Author: scottishinvasion

Let me start this week's blog by pointing out an obvious truth in a very simple statement.  There is evil in the world. In case you are a subscriber to the Joel Osteen, skipping through the daisies, we worship God to make ourselves happy not to actually honor God (true statement - this past week), nothing-bad-happens-to-good-people … Continue reading I’ll take rainbows for $500, Alex

Myriah had another piece of information for us during that same phone call that I mentioned in last week's blog (and, since that call is still the most recent. . . we'll go with that for today's topic).  She still gets extra points for transparency and had we not gone through the roller coaster that … Continue reading Willis, please!

In today's television world, there are very few shows that we allow the kids to just watch without us screening the episodes first.  Going into the obvious reasons why would be fodder for another blog, so I'll just leave it at that for now.  But, thanks to the wonderful invention of DVR, we can set … Continue reading In the presentation

So, yes it's been a little bit since I "updated," but using the word as a definition for the blog, you really haven't missed anything.  We have a few things that are different, and we were starting to get questions again, so I knew it was time.  In reality, Jennifer had a scheduled doctor's appointment … Continue reading Since you asked

In less than three months, we hope to be holding a little baby boy.  That's no big secret.  October the 11th, by some measures, seems like it is almost here - eleven weeks from last Saturday shouldn't take too long.  On the other hand, eleven weeks is shorter than the summer break we've almost completed. … Continue reading It’s not me, it’s You

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.  My science nerdy friends that read this will be proud that I only Googled after I wrote it.  Google did remind me that it was Isaac Newton that put that down on paper.  Enough of the science lesson - where does it fit in?Adoption is kind of like … Continue reading Newton on Adoption

YES!Not a very long one today, but I won't drag this out so you have to read through four paragraphs to find out.  We have a match, and our baby is due on Oct. 11!  After the blog on Sunday, we agreed verbally Monday afternoon to the match, confirming it on Wednesday by both sending … Continue reading Been Here, Done This

Most that know me (or us) know that we really like baseball.  OK, truth is that I love baseball, Gabe is getting close to that, and then the other three have varying, constantly changing levels that range from like to tolerate.  It averages out to we really like baseball in our family.  That has led … Continue reading Faithful

I almost laughed when I looked at the title of my last blog post "off the mat."  Back on May 9th, just two weeks removed from having our adoption journey disrupted, I claimed that we were going to get right back up on that horse and keep riding, and that not finishing the course the … Continue reading Re-re-focus

Well, it has been two weeks tomorrow since we got the initial earth-shaking phone call from Arizona.  Two days later, we got a second call of confirmation.  And, by the end of the week, we had mentally closed the book on it.  Even typing those words, it seems to me that it could sound calloused … Continue reading Off the mat