Grandparents visit!

Grandparents from Minnesota came to visit. The kids had a blast! Diego just looks at the picture and whines! =( It kindof stinks to live so far away from family. It makes times like this even more special. We are very grateful to have Ben's mother and Stepdad local and supportive to us and the family. My family is about 7 hours away, and I miss them terribly. We are very fortunate that God has placed other people in our lives to support and encourage us along the way, and we appreciate them! Be sure to enjoy your family and friends today!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Picture from Gorgeous Baby from Louisiana Photo Shoot.

Fundraising Update

Still selling cookbooks! Still collecting from the auction. We have about 17 cookbooks left to sell, while we've commissioned my grandmother with 20 and a friend from the hospital to sell 10. Thanks to those of you who participated in the Auction and the Cookbook Sale.

Not sure what kind of fundraiser is next. I have been taking more and more pics, but that isn't really profiting us much due to the time and energy it takes to find location, edit pics and deliver, and if props are involved, usually there's some expense. I would like to do that more often, but the $50 Mini Session Fundraiser is over unless I find a location where I can set up all day and do multiple sessions, it's not beneficial.

So, suggestions? We do not belong to a church at this time so no spaghetti dinners. (Someone mentioned that in one of the previous posts.) I saw where another family went to a festival and sold cokes and bags of potato chips in a booth with info about Colombia Adoption. Not sure how well they did, but it looked cool.

Babies... Where are the babies??? or REFERRALS?

COLOMBIA......... que pasa? Where are all the referrals?

Why are things so slow?

Has anyone seen the latest statistics?

Time to Renew Fingerprints... AGAIN!

It's time to get our FBI prints again. They have expired. They say the wait is longer for clearance now. So, we are hoping that we get a referral before ANY OTHER paperwork would need to be updated! It is the unknown that makes things difficult. I wish I just knew if it would be before, during or after summer. It's so hard to plan for life knowing we could get a referral any time. However, we are still nearly $9k away from saving all we need to pay for the adoption. I'm out of fundraising ideas! We are still collecting money for the auction and are about $120-130 away from collecting it all! That was a great fundraiser! Thanks again for those who participated and those who donated!

Please leave comments if you stop by! It makes the wait a little easier knowing there are others cheering us along! =) Hoping you have a fabulous week!

Cookbooks! $10+$3 in Shipping

Don't ya want a cookbook?

Please help us bring our sister home!

We need to sell 72 cookbooks! So far, we've sold 18!!! Us kids have a goal of selling 5 cookbooks each! Please comment if you're interested! ONLY $10, plus $3 in shipping (if not local). Makes for a great gift for your favorite cook!!!