more than I could ever put into words.

 

See how Noah fits in the crook of Bub's arm? 

 

See how Noah melts into him?

 

That, my friends, is love, brotherly love, orchestrated by our Heavenly Father!

 

 

National Adoption Month

 

Sometimes you see sensational pictures of malnurished orphans  ... but they seem unreal  ...  because you do not know the child.  I hope this makes it real for you. 

 

This is our Seth in July 2011 and November 2012. 

 

November is National Adoption Month

I urge YOU to be THE CHANGE

Adopt, foster, donate, come along side a family already home ... and

PRAY, PRAY, PRAY

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!

 

 

 

Bonus Gloria Signs More

Bonus Gloria Using a Fork