Category Archives: Day in the Life Ok…so I needed just about 4 days to recover from the weekend and the 5 months of planning…and this momma is READY TO GO!!! I am SO, SO, SO thankful for the life the Lord has blessed me with–and how He has opened my eyes to SEE. I love my “new normal”. That is perfectly […]  SO…the countdown is on people–it’s on like Donkey Kong. And I am SO stinkin’ excited to meet 257 of my soon-to-be new VBFFs this weekend! Ok…truly its 250 new VBFFs…BUT if you count the audio people (who get the pleasure of having me ask questions EVERY day) and Karl our resort planner (who thinks April, […] wow, that might be the sweetest gift EVER!! wow..so thoughtful, kj great post. love the pics. my isaac LOVES our dog too!how sweet of her to send those gifts to you and your children! I LOVED the chalkboard story and now im really wishing we had an IKEA near us! I would have loved to join you girls this year but it didnt work out. I hope you all have a WONDERFUL time and if this ever happens again I will try hard to be there! What amazing friends God has put into your life! A true blessing from Him! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear all about the retreat! Okay….i definitely needed that this morning!!! Don’t you just love ikea??? We have the same pillow;). Oh, and the poem…you had me crying before 7!!! So praying that we have a picture to show you on friday Please pray we can make it to the airport on Friday…we’ve got about 3/4 inch of ice and expected to get 20 inches of snow on top of it today…….I NEED to get to GA on Friday to be with you all!!! Oh sweet Andrea, it was just something little. You pour into all of us out here in bloggy land…just wanted something to let you know we care and value you, your heart, your realness and your love for God! I have learned so much through you and your encouragement has been incredible! I am so glad that you loved “He giveth more grace” My Nanna use to sing this old hymn growing up…she was such a godly woman who loved with everything she had! So. special. for. me. that you are using this at the retreat cause you know my HEART will be there and will be praying for all my fellow adopting mommas! Can’t wait to hear all about it…I want DETAILS!!! xoxo Caytie God is going to do some amazing things at the retreat…can’t wait to hear about it:) What a precious gift from Caytie! And I have to tell you I got our Seeds CD in the mail yesterday…we are obsessed with it! Gotta blog about it today and send people over here to get the coupon code! We heart Seeds!!! I REALLY want to be insanely jealous- ok so I am…..due to our ‘big announcement’ that is coming out Saturday- I knew I couldn’t come to the retreat. So I will deal with it, but I am still jealous!!!! PRAYING for all the AWESOME WOMEN that will be there and be refreshed for GOD! Loving all the many countless hours you have put in over a LOOONNNGGG time to do this. LOVE seeing the many Blessings the Lord is pouring over your sweet spirit! NOW just so you know being camp directors for 11 years- I GET how much work goes into what you are doing. On top of your Wiphan work, and being a mommy! So know that we have been and will continue to pray for this to be AMAZING OUTPOURING OF GOD!!! BLESSINGS on this very special weekend…..and hoping and praying that one day- I can actually meet you for real to just give you and your sweet family a hug 🙂 your posts always encourage me. though this one kind of depressed me since i don’t have an ikea. that pillow is awesome. 🙂 love your creativity! 1. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! Fun! My buddy Erica will be there having fun for me! : ) Loved this post! Thanks mucho! Isn’t it amazing how God uses others to lift us up at exactly the right times? Praying for an amazing, relaxing, fun-filled, spirit-filled (pajama friendly) retreat for all!  Lately at our house…it’s been COLD and rainy…and the mister has been cozy in his pjs…AND SHADES too of course;) If you want ITY to be your new VBFF–you just give him a pair of shades…the only problem is…IS WHEN he decides to do other things with them… “Poor Rosie!” is now a common phrase […] Amen and Amen. I just LOVE the Lord ushering our hearts away to whisper into them… praying for you… can’t wait to see what God does next with your heart being so broken for Him. You are such a blessing. Praying for the retreat as well. Can’t wait to hear about all of it! Hoping it happens again and I have the blessing of being a part of it. Beautifully written! God is sooo amazing!!!! *love the pics too- too cute! I know that God is using you so much!! Keep trusting Him!!! Can’t wait for the retreat!!! First, wanted to say thank you for all that you allow God to do through you (and thank you for sharing it). 🙂 Secondly, Toben (almost 3) caught a glance of the glasses on Rosie and thought it was SO FUNNY! 🙂 See you soon! 🙂 Wow. I loved your post and I feel like God is teaching us much the same. We have put it all on the line for an adoption we know He has called us too, and I have to say, it has been hard and I will never be the same, but it is the BEST most BLESSED journey I have ever been on. I am so glad the Lord is teaching me and letting me be a part of this, I’m so glad I didn’t say NO and missed this. I NEVER want to miss what God has for me because I think it is too hard or too risky. He is sooo faithful when we step out in faith to meet us with His mighty Grace!! You can watch this and see our 2 min video about our journey this far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eeoGYyvhvs  SOO…if you have been reading my blog for a year now–then you will remember the VALENTINE BLESSING COOKIES! Now, I see no need to try and reinvent the wheel when we got so much sweetness out of it last year!!! SO, I’m reposting the instructions for what we do for Valentine’s! I’m posting this NOW–because […] How fun! I’ve gotta give that a try! your so crafty andrea…inspires me! ;0) I want to do these things when Isaac gets older and when hopefully we have more children running around, Lord willing! ;0) I’ve got our fortune cookies ready and waiting! Looking forward to pulling them out again this year. 🙂 You’re the coolest mom, EVER!! Can I be your kid? 😉 You know I’m working on them – almost done! 🙂 As for the Lent tree, thanks for getting back to me but I’m still a bit overwhelmed where to begin to look in a store as big as Walmart without spending 4 hours there! 🙂 ha! And as much as I would LOVE to do this with my kids, I don’t know where the 4 hours to find everything would come from! 🙂 Maybe you can give us some clues in a future blog post? 😉 😉 Can we move in next door when we repatriate?! iwe do a jesse tree at christmas, same idea as this lent tree, LOVE IT. i am now opening all my christmas boxes to dig out ones that will match up. i would love to see yours for some ideas on the ones i dont have. so would you please post pictures (with all your extra time) or you ornaments. thanks Thanks for re-posting this. I sent a set to my husband in Afghanistan last year, thankfully he is home this Valentine’s! I also just saved the ones for my kids so I could use them as long a possible. Thanks for reminding me to dig them out, quickly! Hey friend! I made them!!! And I love them!!!!! Check it out if you want to… Hi Andrea! Love the “fortune cookie” craft idea. It is very safe to say that mine were just a little “off.” 🙂 I blogged about it if you are up for a laugh. 🙂  SOOO…here is a little sneak peak into life here the last few days… FRANK is going through a SERIOUSLY quirky phase of soccer shirts. He is wearing them EVERY day…some times 5 at a time–and all way too big for him because they belong to Parker. On Wednesday, Frank insisted (I’m talking about FIT insisted!) […] That last pic and your comment about it cracked me up. Love seeing the pictures of your kids– clear to me how much they love one another. My girls are 15 months apart in age, and I LOVE it. It is hard sometimes, but I wouldn’t trade it. Love the pictures of your precious kiddos!!! And I am laughing at the little bitty shirt!! TOO FUNNY!! 🙂 I am cracking up at the big shirt and little shirt…too funny! Okay, laughing out loud at the shirt! That is why my husband doesn’t even want me to do his laundry! 🙂 He does his own cuz I don’t do all the “right steps” and fold it correctily (is it pockets out or in…hmm…can’t remember…ha). Cracks me up! Blessings, Jenny oh friend i LOVE your pictures you take! so precious and capture the moment perfectly! My Isaac’s feet do that too in the chair…so adorable! I am hysterically laughing at the last pic! I never mastered laundry either. I just picked back up on your blog recently and I am so thrilled for you that you have baby I home and that your family has so beautifully welcomed him into your lives. What a true blessing! xo hilarious…love the shirt on hubby 🙂 kj oh your description of why you needed a #4 is so tugging at my heart… but on a lighter note, love that your hubby is such a good sport letting you take a pic of him for th eblog! HA! 🙂 And Frank going to preschool like that. So cute! Oh my dear! Whooo hoooo! That’s awesome! What a trooper. Great post! He he he he- love the pics 🙂 Don’t worry laundry is not my strong point either…in fact Jason does it otherwise- not sure what we would wear around here 🙂 Oh my, how precious 🙂 my last 3 girls (we have 5) are each 11mo. a part, love-love-love having them close in age!!!… and tell the hubby that he rocks that shirt. (hahahahah).. 🙂 Haha! Frank is precious! And it could be worse than soccer shirts, my brother had a friend that wore his batman costume for a solid year when they were 4, to school, birthday parties, everywhere. Your pictures are precious as always. Got my t-shirt in the mail yesterday! whoo-hoo! 🙂 Oh that is SO funny Andrea! Our Piper needs a number 4, too and we CANNOT wait for her to have her sister:) I love your blog and your photography! I have an award for you on my blog. Come and get it! Martie |
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Andrea- I love the Valentine’s Day cards and I love your bangs! Good job with all!!
Christie
You didn’t tell me you cut your bangs yourself! They look great! I haven’t done that since I was 4 and it didn’t work out so well for me that time….
Kylie has been carrying Frank’s Valentine picture around all morning….she even put “him” in a chair next to her during breakfast!!! Not gonna lie, you would make a REALLY cool MIL 🙂
Oh, and LOVE the bangs!! I may start coming to you house for haircuts!!
Andrea- you totally crack me up! Love your kiddos they are soo cute! Love your bag too 🙂
Can’t wait to hear your funny 🙂
girl… thanks for the shout out… me… you… Zambia… ITS ON!!!!
AND, the bangs are actually impressive… quite cute! nice job…. love you girl…
Hi Andrea. Been reading your blog for a while now but haven’t commented yet. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for not being content to just stay where God had you. Thank you for being willing to step out in faith and adopt and share about the good and the hard and to be a voice through your blog for orphans everywhere. God has used you to help me get a clearer vision of what adoption is about and strengthened my faith that God’s grace will be sufficient no matter what along the adoption process that we’re in. I really think the Lord must be so pleased with how you are seeking to be His hands and feet. Thanks for being His instrument of grace!