We feel so incredibly blessed. We started this journey to have children with infertility treatments. We were gratefully able to cash flow the funds necessary each round. But with adoption, it’s like the costs of infertility treatments times four all at once. We don’t have enough…
Our online profile is complete, our home study paperwork is submitted, our adoption network cards arrived today, we are stockpiling donations for our garage sale, we just need to finish our video and paper profile book. This book we have put a lot of thought and effort into. It’…
Easter is a great time of year. We often get together with family. This year, we went to my mom’s new place in St Cloud and got to spend some time up there. We got to help her start up a new business under Minnesota Cottage Law. Bauer…
As we come to Good Friday, I was reading the passion narrative from the book of John. God spoke to me as I was reading through this story. I’ve read this so many times before and each time, something new stands out. That is the beauty of Scripture…
Adam and I have been busy in work and life and it seems we are full throttle all the time. For me the church year has its high times and Easter is one of them. This past Saturday was our Easter Egg Hunt. Sunday morning was a 4am wake up…
Our life as of late has been a happy and stressful dichotomy. We have successfully completed online profile for our agency. I feel like we have conquered a mountain from the completion of this piece alone. I’ve touched on this before but profiles are challenging. It’s a struggle…
We are gearing up for a spring garage sale! It will be held the weekend: May 19th-May 21st. We are so grateful to our friends who are allowing us to use their three car garage! Our stuff tends to pile up around us and spring is a great time…
Family doesn’t have to be biological. In fact, some of the best family are close friends. When you grow with people who share your interests, your struggles and join you in your highs, support you in your lows, they become your family. Jesus Christ was born to the…
Adoption is challenging. There are a lot of unknowns and typically a long waiting period. I have done more research into adoption and how to be successful with it the past several weeks than I have anything else. What I found is a successful adoption experience has two elements: an…
Adam and I try to get in one solid date night a week. As of late it seems our work life has become more and more prominent and we find ourselves working evenings or weekends (more than just Sunday church-work commitments). We are intentional about connecting in the evenings…