Thankful List for December: -new pictures of Aida -even better... video of Aida!!!! -biggest painting class yet, the paintings of the nativity turned out so great, and that after having been sick I was able to make it through the class -lots of donations amounting to around $1,200 -the bitter sweetness of updates on Aida... its such a joy to get but also so hard to learn things about your child from someone else... I should already know that Aida loves mango and potato bread (whatever that is) -generosity extended to us from our kids' preschool -the Riddle's official approval from China to adopt Joshua Marc!!!!! -a pair of pink shoes on our Christmas tree -sweet Christmas gifts for Aida from our family (I wish I had pictures of it all) -working on Valentine's shirts -thinking about how much has changed in our adoption process in the last year... praying with great hopes that she will be home this year And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption: -our simplified version of the Truth in the Tinsel ornaments and the little tree in our dinning room that held them -receiving Christmas cards... it is so fun to open the mailbox in December -decorating our Christmas tree with the kids... watching the way they hung the ornaments -Tucker's resolve to make his (and Libby's room) look like "O Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining" and the lovely results of all those paper stars he cut out -the "stable" Ben kindly made out of sticks for our Willow Tree nativity per my request -Tucker's question "Mom, how many days until Jesus' birthday?" -the last few months of working at my kids preschool two days a week, sharing their schedule, and getting to work with Lena -that we are close enough (we hope) to our trips to Ethiopia and bringing Aida home that I won't be working this semester -Christmas parties with our college girls, leadership team, and friends -Libby picking out what she wants to wear every night and hanging it up on a dresser (fancy yellow dress for a Saturday at home when its 40 degrees outside, why not?) -snow day!!!! -giving a gift you know someone will really like
-Kelli watching my kids so I could run errands -lots of Chick fil A eating over the holidays -lots of of sweet time with our families over Christmas (visiting Legoland, putting together puzzles, watching movies, eating...) -surviving the drive to and from GA -Celebrating Jesus' birth ("Heaven's Son sleeping under the stars that He made" - Song of the Stars) -"A light from on high will dawn upon [us]... to direct and guide our feet...into the way of peace." Luke 1:78-79
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AuthorWe are a family of five (Ben, Beth, Tucker, Libby, and Zane). We started this blog during our 7 year journey to bring home a child through adoption. This is our story of how God is faithful in the good, the bad, and all the in between. Archives
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