tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20779711666410573702024-02-07T11:21:32.115-06:00Little Bits of MeMy way for me to share little bits of what I love--family, creativity, and everyday life.Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-52356370061894986282018-10-23T18:21:00.002-05:002018-10-23T18:27:17.835-05:00Ethiopia June 2019!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Help Xavier and I get back to Ethiopia in June 2019! It will have been 3 years since we last went, and our sponsored kids have grown so much! We are really excited about returning to love on all the kids at the Alade Genet Care Point, to share letters and photos from sponsors and to encourage the leaders who put so much time, effort, prayer and energy into transforming this community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Read about our 2 previous trips here:</span><br />
<a href="http://stampinshelley.blogspot.com/2015/10/ethiopia-highlights-part-1.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ethiopia Highlights Part 1</span></a><br />
<a href="http://stampinshelley.blogspot.com/2015/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ethiopia Highlights Part 2</span></a><br />
<a href="http://stampinshelley.blogspot.com/2015/12/ethiopia-highlights-part-3.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ethiopia Highlights Part 3</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>To get there, we need your help! Can you support us? Can you give $25 or $50? Every little bit helps!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Give online here: <a href="http://paypal.me/ethiopiatrip">paypal.me/ethiopiatrip</a></b></span><br />
<br />Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-33542039930836014902017-12-15T10:37:00.000-06:002017-12-15T10:37:09.656-06:002017 Highlights!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDD-QvQp8dNR0sdfvU7l_JfQB9uSF43G4nm50m52LK2wmKRTHOynF38GKoWOj9x18XtGnTnie61aAZ9jwrqqHS0KpsSalfgv6dNmJpvUVrhZ53QWWFdCanHCoaUge8LvXMCUyTnGyYH31/s1600/IMG_0663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDD-QvQp8dNR0sdfvU7l_JfQB9uSF43G4nm50m52LK2wmKRTHOynF38GKoWOj9x18XtGnTnie61aAZ9jwrqqHS0KpsSalfgv6dNmJpvUVrhZ53QWWFdCanHCoaUge8LvXMCUyTnGyYH31/s200/IMG_0663.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">What
a fun filled year 2017 was! The best thing about this year is our house. We’ve
been here a whole year now, and we just love it. We love seeing the deer and
antelope in our yard; we even had a momma deer and her baby call our backyard
home early this year. We hosted several birthday parties here this year, and
the kids enjoyed gaming in the living room, playing hide and seek outside and
swimming in the pool. We’ve done some small projects, like painting, adding a
feature wall in the master bedroom and other small projects to customize it. In
March, we hosted my niece’s wedding, having the ceremony in the front yard and
the reception in the backyard. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day. But a
16 year old house does come with it’s challenges—we’ve had pool repairs, a pipe
leak and replaced the hot water heater. Our goal in 2018 is to make the house
more energy efficient (and do more décor!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Our
other 2017 highlight was our trip to Disney World in June. We drove to and from
and spent 6 days in the parks. On the way home, we stopped over in Biloxi and
enjoyed the beach. We really had a lot of fun at Disney and made a lot of great
memories. I think Kendall will need a 2<sup>nd</sup> trip to meet the rest of
the princesses we didn’t get to see.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dad, Mark</span></u></b></div>
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year Mark celebrated his 10 year anniversary with ARC. His job has been such a
blessing to us, as it have provided stability for us. At church, he leads the
boys group, Royal Ambassadors and is a handbook leader for our AWANA club. He’s
had to take on a lot of projects this year, such as mowing the huge yard,
removing brush and maintaining the pool. He also really loves decorating for
the holidays both outside and inside the house. I’m thankful that he helps me
with most of my project ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We
had a quick getaway this summer, which included going to Schlitterbahn by
ourselves. We hope to take a memorable trip somewhere in 2018 to celebrate our
20 year anniversary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">This
year I got promoted (temporarily) to Children’s Minister at Hays Hills! I took
the part time job in May and will continue until the search for the full time
position is over. I am applying and really hope to be chosen to stay
permanently. I also started a part time job working online from home moderating
product reviews in the spring. I enjoy the work, and it is a good companion
salary for the church job. I did cut back on subbing and haven’t done any this
fall. I still really enjoy crafting in my free time and have designed wood
signs and items this year. I’m also busy shuttling kids to all places and am
looking forward to the older boys learning to drive soon!</span></div>
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and has added more advanced classes to his load this year. He seems to be doing
better at keeping up this year. He’s enjoying working in the shop in technical
theater and improving his acting skills. We hope he’ll make his acting debut
this spring. He has been an actor for our Children’s Worship at church, so we
have no doubt he’ll do great! He’s fun to be with and makes friends wherever he
goes (he may or may not know their names, though). He plans to return to Alade
Genet at Spring Break.</span></div>
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is 15 and also a sophomore at Hays High School. He participated in Varsity
marching band this year and made the show this time. He really is so great at
playing the trombone. He loves youth group and this year is helping run the
sound and video on Wednesday nights. He is becoming a mature leader in his peer
group. He even was an assistant teacher at Heroes Camp this past summer. He,
Xavier, Pierce and Tyler also participate in Breakaway at our church, which is fine
arts group that performs to music with a black light show. He does prefer to
spend his time at home in his room, but we love when he joins us to eat and to
watch TV at night. He is now over 6 feet tall and is the tallest in the family!
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is 14 and in 8<sup>th</sup> grade. He loves to read; last year, he was awarded
“Top Patron” at the Dahlstrom Library. Schoolwork seems to keep him busier this
year, but we often catch him grabbing Kendall’s books and reading them. He’s
really into playing online Battlefront with his friends who moved away this
summer. The boys also play Clash Royale, which this mom is totally clueless
about. Pierce is a great helper and is our go-to guy for any technical or
assembling issues. He loves going to church every Wednesday and Sunday.</span></div>
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is 12 and in 6<sup>th</sup> grade. Starting middle school was a big change for
her, and we are still adjusting to the demands. She joined the band just like
her brothers and is enjoying playing the flute. She also is taking dance and
theater. She is doing the 6<sup>th</sup> grade Rite of Passage class at church
and working hard to learn about the Bible and about growing up. She stays busy
with her crafting and creativity. Seeing and playing in the snow was very
exciting for her. She spent much of the morning rolling snow into the shade to
keep it from melting.</span></div>
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is 12 and in the 7<sup>th</sup> grade. School comes easily to him, and he is
excelling at playing the saxophone. He worked hard to be one of the first to
earn their gold certificate for completing an extensive list of scales. He has
been a wonderful sidekick for me in Children’s Ministry, regularly attending
Children’s Worship and running the media and slides for me. He also will
joyfully come help me put AWANA supplies away after Wednesday night activities
end. He loves to play Battlefront also and is eager to see The Last Jedi movie
with his friends.</span></div>
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is 7 and in 2nd grade this year and is continuing to love school. She is the
only kid who was disappointed when the first day of school was canceled. She
loves to read and can read just about anything. She prefers stories about
horses and dreams about having a horse of her own. She also loved the snow we
had, playing in it, building a snowman and having a snowball fight with Pierce.
She is a great friend at school and at church, coming alongside those who are
new or needing help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">2017 has been
another year of changes and surprises for our family, but we are so thankful
for where we are. We made some great memories this year, and we have a lot to
look forward to in 2018. Our extended families are doing well, and we are excited
to spend time with them during the holidays.</span></div>
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who read this to have a blessed and happy 2018!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">“Chaos.”
This is the word my 15 year old used to describe our family to the counselor.
I’d really love to believe that chaos doesn’t describe our family, but it kind
of…sometimes…does. We’re a family of 8; going many different directions and
always up to something. So chaos it is. I do believe that it’s the good kind of
chaos (most of the time).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">2016
has been another year of big changes for our family; many of which we hadn’t
forseen at the end of last year. It makes me begin to wonder if big changes are
in store for us every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">2016
started off with half of our family having birthdays! It’s a crazy time, but at
least the birthday train is downhill from there. The spring flew by, with Mark
and I getting to go on a 7 day Caribbean cruise in February. As the weather got
hotter, we began to enjoy our backyard oasis, spending lots of time in the
pool. But the craziest thing about 2016 was by far—the MOVE. Long story short,
we didn’t need to move, but we found a one of a kind, meant for us dream home
in June. It had all the space we needed, didn’t need major renovations to make
it suited for us, had a pool and was set on a lovely, oak tree filled 1.5
acres. Selling and buying was a crazy whirlwind process, which included seeing
the house for the first time one day after I returned from Ethiopia, making an
offer on July 4 and staging our house to have it listed in 24 hours. We had to
stay with mom and dad for 2 weeks in August, right when school started.
Needless to say, we are thankful to have all of that behind us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
still works at Austin Regional Clinic, doing computer programming. He is a
supervisor and has 3 programmers working for his team. This year was
challenging with many transitions, but he still loves his job. We are thankful
for how hard he works for our family and how dedicated he is to his job. He leads
the boys group, Royal Ambassadors at church and is a handbook leader for our
AWANA club. He also serves as a deacon at church. He was amazing at packing our
pods so skillfully to be able to move. He and my dad also did most of the
unpacking. He’s a great dad, taking kids on bike rides, playing special music
with them and doing all the “Honey-Do’s” around the house for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
and I enjoyed going on the TBRI cruise in February. We learned lots of things
about how to better relate with and parent our kids. It was also an amazing
time of R&R for us, and we got to connect with other parents with families
like ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I
continue to work as the Preschool Coordinator at my church, but in the spring I
left the office job. It freed me up to spend extra time with the kids, and it
was so nice not to have to do summer around a work schedule. Xavier and I got
to return to Ethiopia in June—it was a very different experience for us the
second time (I’ll have to share details sometime). This fall, I began subbing
in the school district and have really enjoyed being back in classrooms but
also having lots of flexibility to have days off for appointments. It also provides
lots of variety, and I’ve worked in classrooms I would not have thought I would
enjoy. First grade is still my favorite, though!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He always has an entourage in Ethiopia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Nati, a boy we sponsor. He is super smart!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Xavier
is 15 and is a freshman in high school. He is still full of energy and lots of
fun to be around. It was so great that he got to return to Alade Genet this
summer, because those kids remembered him and were so excited to see him again.
Seeing him arm wrestling, trying to have conversations with a language barrier
and taking selfies with the other boys are my most cherished memories of our
trip. He attends Hays High School and has started theater classes. He has
aspirations of becoming a movie star. He also is taking an AP class—Human
Geography. So far, it’s kicking his tail, but he continues to give it his best.
Plus, I think he really enjoys the content, since he’s a world traveler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Riley
is 14 and also a freshman at Hays High School. This summer and fall, he joined
the Varsity marching band. He was reluctant at first, giving up his free time,
but now he is sold. He was an alternate, which meant he didn’t march with the
whole band. At competitions, he was on the prop crew and really enjoyed that
role. He still loves youth group and goes every week. He enjoys helping with
kids and was a coach with spring break basketball camp and was a teen helper at
Heroes Camp. He and Xavier and Pierce also participate in Breakaway at our
church, which is an acting group that performs to music with a black light
show. But he’s a typical teenager these days: when at home, he is either
sleeping, eating, watching YouTube or playing Battlefront. He is now 5’10” and
wearing Adult Medium clothes. We wonder when he will stop growing!!</span></div>
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puzzlemaster. He continues to do well at school; he even took the ACT test last
weekend. He likes playing his trombone, riding his bike and jumping on the
trampoline. He was a huge help when we had to disassemble and reassemble our
furniture to pack and move. Plus, he is good at cleaning out the pool, a very
important job! Pierce joined the youth group this fall, and we can tell he
likes it because he is always very animated and loud after Wednesday night
church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Elizabeth
is 11 and in 5<sup>th</sup> grade. This year was a huge year of growth for her
as she is becoming a young lady. She and Kendall moved from Elm Grove to
Carpenter Hill Elementary after we moved. The girls like to ride the bus
(Elizabeth even rides when I sub at her school!). She is mastering math very
well this year and continues to work on reading. At home, she loves to be
outside exploring and taking care of our property. It’s so nice to have the
space for her to do that. She also loves swimming and worked hard on her diving
skills this summer. She continues to be creative and loves art projects.</span></div>
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also joined the band and plays the saxophone, which a perfect instrument for
this soulful boy. The only problem is that our kitty Jewel does not like
saxophone practice. She is always running off, looking for the furthest place
to hide. He was probably the biggest dissenter of our move because he has so
many buddies near our old house. Luckily, they are together at school; he has
made some new friends and sees them on Mondays when they stay for Pokemon club.
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and is reading, writing and drawing as much as she can. She transitioned easily
to the new school, although she still tells me occasionally that she misses
those friends and her kinder teacher. We are having such fun reading her
stories and phonetic spelling. Her lively attitude comes out even there. She
has made some sweet friends in her class; they play with stuffed animals at
recess and trade and share toys. I love subbing at her school because she likes
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that seems so perfect for our family, we have great friends at church and at
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out of 6 in middle or high school, we will have a 16 year old and goodness
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All pictured blocks are currently available. Perfect for displaying photos of your sponsored child! Each block measures 7 1/4" x 8" and are 1 1/2" thick (they are perfect for a shelf or tabletop). Proceeds benefit Xavier and Shelley's trip to Ethiopia. Email smcdaid@austin.rr.com to purchase.</div>
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Teal Jesus Loves Me photo block $10.</div>
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Orange/pink Jesus Loves Me photo block. $10</div>
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Chocolate/pink I Love You photo block $10</div>
Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-50115828333650879522016-03-14T19:21:00.001-05:002017-01-30T19:15:32.800-06:00Large Scrabble Tiles $5 each<br />
Large Scrabble tiles for your home! Made out of solid wood measuring
approximately 7 1/4" x 7 1/4" and stained to finish. Spell any word you
wish! Each block is $5.00. Shipping is available at the buyer's expense.<br />
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FAMILY<br />
DREAM<br />
HOPE<br />
LOVE<br />
initials or a name spelled out.<br />
Email your order to smcdaid@austin.rr.com. All profits benefit our trip to Ethiopia.<br />
<br />Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-3503213913781702902016-03-12T15:37:00.001-06:002016-03-12T15:37:59.853-06:00Ethiopia 2016!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Guess what? We're going back to Ethiopia in June! Xavier and I will be traveling with the team June 23rd-July 3rd. I am getting so excited about seeing those precious children again, especially the 5 we sponsor.<br />
This summer, we will go back with VBS and fun activities. We will also get a chance to work with some of the mothers and young ladies, teaching them jewelry crafting for their small businesses that many of you helped fund during the holidays. It's very exciting.<br />
Once again, we are trusting God to fund us. We need your support!<br />
*You can help by giving donations to the link below.<br />
*We are stocking the vending machines at Hays Hills, with all profits going toward our trip. (These are upstairs in Building D, and everything is $.75.)<br />
*We also will be selling unique, one of a kind photo blocks, ideal for posting current pictures of your sponsored child or precious pictures of your own kids. The choices will be posted on the blog and on Facebook for you to choose and purchase.<br />
*We also will be taking orders for Scrabble wall tiles (7.25" x 7.25") that will be custom made to your order.<br />
*There may also be a yard sale or FB auction coming soon! <br />
Stay tuned for pictures of the items for sale!<br />
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Give online here: www.tinyurl.com/agmt16<br />
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Thank you!Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-38449305843384637222015-12-14T15:45:00.000-06:002015-12-14T15:45:56.661-06:002015 Family Highlights<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I
love this time of year! It is time to reflect on the past year and share the
highlights for our family and friends. The words that come to mind when I think
about this last year are security and stability. I hadn’t really counted the
cost of the uncertainty and instability on our family during our foster
care/adoption journey that began in December of 2011. I think 2015 was the year
of the most stability that we’ve had in many years. We have our family of 8,
and although it is busy and active, it is stable and secure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I’m
going to hit the highlights of our year, but before I start, I want to preface
that these are the highlights! It is not all sunshine and roses here; we have
definitely had many challenges as we live this life and integrate this family.
But God has been with us all the way. He has clearly shown us the path, and
we’ve tried to follow it. In the dark places, He sends friends to encourage,
songs to lift our spirits or a verse or sermon that seems like it is His words to
us. In the good times, we have been able to give our praise back and to serve
others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">As
a family, we have had a fun year! In early spring, we were finally able to make
the interior renovations on our home that we had been needing to accommodate
everyone well. We also decided to have a pool installed in the backyard, so we
can be the “fun house” for our kids and their friends. What we thought would be
a quick process turned into a very long one because of some unusual rain in our
area in the spring and the summer. Our pool was finally completed in September,
just in time for summer to end. It’ll be great fun next year! We consoled
ourselves while our yard was trashed with season passes to Schlitterbahn. Oh,
the memories of my childhood it brought back being there! It was lots of fun
being able to pack up and go at any time and stay just as long as we felt like
it. Bonus, our kids are old enough now that we can send them off to enjoy
themselves while we relaxed some.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Dad, Mark</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
works at Austin Regional Clinic, doing computer programming. He is a supervisor
and has 3 programmers working for his team. This year was challenging with many
transitions, but he still loves his job. We are thankful for how hard he works
and how dedicated he is to his job. He leads the boys group, Royal Ambassadors
at church and is a handbook leader for our AWANA club. He is an involved dad,
doing projects around the house with Pierce, playing in the church’s Symphonic
Band with Riley and Xavier and doing fun one on one time with Kendall,
Elizabeth and Tyler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
and I are learning about connected parenting and Trust Based Relational
Intervention (TBRI) as a way to parent our kids with trauma backgrounds. We got
to go to a conference in April, which was a lot of great training and some time
for self care in San Antonio (hello, Riverwalk and Mi Tierra!). And we are so
excited to keep learning and do better at this approach as we go on a training
cruise in February 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">In
February, I started working part time as a Ministry Assistant to the Children’s
and Youth pastors at our church. It has been nice to be able to go back to work
but still have time on the weekdays for all of the appointments and errands
that go along with having 6 kids. I also got to spend time with Kendall, since
she started kindergarten last fall. In the summer, I directed my final year of
Heroes Camp and also began a 2<sup>nd</sup> position at the church—Preschool
Childcare Coordinator. The highlight of my year, though, was going to Ethiopia
with Xavier in October. We had to work hard to save money, earn money and
fundraise for our trip, then plan and prepare what we would do there. It was
hands down one of the best life experiences I’ve had, and I hope to go again
many more times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Xavier
is 14 and in the 8<sup>th</sup> grade. Xavier is an amazing kid, and we often
remind ourselves that we cannot take credit for who he is. We got him this way.
What started as a wish to see hippos in the wild in 2014 took him on an amazing
journey this year. Not only did he take his first ever international trip
halfway around the world, but he worked his tail off to get there and while he
was there. He is a natural motivator and fundraiser and drummed up lots of
support for us. And, in Ethiopia, he always jumped right in to do what needed
to be done and did it with a great attitude. The best thing was that he made
friends with many of the boys who live there. He hopes to go back every year to
visit them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Riley
is 13 and in the 8<sup>th</sup> grade this year. He is a busy boy, participating
in band at school and at church. He is also in youth group at church and makes
it a priority to attend as much as he can. He enjoys helping with kids and was
a coach with spring break basketball camp and was a teen helper at Heroes Camp.
He and Xavier and Pierce also participate in Breakaway at our church, which is
an acting group that performs to music with a black light show. It’s really
awesome. It’s hard to believe that he and Xavier will be in high school next
year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pierce
is 12 and in the 6<sup>th</sup> grade. He is an avid reader, fixer of things
and a puzzlemaster. He joined band this year and followed in dad and Riley’s
footsteps playing the trombone. He loved going to Schlitterbahn this summer and
always was willing to do the daring rides. Hoefully, this summer, he can
conquer the Boogie Bahn. Pierce has been waiting for us to get a trampoline in
the backyard, and it finally happened in the fall. He and the others spend a
lot of time outside jumping. We got to celebrate his first birthday with our family
by having an indoor swimming party at the YMCA in January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Elizabeth
is 10 and in 4<sup>th</sup> grade. She likes to do crafts and had lots of fun
doing card making classes at the local scrapbook store this summer. She loves
to die cut and emboss things. She loves to draw or write in her journal. She
also enjoys being outside swimming or jumping or exploring. This year, she
joined Safety Patrol at school and does 2 shifts a week in the mornings being a
crossing guard. She also advanced in her class spelling bee. She is becoming
quite a good reader and we often find her laughing out loud at her Hank the
Cowdog books. We also got to celebrate her first birthday with us in January.
She got her ears pierced to commemorate her first “double digit” birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Tyler
is 10 and in the 5<sup>th</sup> grade. He’s a happy boy with a sweet attitude.
I appreciate his help with his little sister and also his counseling sessions
with me when I deal with teenage angst. He has gotten into the Warriors book
series like his brothers before him and is very bonded with our black kitty,
Milo (who, by the way, got stuck in a neighbor’s attic for nearly a week before
he was found—we thought he was a goner). He is loving 5<sup>th</sup> grade with
his best buddies at school, Jack and Connor and his buddies at church, Ryan and
Jeremiah. He led his siblings in pooling their money to buy the LEGO Dimensions
game, and they are all enjoying playing it when they can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Kendall
is 5 and started kindergarten this year. She loves school, as we knew she
would, and is learning quickly. She is starting to read on her own and has
learned a lot already. Of course she is friends with everyone in her class and
knows all the details about each one of them. I love walking with her to and
from school each day; she always has something funny to say. She is doing AWANA
at church and is already working on her second book. She also loved
Schlitterbahn this summer, her favorite ride was The Falls. She wore her
wristbands as long as she could before we cut them off. She can also swim the
length of the pool on her own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">It’s
been a fun year, full of God’s blessing and goodness to us. We are surrounded
by great family and friends, who are so supportive. We are thankful for our
church family; there are so many that relate with us in this life we live,
which is so helpful. We look forward to all that 2016 has in store. We’ve
learned that the Christian life is never boring and never predictable. So we
hold on and enjoy the ride! And hopefully, when people see us living our lives,
they see Jesus in us. That’s the best we can hope for.</span></div>
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and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus <b>on</b> this <b>on</b>e
thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I <b>press</b>
<b>on</b> to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which
God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. </span></div>
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<b><u>Thursday, October 8<sup>th</sup></u></b></div>
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We spent the evening Wednesday night deciding on the other
children we should sponsor. It was a hard choice, but Xavier and I were able to
narrow it down and agree on 3 more boys. So we took our extra family photos
that we brought and wrote notes to each of the boys so we could tell them
before we left. </div>
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Thursday morning, we left for the CarePoint. We were giving a
lunch feast to the kids that day (which the mothers in the church were
preparing), and we decided to do one more activity with the kids before lunch.
It involved going into the classrooms and passing out crayons and paper. This was
the time where we saw the separation of kids in the HopeChest program versus
the kids who were not. (There are nearly 400 kids that attend the school but
only 155 are profiled to be sponsored in the program. Once all 155 are
sponsored, more of those 400 can be profiled and added. Many are siblings,
since they try to prioritize 1 sibling in each family.) As we went into the
classrooms, the teachers and leaders separated the children with one side being
children in the program who got to do the activity and the others had to
continue their schoolwork. It was hard to see and provoked some emotion in us.
We come from a place where all are included, all are winners, but here there
were no apologies, just separation. If anything, it made us want to push harder
to get our 155 sponsored so there will be room for the others. My prayer and
hope is that when we return, all will be included.</div>
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We enjoyed being in the classrooms and interacting that way.
Xavier and I also were able to find our boys and tell them we were sponsoring
them and giving them our family picture. How special it is to meet and know the
people sponsoring you (and vice versa!). This time is what is fueling our
desire to continue to travel every year.</div>
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We enjoyed the lunch feast time, where the kids enjoyed
injera, stew and Pepsi. There was so much food, and I am sure their bellies
were full! After lunch, we met with the Care Point staff, our team and our
translators to debrief and close out our time. It was an amazing experience
being there, and we left filled with hope and dreams for the future of Alade
Genet. </div>
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We said our goodbyes and with full hearts, drove away. We
enjoyed lunch together, then loaded up to make the 5 hour drive back to Addis
from Awassa. We arrived in Addis after dark, ate dinner and called it a night.
I remember being happy to return to the guesthouse where we started from and
sleep in the same bed. I slept contentedly that night.</div>
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<b><u>Friday, October 9<sup>th</sup></u></b></div>
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Friday we went to visit an established Care Point to get a
vision for what a successful Care Point looked like. It was called Trees of
Glory and was aptly named. It was in the mountains in a rural area (we did not
know when we left that morning how far away it was!). This Care Point was
completely self sustaining and had livestock, bio-gas collection, a bee colony
that harvested honey, an apple orchard and a large garden of produce. It was
amazing. It had a boys’ and girls’ dorm that housed homeless children, a school
and a library with computers. Although the American partners had done much to
support the CarePoint, it was the vision and implementation of the Ethiopian
leader, Semeret, that determined its success. She is the first to give God all
the glory, and we were very inspired by her.</div>
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Friday night we went into Addis for a traditional cultural
dinner, which was very fun. The singing and dancing was amazing. It was hard to
believe that the next day would be our last day there.</div>
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<b><u>Saturday, October 10<sup>th</sup></u></b> </div>
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We got up Saturday morning and worked on homework! Xavier
had a book report due and so we took the opportunity to do his video log
summary there. (Bonus points, right?) Then we loaded up to go shopping! We
visited Ellilta Products, where local women make scarves and jewelry. If you
know of FashionABLE, this is where those are made. We got some fun stuff there.
Then we went into the market area and shopped. It was stressful and fun to shop
and haggle with our birr. We also bought Ethiopian coffee, which is SO
delicious! I am almost down to my last bag.</div>
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We ate lunch at a restaurant that almost got our Tex-Mex
food right—I ate nachos that were so yummy! (We were really starting to miss
the foods of home by that point.)</div>
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After that, we went to the guesthouse and got packed up. We
had one final dinner with a couple of leaders from Children’s HopeChest, then
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and were on our way home. I slept better on that flight headed home, and the
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Amazingly,<sup> </sup>we breezed through customs, security and transferring our
luggage, then ate breakfast together. From there, we parted ways with Cheri,
who was heading home to Washington state. Traveling with Cheri was such a
blessing! I am so thankful God put her on our team. I wished I could bring her
home with us! Thank goodness for technology and Facebook to stay in touch. We
boarded the flight for our leg home, and before we knew it, we were in Austin.
Home!</div>
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I was so thankful to hug my sweet family again. Our house
looked so bright and welcoming, and I was so glad to be there. The rest of that
day was laundry and SLEEP. Sleep turned into a theme that following week; it
took about that long before I felt normal again.</div>
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It was an amazing experience, one I’ll never forget. It will
be a highlight of Xavier’s and my relationship with each other and will forever
change how we view the world and live our lives. I pray that it will not be the
only experience of this kind for us. I pray our other family members will join
us in this experience and that our friends and extended family will be affected
as well. The Christian life is full of adventure if you will surrender your
will to His. And you will never regret the sacrifice and surrender.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were Xavier's crew! Fikre in the back was always with Xavier.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I fell in love with Eyuel and his big sweet smile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yosefe is our original. He's awesome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love their faces so much!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These cute boys asking for "one photo" while we were in classrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Nathenael, one of our boys. He is super smart and translates English for his friends.</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Thank you to all of you who prayed for us, who supported us
and who support the children at Alade Genet. You are making an eternal
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Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-90076244550271415422015-11-28T20:24:00.002-06:002015-11-28T20:25:21.808-06:00Ethiopia Highlights Part 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<u><b>Monday, October 5<sup>th</sup></b></u></div>
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We woke up Monday morning ready to go! Today was our first
full day at the Care Point with the kids. We were going to set out the care
packages we brought: letters, photos, and NEW SHOES for every child in the
program! They also got their name tags with their sponsors’ names on them or “Jesus
Loves Me” if they were unsponsored. It was a gorgeous morning, clear and sunny.
But I wasn’t feeling so great. The long plane trip and the heavy foods were
taking its toll. I didn’t want to miss a thing, so I powered through. Xavier
and I were so excited to see Yosefe, our family’s sponsored boy as we drove up
that morning. After we set out the care packages, we went to get set up for our
craft station. After the kids sat with the translators and Ryan, Britany and
Cheri, they would come to Xavier, Vanessa and me to do the finger painting
craft. I sat down and wrote the kids’ names on the backs of the canvases as
each kid came, then a couple of the church leaders would explain the craft to
the kids and they would get started. It was fun to watch this new experience
for most of them. I also enjoyed getting to interact one on one with each kid
as I wrote their name. The leaders taught me the Amharic word for friend “gwa-den-ya”,
so I could tell the kids that their sponsors were my friends. We made it
through about half the kids when we had to stop for lunch. Our group went to a
restaurant for lunch, and I went back to my room to rest. After that break, I
felt much better.</div>
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It was a rainy afternoon, so we moved inside to finish our
crafts. When school let out for the day, some of the older siblings came to
help, and it was fun to interact with them. We also took a few of many selfie
ops that week!</div>
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That evening, we returned to the resort for dinner, debrief
and much needed sleep.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CW8dCZEFF4B0eRyJHV7DQzI-phRrGynL5jdPJjyRzoYh1sTSzE35ENzpsHWy65W9OSV2n_H-aDIuPWbLwogc6c0KULcD0nDzYmUOKIVTxPXfphIlPFxmG-n2zdmpNsdHtSbOVePwa-k6/s1600/IMG_2042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CW8dCZEFF4B0eRyJHV7DQzI-phRrGynL5jdPJjyRzoYh1sTSzE35ENzpsHWy65W9OSV2n_H-aDIuPWbLwogc6c0KULcD0nDzYmUOKIVTxPXfphIlPFxmG-n2zdmpNsdHtSbOVePwa-k6/s320/IMG_2042.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting Yosefe for the first time! He's on the left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting out care packages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Want to be the most popular boy? Be a blond haired boy with glasses and braces in Africa, and you are instantly the life of the party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finger painting canvases (if you sponsor, you get one from your kiddo!).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, selfies! Love these faces so much!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For many, finger painting was a first.</td></tr>
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<u><b>Tuesday, October 6<sup>th</sup></b></u></div>
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Tuesday, I felt so much better! I was excited for the start
of the day. We were going to do rotations with groups of kids that day, doing a
Bible lesson with Vanessa, a craft with me and Britany and soccer with Ryan and
Xavier. Cheri was doing a class with the older girls at the Care Point that
morning and one with the mothers that afternoon. We ate breakfast at the resort
(we ate it every morning; it was a yummy buffet of donuts, cereal, veggies, and
omelettes), then headed to the church for the day. Our craft was photos of the
kids from the year before that we had mounted and laminated for the kids to
decorate with stickers and markers. It was a fun day. I also got to visit some
of the classrooms that day and was very impressed with what the kids are
learning. They are being taught English, along with math, science and health
education.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, Mr. Popularity! He was never alone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking out the classrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working hard?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The photo creations! How they loved the foam stickers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Praying after the Bible lesson. Melt my heart.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Precious boy! Being the life of the party is exhausting.</td></tr>
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<u><b>Wednesday, October 7<sup>th</sup></b></u></div>
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Wednesday, we returned for home visits. As we waited to get
going, we caught up with some of the kids that were absent the day before and
did their photo crafts with them. I got to interact with Tewedage for the first
time and fell in love with his sweet, bright smile. He loved to show off his
English for us by pointing and naming body parts. I knew we would have to
sponsor him; he was too cute to not choose! </div>
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We visited 6 homes that day, 3 grass huts and 3 concrete
houses. It was an honor to be invited into the homes, and we were so blessed by
the interactions with the families. It was definitely a highlight of the week
and a memory I’ll treasure forever.</div>
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Thursday would be our last day at the Care Point; the time
went by so quickly, and I knew leaving would be hard.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Precious Tewedage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first home we visited.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another home visit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting Amose and his grandmother.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These sweet boys!</td></tr>
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So, Xavier and I were blessed to be able to go on a mission
trip to Awassa, Ethiopia October 1-11<sup>th</sup>. We went with an amazing
team: Ryan & Britany Krause, Vanessa Mauk and Cheri Rogers. Our mission was
to visit Ryan & Britany’s CarePoint at Alade Genet, to spend time with the
children and to dream with the leaders about the future of the kids. It was an
amazing and memorable experience, and I am so thankful I got to go with him!
Xavier has a very loving and selfless personality and was such a great asset to
our team. Along with being helpful with the team and relational with the kids,
he also provided much needed comic relief at stressful times. Here is a recap
of our trip:</div>
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<b><u>Thursday, October 1<sup>st</sup></u></b></div>
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We left Buda to drive to Houston for our first flight. We
prayed with our families before we left and said our good-byes. From Houston,
we flew to Los Angeles to board our international flight. LAX was stressful to
say the least; the international terminal was extremely crowded, and we had a
teammate who was in pain. It was only by God’s grace and sheer determination
that we boarded our Ethiopia Airlines flight (which, by the way, was a 20 hour
flight). The flight was long but uneventful. It was hard to sleep, but Xavier
and I binge watched the movies and TV shows available. Before we knew it, we
were there.</div>
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<u><b>Saturday, October 3<sup>rd</sup></b></u><br />
<sup> </sup>We arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at 6:00am their time. We
breezed through immigration and customs and were ready for pick up at the
airport at about 7:00. Our team members who have been before said it was the
easiest time through customs and immigration they had experienced. It was also
the first official stamp in my passport, which was very exciting. (and Xavier’s
too—have I mentioned this was his first plane trip ever?) So, at 7:00, we were
ready, but no one was there to get us. Our cell phones didn’t work, so all we
could do was wait. It was the first time I realized I was very far from home,
and I really had no control over my circumstances. It is a very strange
feeling. </div>
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At about 8:00, we met Semeret for the first time. She was
our guide/hostess/translator from Children’s HopeChest. She wasn’t late—they
thought we’d be longer going through customs and immigration. She took us to
our bus/van, a 12 passenger type and introduced us to our driver for the trip,
Dougie. They took us to our guest house, where we stayed that day/night.</div>
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OMW, traffic in Ethiopia is so different!! They basically
just go where they need to and everyone adapts. There are cars, people, animals
and bajaj (basically a covered tricycle with a backseat). To us, it was like
Frogger in real life.</div>
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At the guesthouse, we met the final member of our team,
Cheri from Washington State. She joined us to bring her ministry, Desta Girl,
to the Alade Genet Care Point. (Go to <a href="http://www.destagirl.com/">www.destagirl.com</a>
to find out about it!</div>
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We rested for a while, ate some breakfast, then went to
visit a family that our team sponsors. That experience was a first of many and
was very eye opening. There were 3 siblings, whose mother had died and the
fathers were uninvolved. They basically live on their own with neighbors and a
hired “nanny” who stays with them part time. Thanks to the sponsorship, they
are doing well, going to school and having a safe place to live. At this house,
we experienced our first coffee ceremony. This is something Ethiopians do to
show hospitality to their guests. The coffee beans are roasted, then ground
then brewed. It is DELICIOUS! They also serve popcorn, a wonderful combination.</div>
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That night, at the guesthouse, we slept great. I was so
thankful for a real bed to lay in. We also had a wonderful fan, which was just
the right amount of white noise and air circulation. </div>
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<u><b>Sunday, October 4<sup>th</sup></b></u>
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We got up, got showered (hooray!) and ate breakfast. We
packed up for the next leg of our journey, a 5 hour drive to Awassa. We left
the large bustling city of Addis Ababa and headed out to the country. There
were many sights along the way; people on donkey carts, goats, cows, sheep and
people. The landscape was very beautiful, with mountains, lakes and farmland.
Awassa is a large city, but not quite as active as Addis, with a huge lake as
its centerpiece. We stayed at the Lewi Resort, which was lakeside and very
beautiful. There were free roaming monkeys on the property, and many days we
ate outside by the lake. We ate a late lunch lakeside and enjoyed some settling
in time. We left in the late afternoon to go meet with the church leaders at
Alade Genet to discuss our plans for the week.</div>
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As we drove out to the church, I had all kinds of
feelings—anxiety, excitement, anticipation. I’ll never forget the large hill
pulling up to the Care Point; what a majestic backdrop for this location! When
we arrived, there were all kinds of surprises! The children were there, and
they had prepared a show for us! There were signs, music, dancing and a
coffee/popcorn ceremony. It was seriously, hands down, one of the most
memorable moments of my life. This was it—all that we worked for, prepared for,
traveled for. It was even more glorious in person than the pictures we had
seen.</div>
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And that wasn’t the only surprise they had for us; after the
performance, the church leaders took us on a tour of the Care Point. There were
some things we expected to see: the water point, the new church building being
built, the new classrooms. But we were blown away by the additional things:
showers, latrines, playground equipment! There has been some serious progress
in the last year!</div>
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We met briefly in the office with the CarePoint leaders,
Melkamu and Marnesh, and the church elders and leaders. Then it was time to go
to the resort and get some rest because Monday morning, we start our time with
the kids!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the new church building that is being built to replace the small
turquoise church that is being torn down to build the new road. Above
the porch is the Pastor's office.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Xavier got Pepsi instead of coffee.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Wow,
2014 blew our minds! Reflecting back on last year’s update, I never thought the
update I am writing today would be what it is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I
have blogged a little bit about our foster care journey since our 2013 update.
I went dark in the early spring because we were in a 6 month waiting period
where I couldn’t share anything about our kids online. I encourage you to read
those blog posts if you haven’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Last
year’s update stopped with the placement of 6 year old little Mark. When we
were presented with him, we were told it would be an adoptive placement and that
he would be ours. As with the “foster coaster” rides we’ve experienced all
along, we found out about a week into his placement that his mother was
fighting to get him back. Long story short, because of the holidays and his
situation, he was returned to his mother after living with us for a month. The
month we had with him was fun and sweet, and we will always have good memories
of him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">When
Del went home
last fall, we decided that the back and forth of foster care was done for us.
We switched our focus to adoptive placements. We started looking for children
on the state adoption website, TARE and sifted through bulletins from our
agency. We even submitted our paperwork for 2 children we heard about when we
were in a court hearing for Del. We were looking for 1 or 2 kids; at this point
age didn’t matter as long as we could fit them in our home. On January 16<sup>th</sup>,
we received 2 bulletins: 1 was for a 15 year old boy and the other was a sibling
group of 4. We decided to submit for the 4; it was out of our comfort zone, but
there was just something about them. Things moved quickly from there. We met
them on February 8<sup>th</sup> and then they started coming for weekend visits
every weekend until they moved in on March 7<sup>th</sup>. I won’t go into all
the details, but the oldest boy was unable to stay with our family and moved
out in May. But, we adopted the other 3 on September 15<sup>th</sup> and they
are now a part of our forever family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">We
are so blessed to have Xavier, Pierce and Elizabeth in our family. Read on to
find out about them!</span></div>
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family stats:</span></u></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Dad, Mark</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
is still working at Austin Regional Clinic, doing computer programming. This
year, he was promoted to supervisor and has 3 programmers working for his team.
This has been a challenging year for him adjusting to being a boss, but he
loves his job. We are thankful for the security his job gives us. He is the
leader of the boys group, Royal Ambassadors at church and is a handbook leader for
our AWANA club. He is a great dad, making time to build relationships with all
of our kids and has had to do lots of projects this year to make our house
ready for 6 kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mark
and I got to go to a Texas Rangers game this year. We also got to go to a couple
of Round Rock Express games and a couple of stock car races at the track in
Kyle. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mom, Shelley</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I
am a stay at home mom, but I am definitely busy. I still get to be a part of
MOPS, since Kendall is still a preschooler
(this is the last year!). Also, for the last 3 years I’ve directed our church’s
Heroes Camp, which is quite a task, but I love it so much. It is what our
church does for VBS; it is a full day, camp type experience, with field trips
and swimming and Bible lessons, oh my! I also am the one that keeps up with all
the kids’ appointments, paperwork and training. This year, I got to do the huge
stack of adoption paperwork (times 3), which was busy and stressful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">This
fall, I started working part time at our local YMCA at the front desk. I love
it a lot; it’s a break from home life and a nice change of pace. This year, I
also took control of my health and lost 40 pounds. I trained and completed a
half marathon in October in a time way better than I expected.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Xavier</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Xavier
is 13 and in the 7<sup>th</sup> grade. Xavier is fun loving and thoughtful. He
plays the clarinet in band and likes to play soccer and basketball. He enjoys
playing with LEGOs and playing Pokemon. Xavier gave a testimony at church in
August about his experience before and during foster care. He has seen God’s
loving hand of care in his life all along. Xavier is always willing to help
others, and he does it happily without complaining. He is hoping to go on a
missions trip to Ethiopia
in 2015 to minister to orphans and to see hippos in the wild.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Riley
is 12 and in the 7<sup>th</sup> grade this year. He has done really well in
band and made the top band at the end of 6<sup>th</sup> grade. He is in the
youth group this year, and he and Xavier really enjoy going whenever they can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Riley
still enjoys LEGOs and building things. He also creates his own stop motion
videos. He is a great big brother. We can count on him to help and be a good
role model to all of the kids. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pierce</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Pierce
is 11 and in the 5<sup>th</sup> grade. He loves to read, especially Warriors
books and Rick Riordan books. He loves to figure out how things work and to fix
things. He also is a puzzle master; we have quite a few puzzles that I’ve glued
together this year. Pierce is also very active and played soccer this fall. He
also likes to ride his bike and play Frisbee outside. Pierce also hopes to go
to Ethiopia in 2015; he
loves to talk about Africa.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Elizabeth</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Elizabeth</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> is 9 and in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade. She
loves to be crafty, drawing and writing all of the time. She also enjoys being
creative with her LEGOs and building new things out of her pieces. She loves to
collect things like rocks and keys. She’s always got something in her pocket.
She enjoys being active outside, throwing the Frisbee or observing bugs.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Tyler</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Tyler</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> is 9 and in the 4<sup>th</sup> grade. He
loves to eat; he never ever seems full. He also loves to read and is enjoying
Geronimo Stilton and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. His good buddy lives across
the street and they get together often to play Minecraft or Pokemon.</span></div>
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also likes building LEGOs. Tyler
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Kendall</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Kendall</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> is 4 (almost 5) and is in preschool 2 days
a week this year. She is a girly girl, always worrying about how she looks or
what she’s wearing. She is the only extrovert in our family and has friends
everywhere she goes. She loves princesses, ponies, Ariel and playing pretend.
She always wants to do what the big kids are doing, even playing Minecraft or
watching Pokemon. She is a joy to have in our family, and we are so thankful
for her. She is a sweet sister. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Since
the adoption in September, we have been working on adjusting to our new family
life. It has been interesting and a big change for us after having been so
fluid for the last 3 years. We don’t feel like our story is complete yet, but
we do believe that this is a season of “settling”, where we won’t take on much
new stuff for our family. We are taking this time to bond and deepen security
in our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also want to come alongside
our friends and family as they have needs that we can meet to support and
encourage them. We are very excited about 2015 and all that God has in store
for this family of 8!</span></div>
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Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-82694549858447532772014-02-12T10:12:00.001-06:002014-02-12T10:12:56.771-06:00Part 3: Lucky Number 7<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So here is where we are in our journey as of today.</div>
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We decided last fall that we wanted to focus strictly on
adoptive placements. The ways to find adoptive placements in the foster care
system are:</div>
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look at children posted on the TARE website and submit for information
about children that meet your criteria. The downside to this option is
that it is statewide (most children posted on TARE have exhausted all
local options), it is not always current and it seems to take a long time
to get a response when you do make an inquiry. For us specifically, many
children on TARE needed a small family or to be the youngest child in the
home, which made them incompatible for us.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">To
receive e-mail bulletins from our agency of children who are ready to be
placed in an adoptive home. These go out when parental rights are
terminated and the current placement does not wish to adopt. Occasionally,
also, there are bulletins labeled “Legal Risk”, which means CPS is ready
to move the child to an adoptive home even though rights have not been
terminated yet or the state is still looking into another placement (i.e.
a family member). If you get an email that appeals to you, you request
that your agency submit your home study to the caseworker for
consideration. This also may take time to get a response, and the more
“appealing” children receive lots of home studies to be considered. (See
my Red Rover video.) These may be local or statewide.</li>
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third option is to have your agency submit your home study to the Adoption
Unit of a specific CPS region, usually close to where you live. They can
look at potential matches that may not have gone out via bulletin or
posted on TARE yet. This process may move more quickly, depending on the
matches available.</li>
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We committed to pursuing any options in any of those 3
avenues. We submitted our home study to the San Antonio Adoption Unit, since
there are many potential placements in San
Antonio, and our agency has developed relationships
with the people who work on placements there. We searched TARE and submitted to
get information on several children there, and we sifted through the bulletins
we got via email and responded to a couple to be considered. We knew that the
right match might take a while and resigned to wait. </div>
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We were looking for children within our children’s age
range, children with needs we could manage and for 3 or fewer children. Those
criteria are pretty much the “mainstream” criteria, so we didn’t really stand
out to get picked from other families. Plus, as we knew from feedback from
another submission, having 3 biological kids could be a negative thing, since
that made us a large family once we added children, and smaller families are
preferred for some children.</div>
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On January 16, I received three emails. One was from a
caseworker of a TARE inquiry we had sent, telling us that a boy that we had
asked about had been placed with family. It was good to know. Sometimes you
never hear anything. The second email was for an adoptive placement of a boy
similar to that one boy. And the third email was for an adoptive placement of a
sibling group of 4 kids. Normally, I don’t forward emails to Mark unless I
think he would want to submit for them, but I forwarded both adoptive emails to
him that day. We had said our limit was 3 kids, but there was something about
the picture of these 4, and the oldest boy wanted a dad who would teach him
computer programming. To my surprise, he responded and told me to submit for
the 4!</div>
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We contacted our agency, and they jumped on it. They knew
some information about these kids from their connections at CPS (the kids were
in San Antonio)
and were very excited that we would consider them. Because they are a sibling
group of 4, there isn’t a lot of interest in them. Plus, they are a little bit
older, so basically, we jumped from the “mainstream”. And that completely changed the game for us.</div>
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Our agency submitted our home study to the caseworker, and
we were quickly chosen! (I think we were the only ones who submitted.) We were given
what information our agency had about them, and it seemed like a good match for
us. We began the process of an adoptive placement. There are several steps to go through at the beginning to try to ensure a successful placement.</div>
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First, there is an initial staffing, which was our agency
and the children’s caseworker talking about the children’s backgrounds and needs
in an adoptive home, who we are as a family and concerns that need to be
addressed. Then, our agency talks to us about what was presented, and we decide
if we want to proceed or not. That happened on January 22. We were satisfied
with the information we were given and felt equipped to handle the needs of the
children, so we decided to proceed.</div>
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Then, we get a chance to talk to the caseworker ourselves
and the foster parents to get a more clear picture and specific information
about the children. The caseworker also wanted us to read the children’s case
file, so we went to San Antonio
and did all of that on January 30. The case file was eye opening, but I won’t go
into specifics. After that, we are given another chance to walk away or
proceed. We proceeded. There are concerns for sure, but we felt affirmed and
equipped to continue. At that time, we gave their caseworker a small photo book
to give to the kids to tell them about us.</div>
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The next step is to meet the kids. We were so excited to
meet them and planned to meet them the following Saturday, February 8<sup>th</sup>.
Mark and I decided it was best for us to go by ourselves for the first meeting,
just so we could have time for them to talk to us and us to focus on them. We
went last Saturday, and it was seriously one of the most memorable days of my
life! They are the sweetest kids, and meeting them made me feel like they were
my children, meant to be a part of our family. </div>
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So that brings us to where we are today. We have another day
visit planned this Saturday, this time with our kids. Then, the plan is to do a
couple of overnight visits on the next 2 weekends, then have them move in at
Spring Break. They would be a foster placement for 6 months, and we can
finalize an adoption after that. </div>
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We would really appreciate your prayers as we move forward.
We know from past experience that there is still a possibility that this could
all fall through before placement. We don’t think it will, and we hope it will
not! There are also many preparations that need to be made to accommodate them,
including a vehicle and some furniture and room preparations. We need to be
wise with finances in making these preparations. After placement, we know there
will be challenges with adjustment, with building trust and the logistics of parenting 7
kids. We know it won’t be easy, but we believe it will be worth it. Please keep
our family in your prayers.</div>
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I cannot wait to share even more information and pictures
once they are OUR children! Stay tuned!</div>
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Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-61972695470872302552014-02-05T08:25:00.001-06:002014-02-05T08:25:09.952-06:00A Couple of Videos For Your Viewing PleasureI have a couple of videos to share today.<br />
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Kendall and I got to go see the sing a long version of Frozen last night, and the message hit me afresh. I love the song "Fixer Upper". It's so true and encourages me to continue to love children who have frozen hearts.<br />
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"People make bad choices when they're mad or scared or stressed, but throw a little love their way, and you'll bring out their best. True love brings out the best."<br />
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Then, here is a more serious video about the reality of foster care and adoption. Region 8 includes San Antonio, where we are hoping to adopt from.<br />
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<br />Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-23108461073457929912014-01-31T13:19:00.001-06:002014-01-31T13:19:42.593-06:00Our Foster/Adoption Journey Part 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So after we had the girls, we were left drained, empty. We
weren’t sure that fostering was right for our family anymore. We considered
checking it off the list; been there, done that. Maybe we'd answered the call, and that was all He asked of us. But God didn’t let us off the
hook that easily. In early 2013, my Bible studies kept convicting me. Children
without homes or families continued to burden me. I would look around our
house, which God provided so clearly for us, and I knew it wasn’t meant for
just the 5 of us. I gave God some parameters for the next kids: older than Kendall, foster to adopt (no chance of reunification),
basic kids, only 1 or 2. </div>
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Mark still was uncertain but wanted to do something, so we
continued to be inactive but opened up to do respite care (which is taking care
of foster children when the foster parents need a break or have plans that they
cannot take the kids with them). </div>
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Something amazing happened on February 28, 2013. I’ll never
forget that night. I got a call from a first grade teacher who attends my
church who I hadn’t met before. She told me about a first grader in her class
who was in a foster home in the neighborhood next to ours. His foster family
was moving out of state, and he was going to have to go to a different home.
His teacher was trying to find a way to keep him in her class. She asked if we
were willing and available to take him. Even though he was outside of the
parameters I’d set up (still a foster placement with the possibility of
reunification), the timing seemed right. I told her I’d have to talk to Mark. I
wasn’t sure how he would respond. But he said yes, and after meeting and
talking to his foster mom, D moved in with us during Spring Break. He was with
us for 7 months, when he was reunited with his father. He is such a special
boy, and I am SO thankful that we had those 7 months with him, even though it
was much shorter than we would have wanted. He enhanced our lives, and I am
certain we made an impact on his life. </div>
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We also did respite care during that time. We took in a 12
year old girl and her 13 year old brother two different times. We really felt a
connection to them, and for the first time, began thinking about taking in
older children and teenagers. </div>
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After D’s placement, we decided to look into foster to adopt
placements again. Various signs have continued to point us to adoption over
these years. We considered a few foster placement calls in the fall of 2013,
but none were the right fit for us.</div>
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Then, on November 14<sup>th</sup>, we got a call for a 6
year old boy. We were told he was “legal risk”, which implies that parental
right aren’t terminated but are expected to be. Yay, we thought! This one will
be a keeper! We said yes, and he came at 1:00 am that night. After a few days,
CPS changed their tune about intending to terminate rights, and he only ended
up being with us for a month before he was reunited with his mom. In spite of
the disappointment, we still are glad for the time he was with us. I pray we
made a positive impact on his life.</div>
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So that was a month ago, and since then, we have focused on
seeking adoptive placements via TARE (Texas Adoption Resource Exchange) and bulletins our agency sends out. We
have submitted on a few, with little result. Our agency also submitted our home
study to the San Antonio
adoption unit for adoptive matches. But we’ve had to resolve ourselves that
because there are so many channels to go through, this is a slow process and may take some time. It’s frustrating knowing that
there are so many children waiting for forever homes and here we are: a family
ready and willing to take them. I see calls to action on social media, and it hurts my heart knowing that it is what we want but nothing is happening!</div>
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But we trust that God’s plan, timing, and matching is
perfect, and we put our faith in that. He has not failed us yet. We also know
that His heart is for these waiting children, and He sees them and loves them and will not fail them.</div>
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On January 16<sup>th</sup>, God revealed to us something we
never would have expected. Stay tuned for that story. It is still playing out
as I finish writing this…</div>
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It’s hard to decide where to begin. We are just your basic,
average, all American family. Mark and I got married 16 years ago, with big
dreams of having a life and a family together. We were both raised in Christian
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In 2002, we welcomed our first son, Riley. Oh, what a
blessing he was! Being his parents gave us purpose and a new perspective. It
was also during that time that we got plugged into a local church and our faith
started maturing.</div>
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In 2005, we had Tyler, our second son. It was during my
pregnancy with him that I sensed God calling me to quit my teaching career and
stay home to raise my boys. Even though it was clear God wanted this for me, I
resisted. It was an extremely difficult transition. We struggled financially
during this time, but God always provided. We learned to trust Him, even in the
challenges. I also began growing spiritually during this time through Bible
studies and MOPS.</div>
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In 2008, life was better. We celebrated our 10 year
anniversary that summer, Riley was in school, Tyler was potty trained, and we were doing ok
financially. We thought our life was good and sensed God telling us that our
perfect little family of 4 wasn’t complete. We discussed having another child
and decided to try. </div>
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That fall, Mariah Wilde from Family Link Foster Care and
Adoption Agency, came to talk to our church about the need for Christian
families to foster and adopt children in state care. It got my attention, and
Mark and I talked about that as an option for growing our family. We decided to
think and pray about it.</div>
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God gave us our answer in 2009, when we found out we were
expecting Kendall, who was born in January 2010. She was another joy and
blessing! She is our one and only baby girl. Fostering and adopting was still
on our hearts, but we focused on raising our children. Somewhere in that time,
Mariah came back to our church. What I remember about that was that there was a
slideshow of children waiting to be adopted and one of the pictures was a baby
girl named Kendall. I knew it wasn’t a random
thing.</div>
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Finally, in 2011, we decided to go for it. We started our
training with Family Link in the fall of 2011 and were licensed as a
foster/adopt home in December 2011. We really always wanted to adopt but
decided to be willing to give fostering and emergency placements a chance.</div>
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Our very first placement came on December 27, 2011: an 8
year old boy and a 3 year old girl. We had them only 3 weeks before the court
ordered them to be placed with their grandma. We learned a lot from that short
placement. It was challenging, it was stressful and emotional, but it was good.
Loving them for 3 weeks was the right thing to do. It was worth it, and we were
affirmed in continuing this path.</div>
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But it also gave us clarity. We were living in a 1600 square
foot house with only 3 bedrooms and a tiny backyard. It was very cramped for 5
kids. We have learned a lot about being wise with our finances and trusting God
to provide for our needs, so we began to pray about a larger home in a wise
way. We made a wish list for an ideal house for us and gave parameters of what
we could afford. It was a tall order; seemingly impossible to find.</div>
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But God provided! And it was even better than we hoped and
imagined. I’ll tell that story another time.</div>
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After we moved we reactivated to foster, and in September
2012, we accepted a placement of 2 little girls, ages 2 and 1 (our Kendall was 2 ½). They had been in another foster home,
so when we got them, their reunification date was already set. We had them for
3 months, when they were successfully reunited with their parents. This
placement was extremely difficult for our family. The little girls required a
lot of attention (to put it mildly), and it left us feeling like failures.
After they went home, we questioned the call to foster. We considered checking
it off the “to-do” list and moving on. We went inactive to reconsider, regroup
and pray. </div>
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But God didn’t let us quit…</div>
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(Part 2 coming soon)</div>
Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-79534913647320701782013-11-30T21:32:00.002-06:002013-11-30T21:32:52.786-06:00Our Year In Pictures (See the post below for the letter also!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our family fall 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were headed home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kendall's 3rd Birthday in January 2013.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We laid down 9 pallets of sod in our backyard in March.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally seeing a Rangers game! Too bad it was so cold that day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weather was much better the following day when we went on our tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15 years of marriage! Wow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NASCAR was so fun! Both of our drivers' pit stalls were right in front of our seats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite summer memories! This was on my birthday. We ate at Hey Cupcake, then went to the splash pad that is lit up at night. (see Kendall crying?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got to take the boys to Fiesta Texas. This was our one and only roller coaster ride. Weenies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super Del. What a special boy this is. We are so thankful he was a part of our family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tyler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Princess Kendall</td></tr>
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<br />Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-81010049726514414402013-11-30T20:07:00.000-06:002013-11-30T20:07:20.349-06:00The McDaid Family 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The McDaid Family 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We come to the end of 2013 with full and thankful
hearts. We are so grateful for our family, friends and community. But we are
most thankful for God our Father and Jesus our Savior and for the testimony
that is being written for our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am going to back up a little, because I did not
do a family update last year, and a lot has changed in our lives since December
of 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We completed our training and licensing for foster
care in December 2011 and got our first placement, an 8 year old boy and his 3
year old sister on December 27, 2011. They were with us for only 3 short weeks;
after which they were placed with their grandma. It was a whirlwind experience,
which overall was good, and we felt affirmed to continue. But those 3 weeks
made it clear to us that the house we were living in, while adequate, would not
house 5 growing children long term. So we began to look at other options. We
determined to be wise; we made a list of really high expectations for this
forever home and put a really strict number on it. We prayed about it, asking
God to make this direction clear for us. On the first day of house hunting, we
found it. We found the house that fit all the parameters that really seemed
impossible to find. Long story short, we moved in June 2012 and love our home,
our neighbors and our community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">During that time, we went inactive for foster
care, since our lives were so fluid with selling, buying and moving. In
September 2012, we went active again and took our second placement: sisters,
ages 2 and 1. We got them from another foster home, and their parents were
already well on track to getting them back. We had them 3 months, and they were
reunited with their parents on November 30. We again went inactive (3 toddlers
took its toll!) for awhile, but still felt pulled to foster. On March 12, 2013,
we took in our 3<sup>rd</sup> placement: a 7 year old boy named Del. (I tear up just
typing this! He is such a special boy.) We got him also from another foster
home that he had been in for 7 months, and he was with us for 7 months until
October 15, 2013, when he was reunited with his father. On November 14<sup>th</sup>,
we took our 4<sup>th</sup> placement: a 6 year old boy named Mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I won’t go into great detail about foster care
here, but I will at another time. It’s been an amazing journey, and we’ve
learned a lot. I believe God is asking me to blog about our experiences, so I
will be working on that in the new year.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 18.0pt;">Here are
the current family stats:</span></u></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dad, Mark</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mark is still working at Austin Regional Clinic,
doing computer programming. He’s been very busy this year being on call every
other week and helping roll out their new electronic medical records system in
the clinics. He is the leader of the boys group, Royal Ambassadors at church
and is a handbook leader for our AWANA club. He is also a great handyman at
home, dutifully completing all the projects I find on Pinterest to make the
house more organized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His NASCAR driver, Jimmie Johnson, won the
championship this year, and we got to see them race at Texas Motor Speedway in
April. He is also a loyal Texas Rangers fan, and he enjoyed getting to see them
play also in April. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mom,
Shelley</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am still a stay at home mom, but I am definitely
busy. I still get to be a part of MOPS, since Kendall
is still a preschooler. MOPS has blessed me in so many ways over the years. The
last 2 years I’ve directed our church’s Heroes Camp, which is quite a task, but
I love it so much. It is what our church does for VBS; it is a full day, camp
type experience, with field trips and swimming and Bible lessons, oh my! I also
am the one that keeps up with all the foster kids’ appointments, paperwork and
training. In my free time, I love to craft, read and sew. I cherish the time
with my girlfriends and am so thankful for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I too, enjoyed watching the Rangers this season,
especially to watch my childhood friend play for the team last season. I even
got to see him hit a home run while he was rehabbing in Round Rock this summer
(on a rare date with my youngest brother, Brian). </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Riley</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Riley is 11 and in the 6<sup>th</sup> grade this
year. It is hard to believe that he is in middle school! But he is doing well.
The structure of middle school seems to suit him. He is following in Mark’s
footsteps and playing the trombone in band. He is in the Rite of Passage class
at church, which all 6<sup>th</sup> graders go through to transition from
childhood to the teenage years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Riley still enjoys LEGOs and building things. He
also has discovered technology and creates his own stop motion videos. He is a
great big brother. We can count on him to help and be a good role model to the
younger kids. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tyler</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tyler</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> is 8 and in the 3<sup>rd</sup>
grade. He is always either starving or eating, which is quite a change from the
super picky eater he used to be! He is also growing like crazy. He likes to
read and has really enjoyed reading chapter books like Magic Tree House and
Flat Stanley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He also likes building LEGOs. He really enjoys
Hero Factory right now. He also loves playing Angry Birds and enjoys acting the
game out with the action figures. Tyler
is always funny and playful. He is a good friend and a good leader in class.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kendall</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Kendall</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> is 3 (almost 4) and is in
preschool 2 days a week this year. She is a girly girl, always worrying about
how she looks or what she’s wearing. She is the only extrovert in our family
and has friends everywhere she goes. She loves princesses, ponies, Ariel and
playing pretend. She comes home and plays school on preschool days. It is so
funny to listen to! She is a joy to have in our family, and we are so thankful
for her. She really bonded with her brother Del and misses him very much. She draws
pictures of him and prays for him regularly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We are looking forward to seeing how God will add
to our story in 2014! Stay tuned!</span></div>
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Hope you enjoy the highlights!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Mark</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Mark is still with ARC, working hard. He stays busy keeping all of their systems running smoothly so the doctors can work productively. He also serves faithfully at church with the RAs boys’ group and helped me with teaching the 4<sup>th</sup> graders. He ran the Chosen half marathon for the second year in a row and works out regularly. He had fun decorating our house for Christmas this year with all new lights.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Shelley</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">I finished my role leading MOPS in May. I also got to do a new big job this year</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">—</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Baby Boston"">I coordinated the summer Bible camp at our church, which is VBS on steroids. It was hard work but so rewarding to work with amazing adults and minister to awesome children. I am planning to coordinate it again in 2012 with the help of our church’s new children’s minister. I am also teaching the 4<sup>th</sup> grade Sunday School class, which includes my Riley. But, amazingly, I haven’t felt as busy this fall and have enjoyed the time with Kendall and developing more friendships.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Riley</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Riley continues to grow into an impressive young man. He is in 4<sup>th</sup> grade this year and doing well in school. He is a great brother and helper; he even received a special award at family camp this summer for being the “Ultimate Brother”. He still loves his Legos and stormchasing. Riley, Mark and Tyler even got to see an actual stormchasing vehicle, the TIV, at the Texas State History Museum in September. His current obsession is anything about the Titanic. He can tell you anything you want to know about it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">Tyler</span></u><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston""></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Oh Tyler! He’s such a fun boy! He’s in first grade, reading, spelling and doing math. He loves school and works hard. He is becoming so mature and insightful. He got a Bible recently and enjoys reading it and taking it with him to church every Sunday. His prayers are also so compassionate and insightful. He loves Legos and is becoming more proficient and creative with his building. We were really proud of him on Thanksgiving Day, when he ran about 3K of a 5K race without complaining. Tyler will be a ringbearer at my cousin’s wedding in a couple of weeks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Kendall</span></u><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston""> JOY</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston"">What a fun year it has been with sweet miss Kendall! She’s so happy, talkative and fun. This year, she turned 1, started to walk, started to play and talk. She loves music, playing with her babies and being outside. She still loves to swing and has a passion for airplanes and helicopters (she gets it from daddy). She has begun to repeat everything we say; sometimes it’s not something good, but it just melts my heart when she’ll say, “Yes, Jesus loves me</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">…</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: "Baby Boston"">” and “Mom, I love you.”</span><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Baby Boston""><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Family</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">It’s been a fun year as a family. Some of our biggest highlights were:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Snow in February! We had so much fun in this rare snow day.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Having fun playing in the afternoons outside with the neighbors.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Our family vacation to Rockport/Port Aransas in June. Going to the beach was great fun. We also visited the Texas State Aquarium and the USS Lexington.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">We went to Lake City, Colorado to family camp at Camp Redcloud in August. What a memory! We got to go with my mom and dad and my brother Greg and his family. It was a great experience and we want to go back again. It’s like heaven on earth, plus we learned a lot from Creation Camp.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">We’ve done lots of other fun stuff around town like playing at GattiTown, going to Austin Park, shopping at IKEA. We really enjoy our time together.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">We are also looking forward to a mini holiday vacation just before Christmas at the Great Wolf Lodge and the Lego Discovery Center.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">One major change our family is making this fall is that we are working on getting our foster home licensing. We’ve really felt a call to do this for the last 2 years and now is finally the time. We should be licensed just before Christmas and look forward to the possibility of getting a placement right away. We’ve prepared our house for 2 children and cannot wait to see what God has in store for our family. What an exciting Christmas gift!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">We pray that you have a blessed holiday season this year! May God richly bless you in 2012 as you seek Him first.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">With much love,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">Mark, Shelley, Riley, Tyler and Kendall McDaid</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston"">(Juno and Milo cats too)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:99.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Baby Boston""> </span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sg-BnC3PF3Gaji5CyfY4bHUdnFT4jkYz6IL7gXPc7zIsDDyoNJO5eQqW9RHKXOFHtKKYkXfqMe7fP3Jsbsonr7796P58QyZEZrmqQBExNFJIptbkTpRssbXfPoMQo24_GOnwYXsJh6RW/s1600/jan1.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTryMhCn_LdStllHxcyzhwrmBukFgWXJyU553c8JjOsawEy4tU-c0Qfpiw61UJrdrctrITDk55acrfvswdcghxapIVfrsUjYQ0wnFlbrmBSpgiLhtIHp50fy43i0MtTERy-_C2AydAhjn/s1600/april.JPG"></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 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Love Tyler, Riley, Kendall, Mark and Shelley</span> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Kendall</span></u><u><span style="font-size:18pt;"></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Well, our year started off with a bang, and now we’re swimming in pink! Kendall Joy McDaid was born January 21, 2010 at 4:16pm, weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. All went smoothly, and she has grown like a weed over the last 10 months. At 10 months old, she is scooting, playing and happy. Her favorite things are “reading” and being outside, especially in the swing. She’s very talkative; she is starting to use some real words like uh-oh and cat. </span><u><span style="font-size:18pt;"></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Mark</span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Mark is still with ARC, working hard. He stays busy keeping all of their systems running smoothly so the doctors can work productively. He got to be home for 3 weeks when Kendall was born, which was such a blessing! At church, he works with the boys’ group, RAs. They just completed their annual Pinewood Derby car build and race. He also works out avidly, and he and I completed our first half marathon in October. I was really proud of his dedication to the training and the race. He did a great job!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Shelley</span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">I continue to help lead the MOPS (Moms of Preschoolers) group at Hays Hills Baptist Church. We had a great year last year and have started another great year this fall. Currently, we have 62 moms in our group with more inquiring daily. We will be launching a 2<sup>nd</sup> group in January to have more room for more moms. I love the ministry of MOPS; it reaches stay at home moms in the community so they do not feel like they are mothering alone. I also have enjoyed being more active at the boys’ school. And, amazingly, I trained and completed my first half marathon in October! It was really challenging; I am so thankful to have done it, but I don’t know that I’ll be doing another one anytime soon. I think 5Ks and 10Ks will be fine from here on.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Riley</span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Riley has really grown and matured over the last year. I have really come to rely on his help, and he has risen to the occasion. He is an awesome big brother; Kendall adores him. He is in third grade this year and thriving in school. He loves to build with Legos and has built many creative designs. He also is loving reading chapter books and is an excellent speller. Riley is passionate about storms and tornadoes. We are curious to see if it will develop into a career in meteorology.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Tyler</span></u><u><span style="font-size:18pt;"></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Tyler</span><span style="font-size:14pt;"> has had a big year! Not only did he lose his position as the baby of the family, he also started Kindergarten this fall. I am so thankful that I got to spend so much time with him at home because I feel like I hardly see him anymore. He is loving school, learning and making new friends. We found out his peanut allergy is not severe, but he still enjoys eating at the “peanut free” table in the school cafeteria. He also is a Lego fanatic, and really enjoys minifigures (the people) and accessories.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style="font-size:18pt;">Family</span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">I am so thankful for our family time. We’ve really made some memories this year that I will always treasure. We went to Sea World in December, one last hurrah before Kendall arrived. We enjoyed a rare snow in February. In June, we took our first big road trip to Saint Louis, Missouri. It was the boys’ first trip outside of Texas. We visited family, went to my cousin’s wedding, saw the Arch, rode on a riverboat and went to the zoo. But the highlight had to be stopping in Dallas on the way home to go to the Lego store! While we were there, we found out that Austin was getting a Lego store. (It opened in August, and we have been there many times already.) We also did fun things around town, like going to Gattitown, Austin Park, swimming at pools and seeing movies. This fall, we got to spend time with the Beamans for the first time in a long time, which was also really fun.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We still have our sweet Siamese cat Juno, and added another kitten, Milo, last month. Teddy went out a week ago and hasn’t returned. We are still searching for him, hoping he’ll come home and be okay. We’ve had him for 9 years and really love him. But Milo is a silly boy, and he fascinates Kendall.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">This year, God has really blessed us. It is so fun to see the world through a new baby’s eyes. Thinking about how much she’s grown in such a short time is amazing. And now, we get to enjoy this holiday season with her. It will be a special time.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">We wish you many blessings this holiday, and may you remember the true joy of Christ’s birth!<span style=""> </span>Love, the McDaids</span></span></p>Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-41670715617435585332009-11-27T20:08:00.005-06:002009-11-27T20:25:18.064-06:002009 Family Recap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYttXpBHFEj4tnscmrAwd4GyFs_hJDX3SrKaGZXL-q-wOtv096FaMa7MSTerOu_5vC5aqOtlT0n8nb9u7SVzW66wsMxZqG8iqVH433OmxDa0c_HQeYLDihyphenhyphenN1H7CNN8KyctCwYcfHogLuk/s1600/boysgolfka.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408971960382822482" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYttXpBHFEj4tnscmrAwd4GyFs_hJDX3SrKaGZXL-q-wOtv096FaMa7MSTerOu_5vC5aqOtlT0n8nb9u7SVzW66wsMxZqG8iqVH433OmxDa0c_HQeYLDihyphenhyphenN1H7CNN8KyctCwYcfHogLuk/s200/boysgolfka.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgM0zEFIlTL3Kv_fSnazqA3dFEcEOfjWJDksrcVeetBs_UWJH0X4acW1cRQKSy0D3zqn0kTAjAIpAz9zkfd_OTd7m76DwKLNyCmR2eu_eNItvRxRWLyOQnMl1BdHtECQnsrQjrg039Nh8d/s1600/tylerka.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408972352526935586" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgM0zEFIlTL3Kv_fSnazqA3dFEcEOfjWJDksrcVeetBs_UWJH0X4acW1cRQKSy0D3zqn0kTAjAIpAz9zkfd_OTd7m76DwKLNyCmR2eu_eNItvRxRWLyOQnMl1BdHtECQnsrQjrg039Nh8d/s200/tylerka.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> We went to Kiddie Acres over Spring Break.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyvc-q3DMR-JdUaUi42zI85iWuVtZgwLAxUm_o_xOxLnXjtcgSsgmzLgCDo_OYp6oDtn-fjVhG-lQ_NboQYskxyTndnf5ioq8nxMsKUm8CWJgjL11Nv0c-8i3kMd1E0OwdbnnV4eK-iQ2/s1600/lizwedding.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408972216953189874" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyvc-q3DMR-JdUaUi42zI85iWuVtZgwLAxUm_o_xOxLnXjtcgSsgmzLgCDo_OYp6oDtn-fjVhG-lQ_NboQYskxyTndnf5ioq8nxMsKUm8CWJgjL11Nv0c-8i3kMd1E0OwdbnnV4eK-iQ2/s200/lizwedding.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Mark's baby sister, Liz, got married March 1st.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjhEpu9yLkXvyT69-kDIhBwTw1zo41-Lh9D0SD0BODr2y3kSnEDxErWW32SCecAwup-NSus2h8dg7g1jWF4UqhV6NRmBShYLcicf15zKJa-ORuOwD9q18rzcY_0OnikXxZQZXgO048T91/s1600/easter2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408972204378818834" style="WIDTH: 124px; 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The boys played dress up this summer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNTsLs2Hf5vhTrQX21L4M4CrIlLzXKpyRQI5LJ3skq_r7sVFqoxurnDTSUwWgG-QuBU8-ivrdWJFOTjV7PYJU_2sbTll1eyu8SjG9gVPRUL-g-1wTNleCwbYljeOYz3SZ5upZy4L-DzS_/s1600/familypumpkin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408972205549131586" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNTsLs2Hf5vhTrQX21L4M4CrIlLzXKpyRQI5LJ3skq_r7sVFqoxurnDTSUwWgG-QuBU8-ivrdWJFOTjV7PYJU_2sbTll1eyu8SjG9gVPRUL-g-1wTNleCwbYljeOYz3SZ5upZy4L-DzS_/s200/familypumpkin.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7tNpRYQIbTdQfMXtHMkhlkH03gD-szKBip8v36f-EC1HwVt7AsXDILUjB7RFKg1Gua9JxzMgCbfAYFAYhSDuvfzAQDncN3a75nhixGRkgiclGWvmKhsYz2X4xcJFr-bAUkOxXJyk5NJL/s1600/boyshalloween.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408971968770090946" style="WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7tNpRYQIbTdQfMXtHMkhlkH03gD-szKBip8v36f-EC1HwVt7AsXDILUjB7RFKg1Gua9JxzMgCbfAYFAYhSDuvfzAQDncN3a75nhixGRkgiclGWvmKhsYz2X4xcJFr-bAUkOxXJyk5NJL/s200/boyshalloween.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Our family at the pumpkin patch and the boys dressed for Halloween.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XBfW7ppWQDZhvetvc5fdS5G9ifKXQlL9pciE8Spu8a3CZpEGMIe6A0iAfVjDkjOcMj6YEcOBQ825u42dP8srxUwRrLRkXBNnF5sf5XqjzjTIEq9Dln_pevW0ftQoWYTTyjsI1q0MIrq1/s1600/tylerkendall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408972356143777186" style="WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-XBfW7ppWQDZhvetvc5fdS5G9ifKXQlL9pciE8Spu8a3CZpEGMIe6A0iAfVjDkjOcMj6YEcOBQ825u42dP8srxUwRrLRkXBNnF5sf5XqjzjTIEq9Dln_pevW0ftQoWYTTyjsI1q0MIrq1/s200/tylerkendall.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdmC7wcw5TIvF-XnDkNE5wpWCaUMPLDvDG7P-wndb6zmnlQ2v3ypk0rlqw377UFmt8EMsS8r2tiwhyibuW19DdgVbbA3B_rG47JxCOqQEjL99fS5QBqhDQyX3nTCanCAaflZitp8hptdN/s1600/8mos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408971962134498658" style="WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdmC7wcw5TIvF-XnDkNE5wpWCaUMPLDvDG7P-wndb6zmnlQ2v3ypk0rlqw377UFmt8EMsS8r2tiwhyibuW19DdgVbbA3B_rG47JxCOqQEjL99fS5QBqhDQyX3nTCanCAaflZitp8hptdN/s200/8mos.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My big old belly at 29 weeks. Tyler loves his baby sister! :)<br /></div><div><br /><div><strong><em>Mark<br /></em></strong>Mark is still working hard as a Programmer in the IT Department at Austin Regional Clinic. With 2 years under his belt, he feels pretty comfortable at his job. He has really enjoyed working out and running this year. This summer, he completed his first Triathlon, then did a family Triathlon with Riley. He’s also run a 5K and a 10K this year, as well as going on regular runs in the neighborhood with the boys to help Riley complete his marathon. I always keep him busy around the house, too! He has built many a furniture piece from IKEA this year!<br /><br /><strong><em>Shelley<br /></em></strong>As soon as I finished teaching Pre-K at Mother’s Day Out this spring, I found out I was pregnant! It did come as a surprise, but in September we found out we are having a baby girl, which is so exciting! She will be at the top of our 2010 highlights, since she is due January 21st. Just before I found out that I was pregnant, I agreed to take on the role of MOPS Coordinator at my church. This is our third year, and we are still growing and going smoothly. God has really blessed this group! We even started a sister group in Kyle this fall, which 2 dear friends of mine are coordinating. This summer was tough for me, with the first trimester pregnancy yuckiness and the scorching heat. We spent a lot of time indoors at home this summer.<br /><br /><strong><em>Riley<br /></em></strong>It’s amazing that Riley is a 7 year old second grader! He is such a big boy and so helpful to me. He’s a great big brother to Tyler, and I know he will be great with his baby sister (he loves babies!). He loves school and was so excited to get the teacher he wanted for second grade. They have lots of animals in their classroom, including leopard geckos and snakes. He really enjoys running and completed a Kids’ Triathlon in July and ran a 5K in October. He did his first sleepover camp last summer and had a great time.<br /><br /><strong><em>Tyler<br /></em></strong>Tyler is 4 and is such a big boy. He and I are doing “home school preschool” and he is learning his letters, numbers and other fun stuff. He loves to “read” and has many of his favorite books memorized. He had to give up his room for the baby, but is excited to share a bunk bed with Riley. Their room is full of Legos, which both boys are very passionate about. I am always amazed at the original creations they come up with! Tyler is running with Mark and Riley—his goal is to do the 5K on his own next fall. Tyler has also had his fair share of boo-boos this year, including stitches on his forehead in March from falling at the park.<br /><br /><strong><em>Family<br /></em></strong>It’s been another fun year for our family. We’ve gotten to do some fun things, like going to Round Rock Express baseball games and stock car races at the local track. Mark and Riley got to go camping this spring with a group of men and boys from our church. This summer, we tried some new things, like seeing “Up” at an outdoor theater, learning to play laser tag and race go-karts at Austin Park and Pizza, and going to the Children’s Museum in New Braunfels.<br />We got to go to Sea World in San Antonio and stay at the Hyatt Wild Oaks Ranch for our summer vacation. It was really fun, especially spending 4+ hours a day in the pool. We also took the boys to the Riverwalk and Rainforest Café.<br />Oh, and another highlight of our summer was the addition of another cat, Juno. He is an adorable Siamese cat who is so funny and friendly. We originally thought he was a girl until I took him to the vet about a month after we got him. He keeps us laughing and on our toes.<br /><br />It has been another wild year, with lots of ups and downs. It is so rewarding to see the boys growing up and seeing their character develop. They have really bonded with each other. They both are thriving at church and love Jesus and His word, which is truly exciting. We are looking forward to 2010 with our newest addition. We can’t wait to meet little Kendall Joy in person. She has already captured our hearts! I am so thankful that I can look back and see God’s love and faithfulness in our lives. He has truly blessed us beyond what we deserve.<br /><br /><strong><em>Love, the McDaids<br /></em></strong><div></div></div></div></div>Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-37919160434041751612009-07-03T17:25:00.002-05:002009-07-03T17:33:00.922-05:00Just Released! Stampin' Up's New Catalog!The 2009-2010 catalog is officially live! It is beautiful and full of great new products and project ideas. You can view the catalog online or contact me to purchase one. They are $5. If you purchase a catalog, you will receive swatches of the 6 new In Colors for free.<br /><br />I will be having a new catalog preview and a watercoloring class Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25th from 10:00-12:00. The class is $15 and you must RSVP by July 13th. You will make 6 3"x3" cards using 6 different watercoloring techniques. Plus, I will have a BONUS card for you to make using a brand new hostess set!<br /><br />Also, Brenna and I will be continuing to do the monthly stamp club. If you are interested in being a part of it, let me know. Stamp club is a great way to gradually build your product stash and have some fun girl time!Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-25527744105063359402009-06-11T16:42:00.003-05:002009-06-11T16:45:58.741-05:00Big News!<div>The McDaid family will be welcoming a new member in January 2010!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E5QGQTnoHRbYDknXNxBm6hOI7xhQu__k-dxL653oQ1C3I53AhHmQPEHF1I4RMOj64668pIgXuF-8DIJXpkmaq3w5gU9BzHqQd9D7xH0UPkdx_8Mui7NJihvcC3ivixFdoExoQ620iwnl/s1600-h/baby2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346188911577339170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E5QGQTnoHRbYDknXNxBm6hOI7xhQu__k-dxL653oQ1C3I53AhHmQPEHF1I4RMOj64668pIgXuF-8DIJXpkmaq3w5gU9BzHqQd9D7xH0UPkdx_8Mui7NJihvcC3ivixFdoExoQ620iwnl/s320/baby2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbK4sisdLx0iEdLTw_erFlTanDe6OrLXJBhLzdu3BvXoSLnVJvr0QXYu_ZQzLKOKIk-a732kPnczlnhuCKBNmgrNbRGqaiL2JzQyGdI4KoMJv0f6pDxvt_QvT_wp3O66FMiaBvg1_6T9/s1600-h/baby1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346188907243344866" style="WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbK4sisdLx0iEdLTw_erFlTanDe6OrLXJBhLzdu3BvXoSLnVJvr0QXYu_ZQzLKOKIk-a732kPnczlnhuCKBNmgrNbRGqaiL2JzQyGdI4KoMJv0f6pDxvt_QvT_wp3O66FMiaBvg1_6T9/s320/baby1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Will it be another boy or will it be a girl??? Time will tell!</div>Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-24600178381492527332009-06-09T20:44:00.005-05:002009-06-09T20:58:44.316-05:00Handcrafted Items for Sale<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nqBxWTXCiqWkIQIAe6xu5Zr_sNBHSkS7rmKOTliR4VFyQymFiHxiHPJG4WxqJAYXMcOUaFbayz90G6rhYlD3ymelNO4xJyMJQL1eK8JnlAwpVKf541e_7hY5WhzJAjo_K4W0h-t3EdZX/s1600-h/wristlets.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509668118662578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nqBxWTXCiqWkIQIAe6xu5Zr_sNBHSkS7rmKOTliR4VFyQymFiHxiHPJG4WxqJAYXMcOUaFbayz90G6rhYlD3ymelNO4xJyMJQL1eK8JnlAwpVKf541e_7hY5WhzJAjo_K4W0h-t3EdZX/s320/wristlets.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPLjEq3DZtCIcdVrt-bIJO7tZ6eyanEM7bLBtiWzBEeuhfAIcr-wQ6mQUjYvTU6wupSHruieW0PO0UfnBGMXhEHS5pq_0sjJkgr8s5x3Ezs-uCODt3R709zZiVXTArjKdVbgiNTpAHAsM/s1600-h/wristlets2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509661572377202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPLjEq3DZtCIcdVrt-bIJO7tZ6eyanEM7bLBtiWzBEeuhfAIcr-wQ6mQUjYvTU6wupSHruieW0PO0UfnBGMXhEHS5pq_0sjJkgr8s5x3Ezs-uCODt3R709zZiVXTArjKdVbgiNTpAHAsM/s320/wristlets2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />Faux Alligator Skin Wristlets Gift Card Holders $5</div><div>Colors Available: Moss, Celery, Chocolate, Turquoise<br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNWGyb2iybzbuj86mw-Vxy6eL8bPkLAw7o65UjLRNLryWhAQWFcoyRW-0wl4j05_8zQWk4rYboY-lwPJ-RBApTZM_YywO0kW6tRalBtAzDfJ1T6AEhzNi6PHCK6vY-yuMDary-mf_qhgo/s1600-h/monogramcardset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509662329811842" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihNWGyb2iybzbuj86mw-Vxy6eL8bPkLAw7o65UjLRNLryWhAQWFcoyRW-0wl4j05_8zQWk4rYboY-lwPJ-RBApTZM_YywO0kW6tRalBtAzDfJ1T6AEhzNi6PHCK6vY-yuMDary-mf_qhgo/s320/monogramcardset.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2nYbUvtNrk0w9ayO7I1IfAPyYXpsiXzfQ_uwLT37V9x903b2PJc_qVKu64DZr05iBnkfUTf588Q3UffhkGZoGQeLYO8qYIvWCJ414DPuVMqE3ZjHsl_bKnlAkaHFQPHGgasT9ePa6H4a/s1600-h/monogramcardset2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509656090572514" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2nYbUvtNrk0w9ayO7I1IfAPyYXpsiXzfQ_uwLT37V9x903b2PJc_qVKu64DZr05iBnkfUTf588Q3UffhkGZoGQeLYO8qYIvWCJ414DPuVMqE3ZjHsl_bKnlAkaHFQPHGgasT9ePa6H4a/s320/monogramcardset2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Monogram Cards Boxed Sets $15</div><div>Ten custom made monogram cards with envelopes in a coordinating box.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNctooB2j4bS-Ml7kLYc0HN14PpiMzRQuOJSKTenzlqiXwkTLJmBy2yRxsh3Is3PKn0w186lLkQ1m8knkM3sl0pepHmjBYP_zgjuJaTFE134bYpiRgdAgjmgbbp1SjFGVMAw8Lngp1-mo_/s1600-h/girlbabyset2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509263924565810" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNctooB2j4bS-Ml7kLYc0HN14PpiMzRQuOJSKTenzlqiXwkTLJmBy2yRxsh3Is3PKn0w186lLkQ1m8knkM3sl0pepHmjBYP_zgjuJaTFE134bYpiRgdAgjmgbbp1SjFGVMAw8Lngp1-mo_/s320/girlbabyset2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TzgT-70wtfia8GE81NZimnTaB_4KGFzQESbOhD-AWH_Ez_MSBlCS89TTCjzAzEL3eO8Ofooe6V9FgTzTaXK9_bLwYyl3Zd8r-pvQqjc-v_E9t5f6fktACfYm_l6VSEau3yIeuXBNIUJc/s1600-h/girlbabyset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509648186760354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TzgT-70wtfia8GE81NZimnTaB_4KGFzQESbOhD-AWH_Ez_MSBlCS89TTCjzAzEL3eO8Ofooe6V9FgTzTaXK9_bLwYyl3Zd8r-pvQqjc-v_E9t5f6fktACfYm_l6VSEau3yIeuXBNIUJc/s320/girlbabyset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Baby Girl Thank You cards Boxed Set $15</div><div>10 handcrafted baby girl thank you cards with envelopes in a coordinating box.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_s-YpSdADP3Q56ySZridfKbGUfeC4AL6TxjTWfcDTmWevjmNkOv2B7Q82lvPy4PppQ5FeZfP-4rHfhgP3m7VpAtCFBquqS-lx5UwDf-o72CxhoeSlHxlPJ-M40cNch11x40cgzGjO05mU/s1600-h/boybabyset2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509253462709058" style="WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_s-YpSdADP3Q56ySZridfKbGUfeC4AL6TxjTWfcDTmWevjmNkOv2B7Q82lvPy4PppQ5FeZfP-4rHfhgP3m7VpAtCFBquqS-lx5UwDf-o72CxhoeSlHxlPJ-M40cNch11x40cgzGjO05mU/s320/boybabyset2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QjWejvEkJz9ymY83M7x8EFvkjcR-c1ghF3rj9zQ-NLeuYY-_dtfh4hSFGas4hCCM6YIjGfXhc9_GVBu_ezDW3IG1hByc_Q7gTfVNMFZxuK1j2gT-DmH8hPNotXVja047NJOm4EoI-bTy/s1600-h/boybabyset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509261171792818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QjWejvEkJz9ymY83M7x8EFvkjcR-c1ghF3rj9zQ-NLeuYY-_dtfh4hSFGas4hCCM6YIjGfXhc9_GVBu_ezDW3IG1hByc_Q7gTfVNMFZxuK1j2gT-DmH8hPNotXVja047NJOm4EoI-bTy/s320/boybabyset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Baby Boy Thank You cards Boxed Set $15<br />10 handcrafted baby boy thank you cards with envelopes in a coordinating box.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_hBy0M23ui6H-YEYH5nIOFXLe1_qXcXKkSYEtmVsExVsrqpbCj2jqsMfeJ5-uHFnhiJPjjICEKqxnWHnXD884aAbi_BhcXG6-6nl8J4SIhcAF3kFroplAt8kBhajHBeJ8OIedDq1YJBC/s1600-h/assortedcardset2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509249385737042" style="WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_hBy0M23ui6H-YEYH5nIOFXLe1_qXcXKkSYEtmVsExVsrqpbCj2jqsMfeJ5-uHFnhiJPjjICEKqxnWHnXD884aAbi_BhcXG6-6nl8J4SIhcAF3kFroplAt8kBhajHBeJ8OIedDq1YJBC/s320/assortedcardset2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2D1q6JeGgUzKsUtSQsMHyLf2JkgnwkkiQ9vO7iv7_2zSiVQ1XnzNdRV_Zk8M3dvvyUI4w6JZAqbs5P_fcWG7Ozu5SLV9t-KlSoBXpDGq5TDwTBt05RGEUIRbMRcD81k8Gn6LoaGx_rR3I/s1600-h/assortedcardset.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345509253085293154" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2D1q6JeGgUzKsUtSQsMHyLf2JkgnwkkiQ9vO7iv7_2zSiVQ1XnzNdRV_Zk8M3dvvyUI4w6JZAqbs5P_fcWG7Ozu5SLV9t-KlSoBXpDGq5TDwTBt05RGEUIRbMRcD81k8Gn6LoaGx_rR3I/s320/assortedcardset.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Assorted Greeting Boxed Set $15<br />10 cards with assorted greetings with envelopes in a coordinating box.</div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>To place an order, please e-mail me at <a href="mailto:smcdaid@austin.rr.com">smcdaid@austin.rr.com</a>. Please allow 1 week for completion and delivery.<br /></div></div></div>Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2077971166641057370.post-16425754517456862812009-05-25T15:01:00.004-05:002009-05-25T15:14:57.789-05:00Handcrafted Items for SaleI have been working on some projects to sell. I am very excited about putting some of my creations on the market. Here are a couple I am offering:<br /><div><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNfTe9Q5PwyJ1f8gdZ_z9P8FdHV_v8GT8XpheomfIsgAawV-0mlxQ2cdHokDlxW_ekKfbeNJmVtp0oHVIZXHmzVJh8E2xkyBQ6pY9BgWEDfvtAtXiQeLWQ1Qqe4ZkCXaGnYc2dFtMMlJs/s1600-h/P5250012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339855448881505970" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNfTe9Q5PwyJ1f8gdZ_z9P8FdHV_v8GT8XpheomfIsgAawV-0mlxQ2cdHokDlxW_ekKfbeNJmVtp0oHVIZXHmzVJh8E2xkyBQ6pY9BgWEDfvtAtXiQeLWQ1Qqe4ZkCXaGnYc2dFtMMlJs/s320/P5250012.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0RsfVtepa48e7QN0shfg5K9HRf77qoR9prmNc603pIxuInPb9t_hyphenhyphengj_Ukuz8Ov3ambMfbD78hxpbQV8MTKyhiz9HyLJYrD4rLQ7vn5xH-DugNu8QrC7YOb0gkr3yvFxwB1eME8mmJ85/s1600-h/P5250013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339855453662992258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0RsfVtepa48e7QN0shfg5K9HRf77qoR9prmNc603pIxuInPb9t_hyphenhyphengj_Ukuz8Ov3ambMfbD78hxpbQV8MTKyhiz9HyLJYrD4rLQ7vn5xH-DugNu8QrC7YOb0gkr3yvFxwB1eME8mmJ85/s320/P5250013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Faux Alligator Skin Wristlet Gift Card Holder $5</div><div>Colors Available: Chocolate, Celery, Turquoise</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2eGEndSJe_d-AxAktKxw4BPf5gnjXzK_rXGGpRyJ00b3v4J5AqH9adXt0lDC0kJPvwNnipGOuUErXbZt38b66AVWu6Wjj0D2tyqFGIxbJqZ90AoPcfNP8jzSh4bDWaYvsJK02HF_T707/s1600-h/P5250008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339855447867106466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2eGEndSJe_d-AxAktKxw4BPf5gnjXzK_rXGGpRyJ00b3v4J5AqH9adXt0lDC0kJPvwNnipGOuUErXbZt38b66AVWu6Wjj0D2tyqFGIxbJqZ90AoPcfNP8jzSh4bDWaYvsJK02HF_T707/s320/P5250008.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9mOT-4EtASpTqx8BFzb4MGw9ROOKD48clo3lqmuVtXk5rW5zRaD_ionplgNL7wV0iT9EAOuQfAIhqzjCdo2ycd7GYCAm6BLoNgETAZI2tuD5koCiszcqdIxDhZ-oFXL50WIRKqJc9-QF/s1600-h/P5250010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339855450218687458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9mOT-4EtASpTqx8BFzb4MGw9ROOKD48clo3lqmuVtXk5rW5zRaD_ionplgNL7wV0iT9EAOuQfAIhqzjCdo2ycd7GYCAm6BLoNgETAZI2tuD5koCiszcqdIxDhZ-oFXL50WIRKqJc9-QF/s320/P5250010.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Parisian Boxed Card Set, includes 10 cards and envelopes in a coordinating gift box $15</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn81z9U4L-FPu6NIifF2nM9JtFdRT9-hmPx63Be84iHhl5yEYDOQn3_xhuuTP-iQWxfv7q3NrFac7Fkhm-Hl_aGQDBHD4mB0mTNT5Z0Oq5RUn_hxvShYJFv8skA3a0xKAWW9TCnl8DjjXf/s1600-h/P5250014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339855457458939426" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn81z9U4L-FPu6NIifF2nM9JtFdRT9-hmPx63Be84iHhl5yEYDOQn3_xhuuTP-iQWxfv7q3NrFac7Fkhm-Hl_aGQDBHD4mB0mTNT5Z0Oq5RUn_hxvShYJFv8skA3a0xKAWW9TCnl8DjjXf/s320/P5250014.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s4D8Dt5dNpOEErKvfqSjhtRqNB8avTRfPUTaNBSZ7pzXHarIJC4zHUC05mo2Mbw2dvS9dUimxES2w039VD0EUoEx4ARthq3ZYQoj6QgmtReUzF7GY0oYL0HqcluKkTIDBk2J6zuPstEu/s1600-h/P5250015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339856573122503154" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s4D8Dt5dNpOEErKvfqSjhtRqNB8avTRfPUTaNBSZ7pzXHarIJC4zHUC05mo2Mbw2dvS9dUimxES2w039VD0EUoEx4ARthq3ZYQoj6QgmtReUzF7GY0oYL0HqcluKkTIDBk2J6zuPstEu/s320/P5250015.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Walk in the Park Boxed Monogram Card set, includes 10 custom monogrammed cards and envelopes in a coordinating gift box, $15</div><div> </div><div>Stay tuned for more projects I'll be posting, including baby thank you card sets and card sets with custom greeting options.</div><div>If you are interested in ordering a set, please e-mail me at <a href="mailto:smcdaid@austin.rr.com">smcdaid@austin.rr.com</a>.</div></div></div></div></div>Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09694433347258595360noreply@blogger.com1