tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61193400015819810222024-03-18T19:44:23.418-07:00walking in lovewalking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-56726817087864499962013-06-12T16:19:00.001-07:002013-06-12T16:19:12.648-07:00BIG news!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHEhHr2_x9lNyikbWrV2B5t7mj_VEX8pfJ5b_yx82DijI6dyahoy9_B2fSjhFMY6SNwK3Ygma4TUuALozMNleIfR5u7ctl6JP7O76Jc2bq5MM32mMqBL3n96MI02ft7X57N4o2Egrui0/s640/blogger-image--441170604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHEhHr2_x9lNyikbWrV2B5t7mj_VEX8pfJ5b_yx82DijI6dyahoy9_B2fSjhFMY6SNwK3Ygma4TUuALozMNleIfR5u7ctl6JP7O76Jc2bq5MM32mMqBL3n96MI02ft7X57N4o2Egrui0/s640/blogger-image--441170604.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Within the next few weeks we will be bringing home our 2yr old son and 3yr old daughter! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to all of you for being prayer warriors with us during this journey. We will continue to covet your prayers as we begin to transition our babies into our family. Thanks for all your prayers, love and support. And thank you in advance for loving us as we cocoon with our babies over the next few months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Much love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Bromleys</div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-70797002312394431532013-02-25T17:04:00.001-08:002013-02-25T17:04:45.949-08:00SpringtimeA little springtime lovin' for ya... <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-1ATMzPwVUzy2neq3KiwMmWN7sTnfJN25-RtBnoz_YRjEzW8rX7mJGr2deu_oS7JX4zXfdXSzs2vcoLYF7QIoT2c7moTZ84gZyACTbFFq6AzOgntXzMCafx4vsCEyimNIu_OpLFUhHU/s640/blogger-image-1885749081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-1ATMzPwVUzy2neq3KiwMmWN7sTnfJN25-RtBnoz_YRjEzW8rX7mJGr2deu_oS7JX4zXfdXSzs2vcoLYF7QIoT2c7moTZ84gZyACTbFFq6AzOgntXzMCafx4vsCEyimNIu_OpLFUhHU/s640/blogger-image-1885749081.jpg" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-69391814306935212272013-02-23T19:06:00.001-08:002013-02-23T19:06:54.331-08:00A little...... Chocolate and earl grey does a body good. Yes indeedy! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRUOMiUIe6mKhbm0FrKSjwg8pzb8iiZPZVe2a9z0SMaJgBxT4awut-hub1SgW7-p9mz9hoo6Xi_g36mPK3fX6Mxhl-ICBGgnCvOzDpRjufKPvPxApWmf4nwZIOriBt3GDUwQ8UbW-H0Y/s640/blogger-image--1680055243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRUOMiUIe6mKhbm0FrKSjwg8pzb8iiZPZVe2a9z0SMaJgBxT4awut-hub1SgW7-p9mz9hoo6Xi_g36mPK3fX6Mxhl-ICBGgnCvOzDpRjufKPvPxApWmf4nwZIOriBt3GDUwQ8UbW-H0Y/s640/blogger-image--1680055243.jpg" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-4114318025339474632013-02-20T11:25:00.001-08:002013-02-20T11:25:32.963-08:00A bit of gratitudeThis week has been heavy so far so I'm thinking that it would be good for my soul to ponder the goodness of the The Father in my life. Just a bit of gratitude...<br />
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-A delicious breakfast with yummy golden yellow eggs yolks. Thankful that God lets me have taste buds to delight in flavours. <br />
- Godly grief that leads to repentance. It's messy and painful. And it makes me oh so thankful for Jesus dieing on the cross in my place. Thank you Jesus. <br />
- Phone chats of home, cooking, and Jesus with my Grandma who lives in Oregon. What a gift from the Father to have a friendship with my grandma. What a gift from the Father to have a grandma who loves Jesus. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW1YWSBPsAkDQa95qJMTz8pFr5SvlLpX0ssQp54aoCE_Te0czV9hHylrS_6ftHOA8-d13yurLSy7PLNuwmQlOa7DAwo-RH1zxGAiKE7zDv29i0sWdwQB5uF-eCMM7vC6AJdMhHshnUL8/s640/blogger-image--786261380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsW1YWSBPsAkDQa95qJMTz8pFr5SvlLpX0ssQp54aoCE_Te0czV9hHylrS_6ftHOA8-d13yurLSy7PLNuwmQlOa7DAwo-RH1zxGAiKE7zDv29i0sWdwQB5uF-eCMM7vC6AJdMhHshnUL8/s640/blogger-image--786261380.jpg" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-85392423918931181832013-02-13T10:31:00.001-08:002013-02-13T10:32:16.725-08:00A bit of new-ish news...Yes. I'm still alive. <br />
We have had a small bit of new news with our adoption journey so I thought I'd take a quick moment to share. <br />
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The Uganda program at our agency is taking a bit longer to get going than they had originally thought. Because of that we have decided to stay with the Uganda program but also to start pursuing fos-adopt, and birth relinquishment simultaneously. Whichever program refers a baby/ies to us first, then the other two programs will become void at that point. <br />
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Did you notice that I said baby/ies? When we started pursuing our Ugandan adoption we said that we were willing to take twins. However, twins are not very commonly up for adoption in Uganda. With fos-adopt you have a higher chance of getting a younger baby if you are willing to take siblings (ex: a 1 year old baby and 3 year old sibling). So... We are willing! We are willing to accept whomever and however many God will give us! <br />
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Anyway, that's my short update. Will you please continue to pray for us as we continue this crazy journey of bringing our baby/ies home? <br />
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We are still here... waiting for word about our baby girl. The waiting is getting old now... there is angst that comes with this sort of waiting. I think about baby girl so often. But...<br />
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"I will hope continually and will praise You yet more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge." Psalm 71: 14-15<br />
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"I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! Wait for the LORD; be strong and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!" Psalm 27:13-14<br />
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The verses above have been balm for my soul when I get weary in the waiting.<br />
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Praising Jesus that His timing is perfect. Praising Him that He is always working things out for my good AND His glory- at the same time! Those two things do not work against each other. Its always my good and His glory, because of that I can hope! Thats where I have to ground my thoughts, otherwise I'd go crazy thinking that God was a cosmic kill-joy, instead of the loving gracious Father that He is.<br />
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I praise God for this waiting period! I praise Him for the love that He has been stirring up in my heart for Ruby. I praise Him for the longing He has put in my heart to embrace my daughter and just... be. I praise Him that He loves her more than I do, and is taking care of her as I type this. Glory be to God!<br />
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The above photo is a glimpse of some of the things we have been putting together for Rubys room. Its so fun getting her room ready. Sometimes I sit in the rocking chair in her room, having precious moments with Jesus... I just dream about Ruby and pray for her. I so look forward all the precious moments that I will have rocking her in the chair once she is finally home!<br />
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My dear friend and Neighbor had her baby roughly a month ago and below is a photo that I took of her and her daughter. Makes me cry everytime I see it.<br />
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I was so honored to be able to take belly photographs of her every month during her pregnancy and also come visit her baby in the NICU once she was born. For a few months before my friend got pregnant, we began praying that God would make that happen. Obviously God answered our prayers, and now their daughter is here! She is answered prayer right before our eyes! Glory be to God! Our God is faithful and full of goodness. His timing is perfect. Always.walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-6526941408962273112012-06-06T20:48:00.000-07:002012-06-06T20:48:43.622-07:00Yard sale for adoption numero dos!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had another yard sale to help us raise money to bring Ruby home! It was another success- praise God! During the two days of our sale, God provided $4300.00! Between both yard sales that we've had the total money we made was around $10,000.00! We are so amazed at how generous people are, and so thankful for God's goodness and provision. </div>
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In other news, we have been working on Ruby's nursery. Above is just a glimpse of a few details. We ordered her crib the other day and it will be delivered in July. I can't wait! I'll post more pics once it has all come together! </div>
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<br />walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-79028526461024069962012-05-14T21:42:00.000-07:002012-05-14T21:42:42.469-07:00We made the paper!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My husband and I made the paper this Mothers Day regarding our adoption. Go check it out! :-)</div>
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Just thought that I would POP by here to share with you this extremely easy recipe for homemade Pop-tarts! I don't know anyone who doesn't love Pop-tarts- they are classic! In fact one my friends said that Pop-tarts are her kryptonite! haha!</div>
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People are always impressed when you make something from scratch that is generally bought at the store in a box... they are even more impressed when the homemade goodies taste better than the store-bought-boxed-goodies. Pop-tarts are no exception to this rule! They are easy to make, the look cute, and are delicious... so please give them a try!</div>
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homemade jam: strawberry, blueberry or whatever you fancy</div>
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Stir salt into flour.</div>
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Cut shortening into flour till its pea size.</div>
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Place dough on a lightly floured surface and gently work it into a ball. Do not knead it! If you overwork pie crust dough it will not turn out! </div>
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Once the dough is chilled, place on a lightly floured surface and roll out into a rectangle or square shape. Next, using a pizza cutter or butter knife cut the dough into rectangles or squares. Make them double the size you want the actual Pop-tart to be. </div>
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After you've cut out the Pop-tart shapes put a tablespoon or so of jam on one side of the pop-tart. Fold the pop-tart in half. Next take a fork and crimp all the edges so that the jam won't ooze out while its baking. After you've crimped the edges take a toothpick and poke a bunch of holes in the top of the pop-tart. Place on an un-greased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remember that the baking time will depend on how big or small you made your pop-tarts. For the size mine were, 12 minutes was great!</div>
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While the pop-tarts are cooling, you can make the icing. This is so easy. Put about 1/4 cup of powdered sugar in a bowl and stir it with a whisk or fork to get the lumps out. Next add small amounts of water to the powdered sugar until you get it to the consistency you like. If its too think, add more water. If its too runny, then add more powdered sugar. Easy as that!</div>
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****helpful hint**** I had two different jams- homemade strawberry and store bought blueberry. I found that the strawberry jam tasted better but some of it ended up oozing out of the pop-tarts. I think this could have been helped if I had've added a little bit of cornstarch to the jam prior filling the pop-tart with it. The blueberry jam did not taste as good, but it was thicker than the strawberry so it did not ooze out. Anyway, do some experimenting and ENJOY! You can really mess these up! :-)</div>
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<br />walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-4143305836907385242012-03-24T19:59:00.001-07:002012-03-24T20:00:11.806-07:00True.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">―</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6649.Stephen_Colbert" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Stephen Colbert</a></span>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-3334758317194688402012-03-16T16:57:00.000-07:002012-03-16T16:57:22.211-07:00home visit and other stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSuQzX5ya5ArLEu7rVUkkEZMur8P334tj3o2dSdkGDCuZ9GYF8cvKLcuHR6EfGwe8DcJ_1HSIA8Jui1LoDue1Or4cGV2PIzh9mPIoFZHTouheALg1WTpQl5XGA-ylkfFb2-p0uG0i9Yw/s1600/IMG_0983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSuQzX5ya5ArLEu7rVUkkEZMur8P334tj3o2dSdkGDCuZ9GYF8cvKLcuHR6EfGwe8DcJ_1HSIA8Jui1LoDue1Or4cGV2PIzh9mPIoFZHTouheALg1WTpQl5XGA-ylkfFb2-p0uG0i9Yw/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Hi, I'm jess. I feel like its been a while since I've been here so I needed to introduce myself. haha!<br />
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Anyway, can't really say that we have been that busy with anything in particular... just been busy with life! But I just wanted to check in here and let you know what has been going on with our adoption process.<br />
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Yesterday, we had our home visit from our social worker Karen. Dave and I had been cleaning the house all week, trying to get things "just so". Karen arrived here yesterday at 2:30 PM and immediately asked to tour our home. At 2:35 we were sitting on the couch chatting and laughing. It was quick and painless! The only thing our home was lacking was a carbon monoxide detector... which is kinda funny because Dave is a fireman and is always telling people from 911 calls that they need to get one! haha!<br />
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While Karen was here she informed us of some wonderful news. But before I tell you, you need a little back ground information...<br />
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The baby homes that our agency works with in Uganda are not yet certified. Our agency told us to continue doing all of our paperwork to get our home study done and that hopefully by the time we were finished the baby houses would have the certification needed to start adopting babies to us. The certificates could make it to the baby houses anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years- it was really up in the air. We were just really trusting in the Lord that if He had really called us to adopt Ruby that He would indeed provide these certificates. Anyway, us and the other family that is adopting from Uganda are basically/almost finished with our home studies, so our agency decided that they needed to do whatever they could to try to help in getting the certificates to the baby houses. So here is where the good news comes in....<br />
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Our agency has hired a Lawyer in Uganda and he claims that he can get the certificates from the government and to the baby houses in 2 months! This is wonderful news! Here is why: in 2 months we will be done with all of our paperwork (immigration and our dossier to Uganda) and we will be waiting to receive a referral (a file and picture of our sweet baby girl, Ruby Grace)!!!! AND because we are the only agency that is working with this baby house there is no waiting list for children. The ONLY people on the list is Dave and I and another couple from our church. Our social worker told us that it doesn't sound like we will have to wait very long to go get our girl! We are so very excited!<br />
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Our agency just paid the Lawyer his first payment this week. So hopefully 2-3 months from this week we will have a picture of our daughter!<br />
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Would you join us in prayer over this whole situation?<br />
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Pray that God will get the certificates to the baby houses quickly.<br />
Pray that the Lawyer is honest and actually does what he has promised.<br />
Pray that Jesus will love, protect and nourish our daughter while we cannot.<br />
Pray that God will prepare our hearts to be loving parents.<br />
Pray that God would keep providing for us in the way of money to pay for all the adoption fees.<br />
Praise God for the love that He has placed in our hearts for our daughter that we do not even know yet... and pray that our love for her would continue to grow.<br />
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Thanks for your prayers and support.<br />
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Love to you all,<br />
jwalking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-87364309887322412602012-03-06T22:29:00.000-08:002012-03-06T22:29:04.875-08:00Lets make Kony famous!Dear friends,<br />
I humbly ask you to watch this video, and then PRAY! Pray for Jesus to bring peace to Uganda. Pray that Kony would be caught and brought to justice. Pray for the children who have been abducted. Pray for their families. And then, show this video to everyone you know. Lets make Kony famous, not to celebrate him but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. Thank you.<br />
love,<br />
jess<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="264" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37119711?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=d13030" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="470"></iframe>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-85749757421469679892012-02-15T05:06:00.000-08:002012-02-15T05:15:56.153-08:00Update: Adoption Yard SaleSo... remember how the last time I wrote, Dave and I were getting ready for our HUGE adoption yard sale? Well, it went fabulous and I wanted to just take a moment and give ya'll an update!<br />
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A few weeks ago we began collecting items to sell at the sale. Dave and I put a few of our own things in, but I would say that 99% of stuff was donated to us. Within a few weeks our entire garage was totally full of stuff. In fact, there was just a little pathway down the center of the garage. We were still accepting donations despite the garage being maxed out, so we started bringing stuff into the house. Our sunroom became full very quickly. Thursday (the day before the sale) we got even more donations and we had to put it in the living room! Our house was overflowing with yard sale items! It was awesome!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IxrljjcItaMlXFoILlQVZwM4DIJWYKy7Pb0SN_SvjqD6H7V5D8wjVgLML8WroaFZPyY-Czv2C7Pdl_kM_QZCT4wsXEtxY93KxK57mMKzOjXUWukDl3wWdkxIxWkCN2GbVsOhw7lxWIU/s1600/jess+and+pips.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IxrljjcItaMlXFoILlQVZwM4DIJWYKy7Pb0SN_SvjqD6H7V5D8wjVgLML8WroaFZPyY-Czv2C7Pdl_kM_QZCT4wsXEtxY93KxK57mMKzOjXUWukDl3wWdkxIxWkCN2GbVsOhw7lxWIU/s320/jess+and+pips.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heres Pips and I (along with Dave and Josh) making Yard Sale signs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIa-5l6VabHIREAIakmVlbrkrVdrlvXBBmesE-czJt09VLPEDgjX83VkbdQZHfafWaQXZpa26_YKMdYRc8z19mfNhzuzUevQRAVIUL_G5Rx3pdBsPtLAdPt7g6NW1t9QudPBziumLvjUU/s1600/bake+sale.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIa-5l6VabHIREAIakmVlbrkrVdrlvXBBmesE-czJt09VLPEDgjX83VkbdQZHfafWaQXZpa26_YKMdYRc8z19mfNhzuzUevQRAVIUL_G5Rx3pdBsPtLAdPt7g6NW1t9QudPBziumLvjUU/s320/bake+sale.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I forgot to mention that we also had a bake sale at the yard sale. Again, about 99% of the items were donated to us. And in this photo, this is only about half of all the baked goods that were donated. People were just SO generous to us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGsJxoCJ0dMK85OmVsDeyGRyRIYnazuoqU2JXipd1AktXNd5V2i4jMZIRsx6-a2GipLR79zF1qfDJvEHRw4x0MPEEYxnzmrrEqgqOkN5u9cu9BqsPy5XkRAoVJeZXXVfnGNrjF_D1iF8/s1600/yard+sale+view.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGsJxoCJ0dMK85OmVsDeyGRyRIYnazuoqU2JXipd1AktXNd5V2i4jMZIRsx6-a2GipLR79zF1qfDJvEHRw4x0MPEEYxnzmrrEqgqOkN5u9cu9BqsPy5XkRAoVJeZXXVfnGNrjF_D1iF8/s320/yard+sale+view.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a photo of the first morning (Friday) of the sale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_DK7UwhXZl06aKoB-J6eQdF3qGWWquzRilW08Ds7jMy-fkvv_iAgfpCVwmrK5bPuWD8YGU2WZAtI7pzmepc5PkJXFYz-OcDl2OZdk09Yv2PWopqc70o43G2AK2ph3NxV9y0hwU_Lx60/s1600/money.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_DK7UwhXZl06aKoB-J6eQdF3qGWWquzRilW08Ds7jMy-fkvv_iAgfpCVwmrK5bPuWD8YGU2WZAtI7pzmepc5PkJXFYz-OcDl2OZdk09Yv2PWopqc70o43G2AK2ph3NxV9y0hwU_Lx60/s320/money.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the money that God provided to help us bring Ruby home... don't worry, we haven't carried it around with us. In fact it got put in the bank immediately! The total from both days was $6100.00!!! We were just blown away at God's provision! How often do people make more than a couple hundred at a yard sale... not too often! Only the Lord could make $6100 happen! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This whole yard sale experience was such a blessing to us. We were so amazed at how generous people were to us. What was even more amazing to me is how we as Christians are apart of this HUGE family. We were so thankful to be apart of the church family at Redeemer Church, but it wasn't just people from our church that helped us. There were Christians from other churches that heard about our adoption of Ruby and wanted to help us. Some people that donated were friends of friends, and didn't really know us but wanted to help. Im so thankful that God reminded me that when He adopts us into His family, that we aren't just apart of His family that is at the church we attend... we are apart of this bigger family of Christians that is all around the world!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> These are just a few ways that people blessed us during the process..</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they donated garage sale items</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they donated baked goods</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-the came over and helped us sort through items as well as price them.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they donated money</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they came early in the morning and stayed late at the sale</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- they stopped by the sale to say hi and encourage us</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they bought stuff at the sale</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-they brought gifts for Ruby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These were some of the gifts that people gave us for Ruby. See the quilt at the top of the pic? My Aunt made it for Ruby! It will be so special when I get to wrap Ruby up in the beautiful quilt and tell her that her Great Aunt lovingly and prayerfully made it for her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dave and I really just want to say thank you to each of you. Thank you for your love, support and especially your prayers as we continue this wonderful crazy journey of adoption. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love to each of you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-91586152660526756552012-01-27T12:00:00.000-08:002012-01-27T12:02:38.564-08:00God's provision through strangersHello friends and family! I wanted to share with you a VERY cool thing that happened yesterday. Each time a repeat this story, I'm so overwhelmed by God's grace and love towards us. I hope you will praise God with me as you read about what happened...<br />
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Yesterday after lunch Dave and I decided to go for a walk in our neighborhood. The weather yesterday was beautiful and sunny, so we just couldn't resist! We decided that while we were talking we would place garage sale flyers on peoples doorsteps as a way to spread the word for the sale next weekend. We finished our walk and came home. Then, I had to teach piano for a few hours. Dave got called into work for a few hours, and so after I was done teaching piano I was home alone. The door bell rang. I answered the door to find a woman on my porch about the age of 40. I said "hello" to her and then she began to tell me "My name is "Sally" and I live around the corner from you. Did you place this flyer on my doorstep?" She then presents to me the flyer that we had indeed handed out. "Yes" I said. Sally then tells me that she was born in Uganda and grew up in the town called Jinja (which is close to where David and I will be when we go to Uganda to bring home our Ruby). Sally then handed me a plastic bag that was holding a huge box of butter... she explained that she had been to Costco to buy butter and accidently she bought the wrong kind. She noticed on our flyer that we were having a bake sale and didn't want the butter to go to waste so she thought that we might be able to use the butter in our baking. I just thought that this was the sweetest thing. I told her "thank you" and then began telling her a little bit about the adoption process. The conversation was rather quick because she seemed in a hurry. But before she walked away she handed me something and said "I can't be there for the garage sale, but I wanted to give you this to add to your funds." I opened my hand and unfolded a $100.00 bill! My heart welled up, and my immediate reflex was to give Sally a hug- and so I did! Sally responded by saying something to the extent of "You are so welcome! But, please if you see my husband and I outside sometime please do not tell him that I gave you any money. I don't think he'd be happy." And with that... she left. I came back inside just staring at the $100.00 and praising God for His providing for us through a complete stranger.<br />
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It has been so neat to see God use the body of Christ and also unbelievers to bless us in our adoption journey! We feel so loved by Jesus, and by each of you!<br />
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Thanks for being excited and praising God with us!<br />
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All is grace,<br />
jesswalking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-2069797033301329552012-01-23T12:21:00.000-08:002012-01-23T12:21:24.291-08:00Adoption Garage Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUYhm-Erw7-NB-MKQcyp2pD3SiAvr8nS4Wb91f_ZTBiIzP1Aizpi-2fHuztp1OecSwbbDX8F2QO5sdG2KGle2O_BRslgI8CapfQrhKT-hfm7qfdRgyZ2IVAQdUVsFXSHR49BdwArf7D0/s1600/Adoption+Garage+Sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUYhm-Erw7-NB-MKQcyp2pD3SiAvr8nS4Wb91f_ZTBiIzP1Aizpi-2fHuztp1OecSwbbDX8F2QO5sdG2KGle2O_BRslgI8CapfQrhKT-hfm7qfdRgyZ2IVAQdUVsFXSHR49BdwArf7D0/s640/Adoption+Garage+Sale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-86158547606531336482012-01-05T20:56:00.000-08:002012-01-05T20:58:20.526-08:00adoption update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="uc" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; line-height: 15px;">A little bit of an update for ya.... we are almost done with the hardest part of the paperwork. We still have to go get physicals done, but then after that things should really get going. We have 2 adoption classes left to take, and also at some point they will assign us a social worker. I just really want things to get going so we can bring our baby girl home quickly! :-)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555555; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; line-height: 15px;">Dave and I will be putting on a garage sale (early Feb... probably the 3 &4) to help raise funds to bring home our daughter from Uganda. We could use your help… If any of you have stuff that you’d like to donate to help us, please send me an email or comment on this post. If you have heavier items that you’d like to donate but you do not have a truck, please let me know and we can come and pick it up. We will also be doing a bake sale at the garage sale, so if any of you do not have stuff that you could donate to the garage sale, but you enjoy baking we'd love you to donate baked goods for us to sell! </span><br />
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</div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-73168315871174332072011-12-21T09:11:00.000-08:002011-12-21T09:11:49.480-08:00new music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/dia_frampton_red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.soundstagedirect.com/media/dia_frampton_red.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Dia Frampton was on the show "The Voice". While she did not win the show, she did become good friends with Blake Shelton who was her biggest fan. Dia came out with a new CD that is awesome and her friend Blake is also on it. Dia has a really great, deep, chill, folksy kind of voice. Check her out!walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-8735611331257024112011-11-15T12:22:00.000-08:002011-11-15T12:22:09.530-08:00And so it begins...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHOg68YpmVDUsxHISuUFkMeKSi-NeUqoatmUM2ExvgsZedoNqfwE7spoNH02q6fsG73Iqt5NORIyGPklPkR8rIlYTLd91J-Fp4pV7f_S0CP57VGOjXy3DFwnJi0_pvbw-8oWTJiWZeq4/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHOg68YpmVDUsxHISuUFkMeKSi-NeUqoatmUM2ExvgsZedoNqfwE7spoNH02q6fsG73Iqt5NORIyGPklPkR8rIlYTLd91J-Fp4pV7f_S0CP57VGOjXy3DFwnJi0_pvbw-8oWTJiWZeq4/s400/photo.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-30550852993394937972011-11-14T19:16:00.000-08:002011-11-15T12:22:33.545-08:00Exciting News!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiJI-zf3ZnUEch9ujXVhQr2ZX40zesjJJFwryvg5zu3ZrAjTiPK5Hzg2xCILI_5CL-iQaFaJchDyshX_O7on0WmdSk_fHGlz6by90nHtdKRAJmlGqXnlOQuuXCuDaYj77riAaVqQH94g/s1600/We%2527re+Adopting%2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiJI-zf3ZnUEch9ujXVhQr2ZX40zesjJJFwryvg5zu3ZrAjTiPK5Hzg2xCILI_5CL-iQaFaJchDyshX_O7on0WmdSk_fHGlz6by90nHtdKRAJmlGqXnlOQuuXCuDaYj77riAaVqQH94g/s400/We%2527re+Adopting%2521.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>walking in lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11156065238329587603noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6119340001581981022.post-1792273362807044502011-10-20T09:43:00.000-07:002011-10-20T13:29:43.506-07:00Thankful Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO0K6xxRY3OCnnL41UCjRrRSmdwTo-MiuGUa4RTV4Fh9y7JMpfdTm7waerglSV_p0Y27hNhtvtJIKxJVidB7V6u_1j3kXL9zE17rW7srECAGky6MK7KGY99QbrMNNsAq1K2iBKJwc_-8/s1600/IMG_2002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO0K6xxRY3OCnnL41UCjRrRSmdwTo-MiuGUa4RTV4Fh9y7JMpfdTm7waerglSV_p0Y27hNhtvtJIKxJVidB7V6u_1j3kXL9zE17rW7srECAGky6MK7KGY99QbrMNNsAq1K2iBKJwc_-8/s320/IMG_2002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So I don't know how religious I will be about posting every Thursday.... but I'll try to do at least every other Thursday...maybe. hehe!<br />
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More October Gifts...<br />
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151. onion tears<br />
152. aroma of onion<br />
153. indoor laundry<br />
154. homemade chilli dogs<br />
155. my husbands, "I'm checking you out" look<br />
156. nap<br />
157. husband napping with an eye mask aka diva mask<br />
158. dishes to clean<br />
159. dave's car getting broken into- has helped me to talk with God more today.<br />
160. Emmi licking her chops after eating her food.<br />
161. bright flowers<br />
162. smell of eucalyptus<br />
163. clean windows<br />
164. early start to my day<br />
165. not feeling rushed<br />
166. Emmi laying on our bed on her back- like a human<br />
167. poppy and gram<br />
168. pedicure with gram nancy- her very first one!<br />
169. listening to gram nancy tell about her family and childhood<br />
170. great grandpas beautiful headstone that Poppy made<br />
171. making poppy and gram happy with some home cooking<br />
172. lots of spiritual/Bible discussions with poppy and gram<br />
173. lost of laughs with poppy and gram<br />
174. Gram and I having a nice visit with Aunt Twyla<br />
175. Family Night... a full house!<br />
176. sweet memories made with poppy and gram<br />
177. the feeling of having a full house<br />
178. the precious thought that the young kids in my family associate fun family memories and our home.. just like I did with the Bluegum Home when I was young.<br />
179. thoughtful canned good gifts<br />
180. new house lights<br />
181. Poppys smell and voice... like a teddy bear.<br />
182. Poppy and dave chatting about theology and Bible<br />
183. Poppys tearful praying before they left for home.<br />
184. Missing family that is dear to my heart.... makes me realize how dear they are.<br />
185. Gods goodness in creating humans with the capacity to have memories.<br />
186. Coming from a godly heritage<br />
187 . being able to have deep love for my family- however imperfect.<br />
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lots of love,<br />
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So as you guys know, I've been writing down a list of all of God's gifts to me as I notice them. So I thought I would try to make a weekly post listing all the things I'm thankful for.<br />
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September Gifts...<br />
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1. long walks with husband<br />
2. fluffy pancakes<br />
3. 72 degree weather<br />
4. Saturdays that are slow and unhurried<br />
5. squuuaakkking bird in the yard<br />
6. sweet emmi girl<br />
7. peppermint<br />
8. red polka dot dress<br />
9. blow dryer<br />
10. enough hair spray to finish the job<br />
11. butterfly at queen bean<br />
12. baby Finn in the clothes basket aka make-shift play pin<br />
13. sunday nap<br />
14. neck massage<br />
15. minty mouthwash<br />
16. thai chai tea<br />
17. sleeping in w/o setting an alarm<br />
18. open window in the morning while doing my devos<br />
19. birds singing<br />
20. sun shining on the tree leaves<br />
21. the muscles burning from running<br />
22. emmi panting happily on a walk.<br />
23. chats with grandma on the phone<br />
24. anticipation<br />
25. short but oh so sweet phone calls from husband<br />
26. vanilla<br />
27. chiptole<br />
28. gardening... when its less than 90 degrees out<br />
29. matt chandler<br />
30. rum + 7up<br />
31. unexpected love<br />
32. sizzling sound of dinner cooking on the stove<br />
33. dave doing dishes<br />
34. late night summer walks<br />
35. moth flying in the moonlight<br />
36. sleep.<br />
37. comfortable bed<br />
38. crazy morning hair<br />
39. big gulps of water<br />
40. the sound of water splashing in the sink while brushing teeth<br />
41. water bubbles in the sink<br />
42. crocheting<br />
43. Jesus... always here and listening.<br />
44. cheesecake<br />
45. not having a full time job<br />
46. humming of the AC<br />
47. Ireland's smile and sweet voice<br />
48. thrift store finds<br />
49. the feeling that mint brings in my throat and nostrils<br />
50. the sight of loose leave tea- its so organic and whimsical.<br />
51. emmi at me feet in the kitchen<br />
52. the thought of a friend<br />
53. clean hands<br />
54. water moving down<br />
55. crackling sound of a candle wick<br />
56. the way candle wax drips down the candle ledge<br />
57. the dancing light that a lit candle produces<br />
58. silent prayer at the prayer bench- candles lit and Bible open.<br />
59. goose bumps<br />
60. water reflection in my cup<br />
61. summer dress<br />
62. sandals<br />
63. sparkles from my wedding ring<br />
64. not getting hit by 2 cars as I absent-mindedly ran a red light, that I thought was green.<br />
65. fancy tea party at Kates Tea House with Lauren.<br />
66. lauren- a down to earth friend.<br />
67. satisfaction of a clean home<br />
68. soap bubbles popping out of the hand soap refill... unexpectedly leaving a smile on my face.<br />
69. Gage, humming the Indiana Jones theme song at 7:40 AM<br />
70. the sound of brook and gage giggling and playing outside.<br />
71. a headache- gone away.<br />
72. texture of shortening<br />
73. rainbow jimmy sprinkles<br />
74. the loud ring of the red kitchen timer<br />
75. the smell of cake fresh from the oven<br />
76. piano lesson cancellations on an already busy day<br />
77. floral fabric<br />
78. the sound of emmis nose working hard to smell<br />
79. the sunlight in the piano room at 1:30 PM<br />
80. a good hair day<br />
81. ribs hurting... makes me depend on and talk to Jesus more.<br />
82. dinner smell in the crockpot<br />
83. community group<br />
84. a cold beer after a long day<br />
85. a new day<br />
86. prayer with Casey<br />
87. husband hanging laundry on the line<br />
88. cream cheese frosting<br />
89. emmis happy look while at the park<br />
90. emmi happily chasing balls<br />
91. drinking tea with my husband<br />
92. yesterdays sunset<br />
93. health... what a gift!<br />
94. memories of having Valley Fever<br />
95. putting away clean laundry<br />
96. having a husband that I can put away clothes for<br />
97. curly hair<br />
98. finn ebersole<br />
99. fluffy clouds<br />
100. the way Alexa says her 'Rs'<br />
101. sleeping on a bed and not the ground<br />
102. having food readily available to eat.<br />
103. crisp fall morning air flowing through our home<br />
104. rice porridge breakfast<br />
105. Lila smiling at me<br />
106. long fall walks<br />
107. spider web<br />
108. note from Pips.<br />
109. Husbands job, that God has used to cultivate strength in my heart.<br />
110. hard reminders to pray for husband<br />
111. mix matched tea spoons in a jar.<br />
112. cat and dog cuddling<br />
113. the fight for joy<br />
114. new necklace<br />
115. shopping with casey<br />
116. pumpkin candle<br />
117. granny square circles<br />
118. early grey<br />
119. tuesday 2 hour nap<br />
120. finger prints<br />
121. the way air fluffs the duvet while bed-making<br />
122. books that make the heart think<br />
123. pumpkin vine field with millions of pumpkins<br />
124. breezyness<br />
125. anticipation for Fall<br />
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October Gifts....<br />
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126. tomato soup... homemade<br />
127. phone call from Tammy Miller<br />
128. grocery shopping<br />
129. legs... tired from walking<br />
130. washing machine and dryer<br />
131. again... pumpkin candle<br />
132. first apple of the season<br />
133. brown rice and stock... for a yucky tummy<br />
134. the "snap-click" sound of the camera shutter<br />
135. dried apricots<br />
136. windows open all day<br />
137. a stomach free of hurting<br />
138. emmis breath sounds while she sleeps<br />
139. my heart beat... only beating because He wills it to.<br />
140. thoughts of my husband.<br />
141. a full night of sleep<br />
142. the sound of water pouring from the kettle to my mug<br />
143. yarn rainbow<br />
144. a cappella... specifically The Sing Off<br />
145. fragrant peach rose<br />
146. Ireland's beat boxing<br />
147. first rain of Fall<br />
147. raindrops on roses... and on everything else<br />
148. anticipation of Civil War concert in November<br />
149. a baking day<br />
150. feeling sprinkles of rain drops on my face<br />
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Have you started recording God's gifts to you? You should! The WHOLE earth is FULL of His glory! Oh the joy that can be found in being thankful for the gift of His glory in all things!<br />
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love,<br />
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