tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21322726413274683222024-03-04T23:55:20.688-05:00Our Treasure ChestJT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-74038019283707637542012-12-10T15:08:00.000-05:002012-12-10T15:10:23.764-05:00December 10th<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It is the day when our family was reunited for good and Alex came HOME! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">December, 10th - 2011</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Bailey and I were about to get on the escalator, </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> It had been a long 6 months. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I paused for a second and looked at my oldest girl. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With tears in my eyes I told her, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Don't forget this moment, because this is what love and friendship looks like." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope she never forgets. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>June 17th, 2011</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">JT and I woke up in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to the roosters crowing outside our window. Would this be the day? We had met Alex for the first time on Monday and today was Friday. It had been an emotional week for all of us as we spent a little time each day getting to know each other. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CONANI called early that morning to tell us Alex was not feeling well and we may not see him that day. What? My heart was heavy. We prayed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An hour or so later, we received another call asking us to meet at CONANI. This was going to be THE day. The day when Rafael would officially become our son,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The day God had ordained from the beginning of time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had been praying for this day for years. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It had been such a long road. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our son - born in our hearts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Loved.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cherished.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>June 17th, 2012</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One year later.</span></div>
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Time has flown by!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Clearly, I've been a little busy with my 2 1/2 year old. My blog has been neglected.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">First things first...Alex is doing great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">He is as busy, funny and cute as ever. His english is really coming along and he talks all the time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">It's hard to describe, but it's like he has always been a part of us. He is my boy. My heart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCxL1Wrp4cU3bOznq0BnLfeWmmFeak7oyDDf3eF8PkScvpKFSs7vpvbrdmEDd5Il5f-sFBJfvJi6oMZkQV7zw5Tc9ViaqFmsAgxMq7056GUrBZJbQ3pf4REqYEGZnyfuJYisrqB6WbSo/s320/CSC_1033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733872434888586738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">So... on to the catching up part.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We enjoyed our annual New Year celebration with the Obeck family. This has been our tradition for about 7 years now. We take turns hosting dinner at our homes, let the children play and ring in the New Year with them around 9:00 with apple cider! I love this time with our families. It is a tradition I always look forward to.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgVmaE-mVR4NYfaKDsXVk89gXO_F51BzcJQQhlc6v4FCfkcI4q-5oxkq8NWGHUhmKsN7ZLuiB4TaZEg13bKkIibPWtWgXhJnJ9CpBYHx-AhHZxBtDUyus8B6lwfQWxZtpv32GiH2Ew-Y/s320/CSC_1042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733872436436597522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >(Anne and I have been friends for 10 years ago. We met in a Playgroup when both of our oldest children were just one year old. Love her!!!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5SzyK7T5kHM_LOEhWNP-aXf7J9Lo4cAPeTD_WPgCNR-yC80dxDJ2FJFqVtXbcEClUeWUVVvHrmb-ofaXZ9vlCVsP3lHLvxLlqKibDzfS38P99fdIittE59qbKDhFwnlYrp9YC-BADQA/s320/CSC_1044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733874439491883986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >(Sweet Cate and Alex. Friends Forever)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikk82SxgrPcnTbe_poBddjJzgn1gWO1E9ciMjQhofIiptix7tOAOHlsBIIMfyjWC4Ox9UpMDRTle_IEf9HeNSjkNmPxXrVKFHeagD3G7FiO2nXr3wl7zKEi9JHMY4hXXAO_aa7qX0Y4jI/s320/CSC_1046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733874432025824290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">(Part of the gang...Jack, Olivia, Drew, Alex and Bailey. Missing is Cate & Reid)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdYrCXxVN8kFg2O44ma6vRek1X74yKzkKGP-wvSi0IQ3yGqHR_X28Uxmoi_10hyphenhyphenlLGASlhA8ww6B6-R7fUhlckARClpNXYIkdZwdYliH5dSdgZFxFY-Z3WTfS5tPqQSwm15j9OQr85gM/s320/CSC_1043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733874422239279170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >(Good times!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">CDS Lions</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">! - January</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Bailey joined her Middle School Swim team this year. At the end of season awards program she received the "Christian Character" award. I told her there was not other award that would make me more proud of her. Not only did she have a great swim season, she displayed christian character by encouraging her team, giving her best and working hard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRsI7ER6H3dJTQs8XzFK7fa6J5oWIQ0F_PJXgSxia168tgsXbuh4e2H7CvWKMG-UkLEaxXfelcgrpoO7NETWW5oUasFmmMX4dKXWzSjfjFmYSRLI-Rx_ZfKHV44l8w0Dw1G_pOjhLEVw/s320/CSC_1049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733875867829828914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBc7TsWklciXsDXNNrvac4MBzOES2eZzsDhXyIQSzHbafeqY14Ohp1RnChoX7GFQM1pjB5QYsV2uyO5aKOWB8SPOva-dNAJGdte8M1NpSuvbXNV7rLcvNubfkDeHStq8BjRiLCURjUBI/s320/CSC_1050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733875855926305586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCNyLC3Cd0FMioJ_22OXSnUVLYmZI_7xkTRAfO06JsTR-yVYds6sXZxucw0f4nYtGKmDt2Fl_-izj2xqr05B1WBtOez2Bh2TOt54_pYRaHJpNHlkzZC6rmom6wQwSta8kEI4Kx7f5Gsg/s320/CSC_1048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733875852773374818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><b>Cotillion - January</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">I wish I could say that Bailey loved Cotillion, but honestly it was like pulling teeth to get her to go! As much as I loved what Cotillion is all about (manners, etiquette, etc.) she repeatedly told me how boring it was to her. ;-) The most fun she had was the Winter Ball where she dressed up with her girlfriends and danced the night away. Yes - she did dance with boys...and managed to survive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEN_C5nStI9kARzbt4foFc4PTT1Qw-c-SwOpNEDzRXdECkd7iq6_WrrzpGWWLgb-qcG8XIsaPhlLNXInW18F2Nvp-yYA3A6TedVv2ckdDqnv3tMWYE3xQV11_cZPNG7_ORaKVzu5ehl4/s320/CSC_0812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733869548912207538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABdxQsnp0rAVklWLm2IoTa9VjnMF4GyrraUegiiJTTU9ObZjjpvSymZ1ulXiOaNKLSz-5AYm132BAB8lRjR2YwQR7YmZd-VJAJX_tiGCAfxmsPxe4YhZDUj0YfR8XJgnOiNhUzkJkkZ0/s320/CSC_1052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733872450813422962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" >(The CDS gang)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><b>Surgery - February</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">When we received Alex's referral (February, 2011) we were informed of his herniated umbilical cord. Not only did it stick out significantly, the hole inside had not closed up. We met with a great pediatric urologist here in Charlotte and scheduled his surgery in February. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">His surgery and healing process all went very well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">I was very happy to have this procedure behind us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjt9s_NMmTPQ4avEaSbHcnskdgIaS9S5WstjhoKE5bEHcgTKisuo0vhQMG01fEZyNc5SdfP0-m0aJx0-l0PbpMxvxLk-MPYVmdypkyychdw-PopRwsnyJL2_s0neL1_UgHB8UZn8E65pQ/s320/DSC_0822.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733869567257777554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">(This is Alex after his medicine kicked in... he was hysterical! Everyone loved him in the pre-op waiting area)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kQjtPNXye4ZBgXRb7EingRCwkVBaFg-dHw_rTvKEBhM0M86E5uTGpalCWkI42wXS9Z_DtYZFrWkONyf_s1NyiFXUY6QtRh4M5r3Vw0Kn4Hlb1Y77dFJGFOlGNfX9uCeCdvdrV5lyOcY/s320/DSC_0832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733975667974897058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-NAlBTo2QzvtgdcCejK8sGJoRtIW_oKSmWA2ljLJRCcCbGU125vs9QxwkC29oVzyrOgizlXsa__5l41QQzHYG2gmz-yCI_ywdEKPMh2dmfW94r0AzFWuNgw3V4M1aFHapv2kvJzdRGjo/s320/CSC_0841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733869556183939874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">(Post surgery. What a trooper.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><b>Olivia's Baptism - February</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">February 12th, 2012 was a very special day in Olivia's life. An outward expression of her faith.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-njBBAD50WXRRJnGaYtYTXNRYfdhXjbOLkwjbGl51XRU9e_6Y1N7co9tNI-DVGlm84cg-YJhbROt6oGZLZuemNgHiVHWZ3tgzwJXOhHeZeSDz23I3BolukysS4s_HpRJPG7Rpsrn5FA/s320/CSC_1034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733980506162601378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwgyTTi39Xt_VvRPYXDt1vxo8txRplUdljLHy7dUjpbsRuyqCry6XaGTsTeMqeqjt4gz445t-sgS2_x5mwJE0wABWptkySsOwitEgfZaNqynofDTzyaDGgg4hns3BNeEAxvIA35vK2ME/s320/CSC_1035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733980508530455746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EsAuN9wCjVJWvC_2-LMQu8t_RRnOAFOeHs8uqZbl8B0zNTXXBTl_bWDe31tSkoSgdhMjI4hJSGZtF9Gz3vD5lr238hHDF4Z8rdimr0s4usBvh-7jLUl-Hx75zbbot8MpJIHsOdlTQT4/s320/DSC_0854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733980520545036642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" >(Olivia and Gammie)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#009900;">Olivia~ We are so very thankful for the sweet, kind spirit God gave you. We are proud of your decision to be baptized and pray that you will always love God ~ with all your HEART, all your SOUL and all your MIND. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">We love you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">.</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><i>Zephaniah 3:17</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:130%;" ><div class="result-text-style-normal text-html " style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div class="poetry top-1" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-left: 1em; position: relative; padding-left: 2.6em; margin-bottom: 1em; "><p class="line" style="text-indent: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span id="en-NLT-22814" class="text Zeph-3-17" style="position: relative; "><sup class="versenum" style="line-height: normal; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top; display: block; position: absolute; left: -4.8em; "> </sup>"For the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps; ">Lord</span> your God is living among you.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style=" line-height: 0; "> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-17" style="position: relative; ">He is a mighty savior.</span></span><br /><span class="text Zeph-3-17" style="position: relative; ">He will take delight in you with gladness.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style=" line-height: 0; "> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-17" style="position: relative; ">With his love, he will calm all your fears.</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style=" line-height: 0; "> </span><span class="text Zeph-3-17" style="position: relative; ">He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”</span></span></span></i></p><div><br /></div></div></div></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="<span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" />Photobucket"></span></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-85689977064690810292012-02-24T09:18:00.004-05:002012-02-24T14:26:43.525-05:00Unexpected Joy<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">One year ago today...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">we received this photo.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7fLG3_6rY9-5Qc786QBe8DSmO9xCj7-eSsH9mATebc__xWtj14pT4lNPv0IpkQdjgam78issxmHRr2UpJ8-3Z4w6CSr4GnL_qz2bfw4HhmvzDx1spLPM3hjwUTcHjSfDr98IwszPfw/s1600/Rafael_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7fLG3_6rY9-5Qc786QBe8DSmO9xCj7-eSsH9mATebc__xWtj14pT4lNPv0IpkQdjgam78issxmHRr2UpJ8-3Z4w6CSr4GnL_qz2bfw4HhmvzDx1spLPM3hjwUTcHjSfDr98IwszPfw/s320/Rafael_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712708316997499522" /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Unexpected Joy</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">The child God chose for us. </span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">The child born in our hearts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Our son.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-32165979541447449862012-02-17T17:47:00.004-05:002012-02-17T18:14:50.681-05:00Tagged!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">My dear friend Jenny ( http://prayingadamhome.blogspot.com/) has tagged me. Thanks friend!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbG-ptvUA2Z2X-EaceYnZsBJurp9nghToyJc8ktRmW8cDIE3Sk12ogpw7KSRmzQ9nxkOo17MiKEMaVDVV1qOwSeDYp_Fg-LXLkjPWFuGWK-xdx3M6opmRrYcFy9hfQp8dbHoi4SVDr5H7/s1600/tell_me_about_yourself_blog_award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: rgb(41, 110, 19); text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbG-ptvUA2Z2X-EaceYnZsBJurp9nghToyJc8ktRmW8cDIE3Sk12ogpw7KSRmzQ9nxkOo17MiKEMaVDVV1qOwSeDYp_Fg-LXLkjPWFuGWK-xdx3M6opmRrYcFy9hfQp8dbHoi4SVDr5H7/s200/tell_me_about_yourself_blog_award.jpg" width="200" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(84, 55, 17); border-right-color: rgb(84, 55, 17); border-bottom-color: rgb(84, 55, 17); border-left-color: rgb(84, 55, 17); border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: rgb(84, 55, 17); text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The rules of the award: 1) thank the person who gave you this award. 2) list 7 things people may not know about you. 3) pass it along to a few other bloggers.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(84, 55, 17); text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">Goodness - the pressure!!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">This is actually kind of hard for me, but here it goes...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">1) My goal/dream is to one day run a marathon. Maybe a 13.1 - here's the thing though, I am not a runner.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">2) I can see us having a 4th child - adopted of course . Yep. Just putting that out there - don't tell JT yet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">3) Chipped nail polish is one of my biggest pet peeves. Ask my girls!</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(84, 55, 17); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">4) I was once pregnant with triplets. Naturally. Bailey was 4 yrs old and Olivia was 2. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">5) Prefer salty over sweet. Always.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">6) I look on the brighter side of things. Look for the good and can be too trusting at times.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">7) I am a 70's girl. Love the music! Had I not been in elementary school in the seventies, I am sure I would have been wearing long skirts, with flowers in my long hair promoting peace in the world. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">There you have it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I am tagging my sweet friend Shari - http://mattsharimaggie.blogspot.com/ This will keep her busy while she waits to travel to China. She adopting a precious little girl named Maggie Mei.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></span></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-78517391433702549972011-12-26T12:44:00.009-05:002011-12-26T13:16:30.365-05:00Naughty or Nice?<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYHl-7dryzxdiRxI12RZBg0dv4MXlxi2UNQuuY2MBv1wotOU9M30gYBua7qRKcTYa6jKkjzaAIKb45EJDzgbeCzPMbY9sDcTsI1BhSL2lJ6pz9ajlnrHzqUATRkwRlfgYWz60zct8Fuo/s320/CSC_0591.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690496081729394226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We had a nice conversation with Santa and explained a few things. It is tough being a spunky two year old little boy... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB7iCeefI7Mk4RB5lunQeiOSZZ78NYXnSDaNsCniymoz8CeOSs_AMOPbClBArRN2XgNI_XLrL36vkPWuUzlqlFBYTZWPkMtOIBdO-cKQpdNgkXTEv8d03-omeKfg-CeyKfaAlCJJv3UQ/s1600/DSC_0574.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB7iCeefI7Mk4RB5lunQeiOSZZ78NYXnSDaNsCniymoz8CeOSs_AMOPbClBArRN2XgNI_XLrL36vkPWuUzlqlFBYTZWPkMtOIBdO-cKQpdNgkXTEv8d03-omeKfg-CeyKfaAlCJJv3UQ/s320/DSC_0574.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690496076968189922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"> Hung my stocking by the chimney with care...</span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"> in hopes that St. Nick would REALLY be fair!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLf3_6rT1gn7tydAXSNlh1Mkwi0OIhYnhscDUt6QKyM8vYvAm5MSs9gq-KX4fXXtn_wqWLNl_IFJ5Q_294_xX_dFvcpuY-qAIDgKmrNNZ-tW7glfPAxR0x4f9QqpyYNrTjdb2GPutFAKo/s320/DSC_0592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690495352707501042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">I sat nicely on Daddy's lap and listened to a Christmas story.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLd4mbxblOaEwshqwZyJqrL2wC6dvvdXmU8Cm6Vbct5lRhzWv7B164HccM9GSjlETLzLx3zKc43_4MLZc5eSX1jwfttpoaXre8J3K0rsUriavukijIF13b4FjjGpjvpMLX33Cf4S0Bmk/s1600/DSC_0637.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLd4mbxblOaEwshqwZyJqrL2wC6dvvdXmU8Cm6Vbct5lRhzWv7B164HccM9GSjlETLzLx3zKc43_4MLZc5eSX1jwfttpoaXre8J3K0rsUriavukijIF13b4FjjGpjvpMLX33Cf4S0Bmk/s320/DSC_0637.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690495362262952674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"> Had just a small incident with a candy cane....</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbAs-NoDZkcs3HB2MmAifPTF8IJhrmNSIxUnqKMSKhDWh3LTQTxt7DjubpELysnf9bPyi3_9AZm4190CuVzRleM9lxVZxHMOP0TQG_RAUp108p7awbMF1dLlxtr0r0PUavo9jFTTfMrw/s1600/CSC_0589.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbAs-NoDZkcs3HB2MmAifPTF8IJhrmNSIxUnqKMSKhDWh3LTQTxt7DjubpELysnf9bPyi3_9AZm4190CuVzRleM9lxVZxHMOP0TQG_RAUp108p7awbMF1dLlxtr0r0PUavo9jFTTfMrw/s320/CSC_0589.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690496098933113074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">NICE!</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Santa decided I was extra nice and brought me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">a shiny new tricycle!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg93wR_G-vtIjiUUEewCzGHLw8Nia7EPkeUC6D2jnRJJ4T4vngKnc2KQV2hkBMut5F8qNFDvWGi0N2sEpGegjUQ2pHRS-vqxRpClHNmyNPWzb5P8r-uExyWmI7lWEQR3mTOsmuybzNktQ/s320/DSC_0655.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690500657786163778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">***************************************************</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Alex is doing great! He has transitioned to his new home beautifully. Sleeps in his bed at night and LOVES playing with his sisters. There are a few adjustments here and there but we could not be happier with how our little guy is doing! Thank you again for all of your prayers, emails, phone calls... I promise to catch up with everyone soon! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Love and Blessings this Holiday Season.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></span></a></div></div></div></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-2617070066124369762011-12-19T20:16:00.011-05:002011-12-19T20:45:20.541-05:00No Place Like Home!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">6 Months.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Finally.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wFebSN-WAOmXeaz0v0R8MPmm2uTCAoece70NRPtdS_8bhCy_ApllJbEmKL0UYXW7WOEaIeBXUVxtiCpoR0UlFUV0NnfAq45OEDkxRFy8n-MyCuPwhR0uJYerb9pJEcdhI5ep9GqgB08/s1600/DSC_9378-Edit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wFebSN-WAOmXeaz0v0R8MPmm2uTCAoece70NRPtdS_8bhCy_ApllJbEmKL0UYXW7WOEaIeBXUVxtiCpoR0UlFUV0NnfAq45OEDkxRFy8n-MyCuPwhR0uJYerb9pJEcdhI5ep9GqgB08/s320/DSC_9378-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688014756583239378" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Speechless</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPS2Hp2cLVnWfD4Svb2_IiK6xFp8ugA9XsEd2CEq0UAjwszPg2EKwtLZboB02PLM2a4_hzCUzMj-20RnU7SqD3A0IGX3uROPl8Tqr5KhLbZIpQRkPxAU0X0SA_SQuW-44x-7rfMFvCD0/s1600/DSC_9348.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPS2Hp2cLVnWfD4Svb2_IiK6xFp8ugA9XsEd2CEq0UAjwszPg2EKwtLZboB02PLM2a4_hzCUzMj-20RnU7SqD3A0IGX3uROPl8Tqr5KhLbZIpQRkPxAU0X0SA_SQuW-44x-7rfMFvCD0/s320/DSC_9348.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688014315428983538" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Overjoyed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMtcMKwwRkBKvHqFx9q4mrgFKuKPOR-cAeaDZspwKf7Ht-K9PkTb1Jxpy9-D3W9u_5oPx81MoJgWy82h8Nq0HGb5B-fiIbZ9n5hd8lKuIdBTUyTqR62b0nPU83oHeroM-Z0kt3dRShjg/s1600/DSC_9363.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMtcMKwwRkBKvHqFx9q4mrgFKuKPOR-cAeaDZspwKf7Ht-K9PkTb1Jxpy9-D3W9u_5oPx81MoJgWy82h8Nq0HGb5B-fiIbZ9n5hd8lKuIdBTUyTqR62b0nPU83oHeroM-Z0kt3dRShjg/s320/DSC_9363.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688014308359024578" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Grateful</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9pgu3m7UM6fh74S6Zee-Sw_ox49p-dYG73K7MVAJ_RTmZYmzfk0K6sPUB7BitInfFWUKmriXaGVT6ZYDZM6n4LuoEU2k6vGYF_Y1shLoSYSzdGBcSA3hpvoGCKclJAOZ_jhbjEI30MQ/s1600/DSC_9345.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9pgu3m7UM6fh74S6Zee-Sw_ox49p-dYG73K7MVAJ_RTmZYmzfk0K6sPUB7BitInfFWUKmriXaGVT6ZYDZM6n4LuoEU2k6vGYF_Y1shLoSYSzdGBcSA3hpvoGCKclJAOZ_jhbjEI30MQ/s320/DSC_9345.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688013983918455618" /></span></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Loved</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRCE1NeSbvnJbn3YJVA-wbR1sxjqjQzxhHcDzO1lBxyU4MDnouLTH0NNXhY4B66xl3qGUVX_hJO-UTvC6EpIC68ErWu4_natJlPyHlWevfcPXIUQXPWopwBltqomgaFKXKLGqi6LPC98/s320/DSC_9398.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688016628986309330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span>Blessed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja593uu_wDCl9fDqTaPJZTW_fZh5CqMQ3OkN1oSCzWiAZAz5obrOn_M7Efqb4BjEttBNmr-g8DsNqUIghi2rM2kjIosneKQ_pFziQ4akVnlXqqVv6y3Aig6p7FXrnJ4NbTczqe-Js6sZQ/s320/DSC_9498.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688015738909309122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">HOME!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></span></a></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-40388309670836307562011-12-09T20:24:00.008-05:002011-12-09T21:01:57.186-05:00Coming Home!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We arrived in the Dominican Republic on June 10th and we are coming home on December 10th. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">6 months.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">God had quite the journey planned for us! </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">JT and I are forever changed by our adoption experience. Not only are we parents to an adorable, funny and busy 2 year old boy...we have also been through a life changing experience. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">God has worked through us - in us and around us. Mostly he has worked in us. We have been stretched, broken, refined, covered, blessed and simply held.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We are not the same JT and Angie that began this journey. Our girls are not the same. There is no way that we could be. You see when God has shown himself to you over and over and over again...there is change.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">It was painful and hard at times, but that's when we knew we were growing! God pulled us closer to him. Directing our attention and focus back on him. Back on the one who called us to adoption...the one who knew we would say, "Yes!"</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Our journey has been about so much more than our precious son. But -oh what a gift he is! Our journey has also been about surrender as well . Being reminded that God is in control. All the time. With all things.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We arrived in the Dominican Republic </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">and God met us there. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We are so grateful and can not wait to introduce you to Alex!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-90011662838261017592011-11-30T06:57:00.019-05:002011-11-30T15:22:33.948-05:00Family Time<div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdmJ5xWNdFxwvEnsPIOuqJIXW1wZkoq0_aB5RFbGWnwIACXxcMG3jDZkpnJp8mlg3sZCGOTq-Z0rEHsrrZB_owdyN1ia2XTy8j3adSevLu9e80_85rsVnqbta4NJvzfkqC4FJjgpGadI/s1600/DSC_0210.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We had such a fun Thanksgiving week together. Alex loved playing with his sisters! I loved having my family in one place.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Here are a few pictures from our week... </span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><em>Colonial Zone<br /></em><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16XL6eBnzZosxdDLE5ksPsi5uE0fVEmKDmgTBYAdbSqM2ncKnClcCu3E6Gly96bM6ygaFsSvJpryhMqrzMHCos87pEvoJvkBxsfLFTp1YCpqZOoJtRsM5vYAINtVmAUuPIsDrhlBSLzw/s1600/DSC_0345.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680868680943577650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16XL6eBnzZosxdDLE5ksPsi5uE0fVEmKDmgTBYAdbSqM2ncKnClcCu3E6Gly96bM6ygaFsSvJpryhMqrzMHCos87pEvoJvkBxsfLFTp1YCpqZOoJtRsM5vYAINtVmAUuPIsDrhlBSLzw/s320/DSC_0345.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCr5OrHYAseXuIvXlfFkrbvARWIlHyrIVaMyH7E_3FjiEiaXz-xwC4uaT9OxpR1BFs0PjyIq0dcvODAqDx_OPwAdlXXyxeQOt1GzQLUiXOQNOZQDacZABp-kQ6eGlVvrNw6cx7TWw39E/s1600/CSC_0444.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680868674993298642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCr5OrHYAseXuIvXlfFkrbvARWIlHyrIVaMyH7E_3FjiEiaXz-xwC4uaT9OxpR1BFs0PjyIq0dcvODAqDx_OPwAdlXXyxeQOt1GzQLUiXOQNOZQDacZABp-kQ6eGlVvrNw6cx7TWw39E/s320/CSC_0444.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">This little boy is non-stop! I can never get a picture of him being still and smiling at the same time.<br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZU0oh3WgfynJ4hjXplUD9Y2ZsPr76iqcPEjQE4sSiXTiSM2U0G50Ej95fe3Z3fju5nlmL443buoavlHfKVVI_3EQNWuIH1eMlv5CIxdNJyTQb7rvzUeeSXsOU9LmS4K3MNy1USoqbyo/s1600/DSC_0368.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680763304079496146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZU0oh3WgfynJ4hjXplUD9Y2ZsPr76iqcPEjQE4sSiXTiSM2U0G50Ej95fe3Z3fju5nlmL443buoavlHfKVVI_3EQNWuIH1eMlv5CIxdNJyTQb7rvzUeeSXsOU9LmS4K3MNy1USoqbyo/s320/DSC_0368.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><em>Tie-Dye Day</em></span> </p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680872736954633122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU8LlLEJrbGKQEJ_XO1S4vVY4nhgFHtCgvYkjSe9xUJ4IsoSsd_J94mR7X2Nlr50wySCjrSsCEp_61MnFaranAb-kWU0q1Ue_SiFqR80SQzj-8SA2ljpUqLHHk_nUVZ__EdzN-jEi-KA/s320/DSC_0340.JPG" border="0" /></em></span></span><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><em>Juan Dolio Beach</em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWB4ugrTTr7sU3q9LHO-jIuMbFNhb0r9V_Ysc5KqMcDl3XiE0GT3FAiZRYyLx4ozgFhpTVKkFGkVZI1z6GvddZ5EkPUy7KJWwXann8ZXCo_6BRgNgqyo3AImZGPilA6bG4Q3dzNECkW4E/s1600/DSC_0312.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680762422962780226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWB4ugrTTr7sU3q9LHO-jIuMbFNhb0r9V_Ysc5KqMcDl3XiE0GT3FAiZRYyLx4ozgFhpTVKkFGkVZI1z6GvddZ5EkPUy7KJWwXann8ZXCo_6BRgNgqyo3AImZGPilA6bG4Q3dzNECkW4E/s320/DSC_0312.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Catch of the day.</span></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJ7nVpWmcWGFE1anEFVyopYXcqSQNcrFpiC31JIbfazwPevfzkHzxEozND3Q5sJNdq6ms2vSDQd7FgBxlvW2ACerYNkDh3WPyxHJc-ncWO_beWo_apqBD7EkjDH97XFvGZdBLv5X_dXo/s1600/DSC_0327.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680762420384050178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJ7nVpWmcWGFE1anEFVyopYXcqSQNcrFpiC31JIbfazwPevfzkHzxEozND3Q5sJNdq6ms2vSDQd7FgBxlvW2ACerYNkDh3WPyxHJc-ncWO_beWo_apqBD7EkjDH97XFvGZdBLv5X_dXo/s320/DSC_0327.JPG" border="0" /> </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Sisters</span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNok6u0_nvLJKwpEGEAPoBSV0YUxEZTChEBeaEFyrWgxwwK3f0qjMkZwZqtbL-qFddEJYfBlgWuKqcGgdzs1sOSSUlgN3Rbm0_Y1TbSQdfNrPiK1gcMTlp0LIAcEcPUdOVFbv9IpiwhYw/s1600/DSC_0331.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680886265072962002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl3kmu0UazaMFkUEZ4fKgBDmffPOpthRvm-neMkIk0nf2d4TZGH01_MGXkuqmCZTwLDRFItzlO7wxc7lXfPUzWM26tX9K7Z5LCj0awNDyuRX7HzkYQxTpuVZG4U-STIBYqSc_FEexW0Y/s320/DSC_0331.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">A boat named after Olivia's best buddy~!</span><br /><br /><br /></p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680879383197704402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhStSB79lEy_ModXjBw0f4YG8hIpqKCQ5rpMHmgvCGByzSfxgfF6mQnlcQzZICGlaJrlTvQfh41aSmkLdOvCuhx6LxkN4xLhOR18V3ITR2P4PCSwdyvIvyu-ussORvv0wACCDbE0j96ueg/s320/CSC_0445.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeAG1QZ1Nm-19-JkdD5XZow6kj2zxlX2fGsf77ZWWJyKaMvOH2CsVwy4Hgz2lio5wrtjbvfpXs45V2rPuZIX2eEsXAH_l6muXqCpLnxxqfocRh5aiEFgddn0kCzPWDwCNoK2xKxsqUGg/s1600/CSC_0441.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680759569844524706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeAG1QZ1Nm-19-JkdD5XZow6kj2zxlX2fGsf77ZWWJyKaMvOH2CsVwy4Hgz2lio5wrtjbvfpXs45V2rPuZIX2eEsXAH_l6muXqCpLnxxqfocRh5aiEFgddn0kCzPWDwCNoK2xKxsqUGg/s320/CSC_0441.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Fun with Daddy</span><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoZbDJon1rdDptDrj3L62s73SrOFDVZW7nnyUYu9ZdQ3Q-iJuAJXYPJZ5GTr9ItM2UwVTPQnAy_FR8U0NIdC0tM0x3KbG2UChAChUzL_-_eUuk5I2q0UsrwrL9zS3jBYnVBA7e1587WM/s1600/CSC_0440.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680759568388815058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoZbDJon1rdDptDrj3L62s73SrOFDVZW7nnyUYu9ZdQ3Q-iJuAJXYPJZ5GTr9ItM2UwVTPQnAy_FR8U0NIdC0tM0x3KbG2UChAChUzL_-_eUuk5I2q0UsrwrL9zS3jBYnVBA7e1587WM/s320/CSC_0440.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Our little guy.<br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-38609664981663009872011-11-21T09:13:00.011-05:002011-11-21T12:49:22.965-05:00Thomas - Party of 5<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">JT, Bailey and Olivia arrived in the Dominican Republic yesterday!! I was so incredibly happy to have my family reunited. July was the last time we were all together...and that is way too long for this Momma.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677457289065467186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3MIt_O8fL-MGOPBnqkUHp6623MpeGg_xcIemecwHeFeiLNst3mmhUFh6oa-JidnUudIKqtihW3Ion8aKdge-UmpPPgZLYlMCKhwnJuyx7Wii9dYJs6twtOKQCbRGo-3I0Zd0IAPYVFo/s320/CSC_0164.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We are going to spend our week being "Thankful" for all God has done for us. Especially - for our new son and brother.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677457273821836546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaF60Y_YUT45aCTaSg33VFtjHEShC0Bno9_amraFN6Gs46u3nKb9XxDVr8e8mAMBCH-EID-9ax4X-onYEKIGa6hNaVkw9hGiuW5MrJa2HDrg2Rtb7GwzuIkp25b-KAtmn1BFmHuSp9eE/s320/DSC_0153.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Please say a prayer for our little guy. These transitions are getting harder and harder for him. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677458539488386098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssEVyDWP3uHlOQHrUXXuRb1E8C3IkgS0XnzKjYeNiY-kcbjGztFXi-RqHe5l6cKFpDl6d88mse9_aOAcR4cft6J8akVyLbRSBfK5GeHw6sdNhR8eQg5NgPdg-hELcGABmcZnBtcqp32w/s320/CSC_0166.JPG" border="0" /><br />I was so happy to hug on my girls. They look so big to me! </span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677458546362232178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzx96wK2JbC1r0_hOjysR6JlbtOwf9aoYZNwKHuk-wVY_9VqM2zJ9L9MbBdxu20g_izma-Lj_abUDi0kpGFiz109srSlrAYwn__F0ee0zMInzw2375KqAhQq5AVID9zaDDvZyIbr7rAQ/s320/CSC_0165.JPG" border="0" /><br />Happy to hug on my guy too.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></p><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-27289303350168116912011-11-15T14:50:00.003-05:002011-11-15T14:59:34.503-05:00Almost there...<div align="left">2 days until our 30 appeal process is OVER! Please pray that the remainder of the process will move lightning quick! My prayer is that my family will be home together by the end of November. I believe God can make it happen!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Good news is that JT and girls are coming for a visit over Thanksgiving break. I am beyond excited. We have not been together as a family of 5 since July! Bailey and Olivia are so excited to see Alex. I just can't wait and will be sure to post pictures of our reunion.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675314171268301522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvzpRnxZS09MqmHOqSmf-Wi5tqb_Wf1yX8i3ud7Z2fzD_dRxpvuE-ClvC_EevfW_1Sv4sA-qfQ-uG4JwNuXkpUCGi7YkAD-W2JKHcZGYo-jWfDEN97CS6sEInhZvePVuqeYLgDpyD_wU/s320/DSC_0137.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center">Pals<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675314162103626450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWUBjO7tyrOKEGPzrxznbBEbOsE8XFxj4MY-PV2kIC4h20AB5KI6t1KhDjK9Mj7mXX-PRRAQwYhaVUPRwqB0ec7j69UKjCTY8SOMQAjOdHY1awSPwwG4oERsBurmctf04Km-NFebv7qw/s320/DSC_0143.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-11916294272324885142011-11-01T15:32:00.009-04:002011-11-01T16:54:50.962-04:00Lately....<div align="left">Jt and I traveled back and forth from the DR to CLT this past month. I was needing some serious time with my girls as it had been 45 days since I was last home.<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left">I enjoyed every single minute of my 2 weeks back in Charlotte. Bailey and Olivia both had lots of activities going on. Bailey was an Oompa Loompa in her Middle School production of Willy Wonka Jr., Olivia had a solo violin concert and her last tennis match! I loved being back in my element! :-)</div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670132404383131970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11SYji30_njExIBwAq9cDPrgJCRSvPN-F67HswhtTx3hcf9_U3dT5TnVP4lh5cLoWxL63EU15F2fHuzfJb9-wprr1xpNx_RVHn3M8HEG-1zERO2Ztnh2wiEmLpi9QFms1rGfuhApRenI/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">Opening night!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670128439045743442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34XszamWUwPdQEM0isqu9gqpZ9HtNdILxwFirtvFwH6BQoRTGNPv6Bn4CBdIyzaEWU8M_ks-NDmon3EpeJjkCiCUFX3ElzE7HjV5aNQn5hflkEz1H7fvnfZEV8VSqOG_TlKukxBhSx18/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670129187321817682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdsJhXXtTe0cYYRMElq3ssWTLwztZ7V8yid5hq9f_l9sjUXd-oypRLypjyb1xp5PS5E4lWGlVvbhoHmE7fCSbR5fhq0ssjo5a8saPydM36VXCeM7B9mHCzlHpkXXtU1RKBH4-qYXeqTM/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">The undefeated Weddington Swim and Racquet "Super Stars" </div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670129178353927378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoHO3WPkdX6XFSnYg_PQY9PiuiOTVa71q0Fcwnw0VwlbBjXBbqBxMrmxeFm0I2vHfBeG4vb3gS9U7lanv6HOAeEsiULx-SgWB5zOpiLCU3CTuWV-vMvhy5WYRv63SWsD4gM5kz7Y9DRE/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" border="0" /><br />Good news... We have finally started our 30 day appeal process which will end on November 17th. Woo hoo! That took F.O.R.E.V.E.R.</p><br /><div align="left">Other good news... The Tucker family has completed their adoption! They left for Denver, CO today. Many tears were shed and I will miss my friend. However, I rejoice with them that their process is done and they are reunited as a family! </div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670127672069166898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4vvolLQOHdflXJ-hJTbjMcjqPLWhRLYtP8No7qWKpVTGvdRX7RNdwr8ugA73FDhO7W-KVA95xMNi5oXHgICS2DDFXSYHTm7H0zFhrricIawJbNiJEDs7GYHNIogb-1phQ4oKclADHz8/s320/CSC_0128.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670127675702200898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCt03pmMeT-PXowpjRA5nlXhPnKbz0TpNwHF9BryN5rPjdCi7p7tdRq9GC6-MU3njgq7UUBtmKBGpsf6dpMixNePsxz5YJaLoz1USKTeQ9WBkiQAGxvz6bWQ7a-8ZNcbYlRc10bdxhtE/s320/CSC_0129.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">One last big hug from Tia Mercy<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">I am again reminded that God has been in every single detail of this journey. He has blessed our two families beyond what we could even ask for. </div><br /><br /><div align="left">This is truly the home stretch right now. I continue to dig deep and rely on God for my every day provision. I know it will be harder without Mercy here to do the day to day life with me. I will miss her. However, I know God had this planned. He knew. He knows. I am holding on to the promise that He does not change. My circumstances may change, my life may look different... but He is the same. Right here with me.</div><br /><br /><br />PRAY ME HOME FRIENDS!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a></div></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-15494625112240498382011-10-08T08:48:00.023-04:002011-10-08T16:29:47.274-04:00Waiting....<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We are still waiting for our 30 day appeal to start. I think this part of the process has been the most difficult for me. The end is in sight... but we can't quite get there yet. Our process has been held up by the court district we are in and the judge overseeing our case. I wake up every single day and lay my request before God. It's more like a plea! I remind myself that HE is in control. He knows the time and date when we will be done and my family can be reunited. I can not wait for that day!!<br /></span></span><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">So in the meantime....</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661205209809919394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9xMHK5ESxHKqo3c0xVfZ-YihE_rBe9-yvAkbdvIrSaNLK53lCKJxRaZEy4asdAa7bXk14jEkEpmAfmidzK2ZqV1Sqx-u16wg3Fd-qUbRO-cwCovCVHyUX2OsqBN6_vU38lGmSQirwo8/s320/CSC_0983.JPG" border="0" /><br />Mercy and I loaded up her car and headed to a resort in La Romana. We did not travel light with a 4 month old, 1 year old and 2 year old! I truly enjoyed my time with Alex there playing in the sand, ocean and pool. It was a "rest" of the spirit - not so much a physical rest. I mean the boy is busy. We had a great time and we made the very best of our time there!<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661204617584312658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfV3wYCzOkieZRyiSKSoCLjvbQZOAqEJ3Tk3pZxlQwtbX_JqC7kyykbJbgUYBBJiZ2LmzM1RAmdm0eHkEcF9gNEhJE-B6Og98eF8KKPLvbhOkx8GawP90rzlktpHbiGHRTEVujg77qy3k/s320/CSC_1003.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661204609643357778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcRbsySL1wSkCky4TvHoi8s-8XUim0pIwHDEuMEP7XwPYgRibisTJq0_cacmctW3pwu0bSva2wCH4klY18jH0pXI7JznlkFXBJtss416EDJWJGhGEqxhH2SjfGtdnjLiOTCoHTK6EE_4/s320/CSC_0976.JPG" border="0" /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Love how Alex is cooperating....big smiles. :-) </span></p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661218386073690690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FUjgls9WlDjJGHEnyYlOj5Bt9DCQ5EG1nbzjlDOOhXs8F_4RlrZY1HClwRhoryBBadQOHjCUCoTZMRHbqMTFrHJhJ11wDCc-cSNDL66Yd4sTwC31yjRAmUuELTSqibQFz5hYcXUPuKw/s320/CSC_0984.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661206151917672594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_mZGp1HyAlwMnfO04CwImuDS6uGmJaV3qop82IrEvIksNehfOi3G_TIT5qH4D5korcmD9-PM6v7dlu1fimRpNNNVAlXxcyWJjQZf4-Psu24Uz-7mzIp2LXmJ6k7Zjn76uVT5wtEghI4/s320/CSC_0893.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We also made a trip to La Victoria where the Tucker family lived for 4 years as missionaries. I was able to see where they lived and the community center they started in the area. Biemba, the lady who has been cooking for us, lives there as well. Alex and I enjoyed being in her home and having lunch with her family and friends.<br /><br /><br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661207795955601122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgYEwLN0DGMFQBwhdFoGdfYGaFvo2zDjZoLiD8EQYrNHBNjSwdoOBb-9TSnnokSTfk-yxgoBY2LYGJdE8t530fN2vj7Z4zIi47uUPdnZsqeTWX1RssXt2j79B5oPALfXGPn3I2ZWh-QI/s320/CSC_1002.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We traveled out to the Campo to visit some of the ladies Mercy knew. I am still trying to get my mind and heart around that. Especially one sweet girl named, Francie. She is in an abusive marriage and has a young son. She is probably only 18 or 19. When we arrived I thought she looked blank, no expression on her face. We were told that she got very sick and has lost her hearing. Please pray for her.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661211181374093538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HovbSAc8NIvR4UmqeVF2CzfQj3migaYwH7yWz1jZksnOKmjcjhhHF9aLUOfGb2wwntcJ_QwOypCcnIrZTQNg2tk8vbAAV9shb6I0Clos-ZbcBVoWG4qznO6-e_QtmpyG5x_QBdHvthA/s320/CSC_1038.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661211184996575458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2YpJdQDdXc6PtshwWo7wJw-E0MbwI1hOUU3pfN77PIt9ac1DJJmp9Uulzv4WCugbTioip30JX2pNpOshWOwWhqAS7MugWBFz3dZ2U4It93M_EtNB524QCgUQRbKB8Qxo35ddsOnNcqs/s320/CSC_1039.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Francie's sweet little boy.</span></p><br /><p><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661207788803997138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvMzZmGCOa1tlm9tDfYKSr2hKI_N5EF40SL8XPl6gBMzNPsR3QUPavV9Bjdu8vJQm0CRa-5C9s3zZy_GZcrsi_osfxGpVrMFZa20e0x-W6p-CWT4nR8cKRbpzq4VsLyw0nRMN8SKkkj8/s320/CSC_1037.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Having fun in the Campo. This is a swing made out of a rice sack! Pretty smart!</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Alex also got his first haircut with me. I took him to a Barber shop in Villa Mella. He screamed his head off! Guess they don't provide suckers here in the DR to keep the kids quite. Fun times.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661209252349825378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT5zTfvYUevUJj9ADqZtv3crIBmcpsK9bQmbO0M1DYcPTOIu8ABu6iAe8_-EA47aGRggl-KZuDO9XsZqmnRWoSOifHIXPdjW4WFid7c-eCzfhZ_mxXbcLGRYdYuvgPEy2xY7vG-sKrOA/s320/DSC_0729.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661209260492582562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSmZjfuXHF7xG1p3yIxSMsMQsXrgNmSUjSj5JGbsiO1J_xzraUBrqLhxujSLKsRzOHHWiVpw9k9HdABn5sMrSq_WyeTlIqcyz9So6IulGspbTmBMMRUusSco5McfSBmvSrc5KpA9z9Vg/s320/DSC_0739.JPG" border="0" /> </span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661209625444827106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3oB4F4DX_dHz4WVIvyUy0wINRZ_z6TLtsBtxyc82IvG-2DuD1M_1wmqdYI45QC80wcACdHvj0NWj0l-WeuZerdoLyOh9y9Cm2r2LWM4ylXE7BlD8nEJdJrneT1WkE0RW_ptmy1yc1TX8/s320/DSC_0742.JPG" border="0" /><br />In front of the Barber shop with his friend Abner. Clearly Abner did not think it was so bad having his hair cut.</span></p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a></p>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-7046627493616277152011-09-26T16:51:00.002-04:002011-09-26T16:54:23.612-04:00one small stepThe Ministry is done with our file! It should be delivered to the Court tomorrow! Pray for a speedy process in paperwork and sentencing. The judge did say that he would make it a priority!<br />Pray - Pray - Pray<br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-79310347307935791442011-09-25T19:28:00.008-04:002011-09-25T20:53:07.395-04:00Pray for this week!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><em><strong>For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever. So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.</strong></em></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><em><strong>2 Corinthians 4:17-18</strong></em></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thank you all for your prayers as we head into the home stretch of our adoption. I am humbled by the emails I receive of encouragement, scripture and love from you. God is working in all of this for His Glory - His Purpose. I don't understand why this has to take so long... but I do understand that I serve a God who's plan is not to harm us, but to give us HOPE and a FUTURE. Oh - I am believing it!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">So - join me (again) in praying that this week is THE week we start our 30 day appeal. </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656462230105469074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yuu-GQhcjmpgHDZc2kwA5Q1xql9VRt5lA-58-_q-U7TyrEn-WgTI8AKs9D8CtOmLIWTstcDQEqvPS35GIJieA12lVB-7lKiPLcXEdWBo8N5kg9uahgU1YmYvWGBgKShmeEgBcAkrq_I/s320/CSC_0755.JPG" border="0" /></span> </span><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">and this is a beautiful thing...especially after the day the two of us had! Whew. My 2 year old cutie wore me out.<br /></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-68431080329342266932011-09-17T14:03:00.004-04:002011-09-17T14:18:52.899-04:00Happy Birthday Olivia!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMW2SEVCP3g6IG-_soLSuCHNgW6f7Y5X6njFwoIIXNJJfK0OIfq5FTYp6c3dM08XJ9L4PitGuWVyJHcItX8Oo0GXaK_eUqNPRitU_pr-WelgXXgBK386LjgkxWsCWe8TBa2aiLh0dRI8/s1600/DSC_0578.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653392251787849122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMW2SEVCP3g6IG-_soLSuCHNgW6f7Y5X6njFwoIIXNJJfK0OIfq5FTYp6c3dM08XJ9L4PitGuWVyJHcItX8Oo0GXaK_eUqNPRitU_pr-WelgXXgBK386LjgkxWsCWe8TBa2aiLh0dRI8/s320/DSC_0578.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> This sweet treasure of mine is turning nine today! Oh- how it hurts my heart that I'm not there to celebrate with her. JT is totally in charge of this day... with good instruction I might add. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Olivia chose what she wanted to do today. JT is taking her - along with 3 girlfriends- to Kabutos for dinner. Afterwards, back to our house for a sleepover! What fun!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Happy Birthday sweet girl. I am so very proud of you. You have shown me what a strong, special little girl you are as our family has been on this journey to the DR this summer and now as we are apart from each other. God has asked something very BIG of you because he knew YOU could do it! Alex is so lucky to have you as a big sister. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I love you!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><br /></span>`<a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-11654662702844481262011-09-11T18:40:00.013-04:002011-09-11T21:05:16.640-04:00Servant Hearts<div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Today Alex and I visited Pastor Mario's church in Villa Mella. I have loved going back to see our Dominican family. We are so loved on and prayed for by our friends there.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">It was extra special, because I got to see the team that has been here all week from our church in Charlotte. Amber Eddings has led this trip for several years and she has such a heart for the DR. I was great seeing some familiar faces from home! </span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Seriously did my heart some good!</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651264999527454818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9g0mAv5SAwbb8qNaOh6S6vevggx5omLpb_-uiTPwVqmp_VPOkTKjIQETNMN8CBDSHPCW8zg7UBBr_l5ZGrWVhjCrzvlzikVjNmafDgKIleRjwJzh8yL0jK6EXAv6qg7ya0zqHEfrSpA/s320/DSC_0689.JPG" border="0" /> </span><br /><p><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Alex most definitely has some new friends. He even decided to join them in front of the church as they talked about their week here doing construction on Pastor Mario's church. The congregation also prayed a blessing over the team. Alex decided he liked to be front and center. He is shy like that! </span></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651268392779205826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8_JPwt-K_22aOHxbKVOry8J9OKVv5ab7b3VDxf9kKhonDYLSfH4_IKTgHDAL2kxbiY3QuAExED2k4cRHsPYU_JcM98Rbt7M9kQvx_SJqeS0sHUKF2-GAhm0oQ_bsr5o3Bx3qxH9Tduc/s320/DSC_0679.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651265838574322658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVl9Bft_tMCFhsVhjPNNXMN1p5iKEYdhhygc427civZZ7OF5vDbhuxWngFXP5pcYiQrD7G6gcPcQ5Pw4S1TTwEEWj_FzABFkyIwU948sMwIwX00teM0ILwB7VTmgLQSYef9U2scuNM68/s320/DSC_0703.JPG" border="0" />New friends<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651264159974626034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkXXayfmfzpEvdIps1K_Fxr0m701KSh5iRZLuNVEWRPVaBOpFRJa-AxRDBt_OhkZakHDiQq22vz6NaEpvq93g-arv0PqHAaJrNkFcye8xcsImmzC0E01Jiscw-P5b88BEezk_mYXCpgg/s320/DSC_0698.JPG" border="0" /></span></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Old friends</span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We are hanging in there, would love to hear some good news from the Court this week. We are so ready to start our 30 day appeal. It looks like it will be October before we are all home together. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">I am seriously missing the Thomas Girls!!! Their handsome, harmonica playing Dad too!</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651271205206742866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzGEqBJNv43JX43j30rQErqPVE2GyTun5dDi4yUdkYL7fUI4_oYc7W8lupxkPco6i9WAbhFD3OPBH_Veng79fsHhJiRZ3SkqJ-3XpKYMin-ejlnmklY3SzJhEEic9S1Bb24-U9YOQDUw/s320/DSC_0658.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><p align="center"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Like father- Like son </span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><p align="left"></span></p><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-70626305932269291692011-09-02T09:17:00.018-04:002011-09-03T21:02:22.939-04:00Lately...<div align="center">
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<br />Some very dear friends hosted a lovely shower for me while I was home. Bailey joined me in the festivities. It was such a beautiful day celebrating Alex. </span></p>
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<br /></span></p>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-15812780369661573562011-08-16T21:17:00.008-04:002011-08-17T15:55:13.424-04:00Jardin Botanica Nacional<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Who knew there was such a lovely Botanical garden here in Santo Domingo!? It is absolutely beautiful. Just a little piece of paradise here in the Dominican Republic.</span>
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<br />In some countries, adoptive families travel as a group. It becomes such a huge source of encouragement to each other as you go through your adoptions. Our agency did not connect our families. We did by chance, or really we feel like God brought us together. Just one of those details only he can do. </span>
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<br />Who's crazy child is that standing up in his stroller with just a diaper on?? Oh wait. He's mine.
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<br /><p align="center"></p>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-70556177467182898062011-08-09T14:51:00.011-04:002011-08-09T21:44:27.639-04:00Special friends<div>
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<br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">We know God is in control and will see us through this time when our families have to be apart. This is the hard part. Plain and simple. </span></div>
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<br />JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-36600464096897427012011-08-07T17:12:00.007-04:002011-08-07T19:14:08.235-04:00Los Tres Ojos<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">This past weekend we visited the "Los Tres Ojos" (The Three Eyes) with the Darnells and their grandson, Noah. JT and I have both been here while on our mission trips, so I was glad to finally take the girls to see the caves.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Los Tres Ojos is complex of caves, lakes with a mini-lagoon. It is a steep walk down to the caves, but once you get there it is beautiful site of natural landscape and tropical vegetation. It is also said to be a Taino holy site. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9AZsFg-KUdF7Do0hPY9__jvjjI94juTMMkX73DVqEC5tBq9DCB-Zosx5cdSPbvG185eua1LZ15R0zAqV8e3_Tp1f5uHl0EhkMXasx_6L-4tqzRkdqm6u88I2mudsDT-vEe1cP4AEZ7c/s1600/DSC_0465.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638251896232005778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9AZsFg-KUdF7Do0hPY9__jvjjI94juTMMkX73DVqEC5tBq9DCB-Zosx5cdSPbvG185eua1LZ15R0zAqV8e3_Tp1f5uHl0EhkMXasx_6L-4tqzRkdqm6u88I2mudsDT-vEe1cP4AEZ7c/s320/DSC_0465.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Only one person is allowed to swim in the lakes. They call him "Spiderman" because he climbs up the side of the caves and dives down into the lake. We saw him as we were headed down, but did not get to see him dive.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpNUKGwqhY6svriQO5CEwVSEfpe5tag1xcavR8Dbb1tVW1mz2Ce1WRFfWR_bCtHzuZ8O-BCZRWeKiD7Ow5vlzS6o0lHh2l4oDkc8z-v9StOUydrgCFP9qXrvpUYHDZjneEytZPJSaw90/s1600/DSC_0466.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638229445426522162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpNUKGwqhY6svriQO5CEwVSEfpe5tag1xcavR8Dbb1tVW1mz2Ce1WRFfWR_bCtHzuZ8O-BCZRWeKiD7Ow5vlzS6o0lHh2l4oDkc8z-v9StOUydrgCFP9qXrvpUYHDZjneEytZPJSaw90/s320/DSC_0466.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Thought my girls needed to sandwich themselves between a few nuns. It's been a long 59 days here in the DR. I'm just saying....</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJyaQZuqj0kvtvkhNvajvYJQ-VMtc7CPtaEH7wT5xdvyGqdzxRPTSCbPxO74rlSeQCC_lOWFcvyltPKOGqFFSfHOjpCvLWOsx8eALetYC8TT7t7eCPjILhdu2qCTdH7_O1_ZCOTDyVSI/s1600/DSC_0482.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638229439720308898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJyaQZuqj0kvtvkhNvajvYJQ-VMtc7CPtaEH7wT5xdvyGqdzxRPTSCbPxO74rlSeQCC_lOWFcvyltPKOGqFFSfHOjpCvLWOsx8eALetYC8TT7t7eCPjILhdu2qCTdH7_O1_ZCOTDyVSI/s320/DSC_0482.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"> </span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmD2ObhWGtvT3VD1W0t7L4NW1D6Rg8IkshaahLt8a-4nsdrmIH881IQVJXIJJdGARiRTQR6Mo9C3_PUN51mm0c3DidL-ZPtLQgYno4252IAb3Rfb37EpHHmZJ7malOAGq-qdmwEk9iR0/s1600/DSC_0485.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638228617254473394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmD2ObhWGtvT3VD1W0t7L4NW1D6Rg8IkshaahLt8a-4nsdrmIH881IQVJXIJJdGARiRTQR6Mo9C3_PUN51mm0c3DidL-ZPtLQgYno4252IAb3Rfb37EpHHmZJ7malOAGq-qdmwEk9iR0/s320/DSC_0485.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPyI2N-Gtrzo845QWCB9EmASQdzd5sN2VfV3OE6hIQ3zEDbF_fDCgYxkG0yOyLsfyKORLIqaQSSweZJHKWmtfuSegCdvV4qXnu1x6XaUCYaIMEeumGNMcR-OZJGywz7B93IDIkhCPyS0/s1600/DSC_0490.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638228071904430962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPyI2N-Gtrzo845QWCB9EmASQdzd5sN2VfV3OE6hIQ3zEDbF_fDCgYxkG0yOyLsfyKORLIqaQSSweZJHKWmtfuSegCdvV4qXnu1x6XaUCYaIMEeumGNMcR-OZJGywz7B93IDIkhCPyS0/s320/DSC_0490.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br />The view looking down into the lagoon.<br /><br /></span><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSWUOau2cTSJz8dj1ZorsAS25-pnCDbkqaBxFwO0EepMxqwtEWWopB1IeTe3gizhkJtNa46ynCKCxMVfypVg4GrmU92omFX_caqgEaVVgxiiC2Nt-A6RyjN5xkgU2YlGiMF0XZMYRFZk/s1600/DSC_0486.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638228059194937442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSWUOau2cTSJz8dj1ZorsAS25-pnCDbkqaBxFwO0EepMxqwtEWWopB1IeTe3gizhkJtNa46ynCKCxMVfypVg4GrmU92omFX_caqgEaVVgxiiC2Nt-A6RyjN5xkgU2YlGiMF0XZMYRFZk/s320/DSC_0486.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br />It was a fun day and I am so glad the girls and I got to spend some time together. You may be asking yourself, " Where is that little cutie pie Alex?" Well... he was happily napping at home while a sweet Dominican lady named Biemba watched over him. Best 500 pesos I ever spent. :-)</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">On another note- Thank you to all who have left comments on my blog. I can not tell you how much it encourages me to read them. You bless me. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Please pray our 30 day appeal process will begin Monday. I am ready for my family to be together again in our home. I operate better that way. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Love to all-</span></div></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span></div></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-18121181025067317872011-07-31T21:12:00.012-04:002011-07-31T22:13:10.059-04:00Pictures - Part 2<div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">Here are a few of my favorite pictures taken in La Romana at the Wyndham Resort.</span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKrBzLnEnZOZZUcZNMQYUaGj8hZtZT-w6hBQpemhYIj3diip54OPqPHmSTDisIrwLjrCCL0qAqOLU5L3NGIjSXfLCXbQCL_8EPr06RGirl28sJXA_LE2n1gzo8QzpLFxtulZkdCAAw0c/s1600/CSC_0160.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635699070678815730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKrBzLnEnZOZZUcZNMQYUaGj8hZtZT-w6hBQpemhYIj3diip54OPqPHmSTDisIrwLjrCCL0qAqOLU5L3NGIjSXfLCXbQCL_8EPr06RGirl28sJXA_LE2n1gzo8QzpLFxtulZkdCAAw0c/s320/CSC_0160.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktVxx2ojkZqg5mrc5yPeNBoTBRG7-Mz4p9sZnAZZPlX9_YaRPt4axAQsQJyJFbKzKgtBQ0l55EAq4SmwD6baKBsewogag-x-pGome2EoYrfzN65nCSUWXdlxlEze3hvr7PTtH3HF3Bl8/s1600/CSC_0159.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635698333081697554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktVxx2ojkZqg5mrc5yPeNBoTBRG7-Mz4p9sZnAZZPlX9_YaRPt4axAQsQJyJFbKzKgtBQ0l55EAq4SmwD6baKBsewogag-x-pGome2EoYrfzN65nCSUWXdlxlEze3hvr7PTtH3HF3Bl8/s320/CSC_0159.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gD2WFxS10AdD-5SBU3v6u6V9ikydWDClvvQ7hRticerz994UQycSNJadsDMr45ylSVgwDhLSOkHhS3s0eCg7hNu7FdVGvgSs8imYKIiY7Y1hIu9nTrTp-hqBYiejPZI-F4Fp8xjbQyM/s1600/CSC_0158.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635698327376860082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gD2WFxS10AdD-5SBU3v6u6V9ikydWDClvvQ7hRticerz994UQycSNJadsDMr45ylSVgwDhLSOkHhS3s0eCg7hNu7FdVGvgSs8imYKIiY7Y1hIu9nTrTp-hqBYiejPZI-F4Fp8xjbQyM/s320/CSC_0158.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">Bailey's Dominican look<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkkL0tdjxNWB7bDj9Ynur68DToDoIY0wQPbxN2pwVJGvaB3wRfOrnJjgtlTd1lO6BynsjU2OabsnN0MVvAomZpEz5_eIwyVd6BEL4uJx5PSp3IlDA2SVkeUe0Z6jsMmcN0JugH5e9CF8/s1600/CSC_0649.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635697613543963746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkkL0tdjxNWB7bDj9Ynur68DToDoIY0wQPbxN2pwVJGvaB3wRfOrnJjgtlTd1lO6BynsjU2OabsnN0MVvAomZpEz5_eIwyVd6BEL4uJx5PSp3IlDA2SVkeUe0Z6jsMmcN0JugH5e9CF8/s320/CSC_0649.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br />A fun trip to the Zoo with Tio (Uncle) JP!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJRcW8zHhFFRuSZ5siAxC5rSEFQ6ZAtuN6FyStEqMgo0Lz8675962ar1qrF4TL8UcMdU17nGWY-CK7BLEMT1kJMsBkvdHtq2nbYeJ46-xgXlYRFrBY3qqH7U58J7tHZf-p_VM_XaQtkw/s1600/DSC_0178.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635696961818023954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJRcW8zHhFFRuSZ5siAxC5rSEFQ6ZAtuN6FyStEqMgo0Lz8675962ar1qrF4TL8UcMdU17nGWY-CK7BLEMT1kJMsBkvdHtq2nbYeJ46-xgXlYRFrBY3qqH7U58J7tHZf-p_VM_XaQtkw/s320/DSC_0178.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IE2KynxiSNpXV3XcCywY5sH84SRrDk0Sw3kQzpr-1iLPB8G8DA8R8oRqvTpSjgAvGUgIQk7m0nFWl_k-qVFwj1xPpMxPa3HSj8QUaVLJtnyg37aC3lBxRwvojZc-qve1JGqUvJ8M-vs/s1600/DSC_0182.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635696958094068850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IE2KynxiSNpXV3XcCywY5sH84SRrDk0Sw3kQzpr-1iLPB8G8DA8R8oRqvTpSjgAvGUgIQk7m0nFWl_k-qVFwj1xPpMxPa3HSj8QUaVLJtnyg37aC3lBxRwvojZc-qve1JGqUvJ8M-vs/s320/DSC_0182.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBOBYu9yBwNHXJoObf8zyJtr2G4h-ak8ewf4AFjcy4DBBghW8J9axXcinpuqu9SmLyIbO9U1cwnmk9dZguilp5N9Ase4X7ndSLCQifft-24f24LeohJ7PcUm3-tlrki1BSzpbnk3TPfM/s1600/DSC_0236.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635695503827076162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBOBYu9yBwNHXJoObf8zyJtr2G4h-ak8ewf4AFjcy4DBBghW8J9axXcinpuqu9SmLyIbO9U1cwnmk9dZguilp5N9Ase4X7ndSLCQifft-24f24LeohJ7PcUm3-tlrki1BSzpbnk3TPfM/s320/DSC_0236.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyl4TotqPypoNmiklA4wCK8GqPFPSYFmnCcif63yfGgh3mVT6whb8evw5v3W0CXFrqq5vTsLIVDPDyqGprT8c9s1WC-X2WhLJqiM4-KZKKpAF35Jk-4yB4BvtBBOEk1eQSyJZXnDMZLc/s1600/DSC_0275.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635695499809387378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyl4TotqPypoNmiklA4wCK8GqPFPSYFmnCcif63yfGgh3mVT6whb8evw5v3W0CXFrqq5vTsLIVDPDyqGprT8c9s1WC-X2WhLJqiM4-KZKKpAF35Jk-4yB4BvtBBOEk1eQSyJZXnDMZLc/s320/DSC_0275.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><br /><br />Scenes from Villa Mella</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635703714476992978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGbl-gEfv4WBJFYpf8zQuaso2hY750VQVtCh7sV7vBt7DW97dC_pMWQBgGWo9_lClmzYmqLdZvTLg6CZyinq67hJydzLnhf4u9W75Z7w69oDBLIWJq6C8kikrsuSq6k2pYRtEPZ5JGrw/s320/DSC_0050.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oivMFTW0uikhU6TfOvhoqYQAvkefuq5QmTnkAQXpVLE9Vvqrhv8DCIwmEUEulJjxFBQ-rWCxdZaaPZ0GJT8Y51EqYk1QHAyULj7oyUh9HC8G9KifzUxQ2G56ycW5fS8p7_7oYpRuBBQ/s1600/DSC_0168.JPG"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635693979000306626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oivMFTW0uikhU6TfOvhoqYQAvkefuq5QmTnkAQXpVLE9Vvqrhv8DCIwmEUEulJjxFBQ-rWCxdZaaPZ0GJT8Y51EqYk1QHAyULj7oyUh9HC8G9KifzUxQ2G56ycW5fS8p7_7oYpRuBBQ/s320/DSC_0168.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">This a picture of a lady on a moped with a beautifully decorated cake. We could not believe what we were seeing! They were moving along in traffic like it was completely normal to be transporting a cake like that!<br /></div></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635693979960215042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ikXw7G0q7robA0Km-sN5vh5wqu4dT2JEjoDiwhwRX1XaycA-s6XJZB_dcGSIkreKeCu9lET4h7nVXLoR55SbDJp5xERpmZkzV-ktVsaUQbqMJQPjBHJuA0rI_ZxBKlsfCkrMyxn9YqI/s320/DSC_0293.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">And this is just pure cuteness.<br /></div></span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635692128470748706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3wXFo5KsYrHRot57JXsq9mR8wPexL_GWURPOw5-cqnHA15GR-9AMoHXOf8CGqd8K6ntxjnNvKJHvrX1bovcPLHqSkfbFLMb4NfKUbHgNDOjwA3m5DcFH57q5Df91Z8xgTFiMnIW3SKA/s320/DSC_0441.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-87859754879521836932011-07-27T12:20:00.022-04:002011-07-27T16:59:23.586-04:00Sweet treasures<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzCMc5PGkb26wcr8_Nw1Wwu0rU344ndvzWg71XoaCTrw5_esW13HO7WlpHkeF-GLxbHz5YqH4IgSCn3IArPAFxnRQQzirg5qy91ZgHTM42lo4ZCeycEeOOxrXnda5p9Tb0_xykr2g5oE/s1600/CSC_0461.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634135971838477490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzCMc5PGkb26wcr8_Nw1Wwu0rU344ndvzWg71XoaCTrw5_esW13HO7WlpHkeF-GLxbHz5YqH4IgSCn3IArPAFxnRQQzirg5qy91ZgHTM42lo4ZCeycEeOOxrXnda5p9Tb0_xykr2g5oE/s320/CSC_0461.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I just had to squeeze those cheeks! She is precious.<br /><br /></span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QjR47BcH27K5hKvnEi7s0VzTf0gk5xAmEUEJHJXWg3kNiu3gLaUM74wo1EUrzgCfTJNSt2EABOVng5q7M1AZXhb9I3Rj1PiLznItfC3nhvVUI0C5PGhdxSbuCpBoIuvLZrdrZI2RfsU/s1600/DSC_1004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634127985159417266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QjR47BcH27K5hKvnEi7s0VzTf0gk5xAmEUEJHJXWg3kNiu3gLaUM74wo1EUrzgCfTJNSt2EABOVng5q7M1AZXhb9I3Rj1PiLznItfC3nhvVUI0C5PGhdxSbuCpBoIuvLZrdrZI2RfsU/s320/DSC_1004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNR_cBISqPtswYpAY7nce8U046USh_A8OOLEp1U-TUfGev0Qyd1r-BmcW1XfuMM5tRLnxWix7e75rjknE5ROAYvQrKmbn3W5iHDXT6lkNNYAH6yjmpYHI_0kex5Yt65pJ2e8hZ2QFo32M/s1600/DSC_0907.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634127554903351042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNR_cBISqPtswYpAY7nce8U046USh_A8OOLEp1U-TUfGev0Qyd1r-BmcW1XfuMM5tRLnxWix7e75rjknE5ROAYvQrKmbn3W5iHDXT6lkNNYAH6yjmpYHI_0kex5Yt65pJ2e8hZ2QFo32M/s320/DSC_0907.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBn95ICisGM4JVBerVoQuxeHUjzqJy9atB9mxEKIqbvaKWhkWxhaXoA9cM5xtEZyMPtfvQcDqhMiCdJ4oEvE5LYHozG6YeCfbOnZe6phFpAv06FGoHz9KrzxYK9Y7xsEedXJ_60-Ty2g/s1600/DSC_0128.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634127155651885490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBn95ICisGM4JVBerVoQuxeHUjzqJy9atB9mxEKIqbvaKWhkWxhaXoA9cM5xtEZyMPtfvQcDqhMiCdJ4oEvE5LYHozG6YeCfbOnZe6phFpAv06FGoHz9KrzxYK9Y7xsEedXJ_60-Ty2g/s320/DSC_0128.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FOuac8ZATFsGwtnwhUV7NoXoqtZBH3Ud1-3ydeLY-A1L4EqTFsm6h5-jNCh2O2szfSyTM8-Fo4uE7ULV684cGt39EZBKB3MwhVO1dcax6sYnCfhnQJPxxSszDORnrWvSlOFl024-WU/s1600/DSC_0105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634126803438329186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-FOuac8ZATFsGwtnwhUV7NoXoqtZBH3Ud1-3ydeLY-A1L4EqTFsm6h5-jNCh2O2szfSyTM8-Fo4uE7ULV684cGt39EZBKB3MwhVO1dcax6sYnCfhnQJPxxSszDORnrWvSlOFl024-WU/s320/DSC_0105.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXadrU1BetZMB5bHHGQ2gRWBwxXS2yk2cl7RUVFQUiiHsn8clUzMfRUGCGX6w8QI3s_2h_Oqha5-dJHK5RnZWaAZ59ppEEhAH2dAcngujSRpkFypa47k5daEOppuelImPcSF1QfLW2o/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634126353395593426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYXadrU1BetZMB5bHHGQ2gRWBwxXS2yk2cl7RUVFQUiiHsn8clUzMfRUGCGX6w8QI3s_2h_Oqha5-dJHK5RnZWaAZ59ppEEhAH2dAcngujSRpkFypa47k5daEOppuelImPcSF1QfLW2o/s320/DSC_0018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7WYvUB3rW4xSRPoOGy1awnO3FW-edxXM1y7Koako3maFMCVA-BoR6NlucNTryXRnTdAkD6vk4Xbu2uRBoVu5VWyaCz3Hqq9tpduBvok0Gcc43jXdLNNGXTyYxTgrhphp-wfJXUXj7MM/s1600/CSC_0459.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634125887023298594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7WYvUB3rW4xSRPoOGy1awnO3FW-edxXM1y7Koako3maFMCVA-BoR6NlucNTryXRnTdAkD6vk4Xbu2uRBoVu5VWyaCz3Hqq9tpduBvok0Gcc43jXdLNNGXTyYxTgrhphp-wfJXUXj7MM/s320/CSC_0459.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLT5ui_qO0iay6sw-j6eUYvGn4C0mCYJd-KDlW7G9jhjThB9jmWQv5doh6ehZXpCjkZj_ghPtE358M405ixxH1iPfS9MKjkTxpj_TM6zXbM3xbvvgf8SBU8VHolr7YCwf8JWYs0MwJ54/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634125105202951538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLT5ui_qO0iay6sw-j6eUYvGn4C0mCYJd-KDlW7G9jhjThB9jmWQv5doh6ehZXpCjkZj_ghPtE358M405ixxH1iPfS9MKjkTxpj_TM6zXbM3xbvvgf8SBU8VHolr7YCwf8JWYs0MwJ54/s320/DSC_0058.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpA7RHoUhdNSYDAVAnO-aLIOwuPBav3whNSiCV6q-ojBy02BsuNX256Rj4gkyPJKY49wPq2GyhhaXqRnIY0wwsX50VDJS9byI4e-dl4QRSeEMs9E96hrhZ09UoHFKr5QxipVIdZFOpsxg/s1600/DSC_0057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634124812541410002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpA7RHoUhdNSYDAVAnO-aLIOwuPBav3whNSiCV6q-ojBy02BsuNX256Rj4gkyPJKY49wPq2GyhhaXqRnIY0wwsX50VDJS9byI4e-dl4QRSeEMs9E96hrhZ09UoHFKr5QxipVIdZFOpsxg/s320/DSC_0057.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">The Lord looks down from Heaven; </span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">he sees all the children of man...<br />Psalm 33:13<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />God loves these precious treaures. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">He knows they live in an orphanage - He knows the plan for their lives. </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Please pray with me that God will keep them safe, </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">protect them and cover them with His love.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" /></a></div><strong></strong><strong></strong>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2132272641327468322.post-74898026293189413352011-07-25T07:37:00.009-04:002011-07-25T21:43:42.190-04:00Full Circle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxWiaxVpjQTE1mchPXp8C5wSMpqKQ_G6k0PgbJzWgf693GVYTgCwkIL_DRnTwbMWPYndWAGaXtb9ThqoEdm6-1iutDn7l9sPf5GAI_Tj1P1lJvP-NVj3aG1-FkiLWhzg5X2-i64p6I9o/s1600/CSC_0161.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxWiaxVpjQTE1mchPXp8C5wSMpqKQ_G6k0PgbJzWgf693GVYTgCwkIL_DRnTwbMWPYndWAGaXtb9ThqoEdm6-1iutDn7l9sPf5GAI_Tj1P1lJvP-NVj3aG1-FkiLWhzg5X2-i64p6I9o/s320/CSC_0161.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633386705389744514" /></a><br />We made a special trip to visit Emily's orphanage a couple of weeks ago. It has taken me awhile to put my thoughts together..and hard to put down.<br /><br />She is still as sweet and sassy as ever. Just a little treasure. I adore her.<br /><br />Our family enjoyed interacting with all of the girls. We were there for several hours jumping rope, coloring with chalk, playing games and painting fingernails. <br /><br />Emily and Bailey really connected. Where you would find one... you would find the other. JT and I tried to spread ourselves around. Those sweet ones just wanted our attention, our hugs and just to be held. I wanted to be about 20 people that day...I wanted to give each girl what she wanted/needed at that very moment. What I feel for those treasures just touches deep into my very soul. <br /><br />I wondered how I would feel as my family finally met Emily. I truly believe God used her sweet life to get us where we are today...to our son, Alex. Emily was a part of His plan. We can now SEE and UNDERSTAND. <br /><br />What I do struggle with is... what about her, Lord? Does she have to stay in the orphanage? Are your plans for her to have a home with a Mom and Dad? I have a hard time with that part. I continue to pray that God will protect her and I continue to trust His plan for her life.<br /><br />We had an amazing day...it was beautiful to me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/?action=view&current=angiethomassig.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii192/jennifertakala/angiethomassig.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>JT and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278992144280927507noreply@blogger.com2