Adding One More Precious Soul!!!
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It’s been a busy week for our family! One of the best things was adding one more precious soul to our collection of grands...
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Take Time To Enjoy Life!
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I’ve posted about Lake Powell before, and yes, we spent another lovely week down there last week. It’s rare to have an entire week of perfect weather on the lake. Storms are common, sometimes daily occurrences, but not this time…
Read MoreAdoption Is A Gift From God
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Adoption is a gift from God. A gift from a birth mom to her child. A gift for the adoptive parents who for one reason or another aren’t able to conceive and give birth on their own. A gift to anyone who associates with that child…
Read MoreGrandma Camp 2023
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After having to postpone three times this summer, we were FINALLY able to have Grandma Camp! It’s been a crazy summer filled with lots of unexpected twists and turns, and with grandkids ranging in age from three to fifteen…
Read MoreLast Outing Of The Summer
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The day before school started, we had one last outing to celebrate the end of summer. We have a kind and generous neighbor who is a volunteer at Utah’s Hogle Zoo…
Read MoreBlessed Honored Pioneers!
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Here in Utah we celebrate the 24th of July as a state holiday. It is the day the pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. I am grateful for my pioneer ancestors and the sacrifices they made to make my life what it is today! I am greatly blessed…
Read MoreA Week In Paradise Filled With Light And Love
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This past week has been a dream come true!!! We were blessed with the opportunity to come to Kauai with all 15 of our kids and grands…
Read MoreFamily Favorite
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If you’re looking for a fun place to stay in St. George, Utah, “Arcadia Resort” is the place!!! We have vacationed in St. George for almost 40 years now…
Read MoreChapter Eleven : Back in Bucharest – The Final Week
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We thought we would be staying with Florine and his wife again, but there had been some issues there with Florine’s sister prostituting herself out in their apartment at nights. It was a dark place…
Read MoreChapter Ten : Another Adoption Opportunity Comes Along
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The day after we went to Branistea in search of Dumitra’s original birth certificate, Nic took us to yet another government office in Galati…
Read MoreChapter Nine : Still in Galati
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The day after we got Errin, we were required to go to the local hospital and get the first of two HIV tests. I was nervous because HIV was high in newborns in Romania…
Read MoreHalloween 2020 – It was all about Family
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Halloween of 2020 was one of the first times we gathered together as a family during the Covid 19 nightmare. However, looking back, it was one of the funnest LIGHT…
Read MoreChapter Seven : The First Week Felt Like An Eternity
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The next morning, our first in Galati, Lucci brought the usual platter of sliced sausage, cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes for breakfast. As hard as I tried…
Read MoreChapter Six : Arriving in Galati
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Elena was waiting for us at the train station in Galati. Dad and I were about the only ones who got off the train there. Most of the other passengers…
Read MoreChapter Five : First Meal, Early Train to Galati
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The apartment was very small, very dark, and the smell of moth balls was beyond pungent. As soon as we got inside, Florine and his sister brought me five piece of blank white paper…
Read MoreGrandma Camp 2022 : Part One
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The past couple of years have had some challenges on our dates for Grandma Camp. Last year one of our littles got sick and ended up in the hospital – so we had to postpone…
Read MoreChapter Four : The Longest Flight Ever
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Once I got on the plane and sat down, I turned and looked out the window and let the ugly-cry-sobbing out. I tried to be quiet, but my heart was sad and broken…
Read MoreChapter Three : This Can’t Be Happening
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As I sit to write this post, I realized I am writing it on the 31st anniversary of the infamous phone call. The call that changed our lives forever, the call to come…
Read MoreMay Is Birthday Palooza Month In Our Family
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Today’s post is short and sweet because we are now in the crazy month of May! It seems like many families have a lot of birthdays clustered…
Read MoreErrin’s Adoption – Chapter Two – If Ye Are Prepared, Ye Shall Not Fear . . .
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I mentioned before how we went through Val Cocariu and his wife Nancy for Errin’s adoption. Val and Nancy are both Romanian…
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