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Home and Thankful.
What a journey it has been! This short post will be dedicated to my sister, who I promised I would get around to posting today. I’m going to try to force myself to start blogging regularly at some point. It’s been a hectic last week and a half, but we made it home safely and…
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Ending our Journey in Ukraine.
This afternoon marks our final post from Ukraine after living in this country for 37 days. Today we had lunch with Melissa deLlanos (adopting Timothy) and the Bachman’s (adopting Marina) which were two families we met when we first traveled to Ukraine. They are a few days behind us and won’t be leaving until Saturday….
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Back in Kiev, Ukraine.
After a long night before of packing and trying to adjust to being “parents”, we got on the train early this morning at 7 A.M. and started the six hour journey back to Ukraine’s capital city. We spent a lot of time in Jackson’s home city and we will miss that place, even if there…
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Gotcha Day!
What an incredible day the Lord has given! After over a long year of prayers and putting our full faith into our Almighty God, the moment came at last! Today we took our beautiful son, Jackson Scott, out of the orphanage to be with us for the rest of our lives! Praise God! You can…
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An Emotional Day!
First – check out the post from yesterday about our official Adoption Day. I just posted it tonight, as we were tired and I didn’t have time to post. So, today was another unexpected day outside of our routine. This morning we woke up pretty late because we were up late last night taking time…
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Another day with Action Jackson..
I’ll keep this short today, as this night has flown by fast and we’re about ready to call it a night. We have found a couple of new ways to keep us entertained. We had been renting some shows and movies off iTunes, like we did tonight, but we also learned that the “English Club…
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Happy Halloween! Ukraine Style.
Well, I figured I would bump Lindsey off here for one evening. I’m starting to get jealous of all of her posts and how popular they have been. 🙂 Also, I apologize for not updating yesterday, but after being here in Ukraine for nearly three weeks and being on a very consistent, yet repetitive schedule…
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Day 4 & 5 . Finally we played outside!
They say after awhile that your adoption trip can start feeling like the movie “Groundhog Day”. And that is the truth. However, let me make the point first that it is very worth it! Each day we have to be ready and out of the house for our driver to pick us up and take…
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God’s Gift – Jackson Scott Howell
Today will forever mark not only our second wedding anniversary, but the day we first met our little son, Jackson. For over a year we have prayed and prepared for this little one and God delivered in full today. Jackson’s original Ukrainian name is Bohgdan, which in itself translates to “Given by God”. With that…
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Arrived in Kharkiv!
Hi, Everyone! It is really late here, but after a long six hour train rain we are safe in our new apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine! I will make this short tonight, as it’s really late. (though I wish I could stay up to watch the Buckeyes with you guys – kick off in what, 15…