July 30, 2010
9:14 AM | 
Posted by
Jennifer O'Cain
Today I'm on my soapbox.If I had a dollar for every person who has told me how great it is that we adopted Lily or expressed interest in adoption but has not made any step towards it I could probably fund another adoption. Everyone thinks it's a great idea but not for them. Why? Adoption IS a miracle. Adoption IS a blessing. Adoption is taking a chance but it is welcoming Jesus into your very home.
But if you can't or don't want to adopt you can help those who do. Lori is auctioning off an iPad to raise money for her third adoption. Go check it out here:
Or An Orphan's Wish, the organization I volunteer with is having a sponsor drive. They are striving to gain 100 new sponsors for their kids in China who need special care. Right now you receive a cool t-shirt if you sign up and for each new sponsor the volunteer that referred them gets their name in a drawing for a trip to China to visit these precious children. Check it out:
http://www.anorphanswish.org/what-you-can-do/100-sponsors-in-100-days
And if I haven't interested you yet then maybe you could simply pray for an adoptive family, or pick a orphan to pray for that they will have a family. There are many ways you can support the 147 Million orphans in the world. After all 147 is a lot of kids...
But if you can't or don't want to adopt you can help those who do. Lori is auctioning off an iPad to raise money for her third adoption. Go check it out here:
Or An Orphan's Wish, the organization I volunteer with is having a sponsor drive. They are striving to gain 100 new sponsors for their kids in China who need special care. Right now you receive a cool t-shirt if you sign up and for each new sponsor the volunteer that referred them gets their name in a drawing for a trip to China to visit these precious children. Check it out:
http://www.anorphanswish.org/what-you-can-do/100-sponsors-in-100-days
And if I haven't interested you yet then maybe you could simply pray for an adoptive family, or pick a orphan to pray for that they will have a family. There are many ways you can support the 147 Million orphans in the world. After all 147 is a lot of kids...
July 25, 2010
7:47 PM |
Posted by
Jennifer O'Cain
It is time for a new blog design. The header pictures are so out of date it's sad and our lovely daughter doesn't even have a picture on top. Does anyone know a good person to do this? Please leave me a comment if you can recommed someone. The person that did mine no longer does it. Thanks!
7:44 PM |
Posted by
Jennifer O'Cain
This post is all just a little random. I really just wanted to post something so I could play around with my new features on blogger. Some seem very cool others a little annoying but I like the new options I have. So here's a little randomness from the last few months.
Mason after playing in the rain outside.
For some reason I thought Asian's hair didn't curl. Lily has been bugging me about curling her hair so we tried it. It took extremely well but I didn't like it. The curls were real tight and stayed that way without falling for two days.
When we went to visit Noah at summer camp at Camp Barstow he was so happy to see us. He proudly walked through camp holding his little brothers hands to the campfire. I sure love that boy!
Wyatt stayed cool by eating right in front of Noah's battery operated fan and he is sitting on the super cool quilt I found at an Antique store for just 20 bucks.
Lily's wonderful teacher last year. We were so fortunate that Lily had her. She loved Lily and she sure learned a lot!
Noah and Lily and I don't remember what they were doing but it makes a cute picture.
Mason and mommy at his end of the year picnic. I felt so bad because I had written down the wrong time in my calendar and hadn't sent his food in because I was bringing it. When I got there the picnic was in full swing and he was sitting there with a little plate where people had shared their food with him. I felt crushed. He was so embarrassed happy to see me and just crawled up in my lap.
July 16, 2010
2:24 PM |
Posted by
Jennifer O'Cain
I would have posted sooner but I had to wait and tackle the whole memory issue on my computer which I finally did today. John and I celebrated our 15th Wedding Anniversary July 8. Since I was working this year I decided to surprise John and secretly plan a cruise. I booked the cruise all by myself and didn't breath a word of it. After keeping it a secret for several months I blew it. We were standing in the closet one day and I showed John a dress I had just bought and then said "won't this look cute on our cruise". His eyes grew big and he said "we're going on a cruise?". Yes dear we are. So my hint about the view from my treadmill changing was about the cruise only I never made it to the treadmill because we were too busy doing other things. But if I had made it, it would have looked something like this:
One of the best parts of a trip like this is how John truly loosens up and becomes that person I remember long before we had the responsibilities of our life today. I really enjoyed spending time with that side of John.
Our ship looked a little something like this.
And we did a lot of this. I read two books and John actually read one. That's a big deal for him, he hates to read. When Lily saw this picture she said "daddy naked?" I said no Daddy is not naked. It was not that kind of cruise.
We had fun getting dressed up and eating quiet meals together. I consumed more butter in 4 days than I've probably had in the last 4 years.
We had a blast when we rented a beach buggy and went for a tour of Cozumel.
Did a little snorkeling.
Ate some truly authentic Mexican food. John before consumption of HOT and Spicy.
John after consuming too much HOT and spicy. He was sweating and crying tears from the heat. I was smart enough to skip the hot sauce.
Our excitement of the day. The Mexican police arrive to pick up the 2 kilo bag of Marijuana our group found washed up on the shore where we snorkeled. Not gonna lie I was a little intimidated and we went up to the top of a lighthouse until they left.
One of the best parts of a trip like this is how John truly loosens up and becomes that person I remember long before we had the responsibilities of our life today. I really enjoyed spending time with that side of John.
Our ship looked a little something like this.
And we did a lot of this. I read two books and John actually read one. That's a big deal for him, he hates to read. When Lily saw this picture she said "daddy naked?" I said no Daddy is not naked. It was not that kind of cruise.
We had fun getting dressed up and eating quiet meals together. I consumed more butter in 4 days than I've probably had in the last 4 years.
We had a blast when we rented a beach buggy and went for a tour of Cozumel.
Did a little snorkeling.
Ate some truly authentic Mexican food. John before consumption of HOT and Spicy.
John after consuming too much HOT and spicy. He was sweating and crying tears from the heat. I was smart enough to skip the hot sauce.
Our excitement of the day. The Mexican police arrive to pick up the 2 kilo bag of Marijuana our group found washed up on the shore where we snorkeled. Not gonna lie I was a little intimidated and we went up to the top of a lighthouse until they left.
We took as many pictures together as we could without bugging too many people. Those pictures are going to come in handy REAL soon!
And we watched a lot of these together, talking, without interruption.
The book I was reading on the cruise was about a troubled marriage. Some advice they received was that you have to get away. Somewhere you can be husband and wife and not mom and dad. I couldn't agree more. I'll try not to wait so long for the next time.
And we watched a lot of these together, talking, without interruption.
The book I was reading on the cruise was about a troubled marriage. Some advice they received was that you have to get away. Somewhere you can be husband and wife and not mom and dad. I couldn't agree more. I'll try not to wait so long for the next time.
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