Welcome

You found us! Welcome, come on in. I've had a blog for years under another name, but due to unwanted traffic I closed it down and am starting over.

We're a large family of fourteen. We have been married for thirty years and lived together for four and half years before that. We were not Christians and I was only fifteen and he was sixteen way back when. We married in 1980 and became Christians about ten months later.

Our oldest four children are happily married and live in their own houses. Two have babies of their own and one is expecting in July. We have a granddaughter and a grandson so we get the best of both worlds! We have a son-in-law who serves in the U.S. Air Force and a son who serves in the U.S. Navy.

Our children at home range in age from fifteen to four. We have four boys and four girls at home now. That was not always the case. For sixteen years we had seven sons and one daughter, but in 2007 we adopted two little ones from Ethiopia and eight months later again adopted, but this time we brought home two older girls who happen to be sisters. We are in process again to adopt two children from Ethiopia and we're excited to find out who God has joined us with.

We have home schooled for twenty-two years. We have a son who has attended a local public charter high school for 3 quarters and is currently in his second week at our local high school. Our youngest seven are staying put at home.

We are using AWAA for our current adoptions but in the past used CWA. We love the country of Ethiopia and didn't know one thing about it or adoption really, before we adopted. God has grown us, stretched us, and educated us.
If you're willing He can always grow you too!