My greatest joys in life is BEING a mother. One of my greatest blessings in life is HAVING my mother. (I love you mom!) Happy Mother’s day t...

Our background and our circumstances may have influenced who we are... but we are responsible for who we become. For you were once darkness,...

This morning my alarm went off at 6:00 am as always on a school day. More rain was still coming down outside, a soft patter on the windows. ...

I've always loved the rain... loved sleeping in the rain and loved hearing the sound of the rain on the roof. But my kids- they have a w...

Often I am asked how we do it with seven kids... Honestly, I don't even know how to answer that. We just do life. This weekend though I ...

"What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it." I was just thinking that I probably needed to blog...

On of Mya's favorite memories from being at Eagles Nest orphange in Guatemala is drinking warm rice milk. She actually used to pout and ...

I twisted my kids arms today and talked them into letting me take a couple of pictures of all of them together. No easy task getting all sev...

The following was copied from a blog of one of the most amazing adoptive mommies I have ever 'met'. She is the mother of 11 children...

One of the things written in Kadens file that had me worried was they had mentioned there being a concern about him being able to bond. We w...

One of the best things about being in a big family is that someone can usually come up with something to do on a boring day. Anyone up for...

I woke up this morning with a sore back. Trying to figure out why, I stretched and tried to turn to the right. No such luck. So next I tried...

This was Kaden's first time (with us atleast) swimming. He LOVED the water and loved playing with his big brother Kallan and big sisters...