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What are we up to?

REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Why are we adopting . . . again?

Why are we adopting . . . again?

Monday, February 8th, 2010 - Adoption
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By now you’ve had the chance to hear our news.  Yep.  We’re adopting again.  We sent in our application on Ethiopian Christmas Day, January 7.  A couple weeks ago, we had our first home study visit in our home; next week, Casey and I will meet with our social worker for one last interview.  I’m [...]

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Two Problems

Two Problems

Monday, January 18th, 2010 - Adoption, Home Life & Family, Parenthood
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So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS.
BOY #1 [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 - Random Thoughts
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We have finally come to the close of what has quite possibly been the craziest, busiest, most stressful season for our family, ever. And now . . . we’re exhausted.
In the last three weeks, we have moved out of our old house, lived with my parents for a week, overseen minor renovations along with [...]

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So Thankful . . .

So Thankful . . .

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - Home Life & Family, Spiritual
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Psalm 107:8-9
This has been an amazing year for us, and, as it comes to a close, we look back in awe at all of the things [...]

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Out of My Comfort Zone

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 - Adoption, Spiritual
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I was asked to share our adoption story at Community Bible Study this week. Casey and I have made a point to discuss our story and adoption/orphan care whenever we have the opportunity, so I was more than willing to share with the wonderful ladies at CBS. Our story feels big and multi-faceted, [...]

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