Thursday, October 10, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Summer Rewind Continued.....and yep still out of order.
South Dakota Road trip
Fathers Day and Mothers Day
Fathers Day and Mothers Day
More Zoo Fun
Abigail's 12th Birthday!
Dance recital Anna and Dori
Summer Rewind- Not in order.
Caleb and Jason at Cub scout camp.
Ethan and Aiden move in.
Jesse turns 4 years old!
Sebastian goes home.
Ethan and Aiden move in.
Jesse turns 4 years old!
Fun at the Zoo with Aunt Erin and Aunt Paige
Pets and Popsicles at Plumb Farm
Sebastian goes home.
Overnight in Estes Park
Camping in our new tent in the backyard
Thursday, June 6, 2013
11 in a 12 passanger van.
This post has been a long time in the making and truly, I have somewhat been putting off writing it. However, I do feel that now is probably a good time to give family and friends an update, on what we have been up to. Some of you that read this may have heard bits and pieces, because it's not like we are trying to keep a secret or anything, so here is more info. for you. I have to tell ya, before I get in to my story that part of the reason I have been putting off sharing it, is because of the somewhat negative response we have gotten, so I would ask you to try not to be negative as you read, I am pretty good at telling people my opinion but this is just an update, not a debate.........so I will try to keep my opinion to myself, if you do the same.
At the end of January, Jason and I heard a story of 2 little boys that needed an adoptive home. We were parenting 7 children at the time, our 5, plus Jesse who we were getting close to being able to adopt and a foster baby that was about 4 months old. The county was looking for a family for the boys, that had other kids, had experience parenting kids from traumatic/abusive backgrounds, had shown that they worked well with birth family and had some medical experience. Uh...that's us and honestly pretty hard to find. So, we prayed. By March, our name was being tossed around at the county, there were 10+ home study's being read, but the team kept coming back to us. We adopted Jesse and continued to pray, "God, your will be done...." We were asked to consider being a foster adoptive placement for the boys and we said we would, we wanted to meet and spend sometime with the boys, hear their history and needs and oh yeah, we are only licensed to have 8 kids in our home, we already have 7. 7+2=9. We began visiting with the boys towards the end of April, we were told our foster baby would probably be going home soon and our agency agreed to ask the state to approve an appeal for us to have 9 kids in our home. We prayed "God if this is not of you, please shut doors..." Our appeal to the state was approved. Our foster baby, now almost 9 months, has not returned home. We have rearranged furniture (and are busting at the seems). We have continued to pray. And our boys, Ethan age 5 and Aiden age 3 will be moving in with us in about 2 weeks. Is this hard?, sure but God did not promise things would be easy here on earth, that's what heaven is for. Are we crazy?, yeah we are but God requires a crazy kind of love. Is our house too small?, no, we all fit, even if it's tight. Can we afford this?, we are making it work. I am sure there are other questions and Jason and I would be happy to answer them for you, but mostly we just wanted to keep everyone update. I will continue to try and post here as things progress. Thanks for being supportive! ~Richel
At the end of January, Jason and I heard a story of 2 little boys that needed an adoptive home. We were parenting 7 children at the time, our 5, plus Jesse who we were getting close to being able to adopt and a foster baby that was about 4 months old. The county was looking for a family for the boys, that had other kids, had experience parenting kids from traumatic/abusive backgrounds, had shown that they worked well with birth family and had some medical experience. Uh...that's us and honestly pretty hard to find. So, we prayed. By March, our name was being tossed around at the county, there were 10+ home study's being read, but the team kept coming back to us. We adopted Jesse and continued to pray, "God, your will be done...." We were asked to consider being a foster adoptive placement for the boys and we said we would, we wanted to meet and spend sometime with the boys, hear their history and needs and oh yeah, we are only licensed to have 8 kids in our home, we already have 7. 7+2=9. We began visiting with the boys towards the end of April, we were told our foster baby would probably be going home soon and our agency agreed to ask the state to approve an appeal for us to have 9 kids in our home. We prayed "God if this is not of you, please shut doors..." Our appeal to the state was approved. Our foster baby, now almost 9 months, has not returned home. We have rearranged furniture (and are busting at the seems). We have continued to pray. And our boys, Ethan age 5 and Aiden age 3 will be moving in with us in about 2 weeks. Is this hard?, sure but God did not promise things would be easy here on earth, that's what heaven is for. Are we crazy?, yeah we are but God requires a crazy kind of love. Is our house too small?, no, we all fit, even if it's tight. Can we afford this?, we are making it work. I am sure there are other questions and Jason and I would be happy to answer them for you, but mostly we just wanted to keep everyone update. I will continue to try and post here as things progress. Thanks for being supportive! ~Richel
Monday, June 3, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Congratulations Jason!
So proud of my lover boy. Jason graduated today from Regis University in Denver, CO he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. All while working full time and raising 7 kids.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Middle School Awards Night
Abi received the award for Outstanding Composition Student and for History MVP!
Spring Music Concert at Shawsheen 4/30/2013
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| Caleb |
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| Dori |
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| Anna |
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| Mr. Scovil has had 5 Hubbard's in his music class |
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Caleb's 7th birthday! 4/29/2013
Caleb is 7!
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| Birthday balloons from Ms. Abeca |
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| NASA suit from grandma Cari and grandpa Rick |
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| Yeah! Mom is taking my best friend and I to see Scooby Doo live on stage! |
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| Make a wish! |
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Wizard of Oz- Frontier Academy style
Abi was a munchkin in the play the Wizard of Oz at her school, Frontier Academy Secondary. The cast was all 6th through 12th graders. Abi was a perfect little munchkin and everyone did a great job!
Monday, April 8, 2013
He is Risen! Happy Easter!
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| Jesse |
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| Dori |
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| Caleb |
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| Anna |
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| Abi and Sebastian |
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| Eli and Grandma Joyce |
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| I got it! -Jesse |
Friday, April 5, 2013
Adoption Party! 3/23/2013
We either mailed or hand delivered 150 invitations to Jesse's adoption party and figured we could have as many as 250 guests. Then, it snowed...... a lot! We still had a great turn out with 92 people in attendance. And we had so much fun, eating food, doing crafts and getting faces painted. Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to help us celebrate! And a huge thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Sinn who drove from Iowa in a snow storm!
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| Thanks Brandy for the awesome face painting. |
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| Best Friends- Abi and Becky |
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| Anna and Grandma Betty |
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| Jesse with his best friend Aven |
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| The neighbors- Big Abby and Mr. Mike |
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| The big boys- I think Eli is trying to steal the coffee. |
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