Ram Run 2008

Zach, Amelia and Zander at this years school fun run

Ameila

Zach

Zander

Ameila running with her class

Go Zander Go!

Run Zach!

Zach and Zander's class

Just the boys.

Lauren-Ashlee's Home Coming

On September 26th we traveled up to Lauren-Ashlee's house for her senior home-coming game. She was a home-coming attendant.

Bella and Zander watching the game.

Amelia and Zach watching the game

Home-coming festivities

Lauren-Ashlee with with Amelia

Lauren-Ashlee with Zander and Zach

Lauren-Ashlee with Izabella

Lauren Ashlee with Savannah-Hope

Izabella, me, Nana, Mimi, Yoni, Ameila, Lauren-Ashlee and Savannah-Hope

Bella's new hair do

Aunt Yoni gave me a cute new look a couple weeks ago.

Thanks Aunt Yoni for trimming up my hair for me! Love, Bella

Here I am hanging out with my Aunt Yoni at my cousin's home-coming game. More pictures of the home-coming......coming soon.

Please pray fro Savannah-Hope's precious friend!! She is going to be a big sister!

This is SH on her first play date with baby Norah! The little picture is Shane with the two girls in our Sunday school class one morning.

Please read the following post I copied over from Alison's blog. Her and her husband have a beautiful little girl Norah through domestic adoption who is just a few days younger than SH. The girls have brought a common bond so I feel very fortunate to have met Alison and her wonderful family. God has hand picked this family again to parent and they need our help please pray and read the story below there is a link if you feel lead to help them in any way!!

We are beyond excited for you all especially Norah who is going to be a big sister!!.......

We need $12,000 in 48 hours…1 Oct 2008 Author: Alison In: adoption, baby, domestic, family, fundraisers, milestones, personal, process, transracial
We need $12,000 in 48 hours…
because Norah is going to be a big sister.
And because her birthmother has just asked us to adopt the baby – Norah’s full biological sibling.
And he or she could be born any day!
We would have liked to have come up with a clever fundraiser, but to be honest, we don’t have time for that. We are cramming the adoption application process (that took us 8 months when we adopted Norah) into the next week. Babies don’t wait for paperwork, background checks or physicals. They come in God’s timing.
We are completely overwhelmed by the task at hand, but we know that God would not give us this opportunity to trust Him and open our hearts and home to this child if He did not intend to provide a means for us to do it.
We are praying for a miracle – that you who feel led to do so would pray and give however you can. The “Donate” button to the right of this post will take you to our paypal secure donation page that is connected to our Adoption Savings Account. We believe that with the help of many family members and friends, when we need to write “the BIG CHECK” in a few days, that there will be enough in that account for us to do so. If you’d prefer to mail us a check, you can email me and I will send you our mailing address. Also email if you want information on how to donate and receive a tax deduction from our adoption agency.
If you feel compelled, we would love for you to help us spread the word on your blogs, websites, facebook, emails to friends and family. Link back to this post as much as you’d like, and we’ll keep you updated over the next couple of days.
As you discuss this on blogs and among friends, please be as respectful of Norah’s birthmother as you possibly can be. We are choosing to walk in love and compassion instead of judgment and entitlement. If the choice to place this baby with us is her final decision, we will be blessed to now raise two of her precious children as our own. If she decides that she would like to parent the baby herself, we will be pleased to have been given the opportunity to care for Norah’s brother or sister for a few days or weeks and minister to Norah’s birthmother in a way that only we can.
As always, we need you to pray. Pray that God would be glorified through this whole experience. Pray that Norah’s birthmother would experience compassion and love by those around her during this time. Pray for the health of this new little life.
And pray for our sweet baby Norah – because she’s GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER in just a few days. WOW!!!