tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376877456152113112024-03-05T16:35:30.767-08:00Baxter Family Six!Our Alphabet FamilyBaxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-23484438607709347032016-08-12T12:50:00.003-07:002016-08-12T12:50:16.791-07:00Catching Up Part II<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Holy cow time flies! Much has happened in a year (since my last post!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were lucky to travel to California last September, with the girls, for a visit to Disneyland! Never had I thought we would visit Disney World and Disneyland in the same year! Brad had business in CA, so us girls went along and hung out by the pool during the day, and visited Disneyland in the evening. I know, a hard life, right! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then, in the fall, we began looking into a dream of ours to have a little place a the beach. Well, we had actually been researching, saving, and crunching numbers for several years, but but began to actually look at places in October. In the beginning of April 2016, we settled on a little condo in Corolla, NC. We love it there and it's perfect for our family. Three bedrooms, 2 baths, a hot tub and access to many pools, amenities and lots of little extras. Unfortunately, we can't live at the beach all the time, so right now, our little place is more of an investment property that we rent out via a property manager during the vacation months. Hopefully one day we can take it out of the rental business and be at the beach more often, but for now, it's a win-win for us. It's usually available when we can go down, and when we aren't there, it's being rented out for other families to enjoy. We named it "The Anchor House" because to us, it's our little shelter from the storm of life and gives us hope for the future. [Hebrews 6:19]. The beach is our happy place! To see a little about our condo, you can visit or blog-in-the works at</span><span style="color: #559999; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; line-height: 1.6;"> </span><span style="color: #559999; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.6;">http://baxter075.blogspot.com/</span><span style="color: #559999; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.88px; line-height: 1.6;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.6;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or you can visit the property manager site at www.Brindleybeach.com and search for <i>The Anchor House</i>. If you are interested in a stay, let me know! Below is a picture of the sunset on the sound directly across from our place. We love it! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In other news, we now have a Junior in College, a Senior in High School, a big First Grader and a kindergartner! Life's about to get really busy again with sports, school and everything Fall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ellie is doing fantastic. She made it through kindergarten, even though I wasn't ready for her to go! I cannot say enough about early intervention for her. I know that many people frown upon putting a "label" on their child, but they seriously helped Ellie get into the grove and catch up with some things she struggled with when we brought her home! I'll post another time about all of her therapies, but I just can't say enough about getting help early in a child's journey. With that being said, life isn't perfect and sometimes her early trauma and abandonment issues are very evident. But, we typically know how to get her back to a place of safety, and then all is well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did I mention that Ellie is swimming like a crazy person? Seriously, this poor little girl screamed at the sight of water when we brought her home (b/c water wasn't for play in Ethiopia). She is now jumping in the deep end and swimming the length of an Olympic pool. She has made serious progression with water and I could see her being on a swim team some day! We will pick lessons back up in the winter months, because who doesn't love getting into a cold pool in the middle of winter! Ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both boys are ramping up for another Football season - so you know where to find us every Friday night and Saturday, mid-August through November! We really do love the game and watching the boys blossom into young men and fight for their team. We also really love getting to know other families and tailgating and just having fun with them all. This year will be bittersweet for Dylan, as it will be his last high school football season. That last game and senior walk on the field after the game is tough! Colt leaves tomorrow for his college football season. I don't know where the summer went. It seems like he was just getting home from spring semester! </span><br />
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Brad and I will celebrate our 24th Wedding Anniversary in October! Keep in mind that we've known each other since we were 12, so really we are celebrating our 30-something year together! Next year maybe we will do something special, but to me, everyday is special with him. <br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span><span style="font-family: "arial";">I hope everyone one (the 2 of you) who read the blog are doing well. Like I say, no news is usually good news! Maybe I'll try to post again before a year goes by! </span></div>
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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-81831167546687491632015-05-01T19:10:00.001-07:002015-05-01T19:10:34.742-07:00Catching Up<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>I have to be the world's worst blogger. I hate to say we've been too busy, because who isn't busy these days. So for those 2 or 3 people who still read my blog, let me catch u up! </div><div><br></div><div>Let's start in January -- we went to DISNEY!!! Yep. All 6 of us -- even our college guy. We had an awesome trip and beautiful weather. I've been saying for awhile that I wanted a trip to disney with all of us but I thought the girls might be a little too young, but I knew our time was ticking with Colt being in college. It was truly a magical trip, despite some early grumblings from our teens who thought they could sleep until noon every day!! The girls met all but one princess, and the boys even had a good time (who knew). We got a fantastic deal on flights back in October that we couldn't pass up -- long story short -- sometimes you get what you pay for and our cheap flights found us staying in Orlando one extra night or we could have hung out in airport for a 15 hour flight delay. Luckily we still had a bit of disney magic in our blood so it didn't seem like that big of a deal. Plus it was 80 degrees in Florida and the good folks at Disney gave us another night for 50 percent off! With a high of 10 in Pennsylvania, we weren't overly excited to get home! </div><div><br></div><div>Here are some of my favorite pics. I'm still sorting through the 1000 or so pictures that we have. I might do another whole blog post on our trip and what worked well etc. You all know I'm a planner ;) </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28MLBu-6fEe8l6eFjk8GsFrO-97r6DEvrjBoDyncOTrBo7tVn-VhSyiPqSjg3YxPw5-yA4dvpBsfZU4JmQTpIgVMM-uE2tsdrUJA7tbcQGwfwtivn6XtntZLldw-sA14iPMb-lwIH-Jtb/s640/blogger-image--920438011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28MLBu-6fEe8l6eFjk8GsFrO-97r6DEvrjBoDyncOTrBo7tVn-VhSyiPqSjg3YxPw5-yA4dvpBsfZU4JmQTpIgVMM-uE2tsdrUJA7tbcQGwfwtivn6XtntZLldw-sA14iPMb-lwIH-Jtb/s640/blogger-image--920438011.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrZH0NfsNu4p7vD14In4KW3Xs_HYOKQKBRlxyBFDvrdLDtuPUYxZ3NQ6wyF82Krojez9lfFDSv-sLy20o3R92S-tQAUxXQ5fn8NWcg8VjkJbGv4rWNCQjsBUEccuv6Iu6Irk8hUld-gl4/s640/blogger-image-1412022623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Hmmm. It was a blur for me. I had a cold, sinus infection, strep, ear infection and then had radioactive iodine on my thyroid! We had plans to visit for a weekend in DC with two families who adopted from Ethiopia. My sickness had other plans for me but we still did manage to drive down for an evening to say hello. It warms my heart to hang out and chat with our fellow adoptive friends. </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmLGrbU4RG8sy5MStIfgFUt8gTwxOSUGIV_nB6DK1geukxc0nxJG-0GN26-DDeJw7SzedeWq4s-aUXnmcc8GWcECXyl5Y0tpsEQGkOgv5Bl0DA3RLX32c79OM2LFXi3y4lVBr_ioDMbJ_/s640/blogger-image-1769708244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmLGrbU4RG8sy5MStIfgFUt8gTwxOSUGIV_nB6DK1geukxc0nxJG-0GN26-DDeJw7SzedeWq4s-aUXnmcc8GWcECXyl5Y0tpsEQGkOgv5Bl0DA3RLX32c79OM2LFXi3y4lVBr_ioDMbJ_/s640/blogger-image-1769708244.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>March also was a special month for Ellie for 2 reasons! For one thing, we registered her for kindergarten! Well Brad did. Registration happened to be on one of those days I was sicker than a dog! I had not initially planned on sending her in the fall but girlfriend is smart and spelling and starting to read words. So she's registered!! I still can change my mind ;) but I guess my little punkin is ready. March 31st was also her THIRD anniversary home. So hard to believe! She's such a big girl! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MX4uS765pSWR79o66MATTA5RWzSZNnkL_AzmkBgJDPjfW4yFyA4iyhZ9wC0xJkUnlj2b3vXmUHOvzjvoFNhuVK4eO2TZvYKeJ_tGFum1yktZ6xSLsRAn5pCjC2nTz27POOFAUV64JrNE/s640/blogger-image--1317352279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MX4uS765pSWR79o66MATTA5RWzSZNnkL_AzmkBgJDPjfW4yFyA4iyhZ9wC0xJkUnlj2b3vXmUHOvzjvoFNhuVK4eO2TZvYKeJ_tGFum1yktZ6xSLsRAn5pCjC2nTz27POOFAUV64JrNE/s640/blogger-image--1317352279.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>April brings us into full swing baseball season and colts birthday. Then finals for our first year college kid and home for the summer to work and save. </div><div><br></div><div>May 1st was the day Faith got about 10 inches cut from her hair. Ever since we visited Disney in January and a little girl from Make A Wish Foundation walked into bibbidi bobbidi boutique, Faith has been asking to get her hair cut so she could share it with people who are sick or need a wig. She got her wish and I think she looks adorable! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4SvKnLgto-nc_fK4rZ8_KyClAeYfK7g5D6vgSchFqmjK_cza919hSdVmjXTcYWpDvmh7d6u_dptAjl8uKMQE9G57ZDldm9j8320B9WoOdJ5KoclTq1xDyJT67nrx-2_C1GsEFoNU0wbO/s640/blogger-image--1909358985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4SvKnLgto-nc_fK4rZ8_KyClAeYfK7g5D6vgSchFqmjK_cza919hSdVmjXTcYWpDvmh7d6u_dptAjl8uKMQE9G57ZDldm9j8320B9WoOdJ5KoclTq1xDyJT67nrx-2_C1GsEFoNU0wbO/s640/blogger-image--1909358985.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>That should about bring us up to date! </div><div>What have you been up to? </div><div><br></div>Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-58876986334424004622014-12-02T16:47:00.001-08:002014-12-02T16:50:07.501-08:00Advent<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaJb1dEm5JImL0Z64GOGlneHujdOYNHXFgnmlT9z0osnBphDciAGBCqh3c04UgMA5iiO7KRhvLlZWOYb2ZTUgLSAub80ykg_V0C811DGKO_K4c9rTjkvh5M5tIqsmHrLbmpblgkEgyUes/s640/blogger-image-457013895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaJb1dEm5JImL0Z64GOGlneHujdOYNHXFgnmlT9z0osnBphDciAGBCqh3c04UgMA5iiO7KRhvLlZWOYb2ZTUgLSAub80ykg_V0C811DGKO_K4c9rTjkvh5M5tIqsmHrLbmpblgkEgyUes/s640/blogger-image-457013895.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>In the busy-ness of the season, it seems like the entire reason for Chrismas gets over looked. This year I am super excited to do an Advent calendar with the girls. We are actually doing two. <div><br></div><div>One is a set of Disney Princess ornaments with numbers on the back. The ornaments open so they can be filled with goodies or notes. For the princess ornaments, I used the alphabet and made each letter correspond to some part of the nativity story. Some also have candy or a special note to pick a prize. </div><div><br></div><div>The second one is a little house with 25 little drawers. In each of those, I printed bible verses that tell the entire story of Jesus' birth. </div><div><br></div><div>It didn't take me long to do, and the verses in the little house were actually found on the internet so I just had to print, cut and get the girls to help me put in the drawers. </div><div><br></div><div>How about you?? What do you do to keep Jesus in the season? </div>Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-19447888122983920562014-10-14T06:15:00.005-07:002014-10-14T06:15:33.858-07:00Bad Blogger<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok, I admit I've been REALLY bad about blogging lately. Life has been incredibly busy lately with football season in full swing. Dylan is playing HS varsity on Friday nights, and Colt is playing college football on Saturday and sometimes Sunday. This past weekend, for example, we spent a total of 26 hours traveling, attending, tailgating, and more traveling for football. Crazy, right? But, if we can swing it, we do it. We would hate to miss that "winning touchdown" or awesome catch...and we want to fully support our kids in whatever they do. Thankfully, we only have 4 weeks left! Amen! We thoroughly enjoy watching the boys play, and it's a chance for us to hang out with Colt after his games at college and catch up with what's going on in his life... oh yeah, did I mention he went away to college (no, because I'm a bad blogger)!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The girls are growing like weeds and soaking in knowledge like a bunch of sponges. Ellie started occupational therapy a few months ago and it is doing wonders for her balance, coordination, and self-esteem! We are now getting into the phase of noticing that we are all different in look (and color). It's been a challenging time, but we are getting through it! Faith is our little engineer always wondering how things work and are built. Too bad we can't get her to care about letters or numbers or writing her name! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So anyway... because life has been a little crazy lately, most of my daily or weekly life happenings have been posted on Instagram, since I can capture a picture with my phone and quickly post it. . . and a picture is worth a Thousand words, right? I placed my account pics on the top of the blog so you can see what's going on in our life lately. If you belong to Instagram, feel free to follow us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hoping to get back in the swing of things soon and share what's been going on in our world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hope you enjoy the beautiful fall weather (and colors) if you are in the Northeast! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For those of you who follow my blog, you've probably already heard most of this story, but I just can't pass up the opportunity to reflect again on how God always knows my heart, and always does what is best for His kingdom. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I'll admit, it's not always what is "easiest" but He knows that too!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> 3 <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">years ago today, we were given a referral for this little beauty, Geneme, decked out in her green thermal footie jammies and fuzzy little hair <em>(believe me, I've studied this picture from front to back and can close my eyes and still see it):</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When began our adoption story nearly 6 years ago, we began to call our future child, Baby "E." She was "Baby E" because of our silly alphabet family (Angie, Brad, Colton, Dylan).. and the next letter was E. I must admit, I was a little nervous starting over again, and a bit worried about not having a play-mate sibling for Baby E, like Colton and Dylan had each other. But we had plenty of friends with wee-ones, so everything would be fine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As we planned, and waited for Baby E, God gave us a little surprise nearly a year into our wait . . . a bio pregnancy with Baby F! Among other things, my OCD kicked in when I realized that our silly little name game was going to be out of order now. Baby F would most likely be older than Baby E (still assuming we would be getting an infant). <em>"Oh well,"</em> I thought . . . <em>"It will make an interesting story..." </em> Little did I know! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As my heart grieved for Baby E, God <em>knew</em> she wasn't yet born. Baby E was born just a few days <em>after</em> we found out about Baby F. [of course we didn't know that at the time] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And most of all, God <em>knew</em> Elliana Geneme Jayne would even fit into our silly little name game. She is 7 months older than Baby Faith. </span></div>
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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-79630096580172592282014-07-22T15:12:00.001-07:002014-07-23T01:31:48.118-07:00Happy Birthday Elliana Geneme Jayne<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg258Q7Hq0zf-gL-TaJQR3QqvW7RNvss46qafUE8uuvf0diLgzGmYNyDlQm4yVSalUqu2uO6kD_My4rBxiAlAI246R3gCqf4PCPcTLfYhBZajZTEq6-Wk1MfSH2hCcR_GXel18vT5eCbkA_/s640/blogger-image-1414215260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg258Q7Hq0zf-gL-TaJQR3QqvW7RNvss46qafUE8uuvf0diLgzGmYNyDlQm4yVSalUqu2uO6kD_My4rBxiAlAI246R3gCqf4PCPcTLfYhBZajZTEq6-Wk1MfSH2hCcR_GXel18vT5eCbkA_/s640/blogger-image-1414215260.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We love your spunk, kindness and your sweet giggle. Happy 4th birthday!! </div>Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-35946220818653425482014-06-16T20:37:00.001-07:002014-06-16T20:37:11.298-07:0031 Little Words of Wisdom<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Colton's high school football number was 31, so we decided to give him 31 little words of wisdom for graduation. It's funny when you have one graduating, you hope and pray that you've taught them everything they need to know... and then you find yourself (at least I do) in the middle of the night wondering if you every told him 'this' or 'that'..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All I know is that we have people (sometimes strangers that know Colt but not us) tell us what a great kid he is. We are so thankful for those words of praise for him and it reassures us that maybe he did hear a few things that we've tried to pass along over the years! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For fun, I thought I'd post them here. His College football number is 85. Guess I better get started on his college words of wisdom now!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">1.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Never say something
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">4. Don't
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">22. Learn
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Unforgiveness will make you a bitter person. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">25. Take
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">26. Stand
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">27. Make
each day count -- make an effort. You
will never get today back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">28. It’s
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others and help them get ahead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">30. Never
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 13.5pt;">31. Never forget that we love you… no matter
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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-89080916207414563232014-06-16T20:27:00.000-07:002014-06-16T20:28:24.941-07:00Senior MomentsIt's official. We have a 2014 Graduate! This year has flown by and the last month has been no exception. Luckily, we've been so busy that I haven't had time to comprehend the fact that our firstborn has graduated and will be heading to college in just 9 short weeks!!!<br />
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Colts baseball team went into district playoffs and won their district title. For a "planner" who plans out every last minute and has to figure out how to shuffle 4 kids to where they need to be, this stressed me out a bit. We had 4 extra games that weren't planned on (one of which we traveled to 3 times [2 hours away] before we actually played the game due to rain postponements and delays-- but wow, talk about a couple of exciting games!! And all the rain in our area made getting all these district games in before the deadline a nightmare. But this group of guys did it!!! Unfortunately, we got knocked out in our first round of states, but it was an awesome ride!!! It was an honor to watch these young men play -- 9 of which were seniors! </div>
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Colton will be going to a private college in Pa and will be playing football. He will be majoring in physics (yikes, I'm not even sure I can spell that!!). We are super proud of him and his college choice. It's a really great school with loads of opportunities. </div>
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Next came graduation -- in the midst of baseball -- well actually we finished up a few days beforehand. We haven't gotten the chance to officially celebrate, but plan to do so in July!! Here's a few pics of Colton with grandparents and all of us. He only was allowed seven guests at graduation ... But no worries .. I have a big enough scream that he definitely wasn't lacking any cheers!!! </div>
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His superintendent spoke about Square One -- and how that's not necessarily a bad or scary thing and that's where most of these seniors are finding themselves. I can certainly attest to that. I've personally found myself at square one a few times, and trusting God's plan each time has brought me to the finish line -- not that it was easy and not that I didn't slide back down a few times -- but knowing God has a plan and trusting Him in that is the first step. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dylan is done with JV baseball but just starting his summer league, and Colt's varsity team made it to the playoffs, slightly extending their season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The girls graduated from preschool and start part-time daycare next week. They are excited for a fun summer with new friends. </span></div>
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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-638977904887306672014-04-19T15:22:00.001-07:002014-04-19T15:22:42.809-07:00Princesses and Pirates -- Yeah, I know... this was like over 2 months ago! Our schedule has been a little hectic lately... so I'm just now getting to go through pictures and happenings in our family over the last few months :) Here's some pics of our pirate and princess party. It was fun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oh boy, the things you don't do for your kids... <br />Pirate Princess Mommy and Pirate Daddy.... </td></tr>
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<br />Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-59251787805772300872014-04-19T14:46:00.000-07:002014-04-19T14:46:11.571-07:00Sisters<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-36666786541012598862014-04-19T14:38:00.002-07:002014-04-19T14:38:26.379-07:00Happy Birthday Mr. ColtonIt's hard to believe that our first born is now 18. Time goes by so quickly, and the last 4 years of high school has gone double-time. Colton has been such a joy to parent, mostly easy-going, friendly and just a pretty darn good kid (and a great BIG brother to his 3 siblings!) Thanks Colt, for making me the mom I am today. <div>
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In our church, parents dedicate their child, promising to raise them in a Godly home with the church's support and blessing. When the child is old enough to understand what baptism is and what it means, they can be baptized. <br />
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Here's a few pictures from the big day! (note, Ellie is now doing this funny thing with her eyes when she smiles -- it's totally Ethiopian -- we've heard Ethiopian's talk with their eyes... and we agree!) <br />
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She is finally getting to wear her traditional Ethiopian dress that we purchased for her while in Ethiopia. It's beautiful... hand stitched and embroidered. The little scarf can also be used as a head-dress or wrap, but I couldn't get it to look authentic, so she wore it like a scarf. Ellie was very proud of her cross necklace and heart bracelet. She said her bracelet had hearts on it because she has "Jesus in her heart..." Such a sweetie. <br />
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<br />Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-75018207689183296652014-03-26T15:14:00.005-07:002014-03-26T15:14:26.300-07:00Two Years Ago<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN-XO9Iq46ZipKxFfzmrjOtvQlnkalnhfgZS3AeavgmWRR3r-GjW00kA9Y5-PVEzv39AD6ZP9czu94jHoS_tQKIKbs_OpWcsEe3WWuLkErf13M7WCvSwARxW1eLLziwfT1uqJLBYR855-/s1600/205+(800x536).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN-XO9Iq46ZipKxFfzmrjOtvQlnkalnhfgZS3AeavgmWRR3r-GjW00kA9Y5-PVEzv39AD6ZP9czu94jHoS_tQKIKbs_OpWcsEe3WWuLkErf13M7WCvSwARxW1eLLziwfT1uqJLBYR855-/s1600/205+(800x536).jpg" height="214" width="320" /></a>I<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'ve always heard you should live in the present and not in the past ... But I can't help to think that 2 years ago today, we landed in Ethiopia for the second time to bring our sweet girl home forever. Oh how I miss Ethiopia!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a whirlwind trip that we prepared and left in a matter of a few days. Then, we were only in Ethiopia for 4 days before we headed home to experience life's adventures. It's sure been a quick 2 years full of many sweet and crazy adventures. Our boys, who were 13 and almost 16, are now robust young men of 15 and 18 years old. Faith, who was just a little peanut is now 3 and quickly catching up to her "big" sister Ellie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Things that I can easily laugh about today -- not so much 18 months ago... and the little shy girl that we brought home is now a confident almost-4 year old. Even though Ellie came to us at a very young age, it's still apparent today that her heart is not fully healed from her grief and loss. Many days are wonderful, and some days, not so much. As parents, we hurt for her and are here to love her no matter what. We still stand in awe of the progress and transformation that has transpired in just 2 short years with her physically, emotionally, and socially. We continue to eagerly wait to see what God's plan is for Ellie. Whatever it is, she will rock it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To celebrate her 2 years home, we plan to have her officially dedicated at church on Sunday, even though she's already made herself at home there! We hoped to have this done WAY before now, but this weekend is the perfect time. I'll be sure to post some pictures.. if someone takes them (hint, hint....) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm reminded today that God is faithful, even in trials, and that His timing is <i>always </i>perfect, even if we don't understand it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">"For I know the plans</span><span class="crossreference" style="background-color: white; font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-19647A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> I have for you,” declares the </span><span class="small-caps" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, “plans to prosper</span><span class="crossreference" style="background-color: white; font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-19647B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 </span></i></span></blockquote>
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The girls have been asking for sometime about going to the "Nail Shop" to get their nails done. Since it was Faith's Birthday (Princess and Pirate Party Pics coming soon!) I thought it would be a nice treat for the girls. </div>
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So, we grabbed our little purses and off to the Nail Shop we went! They had a fun time picking out their color. Ellie picked a bright pink and she got a design put on.... Faith picked a pink sparkle polish. They both did great! Ellie has only picked the polish off of 2 fingers; All of Faith's polish is gone :( Thank goodness it wasn't expensive as the Owner of the shop basically did them for free :) </div>
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<br />Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-85593377904625505222014-01-06T20:52:00.001-08:002014-01-06T20:52:51.242-08:00Merry Christmas In EthiopiaJanuary 7 is the Ethiopian Christmas. Merry Christmas to our Ethiopian beauty! 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It was a perfect night to go -- almost 50 degrees and not at all crowded. The girls made a visit to see Santa. They weren't overly impressed -- but Ellie did ask for a puppy!! We also got to see real reindeer and an awesome light show. 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Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-63184540492253476002013-12-13T15:55:00.001-08:002013-12-13T16:02:45.699-08:00First Movie We decided to be brave and take the girls to their first movie -- Disney's Frozen. We went in without having any expectations -- afterall, how many potty breaks can a two and three year old take in 90 minutes :)<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVN3JkfbEYfGG4RcOoqjUpkg71yMz9q84I2NkniGJzGTyn-Z2qGhbYtHV-aAK6nRn9asB6U5kXGicDvgvOLK43WhApKxmv3sQ9ceZxtldlw9LQgBe54CcCrqq4rQtPBuWawgHHxBgyeoV/s640/blogger-image--809844781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVN3JkfbEYfGG4RcOoqjUpkg71yMz9q84I2NkniGJzGTyn-Z2qGhbYtHV-aAK6nRn9asB6U5kXGicDvgvOLK43WhApKxmv3sQ9ceZxtldlw9LQgBe54CcCrqq4rQtPBuWawgHHxBgyeoV/s640/blogger-image--809844781.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div>Armed with a very large popcorn, two sippy cups and two slightly sleepy girls, we headed into the movie. They were super excited! </div><div><br></div><div>They actually did really really good! Each girl only took one potty break and they only spilled their popcorn twice ;). And, we all thought the movie was cute... Especially, Olaf, the snowman. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bGZ8OzWGj8byg9Gs1i33PBxV-rC7LyWxjXwFPGC4GB5mpl49yLyeo_S9Cz4BqvJtwPCtpoyQDZElbOoaPO2b9LRmGgMmTLluEarhACBUaFaeEW0oNB6TUcJOTC7IKyHoQEI5O-UAYXIC/s640/blogger-image--1798278157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bGZ8OzWGj8byg9Gs1i33PBxV-rC7LyWxjXwFPGC4GB5mpl49yLyeo_S9Cz4BqvJtwPCtpoyQDZElbOoaPO2b9LRmGgMmTLluEarhACBUaFaeEW0oNB6TUcJOTC7IKyHoQEI5O-UAYXIC/s640/blogger-image--1798278157.jpg"></a></div></div><br></div><div>Maybe we will try it again soon! </div></div>Baxter075http://www.blogger.com/profile/08587118870931316598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137687745615211311.post-22010168733541134652013-12-10T12:15:00.001-08:002013-12-10T12:15:23.232-08:00It's snow much fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our first measurable snowfall!! The girls couldn't wait to get out and play. Ellie still isn't crazy about snow. This is only her second winter with us and they didn't have this cold white stuff in Ethiopia!! </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2b9pbXQUph0xMk6G3dhzb_V3vZfMZ9pjLyR8YA2cBIqeGYyZP-S0kIomz8D1nLWe7D_KR6F_AUihkdGtBXd8FTLbkRdaK9ICmEqa3b7980VF_W3XVWLQkp_ixLJ1qn_zdoVY7q0pNu1uL/s640/blogger-image--1397061077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2b9pbXQUph0xMk6G3dhzb_V3vZfMZ9pjLyR8YA2cBIqeGYyZP-S0kIomz8D1nLWe7D_KR6F_AUihkdGtBXd8FTLbkRdaK9ICmEqa3b7980VF_W3XVWLQkp_ixLJ1qn_zdoVY7q0pNu1uL/s640/blogger-image--1397061077.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUoI26xcagiQyzvLr62_BC12bpMaKBklTVtR-E-d_FLw-Z6uHarWbmrTODjPLtDDwORiFuLtHGwSoVaEzDgXjfgoS-3qRDWbVrwXwvbusnanuPmqlR8Qj9H-l2hqFhTqdKYzkJ8Pbc3yP/s640/blogger-image--41671211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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