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I love it when ordinary people like you and me do amazing things.  My friend Jamie  from TX and her husband Aaron are about to begin another adventure.  They will be hosting Fedna a 3 year old little girl from Haiti here in the states so that she can get life saving surgery.  They will care for…

Simplicity – So that is my word for this new year and yet why is it that everything right now seems to extremely complicated and not simple?  From family to friendships to time management to work to our adoption process.  It seems that I have picked a word that is in utter contrast to my…

18 days till I get to spend some time with this little guy.  I CAN”T WAIT! These pictures were taken TODAY by Jess.  Thanks Jess!

Weddings are a lot of things… Major planning, lots of stress, more planning, the mixing of families and extended families that do or do not know each other, making sure there are times of intentional meaning to things…  Lots of guys and girls mixing and then at the end of everything you wonder what happened…

I am EXHAUSTED.  Dan, Dave’s brother is getting married tomorrow and we were gone all day with festivities and then tonight was our families time to host the rehearsal dinner.  It was a great time honoring them.  We had an open mike and Emma unannounced to us, got out of her seat and took the…

Dave and I have embarked on a new year… A new year brings lots of new things to everyone…  So what am I anticipating for this new year?  I think I have narrowed it down to one word….. Simplicity. So what do I mean by that?  Well here are some thoughts.. I want to simplify…

Recalling Top 10 Events for 2008 in no particular order….. Celebrating our 10 year anniversary with Dave and Friends Finally getting to go back to Haiti after all these years Our family starting our journey of adoption  Emma starting Kindergarten Izzie learning to Walk, talk and be sassy. Twilight (the whole series) Yup, it got me. …

 It’s Tuesday and we are already in for a busy week. Today I’ve got to think about my list that captures 2008. Look for that tomorrow.  We are heading to Charleston today to spend New Years with our friends. It’s a tradition we’ve carried over the past years.  Can’t wait to finally get the car…

Recent Picture of Frankie…… With New Years coming up in just a few days I’ve already started to bullet the list of things I’ve been thankful for this year.  And today I’m thankful for Heartline Ministries.  They run Maranatha Children’s Home and that is where our son Frankie lives until he comes home to the…

Wow, that picture is a bit scary… but behind these eyes is a person.  Just an ordinary plain person.  A person who is aging.  A person who is seeing life pass her by way too quickly… Wife of 11 years Mother of two girls, 6 and 2 and one son almost 2 who lives in Haiti Part time…