Category Archives: Frank -I love that…”fight to the finish”…that is how the Message version of the Bible titles the second paragraph of Ephesians 6. One thing that used to really freak me out before I was a believer and in my first days as a believer was reading anything about the devil or spiritual warfare. Didn’t get it…the […]  Today was a very happy day in Frank’s life…and IMO–a sad one in mine! My baby boy turned TWO! UGH. That just sounds like a toddler and not a baby. I sure have enjoyed saying “I have two one-year-olds”…so today that changed and our sweet little man turned TWO! We kept it simple. VERY simple. […] OK my mom’s been making those sausage balls for years but the dip is new to me!! YUM! So doing that next time!! Happy birthday Frank! Happy Birthday, Frank!!! Looks like it was a super fun morning!! Those sausage balls look yummy and sound so easy to make. What temp. do you bake at? Happy Birthday Frank!!!! Our little boys are SOOO very close in age!! Looks like a very fun birthday…and YES his serious face makes me LAUGH so hard! What a cutie. Looks like you had an awesome time! happy b-day Frank! 🙂 Love Thomas the Train! LOVE the Thomas the Tank Engine favor bags…. ah yes, and where does one get creole mustard? Including the TEMP WOULD have been nice!! sorry!!! Bake it at 350 degrees!!! And creole mustard??? You can buy that at any old grocery store! I am coming up for air and trying to catch up on my friends in blog land. I have missed you! :o) Happy Birthday Frankie- LOVE your cake 🙂 and the dishes to go with it!!! YUMMY!!!! Happy Adoption Month! I’ve loved following your adoption story! I just wanted to let you know that I linked to your story today on my blog. My husband and I are living in Zambia (Lusaka, a few hours south of Ndola) and I am off to comment on the six seeds article! 🙂  SO…you’ve got the people who don’t do Halloween at all. Then you’ve got the people who go crazy with the scarey stuff. And then you’ve got the people who just aren’t right…who have a little too much fun with family themes…and have a little too much fun with role play. Um…ya think we fall into […] Too funny love it OK definitely tooo cute!!! Happy Birthday Frankie!!!!! 🙂 Everyone looks GREAT! Hope the evening was a BLAST for all of you! I was disappointed to read that the storm trooper was only part of the wallpaper. I thought for sure YOU had gone all out in full storm trooper gear! 😉 Look forward to enjoying more pics! HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I LOVE IT!!! you guys are great! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANKIE! I’ll have to post some pics with me in them later Staci! Don’t you worry…I was Boba Fett and I had the helmet that talks…metalic silver pants…I couldn’t wear the helmet though for most of the night b/c ITY didn’t like it! Love it! We love Star Wars and I love the whole family idea. We were toying with next year being a Napoleon Dynamite family, we’ll see! love it!! you rocked the star wars theme. the force was definitely with you. p.s. i’m lovin’ the agci calendar cover! This is too cute and we are Star Wars fans… Love it! Pop on over to our new fundraising blog, onelessbrokenheart.blogspot.com We’d love help getting the word out. This give away will benefit not only us, but the Young family too. They’ve had their dossier in Ethiopia for 5 months now. Blessings, Hahahaha!!! Oh my gosh, GREAT picture! Thanks for sharing! I love it. Really put a smile on my face. Blessings!  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!  Okay…so Friday night we had LOTS of families over to our house…our sweet African Adoption families…I LOOOOVE these girls!!! Melissa is one of my dearest friends (far left) and they are waiting as patiently as they can for court dates for their PRECIOUS son, Charles Tucker, in Uganda. (She got her referral BEFORE we traveled […] Wow!! TOTAL God moment, LOVE it! found you through Emily A’s blog roll. Loved your post and even those of your sweet friends. Particularly loved the Korah story. I love seeing His fingerprints. He is in the details-something we saw countless times in our adoption. Don’t you just love watching God work! Thanks for sharing such a great story…and all of the cute pics of the family, of course! i’m loving all the pics from the fellowship and the soccer game!!! and what an AMAZING Korah story! God is GOOD!!!! That Korah story… wow!!! I LOVE how God cares about the small things too. 🙂 Andrea! I am SO EXCITED that the kits are on their way! I will have to let all my “Panty Party” girls know our panties are on their way over the ocean!!! I REALLY want to be able to come to the retreat however I am curious about the cost? Could you get bk with me on the cost or is it on the registration page, I will ck there now! Thanks! bobi You go to Crawford’s church?? We’re at his son’s church in Memphis!! Small world 🙂 […] last Sunday when God worked out the details for me to run into someone who lives in Nashville who volunteers for Korah…in my little ole town in Georgia? WELL…here is my new precious friend Danielle feeding […] |
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Beautiful. The writing, the photos, Frank’s kiss, the babies, the momma’s … all of it is just beautiful!! Praising God for YOU!
So true! My life used to be so safe and comfy… but I felt like something was missing. When I stepped out and started trusting my Lord, my life became healed and exciting to live. My world is so chaotic right now but all I feel is HIS peace!
Great words Andrea, those scriptures have helped me through time and again when I have faced various trials. I agree with what you wrote and i just loved the pics like always!
I was just talking to someone last night about what a spiritual battle adoption and orphan care seem to be. I have never experienced the like. You worded both sides so well – both the messy work of satan and the overwhelming love and grace and victory that comes from the Lord. Thanks for going there and talking about the unseen. Praying for you in the midst of thei fight.
lifting you all up today. THanks for the reminder and encouragement – needed that!
WHAT an encouragement it was to spend time with you and your family last weekend! Even though your voice only lasted for five minutes 🙂 your lives have ministered to us a great deal!
You are always such an encouragement just when I need it. 🙂 So happy to see your family so full! ♥ 17 months of praying & waiting. I needed Galatians today. Thank you!