In the summer, Steve wanted to take Coco on a "Daddy/daughter" date. He really wanted to do something artsy with her. They ended up at the pottery shop down the street because he knew she would enjoy making her own pla…

I am a little sad today. I had received an email from our agency saying that there was a little 2 year old orphan girl in Ethiopia who had her leg amputated from the knee down and was anyone interested in being her "For…

Steve is standing behind me asking me why I am blogging about "gorp" but I will not be dissuaded. (rice pudding is not his thing)I have tried many many different recipes for rice pudding and have finally made one that i…

Jeffery asked me yesterday "Mom, how old were you when you knew you were going to adopt someday?"I looked at him, my first born son, and answered "Since I was only a few years older than you."I told him how, when I was…

I had a fantastic day, FANTASTIC! Met a bride at Borders and she loved her pictures which always makes my day! I tell my kids all the time "Just create for yourself, if you make art for what you think other people…

Steve is in the next room singing "Pants on the ground" from American Idolover and over. I asked him to load some audio books for me to listen to while I edit photoshe said "What do you want?""Surprise me" I answered…

"My passion has never been for photography "in itself", but for the possibility-through forgetting yourself- of recording in a fraction of a second the emotion of the subject, and the beauty of the form; that is, a g…

You might think that it was possibly unwise to have Chloe outside without a coat, in order to give you some peace, let me assure you that it is not my practice to freeze my children. We simply stepped right outside…

The view out the living room today. The Lord knows my heart and how much I love the country and He often gives me glimpses of nature out of my suburban window.Usually all it takes is lifting my eyes high enough that…

These blocks are addictive, you cannot possibly make only one pattern, once you start you just keep going. Chloe made me smile, - "Mom can you please take a picture of it so we can make a new one and the picture wi…

Jeff came home rip roaring mad because someone was mean to Eti in school today. When I took Eti aside to talk to him about it, Jeff was saying "Don't worry Mom, I will take care of it". I had images of Jeff forming som…

I had so many plans for this week, one goal was to go for the entire week ,while they were here in the house on school vacation, with no tv and no video games. It was not the easiest thing in the world, but so worth it…