This blog is a photography-dabbling, veggie-loving, housework-hating, triathlon-trying, homeschooling, grace-needing mom's attempt to capture life as it happens with 3 kids (one adopted from Korea). We're currently paper chasing for a sibling group from Ethiopia. We hope you enjoy sharing our journey with us. You can subscribe via email or rss below.
Random City, STATE—-For decades, family road trips have been been plagued with random and frequent outbursts of, “Are we there yet?” If you have multiple children it often happens in stereo or even Dolby Digital surround sound. All sense of time seems to blow out the open windows as impatient parents reply, “We still have [...]
Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
We did NOT come home to find these in our garden.
I was NOT so tired from a weekend of tent camping that I left them all on the counter and went to bed. I [...]
Mia had her big dance recital debut this past weekend. When PJ tried to explain to her about stage fright (and what to do if it happened), she looked at him like she had not idea what he was talking about. She couldn’t for the life of her understand why you would be scared to [...]
Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
I was NOT the only mom who neglected to get my daughter flowers to present to her after dance performance this weekend. It was NOT a monumental first dance performance and she did [...]
I am not a fan of turning on the oven during the summer months so when I have to take a dish to a family event or picnic I opt for something I don’t have to cook. One of my favorites is making a watermelon basket for fruit salad. It’s not as hard as it [...]
We set out to plant sugar snap peas. We planted a lot more this year because we I like them so much. But instead of hoards of sugar snap peas, we have an assortment. Go figure.
5/14/11: Pre-app submitted
5/18/11: Application submitted
5/26/11: Acceptance into program
6/14/11: Orientation/1st home study visit
9/26/11: Assigned a home study social worker
10/8/11: 2nd home study visit
10/22/11: 3rd home study visit
11/8/11: Final home study visit
12/8/11: Home study approved
12/22/11: I600 received at processing center
1/26/11: Biometrics appointment
2/4/12: I-171H Provisional Approval