An overwhelming feeling of being unorganized

It's been a few weeks since my last blog post. I am partly to blame, but truly our lives have been ultra busy these past few weeks. Both boys scored rolls of Dalmatian puppies in the local theaters "101 Dalmatians". The rehearsal schedule has been crazy, so there are very few nights at home. On top of all that, we have had a stomach virus, cars breaking down, doctor's appointments and lots of school work to do!!! We finally have all the pieces of our dossier together, I have just got to get myself together and make it look nice and neat and then have it notarized. We are so close, but yet so far away..............there are many ups and downs in this roller-coaster ride of life. Like Curt said the other day when he picked us up on the side of the road from our broken down car, "there is no one I'd rather go through this life with". That is so true, God gave us each other for the ups and downs!!! We are going to catalyst in a couple weeks and are looking forward to having some grown-up time while learning more about God's call on our lives. Have a great Saturday everyone! Time to watch those "shamecocks" loose to those ultra confused tigers/war eagles of Auburn.....seriously, who has 2 mascots???:)

Tee's Are In...........going fast

The awesome adoption tee's are in and are going fast. Since Monday, we have been so blessed to have sold over 13 shirts! People are showing that they care about what God has called us to do and are supporting us with prayers and financial assistance! If you would like to order a shirt and cannot contact me through facebook, please email me at morgan@ocgreenwood.com! The shirts come in 3 designs, the yellow one is for girls only and the other two are unisex. They are Anvil organic preshrunk cotton. They are super soft and are oh so comfy! Hoodies are in the making as well, so stay tuned for that!!! Check out the awesomeness!

A quick trip to North Carolina

On Thursday evening we loaded up the car to drive to visit some great friends of ours who live outside of Greensboro NC. The trip is about 4 hours one way so we decided to break the trip into and stay a couple nights in Charlotte. Let me just say this, if I could live in a big city anywhere in the US, Charlotte would be my pick. It is such a kid friendly, artsy town. Everyone was so nice to you and the atmosphere was awesome....just ask my hubby;)..sorry Curt!!! We took the kids to Discovery Place which is a children's museum, but it is unlike any I have been to before. The entire place was math and science based, so Brooks, my science fanatic was so excited. There was a really cool rope bridge in a rainforest, sea animal petting area, fossils to look at and a huge room full of nothing but blocks where you could build your own buildings and create these awesome drawings to display on a wall. Oh, also there were tons of microscopes where you could look at bacteria and germs....not my thing but the boys loved the gross stuff. On Saturday morning we headed to Greensboro to visit Mike and Angie West. Mike was having a surprise 30th birthday party and so we just had to go and see him! We were able to relax with friends and met some really nice people from North Point Church who will be awesome contacts in the future. Not to mention.....they love Justin Timberlake SNL skits just as much as I do. My stomach hurts from laughing so hard. We made it home in one piece and back to reality we go!!!

I Choose You Necklaces

So I have some pretty amazing friends who would do anything for me!! One of them, Amy, helped me design these great necklaces that we are selling to raise money for our Russian adoption. I told her what I wanted, she helped me pick it out and then she oh so sweetly put them all together. They are so cute, the pictures do not do them justice I promise. Each of these is made using a wax pressed idea. The double heart symbol in the center is so sweet and since these are done one at a time, no two are alike!! You can get them in plain silver, or they can have a stain of color added to them. The outer circle has five beads representing the 5 members of our family as we wait to add one more!!! The lady that makes the pendants is awesome and does great job. The price is $25 and over half of that will go to helping pay for our trip to go get our Russian Princess!!!! Let me know if you want to order one. You can email me, facebook message me or check out my etsy store! Thanks in advance for all your support. Oh yeah, the tees are being printed!!!:)

Pre-order your adoption tees

Well, our awesome friend Eric Hawthorne has done another great designing our adoption tees that will go up for sale in the next few weeks. We are currently taking pre-orders, so if you want one (the pricing is still up in the air, but it won't break the bank), shoot me an email.....morgan@ocgreenwood.com! I cannot wait to get these out to our friends and family! So cute!!!

"I Choose You"

I have been racking my brain trying to come up with ideas for our adoption "title". We have been over and over ideas and slogans to get our adoption news out there so that we can begin our fund raising efforts. I ran across this really neat lady on Etsy who makes wax seal jewelry. I contacted her to see if she could design a pendant for us and allow us to sell the necklaces to raise money. She immediately agreed and now I have some really awesome jewelry in the making!!! I called my mom this morning to ask her to think of a title for our cause. Since she is so creative, she came up with the idea of "I Choose You", based off the book I'd choose you by John Trent. It is this really sweet story that helps a child learn self expectance. The main part of the story that drew me to the title was this quote....

And if I could teach her each day that she is God's special gift, especially on those days when she doesn't get picked...Guess which one I'd choose every time? I'd choose YOU!"

This quote did it for me. So now we are on Etsy, check us out and support our cause!!!! More items will be posted in the near future! Help us to bring our little russian princess home!

Adoption Update

Just an update on how things are going! We go to Aiken tomorrow for our final home study meeting. If you ever adopt, and need a home study, so with Adoption Advocacy out of Greenville. They get things done, no breaks. I am so thankful they were the first folks I got on the phone, they have made this process a whole lot easier. After tomorrow is finished, then we will get back to getting the dossier completed, hopefully by the end of the month we can turn that in. Among other things, we have all been very busy hanging out together at the lake and enjoying summer vacation. It will end soon, BOO, so we have to cherish every moment we get. Brooks has really enjoyed reading some chapter books this summer, and is very thankful for his library card! Luke has found a new love, his BIKE!!! He rides all the time. CG's new thing is being Miss Independent. She doesn't want any help getting dressed anymore. I think yesterday's outfit consisted of stripe shorts, purple top (on backwards), and cowgirl boots (on the wrong feet). She was straight stylin"!!! Today we took the kids to the YMCA in Anderson...who knew they had a water park??? They were playing some pretty awesome music and then "Love Shack" came on. Nate(my nephew) started breaking it down and I'm not even lying, I was right there with him. That boy has got some moves!!!! I am so very thankful for each one of these crazy kiddos! They are certainly a blessing! Cannot wait to add another to the bunch and give her a forever family!

All 3 kids fell asleep in our bed a few nights ago. Notice the cat A.K.A "the spawn of Satan"....yeah this is prior to him being put outside for good!!! Seriously, that cat was not nice all the time!!!

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