Archive for May, 2008

Adoption Update

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

This weekend has been very good!  We finished our home study on Thursday and hopefully will have it back in the next two weeks.  Dawn and I went on Friday to do our FBI finger prints.  Here is to hoping everything comes back okay (kidding)  This weekend was also a little tough for me emotionally.  […]

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Congrats..well done

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Last night I attended the 8th grade graduation at Thurman Francis Arts Academy.  It was my first 8th grade graduation.  Congrats to our 8th graders who are moving to high school soon. 
Even with that excitement this is not my entire purpose of this post.  Last night Dawn and I attended graduation with one of our […]

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She’s Still Here

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Three years ago today I married the love of my life.  Three years ago Dawn and I got married!  It has truly been amazing three years.  The Lord has truly blessed me with an incredible wife.  Happy Anniversary Dawn!  I love you so much. 
PS you can see what great things Dawn said about me here

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Camp Whatever

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Ever since I was in middle school I always looked forward to a week my church simply called “youth camp”.  Although in my opinion the “wow” factor has gotten better in camp, the same things seem to happen at “youth camp”  We call it “Camp Whatever” here at FBC Smyrna and it is simply my favorite week […]

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Happy Mothers Day

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

I didn’t want today to slip by without saying Happy Mothers Day to my mom.  You have to know that she is an incredible women of God for being able to raise me :)  I also wanted to say how excited I am that my beautiful wife will be a mother next year.  I can’t […]

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Drive

Friday, May 9th, 2008

I got back from Drive last night.  It was great.  I have been glad to be home to spend time with Dawn tonight.  We are both excited about this adoption and she has worked so hard to make it go as quick as possible. 
This week while I was at Drive I began to look at […]

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Drive

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

I know some of you are relieved that I am going to post something other than about adoption :)  I left today for a conference in ATL.  No all I do is not conference just happens I had to in a row haha.  Very challenging tonight.  I have       A LOT to process after hearing all […]

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Praise The Lord

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Tonight I got home from Knoxville and cracked open the computer to find a facebook message from a friend in high school.  I have not talked to her in a long time.  She was a couple years younger than me and was like a little sister to me during school.  She sent me a message […]

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Fundraiser

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

So if you have read my post in the last couple days you can see Dawn and I have started the adoption process from Africa.  We are looking for some creative fund raising  ideas.  Someone gave us an idea to do a raffle.  I need some feed back on what to raffle. 
We have considered a Wii […]

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Top 5

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Here are the top five questions that I have gotten about Dawn and I’s adoption so far.  I am sure they will change over the next several months. 
5. How long will the process take?
According to our agency, Gladney, the process from Africa will take between 9 months and year.  This could be quicker or longer depending on […]

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