2014 in Photos & Video
2014 started out as such a hard year. Perseverance was huge.
But then the floodgates opened.
Boy, did they open.
Here’s a look at the highlights of the year in photos (and a little video):
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Last week Jared and I finished our adoption training courses required by our agency and mailed the certificates down to Georgia. They got their this week and today they updated our online adoption portal, we have now been moved on to the next step in the process: referral. We still don’t know when it will…
On to week two for the week in review. Wow, how fast the weeks fly! Honestly, a whole lot happened this week. I’m not really ready to do much outside of the home by myself with all four kids yet (especially when one of them is a runner) so we mostly hung out at home…
I was hoping this would be my final post-surgery update but alas, it seems as though there will be one more. Last week Raeca had another post-surgery appointment with the neurosurgeon (she had one at 6 weeks post-op, then 6 months, and now at 2 years which is 15 months post-op). (I also wrote a…
Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours. An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country slum uses for an entire day. More than 3.4 million people die each year from water,…
This year I am going to do something a little different and share my personal book lists over here. Previously I had been sharing them over on my other blog but this year it feels like this is where they should be. I have always been a reader but now a mother and home educator…
This last year I have gotten more into seasonal reading. Last year I shared monthly themed picture book lists here on the blog and this year I wanted to share seasonal chapter book lists. Most of the books on these lists will be what are considered “middle grade” reads which are generally for 8-12 year…
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that was lovely Chantel. its the coolest thing being able to see your journey with adoption and how awesome the outcome is! so wonderful!
Thanks Finley!