It is way past our usual 3 month update mark. Time flies when you are having fun! We have been meaning to write this since October, but finally had the chance. We hope that you enjoy hearing a little bit of what has been going on in Memphis. This was a picture from our recent outing to the Singing Christmas Tree! Don't worry! We don't have extra kids at home...just some of our kids' friends. Ending the Summer: Orphanos Retreat At the very end of the summer, we were able to sp

Memphis received the "award" for the Most Dangerous City in the US this year again. That is in combination with the Worst Place to Raise...

Time in Ecuador Ximena was able to travel to Ecuador for a week to visit our kids, Erick and Mayumi, and our grandson, Judah. She was...

Trip to Mexico For Thanksgiving, we headed down to Queretaro, Mexico to be able to visit Gustavo, see the grown up kids from Pan de Vida,...

This is the first week that the weather has started to get a little bit colder and the leaves are starting to fall. Richard shared that...

This summer has been a beautiful time to spend together as a family, to spend time with old friends and new friends, and to continue to...

The phrase "All for the One" was borrowed from Bishop Blake, who is a huge advocate for foster care, and he shared that it means focusing...

One of the most amazing highs over the past few months was one specific step that Marelyn took. Immediately after she regained custody of...

These past few months, we had a few opportunities to love on families and kids in our community, as well as spending time as a family....

These past few months have been both a time of restoration and normalcy. We have been asked a lot how we are doing, and we are doing much...

These past few months have had some high highs and low lows…and some in between emotions as well. There have been more change than we...

It feels like these past two months have been so long and drawn out, while also going by quickly. You can chart the changes by Richard's...

We know one of the biggest updates is regarding Richard’s health and the next steps in this journey with cancer. As of yesterday, it is...

There have been multiple phone calls over the last few months that we definitely were not expecting, but at the same time, God has been...

We are slowly accepting that we are getting into winter, even that the cold weather and darkness at 4:30 is just around the corner! But...

The last time we left you, we were getting ready to head to Ecuador to meet our grandson. It was a hectic, few weeks, getting kids to...

At the beginning of May, Richard was in charge of a major event. He had been planning a Parent’s Day Out for foster parents for months!...

Wow! Where to even begin! If you would have talked to us 6 weeks ago, we wouldn’t in a thousand years have anticipated what these weeks...

There has been so much that has happened over the past few months, but we will try to keep it short and just capture the highlights. God...

As we begin this new year, we wanted to share with you some exciting new steps in this journey! We have been serving with Orphanos now...