Sunday Snapshot {the taffy apple}

Somebody is lovin' herself a taffy apple!

Avery loves ALL things sweet.
Can ya tell?
Look at the passion.....

She took a quick break from the Taffy Apple and to sample an apple cinnamon donut.
Oh, the dilemma of it all......

However on this day, her first and true love was the Taffy Apple!

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Sunday Snapshot {forever friends}

These two.....

have come a long way.

Shea was terrified of our sweet Bretta when they first met each other back in March of 2007.

 But now....

Can you feel the love?



Look at the smiles......yes, Bretta is smiling. (love this dog!)

Friends Forever!

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Wordless Wednesday (Towel-Head Princessess}

Sunday Snapshot {Pumpkins, Pumpkins....Everywhere!}

Yes, it's that time of the year......

Where orange in THE color of choice.

 But how oh how, does one find the perfect orange??

Some of us are just plain lucky.  (or don't have a lot of patience)

Some of us have a baby for inspiration.

Some of us like to see how a pumpkin rolls.....
(I mean really, this picture cracks me up!)

Yep, this is a keeper!

Sometimes we need a little help for the really big pumpkins.

Time to haul the pumpkins up to the front for a final tally.

Ya-hoo!

Then we saw these beauties......hmmmmmm, maybe next time.....????

Cuz, I have a couple of beautiful pumpkins right here!

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And so it begins.....finally!

Yesterday, my hubby was around for the whole day!

We got down to some serious business.

Ummmm, adoption related serious business that is.  ;)

On Friday, we received a packet from a social worker......with a lot of forms and questionaires to fill out.


This is what we did for our whole Saturday morning.

We needed lots of coffee, and lots of morning type foods....just sayin'.

It was such a good feeling to get this first part done!

We also finished up our agency application form.  We are going with Lifeline this time.
I! AM! SO! EXCTED! TO! BE! WORKING! WITH! THEM!!!!
It is so cool to be with an adoption agency who asks you to write out your personal testimony of faith.
LOVE THAT!

I am so grateful to be at this point in our adoption journey.
I am so thankful to all of our friends and family who have lifted us up in prayer, walked along beside us as we fundraised, generously donated to our adoption fund, and who have bought Wild Olive Tees, which by the way we are still selling.  :)

(wildolivetees.com   Click on the shop tab, then go to adoption fundraiser tees, pick a really cool tee, and enter BERINGER 524)

We are so ready for the next step!

Bring it on!


Oh, and there is this added bonus to all this paperwork that I should mention....
It is truly a bonding experience for Dave and me.
We get the chance to talk about our families, the way we were raised, re-examine how we parent and why.....plus Shea and Avery get a chance to be a part of this journey and observe the kinds of things we did to bring them home.

Kinda cool!