Sneak Peek & Heart Felt Message

*SNEAK PEEK*

This is just a sneak peek at our upcoming auction.

Matryashka Doll Kitchen Timer

Matching Pillowcase Dress & Headband

(Pictures for sample only. The one for auction will be a 4th of July design)

This will be size of dress. Our little model normally wears a size 18-24 mth.

This dress goes down to her little ankles.

A Set of Mini or Small hair clippies.

(Picture for sample only)

* Now remember these are just a preview of what's to come*

* There will also be a mini-version of the cookbook we have been selling. It will contain @ 35-40 recipes including all those submitted by Olga & Vanessa's internet Aunties as we call them.

* Two necklaces that have been donated by Priscilla M.

* A Miche basic collection purse set donated by Amy P.

* A set of handmade cards donated by Kristina Z.

* A retired Gigi Hill purse donated by Elissa L.

* Choffey donated by Jill P.

and more.

~ We don't have any mega prizes, or big named bloggers~

What we do have is a God who can move mountains, and faith that He will provide. Please share our blog and our facebook page...

Sugar & Spice

Also, due to some feedback on the cookbook we have been doing we are changing things up a bit.

We will now have 2 options:

Option #1 $20 including shipping

The full version with over 80 recipes will come in a 5x8 3 ring binder. It is full of yumminess as well as helpful hints and tips.

Option #2 $12.50 including shipping

This mini version comes in a 4x6 album of various designs. It will have over 30 recipes including those from the girls internet aunties. There are no hints or tips in this version.

We have about 10 weeks to finish raising the funds needed. Chris goes to have his medical done the first week of July and then our dossier is off. Our in country teams goal is to get us into court the first week or two of Septemeber. This will be our biggest and most expensive trip. We will be in country about 3 weeks and this is also when we pay our big agency fees.

<3 A heart felt message from Jenn <3

There is something I have to address before we start this auction....

You are not helping us because you like us (if you do that's awsome, an added bonus and I can always use another friend) You are doing this to help two little girls come home to a family who will love them forever. We used to have a pretty nice size group of people supporting us. Especially offering moral support and prayers. Yes, some also offered monetary support and donations. Some helped by sharing our fundraisers on their blogs. This meant so much to us. I can still remember crying each time my phone dinged and I saw a message saying we had recieved another donation. To know so many loved our girls and wanted to help bring them home touched my heart in a way I can't put into words. To this day when someone shares our page or blog, or our chipin goes in I stop and praise God for that person. I'm not trying to toot my horn because NONE of this is of me, there is nothing I have done or could do without God leading. This adoption is ALL HIM!

Yet, one person who holds "power" in the blog world decided they no longer thought we were the family for one of our girls and let people know this. They compared our adoption to those of another country (one which moves MUCH faster & costs MUCH less ), they listened to those who were upset by agency choices we had made, they listened to what others said about us and made the decision we weren't right because we were having such a hard time fundraising.

We stepped out on this journey like so many others, on FAITH and faith alone. We didn't have a huge following, we didn't know many in the blog or adoption world. Still truly don't. I am naturally a shy person. Ask those I go to church with. I have known some for years and still have a hard time walking around shaking hands and talking to people during that time in church. So stepping out and speaking to people even in blogland is very intimidating to me. God knew this, and I believe he touched the hearts of some sweet people to help promote our fundraisers on their blogs. The fact we didn't do it ourself and our blog wasn't successful meant we weren't prepared financially?? There are people out there who fundraise for everything from commitment costs, to homestudy costs, all the way to the very last dime they use. And noone questions them.

One person used their "power" to plant a seed of doubt in others minds and our support diminished. Seriously was gone, and in the process they ruined our name and what little reputation we had. It has taken over a year to regain our reputation and rebuild our name.  Finding out this person was so close to us has been heart breaking and to be truthful I'm having a hard time getting over it. Today's message in church talked about bitterness and I'm working on it with God, but right now it's still there.

I get a daddy & mommy WOW!! And sisters too :)

We have been matched with our girls, we have held them, hugged them, played cars, and drawn pictures with them. We have wiped their noses and kissed their cheeks. All for only a few short days. For those few days those two little girls felt the love of a mommy and daddy. They heard the words I Love You & I Want You to be my daughter. They heard a mommy pray for God to protect them, they felt the hugs of a daddy who would give his life to protect them. And now they sit and wait for us to come back.

They want me to be their daughter :)

So this is what's it is like to have a daddy to play with.

We need your help, that's the 100% honest truth. We need FRIENDS who are willing to walk along side us. Friends who are willing to rejoice with us, cry with us, lift us up and even put us in our place when needed (Love ya Steph!).

We understand money is tight for so many. I'm not going to beg for money, although if that's what it ends up taking to get these girls home you better believe I would! And I don't care what any blogger, or troll, or anyone else thinks about that.

There are things we can't discuss because of laws and such in our girls country. To be honest we are not 100% sure what we can and can't share. So we will only be sharing what we've been told is okay. And I can tell you that when we were in country we were told by the MOE, the in country team, and both orphanage directors "WE" are the girls last and only chance. We're they just saying that in hopes we would follow through with the adoption, maybe. But I'm not willing to put two little girls lives on that are you??

I know we can share their medical stuff we know that we were given by the doctors at their orphanages but due to trolls I'm not willing to post that on here. If you want to know if the need for them is urgent health wise please feel free to email us or leave a comment with your email and I'll let you know their health issues. One of our girls is doing good, the other not so much.

So all that babbling from a momma's heart to say. If you want to follow along with us, walking next to us to bring these girls home we would love to have you.

Pray for us, Share our blog and our facebook page and if God lays it on your heart and you are able donate to our chipin or our grant fund.

Thanks for listening to me ramble.

Hugs & Prayers

Jenn