Just a reminder and a THANK YOU! :)

To those who have already bought from the Scentsy fundraiser, THANK YOU!

Just a reminder to everyone else that orders will be credited to us through Saturday night. So, if you are still thinking of ordering, you have till then to do it and still give us the benefit of getting 20%!!!

Thanks for all of the love and support!:)

One more step....

Sad day....

Reece's Rainbow told me today that they have to "regrettably" move N back to the available children page...:(

I did not get the commitment $$ in on time... I completely understand, but it hurts... I hope to have the commitment $$ in a few weeks when I have my homestudy $$, but it is still hard to hear....

Still moving on and putting it all in God's hands...

As the days pass.....

My love for N just grows....

I find myself thinking of him ALL the time. Last night, I even had a dream about him. My children were all playing in the living room, and N was there with Brennyn and Baylee smiling and playing... :)

Even the kids are starting to get acclimated and used to the idea. When we picked up McDonalds the other day, Ty even said: "Mom, soon we will have to make sure that we have 7 drinks when we get food..." Moments like that warm my heart.

So....

The Scentsy fundraiser is underway, I had a good sell on ebay and I thought things were going well....

Then, EAC calls and asks when I will be sending in my $3900? Huh? So so so so frustrating!!!! I just CANNOT get ahead... :(

PLEASE, if you have ANY good fundraising ideas that we have NOT thought of, pass them along... We are in desperate need of funds and things are just NOT coming in like we hoped they would. Just not getting the support that we expected. Kind of disappointing, but we know that people are struggling too...

We do have a Garage Sale coming up...Trying to pull a Spaghetti Dinner of sorts together...

I know times are tough, but we are willing to do the leg work...Just don't know what else to do...

Have You Noticed???

On my side bar, there is a fundraiser... :)

My very good friend J is having a Scentsy fundraiser for us. Scentsy is an awesome product! I have had it in my home for over a year now and would never go back to traditional candles... So, now is the perfect time to stock up on those teacher, family, and friend gifts that you need. And, you will be helping us out at the same time. How sweet is that?

From today till October 31st, 20% of all sales will go towards our adoption expenses! J has such a big heart! Thank you to everyone for their participation...

"Mom, if everyone gave just a little..."

Out of the mouth of my son. My Tylor. My second born of the triplets. How he makes me proud. I am often in awe of how big his heart is.

Last night, I was taking pictures of family heirlooms to sell on ebay. I was telling him stories of the items like where I remember them being in the orginal owner's house, how I think that person would feel about us selling them, and how I felt about HAVING to sell them to get $$. He always listens, always seems to be interested. Such a beautiful soul.

He stopped, thought real hard for a moment and said: "Mom, if everyone that has read our blog would save just $1 every day for 10 days and send it in, we could have at least $1000 by now, couldn't we?" "Yes." I said to him. "At least 100 people have been by here." He then asked: "Why then, have only 3 people helped us out? Do they not care about N?" "Oh, I think that they do. I just do not think that they put it in the same perspective that you do." "Gosh Mom, $1 is only 1 soda." "You are right Ty, you are right."

How can I argue with that?? Now, if everyone would just follow Tylor's advice and set aside just $1 a day for 10 days towards our Homestudy to adopt N, we would be forever grateful! We are so anxious to get things rolling...Can you sacrifice 1 soda or cup of coffee for the sake of an orphan? The challenge is yours for the taking....

One more small fundraiser....

Well, while scrapping, I mentioned that I had re-borned a few dolls last year and the year before. The gals wanted to see them. So, last night, I happily obliged and brought them in. Well, I sold one! Not for what I probably should have, but enough to cover the cost of the products and that is fine with me! Every bit is going to the Homestudy and so this will help! If I coud just find a home for the other 8 cuties that I have....



"Jethro" as his new owner has named him, will be adopted from our home on November the 12th. He is one of my favorites, and I will miss him! However, I know that Miss P will love him dearly... :)

Inch by inch....

This scripture is so meanigful to me tonight.....

(Mark 11:23-24) 23 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

So Hard.....

I look at his picture EVERY day....

I pray for him EVERY night...

I know what needs to be done, but just do NOT have the funds to do it....

Waiting is SO HARD...

In God's time, I know...

Extreme Home Makeover (Pelzer Edition) Part 1....

It seemed fairly straightforward. Really. It was just a straight lift. Ran the course of a straight staircase. Just remove the screws, track, seat and voila!

Right?? Wrong!!!

Oh my word! Tylor, Taylar and myself are covered in bumps and bruises because of our battle with that thing! What I thought would be a simple removal process turned into a 2-day, 6 hour WAR!

I was NOT going to be defeated. It HAD to go. It no longer worked. Tobey no longer used to it on the rare occasion that he DID go upstairs. It HAD to be removed. We would NOT pass any safety inspection or Homestudy with that on our staircase. I am single mom superstar. Surely I can remove a stairlift.... Insert idiot picture here.

Note to all who are out there: If you do not have a degree or license in installing and removing adaptive equipment, you should NOT attempt to do such things on your own. And, it is more important to note, that you should never bring your 14 year-olds, who know even less about such devices, in to assist you!

We fought, jumped on, and beat it with a hammer... You name it and we tried it. My poor floor bore the brunt of the seat and has the wounds to show it. Just when I was going to give in and just find a big strong man at church to help, I stopped, cried like a baby, prayed really hard, and gave it one more try. A few knocks on the head and scratches to the bannister and it was out! We did it!

Now, is it really gone?? That my friends I do not know... I will not know if the trashmen had mercy upon me and took it till I get home from work tonight... If they didn't, I think it will just stay outside and become a new lawn decoration. Perhaps we could plant flowers around it???

Feeling a bit more refreshed....

Spoke with a few friends and I do feel a bit more refreshed....

Hopefully, the ebay sales will workout and that will bring in some $$...

One good friend is arranging a Garage Sale....

Another is talking about setting up a benefit dinner...

Just REALLY want to get this Homestudy started...:)

Trying.....

I am trying so very hard... Not real sure what more I can do... I am contacting EVERY person that I know... I have some things up for sale on ebay...I ordered 2 more cases of lollipops... But, still nothing??? The agency and RR are ready for us to complete our Homestudy, but we can't without the funds...

I keep praying and just hope that God will open someone's heart to helping us out....If everyone gave just a little, we could get what we needed....

More news tonight.......

We are REALLY climbing that mountain.......



Our application with EAC was approved!!! :) One more step up! :)

500 lollipops sold in just 4 days!!! Pretty exciting, and it covers our adoption application fees.. So, the Lord IS indeed providing. Now, I just need to sell about 59,500 more to cover the rest of our expenses!!! :0

OK friends. Now it's time to get serious! We NEED to make those thermometers move. It is time for us to get our Homestudy done, but we lack the funds right now to do so.... PLEASE help! If you have friends, businesses, acquaintenances that you might know who would be willing to help our little cowboy find his way home to his forever family, PLEASE ask them to assist us...

I do believe we can do this. TOGETHER, ANYTHING CAN BE DONE!!!!

Well, the anticipated email came this evening while I was on the treadmill at the Y, and I have to say that we are all.....



The news was GREAT!!! "Send in your application. Everything looks good." God IS good!!!!! Hurdle #1 of MANY jumped!

Still NOTHING from Russia.... Hoping and praying that no news is good news.... Ugh...