post placement 2015

Busy year with a new baby! Here are the 2015 pictures that we submitted for Joseph & Faith...

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5 years with Faith

Every year we celebrate the date that Faith joined our family. It's close to Thanksgiving and it couldn't have been a better time! We're SO THANKFUL for this little girl! She's such a blessing in our family. It's amazing that this year we got to celebrate 5 years with her.
This year we got to celebrate Faith Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico! Here's where I blogged about that special day. Below are the pictures I sent into the adoption agency. It's so fun to see how much she's growing!

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6 years with Joseph

On April 28th we celebrated six years since Joseph joined our family. Every year we celebrate this day and we call it "Jojo Day." Here's a blog of our celebration. Below are the pictures that I sent in to Ethiopia this year. We sure love our boy!

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4 years with Faith

It seems almost unbelievable that we just celebrated 4 years since we brought Faith into our family! What a blessing!! We call our celebration Faith Day! Every year we have to send 12 pictures of Faith to our adoption agency. Here's the pictures we sent in this year:

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Jojo Day!

On April 28th we celebrated Jojo Day! It's the anniversary of the date we had Joseph in our arms in 2008. We love celebrating this event! What a joy it was to bring this boy into our family! 

Every year I have to send 12 pictures of Joseph to Ethiopia. They also want me to write about how he's developing and growing. It's something I enjoy doing! It's fun to reflect on how much he's growing and changing.

I love this boy! I can't believe we've already had FIVE years with him!

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Faith Day!

Every year we celebrate Faith Day on the anniversary of Faith's adoption. I write a little report and turn in 12 pictures of Faith to Ethiopia. I love doing this because it gives me the opportunity to reflect on how much she has grown and developed! Here are the pictures I turned in this year:

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Ethiopia On My Mind

Last week I asked a friend who to send me some t-shirts for the kids. Koleta was happy to help me out and I was soooo excited! They are such a blessing!! She picked perfect t-shirts that my kids will love! They love it when we talk about how they are from Ethiopia! They love to hear their story about how we traveled to Ethiopia to pick them up.

There's a special bond for people who adopt from Ethiopia...I can't really explain it. I find myself praying for other families like us. I love being in touch with other adoption families! There was something very fulfilling for me to be able to finally meet two special kids that I've prayed for from the beginning of their adoption process.

Just a few days ago there was another family who finally got to pick up their sweet little girl from Ethiopia. Even though I've only been in touch with this family through Facebook....I am really touched as I think about their family coming together. Tears come to my eyes as I think about Ethiopian orphans coming into families!

Every year when we celebrate the anniversary of our adoption two other families that I've kept in touch with are also celebrating. The Meichers and The Chaneys both had babies from Joseph and Faith's orphanage. We met them when we adopted Joseph and we were all so new to adoption.

So, lately I've been thinking a lot about Ethiopia. I treasure the memories there and the amazing treasures that I have from this special country. We don't feel led to adopt again at this point, but I am so so so thankful for our memories and the connections that we have to this country. Have I mentioned that I love my kids? I really do! 

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Four years with Joseph

We recently celebrated four years of having Joseph in our family! April 28th is "Jojo Day" at our house! I blogged about Jojo Day on the kids' blog, go check it out!

These last four years have been so wonderful! We can't imagine life without Joseph. We're so thankful to have him in our family. Every year we send pictures to Ethiopia along with a post placement report. Here are the pictures we sent in this year:

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