Basketball, basketball, & more basketball (Kam & Kade).
New apartment (Kaelee). Tears, but happy for her...this is what she wanted to do for her last year of college.
Rugby (my crazy KiKi).
Need to get to some shopping for Kyler...holy growing up!!
A bit of warm weather & sunshine, so little people have enjoyed some play time.
Husband working hard in his doctoral program.
A certain little "tunky-taters" has cut two teeth!!
And a busy Mama, loving life, but just too busy lately to put forth coherant thoughts in limited amounts of time! I do try to check in on many of you, though, because that's easy to do one-handed! ;o)
Be back, hopefully sooner vs. later, with some pictures!
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About Me
- Dardi
- I am blessed to be married to the love of my life, Joe, who also happens to be my best friend. Together, we co-founded Hope 4 The Wounded Educational Seminars in which Joe provides training on working with wounded children. I am the mother of nine...five conceived in my belly, four conceived in my heart. We have journeyed to our "heart children" by way of foster care, Ethiopia, US domestic, & China. I am seeking His will every day in this walk of faith that is my life. I hope 4 the wounded of this world...especially the children, but also you & me. It's an imperfect world, I'm an imperfect person, but I'm on this journey that God has blessed me with, so if you'd like to join me, I'd be honored to call you "friend".
Journey to Kemeri
Kemeri's Adoption Timeline
Memorial Weekend, 2011 ~ Emailed BAAS our desire to pursue "Little K's" adoption
6/7/11 ~ LOI arrives in China
6/8/11 ~ Receive PA!!!
6/17/11 ~ Begin Home Study
7/27/11 ~ Home Study Finished (but approval person at BAAS is OOT for 2 weeks...boo)
8/17/11 ~ Home Study Approved!!
8/18/11 ~ I800a Sent
10/14/11 ~ I800a Approved
10/20/11 ~ I800a Approval Received
11/4/11 ~ DTC
11/14/11 ~ LID
12/21/11 ~ LOA!!!!
12/22/11 ~ I800 Sent
6/7/11 ~ LOI arrives in China
6/8/11 ~ Receive PA!!!
6/17/11 ~ Begin Home Study
7/27/11 ~ Home Study Finished (but approval person at BAAS is OOT for 2 weeks...boo)
8/17/11 ~ Home Study Approved!!
8/18/11 ~ I800a Sent
10/14/11 ~ I800a Approved
10/20/11 ~ I800a Approval Received
11/4/11 ~ DTC
11/14/11 ~ LID
12/21/11 ~ LOA!!!!
12/22/11 ~ I800 Sent
1/10/12 ~ I800 Approved
1/19/12 ~ Cabled
1/20/12 ~ Article 5 Drop-Off
2/10/12 ~ Article 5 Pick-Up
2/22/12 ~ TA!!
3/15/12 ~ Leaving for China!!!
3/19/12 ~ Kemeri Day :o)
Followers
Our Adoption Agencies
Our Ethiopian Adoption Timeline
10/12/2009 - Inquire about a Waiting Child Listing on Rainbow Kids & find ourselves staring into the face of a sweet little 3-yr-old boy. Fill out application with IAN & receive file.
10/15/2009 - Decision to adopt this little boy through IAN!!
10/16/2009 - Paper Chase Begins! Update domestic home study to international & gather docs for dossier.
12/10/2009 - HS & Dossier overnighted to IAN. Filed I-600A.
1/2/2010 - Received fingerprint appt. for 1/26 & officially waiting for a court date in Ethiopia!
1/26/2010 - Fingerprints done!!
2/5/2010 - Received I-171H from USC*S
2/25/2010 - Got the call--Court Date is March 10!
3/10/2010 - Didn't Pass Court, New Court Date of 3/24
3/24/2010 - Passed Court!! :o) Now we wait for embassy date confirmation so that we know when to travel.
4/23/2010 - Received embassy confirmation for 5/4--We're leaving in one week to bring our son home!!
4/30/2010 - Embarked on our 8,000 mile journey to bring home K'Tyo.
4/30/2010 - Embarked on our 8,000 mile journey to bring home K'Tyo.
5/9/2010 - Home!!! Happy Mother's Day!
2 comments:
Rugby??????? Fantastic sport :)
I so understand about busy times, friend.
No apologies necessary.
I understand busy. :)
We are in the middle of spring sports right now, which means 6 baseball games per week (3 kids), 2-4 track meets per week (2 kids), plus multiple practices per week. And ... child #6 should be starting baseball this week, as well. Keeps us BUSY, but we LOVE it.
We ALL spent 7 hours at a high school track meet yesterday (with 25 teams). It was COLD and LONG, but we do so enjoy spending time as a FAMILY and CHEERING for one another.
And ... the new apartment ... oh how I understand the "moving on" stage. Our Big Kids have come and gone for 8 years now, but we've always had 1 or 2 around. Just last week, the last of the 6 Big Kids left the county. We have NO MORE BIG KIDS even living in the area. So sad. So hard. We miss them dearly. But, we are excited for all that the Lord is doing in them and through them, as young adults.
Hope your coming week is BLESSED, even though it may be BUSY.
Hugs!
Laurel :)
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