Keeping Up With the Jones Princess and Boys

Lilli Hope is THREE!!

2012-05-02T13:23:23Z

Today our sweet Lilli Hope turns THREE years old!! This is her first birthday we’ve gotten to spend with her and we are so thankful to be able to celebrate with her today. Lilli is a breath of fresh air, a sweet ball of joy, she brings life to a room, her eyes are filled [...]

A little glimpse into where we are at…

2012-04-12T18:36:13Z

My friend Jen wrote this beautiful post about “The Battle for Adoptive Families.” She gets it. Thanks Jen for putting it so perfectly into words. I’d love for you to read it and also take a second to read the first post she listed under “resources” at the bottom of the article called “How to [...]

Eliana’s Easter Elbow

2012-04-08T03:47:34Z

This afternoon the kids rode bikes for a few hours. It was a nice day and they were having a great time. Until Eliana and Griffin had a head on bicycle collision. At first everyone seemed to be ok and they both got back on their bikes and continued to ride. Eliana made it about [...]

One Month. The Epic Blog Post Update.

2012-03-23T04:11:42Z

I couldn’t think of a creative title for this post so I decided to go with something ridiculous. Just in case you were wondering what that title is all about. But it has in fact been one month since we first welcomed Eliana into our family in Chin@. We’ve had a few requests for an [...]

Twelve

2012-03-11T14:10:43Z

I remember New Year’s Eve 1999 like it was yesterday. Is that what you call it? It was the year 1999 and about to be 2000. That’s what I’m talking about in case I confused you. Anywho there had been the big Y2K madness everywhere. People were stockpiling their pantries and computer technicians were on [...]

Home Sweet Home!

2012-03-02T16:37:15Z

After 24 hours of travel and 37+ hours of being awake we made it home and were re-united with the rest of our family and friends last night! Thank you Jesus! Our trip home was pretty uneventful except for the sitting on the ground in the airplane for two and a half hours in Hong Kong [...]

180

2012-02-29T14:50:21Z

Today was a much better day with Eliana than last night. She was a completely different girl today and was very sweet and playful. I’m sure this is just the beginning of many 180’s we’ll see her do as she works through leaving behind all she has ever known and coming to live with a [...]

What to Say

2012-02-28T14:31:46Z

I’ve started a new blog post and deleted it about 15 times. So I decided to just start with telling you about me starting the post and deleting it. That’s a start at least. I’m finding myself speechless these days with what to say when I come to blog. I’m not sure if [...]

A Father’s Heart

2012-02-28T16:14:30Z

Bill has been writing “notes” on Facebook during our journey here and I just wanted to share with you from the “Dad” perspective what has been going on here. So here are all the notes he’s written over the last week. I’ll have him publish them here too from now on for those not on [...]

Happy Day

2012-02-25T13:09:47Z

Today was a good day. It’s so funny to me that on our trip with Lilli and now this trip how the tone of the trip changes for the better once we get to this city. There’s just something more relaxing about being here. Or maybe it’s just saying goodbye to the child’s province that [...]