Introductions

We might be crazy. 

But all the best people are.

Dr. James Dobson coined the phrase "crock-pot family" to describe blended families, those with children who marry and make a new family. Crock-pot is used to describe how it takes a really long time for all the ingredients to make one tasty dish. We like that term better than blended. Which happens quickly. Like cake batter.

Crock-pot.  That was/is us. Together we had 6 kids when we got hitched.

There's a funny story there, but that's for a different blog. 

Through the providence of God, we were able to adopt one another's children (they were ours anyway). And we birthed a couple more together. 

2 parents + 8 kids = 10 folks in one abode. (sometimes 3 bathrooms aren't enough).

Add in a couple of kids we hosted from Ukraine and you've got the main characters in this new chapter of our story.

Oh, there's one more main character! He's the King of the Universe. Has the best plan. And has already orchestrated the entire story. He's the most trustworthy and we attempt to follow His leading on everything. (We fail miserably. He is LONG Suffering toward us). Follow along and you'll hear more about Him.

So here we are…

The Daddy

The Mama

The Practice Child

The Quiet Child

The Questioner

The Clown
The Hopeful Son

The Helper
The Hopeful Daughter

The Boss

The Knee Baby

The Baby Boy

Most of our journey right now consist of filling out forms, making calls, googling stuff, and having fundraisers. LOTS and LOTS of FUNdraisers! 
And even more prayer.

Stay tuned! The next post will be all about prayer request and current fundraisers.