Saturday, March 26, 2011

85/365 found object sculptures...

also known as gluing recyclables together….it’s the ‘in’ thing to do these days…

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

74/365 Mud Pie???

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Puzzle Update…6th month’s progress…

This update is a little late, I apologize. This month we have made leaps and bounds of progress. I keep looking at the fee schedule to see where we stand, and we are about half way through! All of our agency fees are covered, our 1-600A fees are covered, our adoption training is covered (and finished), our home study review fee is covered, our dossier authentication fee is covered, and we have $1,200 toward our referral fee. We are nearing our final stretch of fundraising! We only need $7,000 more for our referral fee and money for travel expenses. Looking at those numbers seems like a lot at first, but when we consider how far we have come…we are filled with excitement. We are almost there!

This month we had an amazing donation from Nathan’s soccer families. They did a fundraiser of their own in our honor. We were completely surprised and touched by their thoughtfulness. We also had several donations from family members, close friends, and the Flip drawing.  All the love and support is amazing!

I am happy to announce that we added 191 puzzle pieces this month! ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE!!!! A big THANK YOU to everyone, we love you and appreciate your participation in this journey.

We now have a total of 311 puzzle pieces sponsored. Only 189 more to go...

For February, we would like to give a special thanks and lots of LOVE to:

♥ The Stephenson Family ♥ The Piotrowski Family ♥ The Shea Family ♥ The Moe Family ♥ The Blomberg Family ♥ The Traube Family ♥ The Evans Family ♥ The Minor Family ♥ The Sutherland Family ♥ The Barth Family ♥ The Gosselin Family ♥ The Obregon Family ♥ The Fletcher Family ♥ The Johnson Family ♥ The Leach Family ♥ The Walker Family♥ The Rusher Family ♥ The Day Family ♥ The Seeger Family ♥ The Stiller Family ♥ The LaConti Family ♥ The Broglia Family ♥ Crew & Kaye Schmitt ♥ Grammy Linda ♥ Michael Analu & Lucas♥ Matt Blechner ♥ Chris Hartnett ♥ Louise & Jonathon ♥ Ayni ♥ Britten ♥ Heather Rose ♥ Zach ♥ Laura W ♥ Wells ♥ Ronan ♥ Mandy ♥


Sunday, March 13, 2011

72/365 sprummer???

We have been eager for spring around here. We are lucky that we warm up sooner than other areas, yet it might be getting a little too warm! We’ve been feeling spring in the air for weeks now and then today it seemed to be a little more like summer.

Sprummer anyone?

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Family fun is my favorite!

Friday, March 11, 2011

70/365 a worm?

I have been waiting for this stage to kick in. I have been hoping she would get bitten by the book bug and turn into a little worm. My heart melted when I found her outside like this...

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

68/365 Searching...

...for butterflies, she even has her handy butterfly net...

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

67/365 Glasses?

Who would have thought that the news of a younger cousin getting glasses would send this girl into a jealous fit?


Happily sporting her pink and blue ‘fake’ glasses :)

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Monday, March 7, 2011

66/365 Proud mommy moment....

The little one is beastly and bites (strangers), the big one is floppy and strong. We made it around the block and I was beaming with pride as they walked like proper dogs should...even though I no longer had feeling in my hands.

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Friday, March 4, 2011

63/365...Nothing like...

...family time at the park. So relaxing and refreshing. The weather has been amazing! We are soaking up all the fresh air and warm sun rays…Soon it will be too darn hot to do anything L
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Today...

...we heard the news that our home study re-certification was...



We are happily moving on to the next piece of paper!!!!

62/365 A picture...

...of picture day. She was practicing her smile in the mirror...too cute!
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