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Showing posts with label Family Fridays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Fridays. Show all posts
Friday, May 24, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Family Fridays: Visiting With Birth Family
Dear Friends and Family,
It's been a while since I updated on how things are going since our adoption of Noah.
It's been a while since I updated on how things are going since our adoption of Noah.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Family Friday: Interview with Shelby
Dear Friends and Family,
For January and February, I have been putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone and see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either! Shelby is next and I was quite entertained by her matter of fact answers as they show her dry sense of humor. Enjoy:
Friday, January 25, 2019
Family Friday: Interview With Sierra
Dear Friends and Family, In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone and see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either! Check out Sierra and her zany answers!
Friday, January 18, 2019
Family Fridays: Interview with McKenzie
Dear Friends and Family,
In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone and see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either! McKenzie cracked me up with her answers, I think you will laugh!
In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone and see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either! McKenzie cracked me up with her answers, I think you will laugh!
Friday, January 11, 2019
Family Friday: Happy Birthday Interview With My Mom
Dear Friends and Family,
In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone and see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either!
It is my mother's birthday today, so I hope you have fun reading her answers. Enjoy and Happy Birthday, Marme!
It is my mother's birthday today, so I hope you have fun reading her answers. Enjoy and Happy Birthday, Marme!
Friday, January 4, 2019
Family Fridays: Interview With Peter
Dear Friends and Family,
In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone with a couple serious ones just to see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either!
In January and February, I am putting up interviews that I have done with my family. These are not your typical interviews like "What's Your Favorite Color?" or "Who Is Your Best Friend?". These questions were more to tickle my family's funny bone with a couple serious ones just to see how they would answer. I was not disappointed and I don't think you will be either!
Friday, December 14, 2018
Family Fridays: That Crazy Uke Family
Dear Family and Friends,
Does your family have something that keeps them bonded together? Our family has a love for music. Even more specifically, a love for playing Ukuleles of all sizes and shapes!
Friday, December 7, 2018
Family Friday: Christmas Baking
Dear Friends and Family,
There's nothing that screams Christmas more than some holiday-themed baking!
There's nothing that screams Christmas more than some holiday-themed baking!
Friday, November 30, 2018
Family Fridays: The Family Table
Dear Family and Friends,
Have you ever longed for something so long and hard that
you weren't quite sure it would ever happen?
Friday, October 26, 2018
Family Friday: The Ever Changing Numbers of a Foster Family
Dear Friends and Family,
One thing that is ever changing in a foster family is your numbers. By that, I mean the numbers of children in your home. If you read last week's post about Adoption you know that we recently adopted and added to our permanent family. We now officially have four biological daughters and two adopted sons!
However, change is always happening when you foster. We currently are fostering a sweet baby boy and a teenage girl which brings our household to a grand total of 10 people! The baby was placed with us through DHS and has been with us for a couple months. The teen was a mutual placement with her parents' consent to stay with us for a period of time till things evened out in their home. We don't know how long either of these placements will be with us.
What is funny to us is when people comment on how many are in our family! Honestly, we don't notice it. Until days like today when 6 out of 8 kids are gone for the weekend. Then it seems SUPER quiet!
Praying that your weekend is blessed!
If you missed last week's post:Adoption!
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
One thing that is ever changing in a foster family is your numbers. By that, I mean the numbers of children in your home. If you read last week's post about Adoption you know that we recently adopted and added to our permanent family. We now officially have four biological daughters and two adopted sons!
However, change is always happening when you foster. We currently are fostering a sweet baby boy and a teenage girl which brings our household to a grand total of 10 people! The baby was placed with us through DHS and has been with us for a couple months. The teen was a mutual placement with her parents' consent to stay with us for a period of time till things evened out in their home. We don't know how long either of these placements will be with us.
What is funny to us is when people comment on how many are in our family! Honestly, we don't notice it. Until days like today when 6 out of 8 kids are gone for the weekend. Then it seems SUPER quiet!
Praying that your weekend is blessed!
If you missed last week's post:Adoption!
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
Friday, October 19, 2018
Family Friday: ADOPTION!
Dear Friends and Family,
In getting back in the groove of blogging, it seems appropriate that the first Family Friday post should be about our recent adoption!
A little backstory: if you are new to my blog, you would need to know that we are a foster family. We have been doing this for ten years and despite the sometimes challenging and often hard times, it has been worth every moment. Through this, though this was not our original plan, we have added two boys into our family of all girls. You all know our son, Tony, who has been in our family since he was 9 months old. What you may or may not realize is that we have been fostering a little boy since Thanksgiving 2016. On the blog, he has gone by a couple names: Stuart Little and Little Mr.
It is my privilege to introduce Noah James as part of our family! He always was a part of our family, as all our foster kiddos are, but now we have the blessing of adding our last name to the end and making it, as my mother-in-law says "official"!
I'm still waiting on pictures from friends and family so I can make him a photo album but here are some fun ones from his Gotcha Day! I hope you enjoy!
There were several amazing things about this day of September 6th. One is that the courtroom was jam-packed with people from all over: DHS, church, family, and friends. The other is that we had the blessing of having his biological family there to share the experience as they have become an extended part of our family! It was such an amazing time and we feel so blessed to have had so many people come to celebrate with us!
If you missed the last Family Friday post:Kudo Tokens
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
In getting back in the groove of blogging, it seems appropriate that the first Family Friday post should be about our recent adoption!
A little backstory: if you are new to my blog, you would need to know that we are a foster family. We have been doing this for ten years and despite the sometimes challenging and often hard times, it has been worth every moment. Through this, though this was not our original plan, we have added two boys into our family of all girls. You all know our son, Tony, who has been in our family since he was 9 months old. What you may or may not realize is that we have been fostering a little boy since Thanksgiving 2016. On the blog, he has gone by a couple names: Stuart Little and Little Mr.
It is my privilege to introduce Noah James as part of our family! He always was a part of our family, as all our foster kiddos are, but now we have the blessing of adding our last name to the end and making it, as my mother-in-law says "official"!
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| He was counting down the days for MONTHS! |
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| Such a happy boy! |
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| So excited to go inside! |
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| He can hardly contain himself! |
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| Sitting on his birth mama's lap and asking what is happening next! |
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| It's OFFICIAL! |
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| One of his foster mamas and her son. |
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| For his adoption feast, he wanted sherbert and grapes! |
If you missed the last Family Friday post:Kudo Tokens
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
Friday, March 23, 2018
Family Friday: Kudo Tokens
Good morning, friends and family-
I don't know about you, but one of the best parenting tips I got was to "catch them in the act of being good".
I don't know about you, but one of the best parenting tips I got was to "catch them in the act of being good".
Friday, March 16, 2018
Family Friday: Living Gluten-Free In A Fast Food World
Good morning, family and friends~
One of the first things we noticed about becoming gluten-free is that traveling changed for us. We didn't usually plan too much for food when traveling and simply planned on stopping at gas stations and fast food places for snacks and meals. Even then, the majority of us ate relatively healthy.
It wasn't till we went gluten-free that we realized this changed all our options. We realized we would not always find the GF and sugar-free options we needed. We also realized that some of us (who will go unnamed!) made rather poor choices on the road.
So what to do? Simply, I started packing our own snacks! Now when we go on our road trip, I pack a couple crates. One has water bottles, sparkling water and sometimes Gatorade. In another crate, I put nuts, fruit, bean chips etc. Things to take the edge off of the munchie monsters that travel with us!
Mealtime can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be. No matter where you go, there are usually items that are gluten-free. Almost every burger joint has salads. If not, you can usually ask to have your hamburger wrapped in lettuce.
SIDE NOTE: One of my favorite things to do when I go grocery shopping is to stop and get my favorite roast beef sandwich and eat it with a fork! (You might know which fast food place I am referring to here.)
My advice is if you know the general area of where you are traveling, arrange your day around where you can get a GF option. For instance, we know the freeways North of us, so we know exactly where we can stop and get a healthy lunch or dinner. However, driving South, we would want to get online and look at what is offered in the towns we would be passing through.
Plus, if you pack lots of water and snacks, you will be fine if you cannot find a restaurant or fast food option that will work.
It's not hard, just think outside the bun!
If you missed last week: Our Family and Games
Next Week: Kudo Tokens
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
One of the first things we noticed about becoming gluten-free is that traveling changed for us. We didn't usually plan too much for food when traveling and simply planned on stopping at gas stations and fast food places for snacks and meals. Even then, the majority of us ate relatively healthy.
It wasn't till we went gluten-free that we realized this changed all our options. We realized we would not always find the GF and sugar-free options we needed. We also realized that some of us (who will go unnamed!) made rather poor choices on the road.
So what to do? Simply, I started packing our own snacks! Now when we go on our road trip, I pack a couple crates. One has water bottles, sparkling water and sometimes Gatorade. In another crate, I put nuts, fruit, bean chips etc. Things to take the edge off of the munchie monsters that travel with us!
Mealtime can be difficult, but it doesn't have to be. No matter where you go, there are usually items that are gluten-free. Almost every burger joint has salads. If not, you can usually ask to have your hamburger wrapped in lettuce.
SIDE NOTE: One of my favorite things to do when I go grocery shopping is to stop and get my favorite roast beef sandwich and eat it with a fork! (You might know which fast food place I am referring to here.)
My advice is if you know the general area of where you are traveling, arrange your day around where you can get a GF option. For instance, we know the freeways North of us, so we know exactly where we can stop and get a healthy lunch or dinner. However, driving South, we would want to get online and look at what is offered in the towns we would be passing through.
Plus, if you pack lots of water and snacks, you will be fine if you cannot find a restaurant or fast food option that will work.
It's not hard, just think outside the bun!
If you missed last week: Our Family and Games
Next Week: Kudo Tokens
Until next time...
Have a blessed day and embrace the craziness in your life!
Heidi
Numbers 6:24-26
Friday, March 2, 2018
Gluten-Free Friday Becomes....
Good morning, family and friends!
Been thinking for several weeks about some changes...
Been thinking for several weeks about some changes...
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