Author Archives: admin Oh…my favorite season!!! I can hardly stand it!!! SO…on my last trip to Walmart–I snatched up 4 long sleeved t-shirts in Fall colors (just $3.50 each!) + a packet of “Heat-n-bond”. Seriously–if you have never played with “heat-n-bond” you have to pick a packet of it up on your next trip to Walmart (and Hobby […]  I’m always amazed at how our God provides…how He always works out the details… really…you won’t believe how HE has been the one planning the adoption momma retreat (Created to Care Women’s Retreat)…call me crazy–but I truly believe that He is the one who called the 200 women to join us…each one He has orchestrated […] I am so excited about the Created to Care Retreat! I keep asking February to hurry up!!! And your pictures are adorable, I love that Parker is holding Isaac’s popsicle, what a precious big brother! Aw, what a happy post. Made me all warm and fuzzy. Is the song really on here? I’d love to hear. 🙂 Excited about the retreat. Asher—it should be! Turn the volume up on your computer and see if you still can’t hear it…it is working on both of my computers…so it should be working:) Yeah, did last time and it wasn’t working-but came back a few hours later and now its working! 🙂 too cute…love the shirts, kj Love the song! Hearing how God is orchestrating all the details gets me even more pumped up to come! Jenny […] is trying to teach me…that the broken need healing…and each of us matter deeply to Him (remember the little bird outside OfficeMax?) OR do you remember the bird that was waiting for us out side the pulmonologist that […] […] a bird cage, nursing him back to health and then letting him go when he was healed. IT was AMAZING. You can read about it and see the pictures here ]. Thanks to Princess Tiger (our last rescue bird) we had everything we needed. But…it […] Wiphan’s greatest need is to raise up monthly sponsors for our children. We are busy getting a few little ones ready to be added to our database. While we have 450 kids in our program, we have under 100 sponsored on the site—BUT we are working steadily to add new kiddos to our site needing […]  FIRST–I’ve been totally MIA due to retreat craziness!!! We thought we’d have this really fun retreat for 50 mommies…and it’s turned to almost 200…so after a few last minute folks slide in to keep it under 200…we’ll start a waitlist. We want to keep the number lower (although 200 is big!) so we can really […] I totally just DID laugh! :)) I laughed and had a flashback to 6th grade i am in LOVE with your bird. the name is precious! how cool that you turned down the fast and furious movie. i would have trouble turning down fame in any form. lylas, I’ve had a couple of little wild birds. One was found in a parking garage at a mall, with no feathers yet. I thought he would die, but put him on tissues or something in my car so he wouldn’t get squished or die on the concrete. Just in case, we bought formula at the pet store in the mall, and…weeks later, we had a happy, healthy sparrow on our hands. As he got bigger, we took him outside for feedings and free time, and he gradually started to fly a bit. Then would fly off for a while, then he eventually decided he was independent enough to stay out on his own. Same thing with a little robin our family rescued once (and he stuck around that summer to sing & let us know he was ok, after he moved out to the trees). Hope all goes well! Okay, Andrea, your life is officially way more exciting than mine. And you officially have way more integrity than me regarding putting ITY in that movie! That was some great laughs Andrea, thank you for sharing your crazy with us! You absolutely MUST find the Andy Griffith episode where Opie … (well you’ll just have to find that part out for yourself) and he raises the 3 orphaned baby birds, naming them Winkin, Blinkin and Nod. If memory serves, after Opie is pursueded that the birds need to be set free and the deed is done, he says something like, “Paw, that cage seems mighty empty.” and Andy responds with something like, “Yep! But don’t the trees seem mighty full?” BTW,I’m no bird expert but my money is on Princess Tiger being a male. 😉 yes, laughed at lylas…but you HAD to have auditioned for the part, right?? where are you going for these movie auditions..or do you send in a pic?? I want LL in movies…Imean, come on..i could give the $ away to people adopting 🙂 too funny…cute post, kj YES! I sent in a picture—didn’t audition…but I just chickened out when we actually got picked!!! Am I the only one who doesn’t know what “lylas” means? Maybe I’m not from the right generation (I’m 43). Please someone fill me in on the inside joke! LOVE your blog. I stalk your blog regularly, I admit it (I live in Marietta and like to see the places and events that you talk about that I recognize, that’s kinda fun! – not to mention your AMAZING photos)…but I HAD to de-lurk today to ask this question. I realize that you have many, many readers here, not to mention an international presence through Wiphan, etc…but my goodness…what a presence you must have if a casting director was aware of your precious ITY! Perhaps his story is more far-reaching than you knew? (I’m sure there might be a far more boring, mundane explanation…perhaps Frank’s previous acting experience, etc…but I’m choosing to believe otherwise!) What a lovely family you have! I always enjoy your uplifitng words and encouraging spirit! Blessings, Your life is insane Andrea. I love the you somehow fine the time to organize a retreat for 200 women…yet still have the patience in your heart to let your kids love on a baby bird. Truly amazing. I’m feeling inspired…as I always do after I read your blog. 🙂 I’m sad I won’t be able to do the retreat this year but hopefully there will be another one next year and I would LOVE to attend! What an awesome idea .. I tried to make it work:( LYLAS made me smile… and so did this great post!!! I cannot believe there will be 200 women at the retreat, how awesome!!! Now February just get here faster!!!! On my way to my OBGYN tomorrow for a letter requested from AGCI to accompany our application!!! Hope to have it all in to AGCI next week!!!!! AAHHHHH!!!! This is really starting to happen!!!! I am both scared and completely excited!!!! (: So wish I could attend the retreat that I keep hearing so much about. We’ll be probably traveling again in January to bring our daughter home! Amazing the need for such a weekend!!! I’d love to help plan one up around the Ohio area, except that would mean that I wouldn’t get to meet all of you next year! We’ll see when that time rolls around. Praying that all the plans come together as I know God has his hand on this weekend!!!!!! We are back from Fall Break in Borneo and I am obviously way behind the latest news in blog world. I think it is a good thing that I missed the original conference post and that it filled up quickly. Cause I would have been really upset about missing the chance to hang out with you! Ya know … cause I LYLAS and all! Just posted a registration update on the retreat blog! Wow! If you have not yet paid for the retreat ($100 registration fee) you are half way there! SO…be sure to pay your registration fee if you did not when you registered!!! If you are mailing in your check–please email me for details on how to […] This is amazing! My girlfriend and I wish SO much that we could come with our little ones, but I’ll be getting my Ethiopian beauties in the next few months so it’s not doable this year. HOWEVER, my girlfriend and I have already talked about hosting it in gorgeous SoCal next year, if this one is a hit. We have great connections and who wouldn’t want to come to SoCal in the middle of winter!?!? If you’re interested in this, let’s talk. We have a great adoption network out here – and growing weekly! – especially Ethiopian adoptions. 🙂 What type of bird is it? You can typically tells by the way it is colored. Males are typically the pretty ones:) That’s my two bits on birds:) |
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im still up…oh, too cute…my nausia won’t let me sleep 🙂 but it didn’t stop me from going to teh pumpkin patch today….i’ll post pics of that tomorrow 🙂 love me some pumpkins…and i need you to live next door for the zig zag thing on the shirts, kj
Too cute!! =) Gotta love Walmart shirts 😉
wow! you are good to get all of your kiddos smiling at one time, beautiful pictures as always!! 🙂
SERIOUSLY…look at that belly!!! He and Frankie-baby wear the same shirt b/c of that round thing!
I’m lovin’ your daughter’s boots! Where did you find them?
I love me some heat and bond!! I call the zigzag over an applique “poor woman’s embroidery.” Ha! Your pictures are gorgeous. Love the fall colored leaves on the ground (not something we get here in AZ)
Girl, give us your secrets…how do you do all that you do? I guess God has truly blessed you with great time management and a lot of energy! 🙂 I can barely get mine all dressed and out the door…much less whip up some cute matching appliqued pumpkin shirts! So cute!!! I am just amazed…Oh, and CG loves her boots! 🙂
Adding Heat and Bond to my Walmart list right now! So cute!!!