Eeeekkk!!!!!! It happened!! We have been matched with our precious little girl! 😍💕 Last week was an incredible whirlwind of activity. After being matched, there is a formal process to go through in accepting your child. Medical reviews are required, training is required, and as always, more paperwork. We and our agency absolutely rushed through…

Happy Monday! We are taking a small blog break (just this week) and will be back with updates again next week. 💕 Stephanie, for the family

It seems like Amara’s first grade year is flying by us. Today she begins the last quarter of the school year! There has been so much to learn this year and Spring Break has definitely made us excited for Summer. We love the rhythm of the school year, but we also love spending more time…

As we continue to wait for this precious phone call, we are starting a fun filled week. Friday officially launched Spring Break! We are excited to have extra time together and adventure as much as possible. Thursday we got to enjoy visiting school while the kids participated in Field Day – an incredibly fun way…

A new week begins and the steady pace of the school year continues for our family. We appreciate the fixed routine of the school year where everyone knows what each day holds. Between school hours and homework, we treasure closely the free time we have to play together, do art together, and explore nature together.…

Happy March everyone! Can you believe it is March? When February started and we shared the privilege of receiving a matching gift, it was so hard to truly imagine achieving that goal, much less exceeding it. But here we are, a month later and your generosity has blown us away. Thanks to you, we raised…

This is it everybody! The last week of our Fundraising February is here. With $20,000 in expenses behind us, there is still between $25,000-$30,000 ahead of us. It is daunting! With your help, $5,000 of that has been covered and we are hoping to cover a bonus goal of $2,000 to help us send our…

Well fam, we are 2 weeks into (newly branded) Fundraising February. 😎 We are still in awe that our matching gift has been reached! So many happy dances over here. Thank you SO MUCH for your amazing generosity to our family! We have raised $5,735, leaving us with $1,265 left to reach our bonus $2,000…

Hi Everyone! Eek, we have made it through week 1 of 4 with our $2,500 matching gift deadline slowly approaching. I debated on how I should title this post because it IS the next Creativity update, but it is ALSO our very first matching gift update. Whew. The challenges of blog writing 😜 I’m going…

We interrupt our previously scheduled Creativity Update with this important message… (I totally wrote it in that voice, guys). Hello, hello! I am so excited to write this post today. You guys know that we have been working really hard to save our pennies by any means. In fact, I hold saving money as one…