tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61719605216700515152024-03-13T00:44:48.136-04:00Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.~ Ps. 127:3Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-28625461318458163982014-01-30T18:32:00.000-05:002014-01-30T18:32:04.045-05:0040: Down hill or Up hill? <span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">I feel like 40 is big. </span><div>
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No life changing decisions. No tattoos. No expectations. No regrets. No depression over it.</div>
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">With the expectation of turning 40 I did tear up a bit. But I teared up thinking of a <i>life redeemed</i>. <i>Beauty from ashes</i>. In a short 40 years, there has been so much pain, so much abuse, so many lies, so many broken promises, lost dreams. So much to overcome. But...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">I could list several people, things, moments, memories that have made my life so beautiful this past 12 years of walking with the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">I could go on about my material comforts and I could list the trials, fires and refinements of the last 12 years. </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">But...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 18px;">they are too special to list. ~ I will ponder them in my heart. <i>They are my love affair. </i>A love affair with the one true God of the universe who romances me more than I ever imagined. Who took my broken heart and restored my life to fullness. How I loved him deeply this past 12 years. Twelve years out of forty, I have walked with him closely. That's not enough. My next 40 years will ALL be with Him. Every moment. Every breath. They belong to Him. And that is...exciting! </span><br />
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Things are going well in our family. Joy has adjusted beyond beautifully. The kids have adjusted to her. We, parents, have learned more about her and now "feel" like we are her parents and bonding is going very well.<br />
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My parents visited from Florida. We met up again with them in Georgia, along with my brother and his family. We are spending Christmas at home. Joy has declared Christmas her most favorite season ever. She was the first to wrap presents and get them under the tree.<br />
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Aaron and Lily are in Kindergarten. Kya, Joy & Autumn are all in 3rd grade. Somehow, someway, we are getting our academic studies done. The days are long and I am exhausted by 7pm. But the days, are generally good ones. We have many more great days than rough days and for that I am beyond grateful to our Lord for seeing me through the motherhood to these five great kids.<br />
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I was asked again this week. "<i>How do you do it?</i>" I smiled and replied "I guess organization. You get more organized with each child." The lady just looked back at me as if not really knowing what to say. In that moment, I realized I was essentially telling her she was not yet organized enough. Scratch that response from the list. That one is offensive, weak and silly. And, clearly it is not my organization skills because if you've seen my laundry, my closet or my pantry, you'd know that skill doesn't even apply to me. </div>
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The birthday girl awakes to surprise decorations. </div>
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Her sisters help her to make dirt pie (since she doesn't like cake).</div>
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Ms. Sassy herself.</div>
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And the big 9 candle is blown out. </div>
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<b>It was not what we expected. </b>Week One must have took more out of some of us than expected! If you are on Facebook, you know we had a child in the ER for 12 hours. Dehydration. Hallucinations from the dehydration and eventually passing out.</div>
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She was a little better and had 'come to' by the time they transported to a pediatric ER for further evaluation. She thought her ambulance ride was "epic". She's doing much better but we're still watching her closely as she's not 100% just yet.<br />
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Our second week of gymnastics was much better for Lily this week. No tears. All smiles.</div>
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The kids floated foil boats around the Nile River and we eventually turned the buckets of water into the Red Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and found a paper plate to represent Babylon.</div>
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Our tutor academy, CC, is going extremely well. This week I captured a picture of some of their geography work. The Hebrew Empire. </div>
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Our week ended much better than it began. The girls had another set of sisters over for some play time, cupcake decorating and an American Girl movie. </div>
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Today I am learning to shop online at Sam's with their new Click N Pull, so we can simply pick up our items at the store Monday night without actually walking the isles, sort of like reserving a library book. </div>
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Kya and I made breakfast for the family this morning while Dale and Aaron were at soccer. I sure hated to miss his game but what a week!</div>
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Week ONE....rocked! </div>
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Had headaches. Never finished all our work each day. The house was a mess. At 7pm were still doing schoolwork. At 9pm, still grading papers.<br />
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Does NOT sound great, does it? But when Thursday night rolled in and we prepped to go to CC for Friday morning, we all realized how much we learned, how excited we were to be going back to CC and how we couldn't wait to learn again next week...then suddenly....all the pain of the hard work, was so very worth it.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The girls began Gymnastics</span></div>
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Some of our memory work for the week. </div>
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We use our sliders as our white-board.</div>
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Dale ditched us for the Blues Brothers in Vegas.</div>
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Daily break time. This day they built box city.</div>
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These are a few of our favorite things. </div>
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The Dead Fish Science Exp at CC.</div>
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The All-Girls (not on purpose) class at CC.</div>
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-61998154849583031442012-09-07T17:51:00.000-04:002012-09-07T17:56:53.180-04:00A new school year has begun! 2012-13I have FIVE, yes 5, school aged children now. I am yet to see how a full blown day goes with all my little ones because we are easing back into our studies. But the year, none the less, has begun.<br />
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We had to say goodbye to our former Co-Op of three years because we needed something a bit different for right now. We joined a Tutor Academy that is nationwide called Classical Conversations. They provide a tutor that tutors our children once a week in all subjects and then we come home and work on what was introduced and we add on-level extra math and language arts for each child.<br />
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~ My (three!) 3rd Graders and (two) Kindergartners ~</div>
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We were able to make it to Florida at the end of summer to see our friends and family. </div>
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We celebrated my sister Hope's 10th birthday with a bowling party. This was Lily, Aaron & Joy's first time bowling. They all loved it. Unfortunately, all the pics of them actually bowling turned out blurry.<br />
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The girls helped Meema bake Hope's Birthday Cake(s!)</div>
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When we first met our families only had 1 child living at home (their daughter, Tiff, in the striped shirt). Now together we have 10 children living at home! So fun! Such God moments we've all had together! </div>
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And, it's always bitter sweet to see Dale's adult sons. We miss them so much. </div>
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It's still hard to not be part of their daily lives.</div>
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<b>Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God ~ this is your true and proper worship.</b></div>
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This verse has been popping up in all my studies and in sermons and books for weeks now. <br />
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But why? I kept asking. Why? <br />
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Haven't I done....xyz? Haven't I also done....this and that? I mean "look God, what else do you want? What else can I give? I really have nothing left and I already gave you my heart."<br />
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I have struggled with what exactly it means. I am a cubicle type person. I like to know God wants this here and that there and I like my life in a nice neat box. But God is flowing. He flows. I don't. <br />
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As He's been speaking to me about being this Living Sacrifice, he's also said "You've given me a little and now I want it all." Wow, really?! What does that mean? Another flowing God moment that doesn't fit in my box. <br />
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You see if he said "go, do....this or that" then I would go and do "this or that". But he's not giving specific actions. He's giving me specific lifelong command. Now, stop, no more boxes, just flow. <br />
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What does ALL look like. ???? I haven't a clue. YET. But I think I'm about to find out. <br />
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Some of it comes like this for me: Adoption. Home Educating. Teaching. Serving the Elderly. Serving the Children. But that's a list. See, it's my box. {<i>Stop with the boxes! Gees! It's so hard. He wants me to flow with the Holy Spirit and stop with my boxes. They are probably driving him nuts</i>.}<br />
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But I do know this. I have rededicated myself to Him these past 3 weeks. I have given myself to him as a Bondservant. I am a bondservant of my Lord and Savior and I am SO. IN. LOVE. WITH. HIM. <br />
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Exodus 21, a bondservant was someone who was bound as a servant to a particular personal/family. The law states that the bondservant must remain in that house hold for six years, but on the seventh year they were given the option to go free. The other option was to stay and serve his master.<br />
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And, if they stayed to be a bondservant, their master would pierce their ear with an awl. This was an outward sign that they belonged, forever, and that they were dedicated to their master, that they FREELY chose to stay and serve.<br />
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Jesus, is the only master I am willing to serve. He is the Good Shepherd. ~ Again. I am SO IN LOVE WITH HIM. The answer is easy for me. Yes, Yes, Yes, Lord I will stay with you, not a little while, not sometimes, but FOREVER. Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-42897603430975855262012-07-13T18:55:00.002-04:002012-07-13T18:55:38.895-04:00Berries & More<div style="text-align: center;">
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Picking Blackberries. <i>Stealing</i> Blueberries.</div>
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To enjoy the fruits of our labor, we all worked together to make a Triple Berry Crumb Topped Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert during movie night. </div>
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-73373325218455524112012-07-04T16:43:00.001-04:002012-07-04T16:43:30.584-04:00Best Corn Trick EverHappy 4th of July (and Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother). <br />
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What's a 4th of July without corn on the cob? Fresh corn on the cob.<br />
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But the husking, ugh! <br />
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Now you never have to husk an ear of corn again. Really! Seriously! <br />
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Thanks to a blog post I read over at, I think, Becky Higgins (.com). <br />
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Microwave it in husk (which I've been doing). But then you take a big ole honkin knife & chop the ends off, all the way thru the actual cob...<br />
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SLIDE that ear out! No silkies to deal with. Just beautiful corn!<br />
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Yay! Makes me so very happy. <br />
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Something has stirred in my soul that I can't quite explain. With each child we set out to adopt, we say 'it's the last adoption.' While we (<i>maybe</i> tongue & cheek) say 'as many as the Lord calls us to'. And, well, we honestly mean both statements<i> if that's at all possible</i>. In the flesh, we only ever wanted one child. So in the flesh, we keep thinking we are personally not making plans for another. <i>Yet</i>, God intervenes into the thoughts and plans of man and stretches us a little further each time, challenging us (for His Kingdom) a little more each time. Each time He calls us to add to our family, at first, my heart is hard. I go through the 'no' list. And the no's are very reasonably validated. No money, no time, no room, no patients, my pride (what will people say?), we stand out enough! But, my no-list slowly dwindles over time. </blockquote>
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Pastor hit me with a doozy one Sunday. I'm pretty sure it was around summer time. We dress casual at our little church. And so his suit seemed to stand out that day as we passed in the foyer. But, then, when he got up to preach, he had added a Christmas tie and a ball cap to his attire. And if that was not enough to strike peculiar glares, he stood up on the front pew. Yes, our crazy little pastor was standing on the pew which caused us all to wonder 'what is he doing now?' and then he began to yell. We were all either laughing or had heads cocked because, to be honest, it made us all a little uncomfortable. But if I know our pastor, I'm pretty sure <i><b>that</b></i> was his point. He wanted us to squirm in our pews. He began to preach on John the Baptist. He began to tell us that we, like John, need to stand out for Christ. And that is when I knew. I knew I had wanted to follow Christ as long....<i>as long </i>as I fit in. And here, in this place, with all my kids and homeschooling, I stood out and it made me uncomfortable. So even then as God was calling me to add to my family, I had been struggling with it for months. That day, I laid my pride aside and began a deeper journey of a life surrendered to our Lord. </blockquote>
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It was some time before the Lord showed us our next child. Our newest daughter, Joy, is now home. But on that Sunday in Church, it was not necessarily Joy that the Lord spoke to me about. It was about a heart surrendered, a life surrendered. Not just one more child. But my whole life given over to His service. I know in my heart, somewhere there could be another child waiting. And if so, I'm okay with that, <i>already</i>. So as we move forward in a life surrendered, we wait. We sit and we wait and see what God has in store. </blockquote>
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And since Joy came home, I have a peace I've never known in my entire life and maybe that is why her middle name is Ning Guo (peaceful fortress). I have a peace that all is well. That God really, really does orchestrate events for those he's called, those he predestined. </blockquote>
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Kya's first piano recital.</div>
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The kids were even excited just getting ready to go hear thee 3-K's play today.</div>
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After the recital, the 3 young ladies were presented with promotion certificates from Momma Jean and roses from their very proud Father's.</div>
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We are so proud of all the hard work these sweet young ladies have put into their piano lessons. It was a beautiful day to celebrate them.</div>
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-6320500073599617102012-06-12T15:33:00.001-04:002012-06-12T15:33:22.241-04:00Off to busy summerWe have been having a lot of fun, a lot of activities. Bonding is going really well. I mean REALLY well. I just don't even know what to write because it seems as if life is normal.<br />
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Except....my exhaustion.<br />
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I am so very tired by night fall. I have nothing left to give to anyone but my immediate family right now. I should have realized that would be the case. After all, this is the 4th time we have brought a new child/children into the family. And every social worker under the sun reminds you the transition is 4-8 months (sometimes longer if things are tough). But I sort of forgot how exhausting it really is. Lily and Aaron were pretty easy transition since Dale was home full time, I had help. Now he's working full time, it's just me. And that is a different ball game. I'm not about to begin to list what all it takes to help a new/older child transition & keep a household running normal so I don't personally lose my mind, because I would surely forget something and then it would sound like whining anyway. And I have nothing to whine about. Life is good! Really really good! But it does end up just taking all of me.<br />
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But even in my exhaustion, as my head hits the pillow at night and my feet literally ache so terribly from the days work, I am happy. We are all happy. And I can see what an awesome God I serve. He is faithful and true. He has helped me with our tough adoptions, he's us blessed with each child, he's given us immeasurable Joy, shear Joy. And it feels good to serve him emotionally & physically each day in a life that is surrendered to my king and his kingdom.<br />
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About the pictures....we have lived in this house over 3 years now and I'm not sure why we never did this before, but we decided to built a fire ring this weekend for Sunday night hot dog roast in the summer. It was so much fun. Being our first, we took tons of photos and enjoyed hot dogs, s'more and firefly catching.<br />
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On Memorial Day we went to NYC. Years ago Kya and Autumn badly wanted a Chinese doll and AG is one of the few doll companies that actually sells Chinese dolls, so after about 18 months of begging, we finally drove them to AG in NYC to get their Chinese dolls. That was such a sweet day, that now we have sort of made it a tradition after the age of 6. And here we are with our 3rd Chinese blessing and well, she wanted a doll, an AG doll of course like her sisters. Turns out Memorial Day is the perfect day to visit the city. There was basically about 1/2 the traffic. We visited AG, Carnegie Deli, Central Park, FAO, the Lego Store at Rockefeller Center and had pizza before leaving the city. We were gone from 6am to 10pm but it was a great day! <i>And....Lily cannot wait to go back in April when turns 6 to get her Bitty Twins from AG. </i></div>
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<br />Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-87753608865000779832012-06-02T12:27:00.001-04:002012-06-02T12:29:21.132-04:00Three Weeks HomeOur Joy has been home a whole 3 weesk! <br />
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We had friends fly in from Florida and spent a few great days with them. We spent Mother's Day with a few Maryland friends. It was great being with friends and family over the first few days home. <br />
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Joy acclimated well to her new surroundings and to our friends. She has enjoyed Church and on our 1st Wednesday night church shew'd me out of the room, she didn't need or want me watching over her with the rest of the kids around. <br />
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She just adores her daddy, which is grand. He had a few days off work and was able to spend time giving her rides on the lawn mower, teaching her about the guitar, how to kick a ball, throw a frisby and most of all how to ride a bike without training wheels! The next weekend he took her to pick out her 1st bike.<br />
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She loves playing outside which I was happy about since she also loves electronics and tv so much. Its nice to see she has a good balance of activities she will do. <br />
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She is a fantastic sister so far. She is patient, helpful and tenderly-playful with the little ones. And she gets along and plays wonderful with Kya and Autumn (the new triplets). And all the other kids accept her with hearts and arms wide open.<br />
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It took 6 nights but all the girls are now sleeping happily in their own beds without us asking and without hurt feelings. It's as if they all mutually agreed it was time. <br />
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The 1st week home, Joy started to open up with some small signs of physical affection; accepting our hugs so we started squeezing her and spinning her around, which makes her giggle. And finally on week three now puts her arms around us and hugs us in return.<br />
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We really have had no food or behavior issues that are noteworthy. <br />
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Really, honestly, all is going flawlessly. We can't claim to really 'know her' all that well 'yet' of course. We are learning her likes & dislikes, she is learning ours. That part is a slow process and so is the language but all in time it will come. <br />
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God is so good and we are so blessed.<br />
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You can follow my Journey to Joy on our adoption blog<br />
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<a href="http://www.joyfromtheeast.blogspot.com">Joy From the East </a><br />
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Much LOVE,<br />
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Dawn <br />
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The kids decided to decorate their cupcakes with the candies. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYkXVvyEahCvLcA41u7Dw4ZJKM8mpr02ykpJyGlLy1LgYMVOSoRSH5aoIB23g2rOkx1AFgWR5qAj_rov7XBXmmik9t1hSS6HGvIVKpxPwz3QHD4Qz0mScErcWilf4w0ufBqMmBEJ9Dxs/s1600/end+of+school+celebration.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYkXVvyEahCvLcA41u7Dw4ZJKM8mpr02ykpJyGlLy1LgYMVOSoRSH5aoIB23g2rOkx1AFgWR5qAj_rov7XBXmmik9t1hSS6HGvIVKpxPwz3QHD4Qz0mScErcWilf4w0ufBqMmBEJ9Dxs/s400/end+of+school+celebration.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732826941662014386" /></a><br /><br />We like to give our "awards" as well, even if just verbally:<br /><br />Autumn was awarded "The bigestest overcomer" this year for her efforts in reading and writing. <br />Kya was awarded "the most math work completed" this year for finishing 1 1/2 years of math in 1 school year.<br />Lily & Aaron will officially be in Kindergarten in the next school year.<br />And, I will suddenly have 5 school-aged children! <br /><br />~Bittersweet~Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-34191023028726718392012-04-16T15:42:00.003-04:002012-04-16T15:44:59.870-04:00A Hot April Day87 degress! Bliss! <br /><br />We really enjoyed the weather today. After a little "window" school work and a piano lesson, the kids rushed out to play in the sandbox and sprinkler, moving onto snacks and bath. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijbYirV2WqBrlivlt4uBfRXjuOUIBUzSSrx46RQ4kUjpPVJ2ytbTTXsl3nhHETkp1FGr4coyS7EvzV39SLfbiqu09cvKWKP-jlrhlkgbpHi0N7vReCHfBODAiKm_iDhEfouv8Pv8A3cU/s1600/MidApril+Hot+Day.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijbYirV2WqBrlivlt4uBfRXjuOUIBUzSSrx46RQ4kUjpPVJ2ytbTTXsl3nhHETkp1FGr4coyS7EvzV39SLfbiqu09cvKWKP-jlrhlkgbpHi0N7vReCHfBODAiKm_iDhEfouv8Pv8A3cU/s400/MidApril+Hot+Day.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732086703284952530" /></a><br /><br />We'll round out this evening with a trip to Pizza Hut to support our Church's Mission trip to Greece this summer.<br /><br /><br />Good TimesDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-84685602191199332822012-04-12T15:03:00.003-04:002012-04-12T15:11:47.170-04:00This boy...<center>stole my heart<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3-dvbMR4eObr7Ocy6Otcr-lLn7x5cSNeN657KiccVchR-XRYIIYDbtg-TJc57sHCPstWppFeEyDzSoK0k6t8mvAKQ_4MGUe0QNKqhU3ao6IuKSmq8xpVMvuOIzX159H8L8u-idEY2sc/s1600/IMG_2201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3-dvbMR4eObr7Ocy6Otcr-lLn7x5cSNeN657KiccVchR-XRYIIYDbtg-TJc57sHCPstWppFeEyDzSoK0k6t8mvAKQ_4MGUe0QNKqhU3ao6IuKSmq8xpVMvuOIzX159H8L8u-idEY2sc/s400/IMG_2201.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730592561990479298" /></a><br /><br />is full of mischief<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkrobUOiTNDUdEHhCuT_WYmj4Pcb3WPlSdex0fQdEzDIPV4oZ_C6hhlNMqKxMrfon3fk_kUlHfWTi0Pfrh1nTyuAu-URGftt-wnJUKaSz-u2hgYCblAqKZdvRoX6b0uKuUf81LKxPoTo/s1600/IMG_2224.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkrobUOiTNDUdEHhCuT_WYmj4Pcb3WPlSdex0fQdEzDIPV4oZ_C6hhlNMqKxMrfon3fk_kUlHfWTi0Pfrh1nTyuAu-URGftt-wnJUKaSz-u2hgYCblAqKZdvRoX6b0uKuUf81LKxPoTo/s400/IMG_2224.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730592551479943714" /></a><br /><br />is learning to be a man<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo9znRvrWyYTbzD-SO-kfgg6ZIjCS5MdkHoxRTrWeJNMbDMvj5xBI43R1lMnVBNgBBI_pUcPsI6NQfD5DTjRJtVFR0FaCZe76usymEZZfQ8C1Kl9srqLhNfJhKKDWAQotwMEfb6x91RM/s1600/IMG_2223.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo9znRvrWyYTbzD-SO-kfgg6ZIjCS5MdkHoxRTrWeJNMbDMvj5xBI43R1lMnVBNgBBI_pUcPsI6NQfD5DTjRJtVFR0FaCZe76usymEZZfQ8C1Kl9srqLhNfJhKKDWAQotwMEfb6x91RM/s400/IMG_2223.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730592542484956258" /></a><br /><br />and treat his sisters like princesses<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cIWPYKdqgEBSgSd-vaE69waiZ4T3rxknTc6xmrBhWYUArSuwxzHknlxO2YG3bZ5tUa0gEw8VqgUzb0kuju3Vy66-QbNPpiBAkEtTUUga0iU4fU0jO7lCyGtgExCzrrXWtshrysbwf1M/s1600/IMG_2178.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cIWPYKdqgEBSgSd-vaE69waiZ4T3rxknTc6xmrBhWYUArSuwxzHknlxO2YG3bZ5tUa0gEw8VqgUzb0kuju3Vy66-QbNPpiBAkEtTUUga0iU4fU0jO7lCyGtgExCzrrXWtshrysbwf1M/s400/IMG_2178.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730593392010260738" /></a><br /><br />for now he may be my only boy, but he is all boy and he is learning valuable lessons in this house full of girls. </center>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-57473457300903997892012-04-07T14:59:00.002-04:002012-04-12T15:03:27.376-04:00Hoppy EasterI hope everyone had a very Happy-hoppy Easter...<br /><br />.... just be careful who you hop on. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dhnvcR1vzODRR3yPRHiHZc8LfAg9dfCTHQuhijMQpUG6we4XqlKgjvbR23v_n4rMTHwzmURPSZKbkkpTduVXQ1G8njkJsQ-sRwy6i-26Cp5cxtBnSVLiNvRKvrmQP96SUtLbYyhuXA0/s1600/IMG_2226.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dhnvcR1vzODRR3yPRHiHZc8LfAg9dfCTHQuhijMQpUG6we4XqlKgjvbR23v_n4rMTHwzmURPSZKbkkpTduVXQ1G8njkJsQ-sRwy6i-26Cp5cxtBnSVLiNvRKvrmQP96SUtLbYyhuXA0/s320/IMG_2226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730591691457560466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuH20FPxgraqZEL3Rb7m-cW-ljMjUzG46JcG4dqUZlI_v4ZizldR7bdLFZ65B4-S2D9FTefcduiNhteQJQZWJ6EsbBUImHsIe4qgUEA5XzpQmEZvLG4RY9vyY-FOcCm3tuKEbsIHjr74/s1600/IMG_2227.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuH20FPxgraqZEL3Rb7m-cW-ljMjUzG46JcG4dqUZlI_v4ZizldR7bdLFZ65B4-S2D9FTefcduiNhteQJQZWJ6EsbBUImHsIe4qgUEA5XzpQmEZvLG4RY9vyY-FOcCm3tuKEbsIHjr74/s320/IMG_2227.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730591684436405890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeRpvEOqxKDiY3AuNioaQPvSkSvfIhQDjXtvXzBaZo-PZK2aHP5M2CCc4jmLHGUcE4saKtSn0CqOBODN6lgHnrdm3Sp7yHzWh9_x03-qLke1SjaXRXwWTPqq2IwQBV1c7tJEAPpV282A/s1600/IMG_2222.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeRpvEOqxKDiY3AuNioaQPvSkSvfIhQDjXtvXzBaZo-PZK2aHP5M2CCc4jmLHGUcE4saKtSn0CqOBODN6lgHnrdm3Sp7yHzWh9_x03-qLke1SjaXRXwWTPqq2IwQBV1c7tJEAPpV282A/s320/IMG_2222.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730591466643506290" /></a>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-14504202579880542252012-04-06T10:42:00.001-04:002012-04-06T10:44:47.164-04:00Artist Corner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj078-7-HE6DXiZLLGnICc0DF6U__pCBnyYQQu9TFNkTXZWVnmhRXp-qZENK5scKc54S7U0TjFN89hyphenhyphen3MxJZETABMgJBx04XWsc9D88-mgOpBkX5LQXvAZnFXrZl3URlY7MfjScTFm0rTs/s1600/Artist+Corner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj078-7-HE6DXiZLLGnICc0DF6U__pCBnyYQQu9TFNkTXZWVnmhRXp-qZENK5scKc54S7U0TjFN89hyphenhyphen3MxJZETABMgJBx04XWsc9D88-mgOpBkX5LQXvAZnFXrZl3URlY7MfjScTFm0rTs/s400/Artist+Corner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728298550920696114" /></a><br />Spending time outdoors painting in God's fresh air. ~ Taking a day off school work to just relax.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171960521670051515.post-35185322245122189772012-03-31T17:29:00.005-04:002012-03-31T18:00:35.468-04:00Hunting for those eggs...<center>chasing for plastic eggs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pUMBYeY9CEu6f35STPZfh_wVrooVO0CgC2gjU7vtoNBHIVCOFL3etwFhc2vdguih3HeKz4qxqG7cDmd0RWtXHeReW0cJ_klV8sSc5QTZ06moXLPdplzOwqDNKFxjsXqu8Fud9L8DIDM/s1600/L%2526A+Easter+Egg+Hunt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pUMBYeY9CEu6f35STPZfh_wVrooVO0CgC2gjU7vtoNBHIVCOFL3etwFhc2vdguih3HeKz4qxqG7cDmd0RWtXHeReW0cJ_klV8sSc5QTZ06moXLPdplzOwqDNKFxjsXqu8Fud9L8DIDM/s400/L%2526A+Easter+Egg+Hunt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726177257984662306" /></a><br />it's something they look so forward to it each year <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCDPhFaS2v3wpMYGmni_0jlfUrPVP567U4nQqxRNkHMdhTna97Vnlqn3_Aa5cg6HS2abT_S52V27aRpG6e5_D50QIjNhwfqeT20np-U_hMKtnJ8pLgwcBISS2Zzn4lRvCK4f7cAnKYsw/s1600/K%2526A+Easter+Egg+Hunt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifCDPhFaS2v3wpMYGmni_0jlfUrPVP567U4nQqxRNkHMdhTna97Vnlqn3_Aa5cg6HS2abT_S52V27aRpG6e5_D50QIjNhwfqeT20np-U_hMKtnJ8pLgwcBISS2Zzn4lRvCK4f7cAnKYsw/s400/K%2526A+Easter+Egg+Hunt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726177249590853058" /></a><br />and can barely sleep the night before in anticipation of how many eggs they will get. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06iomu3Tfq-XTvE6dBhO15GyzYXBFDMMZ4xdHLNSELpXLc5RFNhGl2ox5x4ap2icpzXzuQkOQs_y_EY_C4ehLHTbLsqBECCBmasJtAeDwLamiQeT5tLOM3RV9iSQPpRMalnGGuUZ3peo/s1600/Group+Photos+Egg+Hunt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06iomu3Tfq-XTvE6dBhO15GyzYXBFDMMZ4xdHLNSELpXLc5RFNhGl2ox5x4ap2icpzXzuQkOQs_y_EY_C4ehLHTbLsqBECCBmasJtAeDwLamiQeT5tLOM3RV9iSQPpRMalnGGuUZ3peo/s400/Group+Photos+Egg+Hunt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726177263956242450" /></a></center>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640507957468825730noreply@blogger.com0