The Carmody Adoption Journey

What a fun day we had today. We were treated with a visit from our friend “Miss Catherine” who drove out to visit us. After a quick lunch, w...

On Saturday we took the kids to this fun attraction in Niagara Falls. I've wanted to go here for a quite a while but haven't for a f...

We’ve already gotten a few gifts for Denver and I just wanted to post some of them. This is a crafty picture hanger made out of a clipboar...

One of the ways our adoption journey #2 (to Denver) is different from journey #1 (to Samara) is that we don’t have a travel group. The firs...

Last weekend we had our annual Gotcha Day Anniversary Party with our China travel group. We rented the gym at our elementary school in Dunda...

I always think it's fun to go back and remember what Victoria and Austin's reactions were when we got Samara's referral so I wan...

When we received our referral for Denver, one of the first pieces of information we received is his birthdate - December 20. As we were goi...

Since I have nothing to do these days (LOL!!!), I'm calling out for fabric for Denver's quilt. I would love to get going on this pr...

Two years ago today, February 1, 2007, our precious Samara was placed in our arms! It's so hard to believe that's it been two years...

In an attempt to remember some of the details from two days ago, I will recap the events surrounding our referral phone call. Mike had comp...

We are so excited to announce that God has blessed us with another son. We finally received “the call” late this afternoon!!! He is just ove...

I whipped these up last weekend on a lazy afternoon when I felt the need to start (and finish) something crafty. They're just really sim...

Hmmm . . . what to say? Not much to say except that we've waited for eight months and hopefully it won't be too many more. I'v...

I have to admit that I don't usually do any snow shoveling. Mike always does the job and is much better at it than I am. But this mornin...

At the beginning of this month before the kids went back to school, we took them glow in the dark mini golfing. What a lot of fun. I had cal...