LIFE IN BULLET POINTS (IT'S ALL I GOT RIGHT NOW)

• JAYDEN AUDITIONED FOR THE PLAY THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND GOT A PART AS A DEAD INDIAN. HE'S THRILLED, MAINLY B/C HE GETS TO WEAR A CREEPY COSTUME AND HAS SOME SPOOKY LINES.

• JACKSON STILL SPENDS AS MANY HOURS A DAY EITHER PLAYING BASKETBALL OR WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS ONLINE. WELL, THAT AND BALLOON SHOP VIDEOS. 

• JARED IS ONLY $300 AWAY FROM HAVING ALL $12,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS PAID OFF AFTER ONLY 2 & A HALF YEARS. WE ARE SUPER PROUD. HE IS ALSO THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP LEADER FOR OUR YOUTH GROUP. JACKSON AND JAYDEN ARE ALSO PART OF THE TEAM. CAN YOU HEAR ME GUSHING JUST A LITTLE?

• WE'VE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL ALMOST TWO WEEKS FOR OUR FALL BREAK AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER TIME. WE TOOK THE BOYS TO RALEIGH TO DO THE MUSEUMS AND THE REST OF THE TIME HAS BEEN SPENT SLEEPING IN, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND JUST CHILLING OUT! ITS BEEN REALLY NICE. 

• WE WENT TO A BON FIRE/PRAYER SERVICE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO OUR FRIEND DARON WHO IS BEING DEPLOYED TO EGYPT IN A MONTH. HE IS LEAVING BEHIND HIS WIFE, DARLENE AND 2 KIDS, JACE, 12 AND HAYZL, 7 MONTHS. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM AND ALL HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. HE WILL BE GONE 10 MONTHS. 

• WE HAVE WELCOMED HOME OUR FRIENDS FROM THE CONGO AND MET THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THIER FAMILY. WE WERE ALSO BLESSED TO SEE LOTS OF VIDEO WHILE THEY WERE THERE. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. 

• WE HAVE STARTED (AGAIN) AND ALMOST COMPLETED OUR HOME STUDY UPDATE THAT THE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES. OURS EXPIRES IN FEBRUARY SO WE HAD TO GET STARTED NOW TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T LAPSE. THANK GOODNESS WE GET ONE FREE EXTENSION, SADLY WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THE HOME STUDY FEE AND GO TO RALEIGH FOR BIOMETRICS AGAIN!! NOT TO MENTION WE ALL HAD TO HAVE PHYSICALS AGAIN!

• ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WE SENT OUT 102 SUPPORT LETTERS STATING WE NEEDED TO RAISE A PROGRAM FEE OF $11,360 (OUR TOTAL INCLUDING TRAVEL IS $21,360) AND TO DATE WE NEED A LITTE MORE THAN $6,000 FOR OUR TOTAL!!!! ISN'T THAT AMAZING?!!

• WE RECEIVED AMAZING NEWS FROM OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE RECENTLY MATCHED WITH A NEW BORN THEY WILL WELCOME IN DECEMBER. LOVE IT!!!!

• WE STARTED COLLECTING FOR OUR ADOPTION YARD SALE A LITTLE OVER 2 WEEKS AGO AND NOW HAVE A GARAGE FULL. TODAY A LADY DONATED ALL THE FURNITURE IN HER HOME SHE WAS GETTING RID OF. 

• THIS SATURDAY WILL BE EPIC WHETHER WE SELL IT ALL OR SELL NONE OF IT. GOD IS IN IT AND THATS ALL I CARE ABOUT. THE OUT POURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT WE FEEL IS OVERWHELMING. WE CANNOT BEGIN TO THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE DONATIONS. THE THING I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT FOR THIS YARD SALE IS NOT THE MONEY WE HOPE TO BRING IN BUT THE AWARENESS I HOPE WILL BE GENERATED AS A RESULT. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE 150,000,000 ORPHANS WORLD WIDE AND WE CAN ALL DO SOMETHING TO HELP. WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE HELPING US AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HELP ANOTHER ADOPTIVE FAMILY DO THIS. 

BE BLESSED!