In the past few weeks I have really been focusing on encouraging Jimmy and the kids. I think daily encouragement can be a game changer for anyone, including myself. It isn’t always easy to encourage others when things aren’t going the way you hope they go. This was very true of myself and this past […]

At the beginning of 2022, I would not have guessed how much life would change and we would officially be a family of six. We met the kids early January and in 11 ½ months we were able to officially adopt them. In the world of fostering to adopt this is unheard of, because it […]

The past couple weeks have been a little rough if I am being honest. I finally had a day to myself to do what I wanted to do and do things I needed to do. Jimmy was at school and kids were in a track out camp. I was so excited for this day, but […]

As we are preparing for our first family vacation, I’ve had to make myself take a step back. The past couple weeks have been weeks of lots of  breakdowns, therapy appointments for the kids, doctors appointments and adoption paperwork has been crazy. Add that on top of our normal schedule with activities and school. I […]

This week was a week of firsts for us and kids. The week started off by taking the kiddos to the beach for their first time. They had so much fun!! They didn’t want to leave and asked when they could go back. We will definitely do another beach trip with them. When we go […]

Well the kids finished their first full week of school. While there have been some meltdowns with homework and coming home cranky, I feel overall they are adjusting well to school. Each of them really seems to enjoy their teacher and school. They are excited to go to school and are always happy when we […]

I can’t believe the kids have been here almost 3 weeks. It has been a crazy few weeks. Between getting the kids ready for school and working through things, I am not even sure where the time has gone. I lost my voice for over a week and was sick for a couple days. Of […]

I had my whole week planned out before the kids came to live here in their forever home. I had a lunch date with my good friend, my sister was coming into town and I had a few more recipes and blogs I was going to do before Friday. Well Monday morning that all changed. […]

I had a blog all ready to go last weekend. However I never go the chance to finish it and post it. WE had a glimpse of what our life will be like with the kids living here.   Part 1   We finally were able to share our concerns with the DSS worker. She […]

This week really broke me in many ways and it has caused many doubts for me.   We got to spend the day with the kids this past Sunday. While it was a great day hiking it also was a very hard day for us, especially me. Last weekend when the kids were here they […]

Last weekend was one of my hardest weekends since this journey started with the kids. I felt like I failed them over and over. Not that I did, but in my eyes I saw it as failing. It’s like we take a few steps forward with the kids and then they leave and take a […]

I used to love roller coasters as a kid, like I couldn’t wait to go on all the big rides. We had season passes to Great Adventure (Six Flags for the non NJ people) and we went so many times. I wasn’t afraid of any roller coasters. Now I hate roller coasters and I have […]