“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.” Aesop quotes

We have our work cut out for us in the next few days because we are having a Garage Sale next weekend to help raise funds for our adoption!!

The times are as follows:
May 21 (Thrs) 3-8pm
May 22 (Fri) 3-8pm
May 23 (Sat) 9-4pm

We are working really hard to make this a success :)

We are going to donate 50% of the profit to an orphanage in Ethiopia when we go. We plan to hold the money in an account and take it with us to do something for the orphanage where our children are from. Obviously we won't know that until referral or travel, but we figured it would be good to start with raising donations now and then keep the money in a savings account until we leave for Africa.

The other 50% will go towards our adoption expenses which my fantastic husband is working very hard to pay off.

I am praying it will be a good turnout! I am having kids t-shirts made to help with the fundraising, and we will have chips and pop for sale too.

There will be !tons! of clothing - womens, baby, and maternity. Toys, baby items, books, dvd's, kitchen items, a microwave, electronics etc. etc.

Also, my neighbor(s) will also be hosting their own sales in the cul-de-sac as we have advertised a multi-family sale. So if you like garage sales and live in the Edmonton/Beaumont area, please come check it out!

Running for a cause

I was just on the yahoo message boards and someone is doing a Run For Water, to build wells in Ethiopia! I didn't know that this run existed. This is GREAT!! So now there are 2 organized annual runs (that I know of) with proceeds going directly into Ethiopia. Geez. I better get in better shape cause I want to do it all! (And move back to BC - cause both are there!) Anyway, just wanted to share because they both look like fantastic organizations.

www.RunforWater.ca - run is May 31/09 in Abbostford

and of course, the one I have already blogged about:
http://www.partnersinthehorn.org/downloads/Great_Big_Run_Brochure_2008.pdf - run is Oct.18/09 in Enderby
(find out more about the org on www.partnersinthehorn.org)

Happy Running!

Dwell in possibilty ~Emily Dickinson

Good news! We are finally approved to adopt siblings! We have been at this request to make a change to our dossier for a few months now, but it is finally complete. We will officially be welcoming 2 siblings under the age of 5 into our family.

When? I wish I knew, but they are still saying it will be about a 16 month wait until referral. Thankfully, our wait technically began when our dossier arrived in the country on Dec.27/08, so that puts us about 4 1/2 months into our wait. Only a year to go ;p. After referral we will still have to go through court, so we are aiming for Christmas 2010 to have our family intact.

I pray it will be sooner! I have actually been feeling kind of numb about the whole situation lately. I have really put it aside and am not as neurotic as I was back in Jan. Since I know it won't happen this year it makes it hard to be overly excited. It all seems surreal at the moment, like will this ever actually happen?? I know that Jan/10 will be a very exciting new year because that is when we will start our 'any day now' wait.

In the meantime, let the fundraising begin! We are having a fundraising garage sale May 21-23. We have a tonne of clothes, books, videos, DVD's, toys and, yes, baby clothes (up to 12mos) and maternity clothes! I am thinking about making up some t-shirts to help in the fundraising effort. I will definitely post if I can come up with something worthwhile. I will also be taking pledges for the Great Big Run for Africa.

I hope it will be a success!

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty. - Robert Frost

I had my 30th Birthday yesterday and I have to say I think it was my best birthday yet. It was simple and quiet and spent with my favourite people. I missed of few of my other favourite people, but I received lots of well wishes and felt loved and missed!

Thank you everyone for remembering!

30 feels fabulous! La la la la la la la Life is Wonderful.

I got severely spoiled by my husband who wanted to give me something special to mark the occasion. Near the time of the ultrasounds for each of our pregnancies, I received a beautiful keepsake to honour each of the girls. That was at about the halfway mark for each pregnancy...maybe this will be a good omen and signify the half way mark of our adoption process...












My favourite guy:


"Googly eyes":


"The tongue taco" (um, yes, she made that up herself):

March was a lion

Birthdays, Anniversary's, Dance recitals, Out of town guests - March was full of fun! And since a picture says a thousand words, I will save myself some time:






































A craft that the girls and I did for Nana and Grandad's anniversary. I am so pleased with how it turned out.


Makin' room for more...the two girls move in together:

H2Africa

Here is a great organization that builds wells in Africa. Sign up for a year donation and receive a handbag with logo. A great gift idea too!

H2-africa