So much to be Thankful for..

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! It was great to have everyone together! I am so thankful for our families and friends. Dan and I feel very lucky and blessed!

We watched the traditional thanksgiving day parade and also made a wonderful meal. Mary looked beautiful as she prepared her stuffing.

Ali and I took a slightly different approach. We had a lot of fun!
We went to lights on the lake opening night and loved it!
We were very excited to be together!!
Dan was awesome during the photo shoot.
Great Group Photo
That's where I am going in February and then again to get our baby girl!
LOVE TOMS

And it just keeps getting better!!!

We will be doing a Tom's shoe drop!

5000 shoes!

Great People

Fingerprints are done!

My beautiful shirt is in!

We met five wonderful families that have all adopted from Ethiopia at a get together this weekend. It was so great to chat with everyone about their experiences and see their beautiful children.

Keeping our fingers crossed that our I 171H comes super fast. I am hoping to be super thankful for it for Thanksgiving but I am ok with it being the best Christmas present!

Tomorrow is my first conference call about our trip to Ethiopia! I am very excited and just plan on being a sponge and soaking it all up!

Ethiopia -- here I come

What a difference a week can make. I really thought the best part of last week was finding out about our fingerprint appointments. I was so wrong. Kari of mycrazyadoption.com had different plans for me. On November 2nd she uploaded a video.. http://mycrazyadoption.org/winners-of-the-missions-trip-giveaway that changed everything. I was picked to go on a mission trip in February. Back story -- I had seen on another blog Kari was fundraising by selling adoption shirts to send someone on a mission shirt. It sounded like a good cause, we need shirts about adoption so I bought two, one for me and one for Dan. So imagine my surprise when my name was picked first and when it makes my winter break. I am needless to say overwhelmed but in a good way. I am so looking forward to this trip and all that I am going to learn from it.

Wednesday = fingerprints and then everyone keep your fingers crossed we get the 171H very quickly!! Last step of the dossier!

On a fun note I found the cutest Christmas outfit for Grace. Yes I am thinking a year ahead!

Wow

Wow I won a mission trip to Ethiopia in Febuary!!!