Saturday, March 30, 2024

Florida Bound for Jacob

We are headed to the Paley Institute in West Palm Beach for more treatment for Jacob.  This time we will be driving and staying an entire month.  It was difficult and extremely expensive flying back and forth with rental cars and such.  We are hoping this is a better option for everyone.  I do have to say it was really difficult driving away from home yesterday…my mama heart is torn knowing we will be away for so long!

The car was loaded Thursday night in the rain preparing for us to head out on the first day of driving to Florida with this crew!  We dropped Kiara off with Jess (sorry Kiara, with all of the hubbub of being lost, eating lunch and getting your things transferred to Jess’s work trailer—I neglected to get a photo.)  We made it to Hotel Lowman (thanks Oma and Suzy) around 7:30 pm in Delaware.  We all crashed early with the hopes of getting started early in the morning for the push through to where we stay in Stuart.


 This was a quick stop in NY where I snapped this photo!


We covet your prayers today as we journey.  There are many things before us in the coming weeks.  The Lord has met us each step of the way and has built some amazing connections in the adoption community as well as the community we stay with in Stuart. We pray that as we travel, we will be bold to share our story so that God gets the Glory!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Celebrating 7 Years at Home!


Seven years and it feels like we blinked!  These are some fun photos from our trip to China 7 years ago to bring home Sara and Jacob.  We have been looking a photos and talking about memories around the table in the evenings.  It has been sweet!

This photo was taken at a local Cracker Barrell where we found ourselves celebrating our favorite things at the time.  This was our first official meal as a family together.  Oh, how sweet it is!  



 

Sara turns 21!


It is always great to celebrate our kids!  Sara recently celebrated her 21st birthday!  She has had quite the year and we are proud of all that she does. 


 We had a fun night with great food and family around the table.  It is the sweet things in life that are so beautiful!  Happy Birthday Sara!

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Happy Birthday Devon!

                Look who is 13!  Happy Birthday Devon! 

                        He is trying to look 'grown up!'


 We had a fun evening of laughs, celebration and fun celebrating Devon!  He personally invited the Winslow Gang over for a night of sweet fellowship.  What a great evening!