Preparing For Battle

Always In Our Hearts

A Happy Wedding Day

A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words

One of our late summer traditions is to have our family picture taken in the five week span each year where our children are three different ages, such as 9, 10, and 11 in 2019.  For the last five years, the same wonderful professional photographer has captured lovely images of our hard to photograph bunch.  It started in 2015 with me telling her that I just wanted one photo with everyone looking in the approximate right direction and reasonably happy, but she has always given us so much more, not just in regard to the pictures, but in terms of patience, thoughtfulness, and acceptance.

Our annual photo shoot is a benchmark for me about where we were as a family.  Each time, I can look back and mark progress and challenges for our children.  We have one child that is triggered by the idea of a family photo, one child who has steadily improved the ability to be photographed and participate in the process, and one child who still gets overwhelmed by the sensory aspects of the outdoor session, such as barking dogs, grass clippings that stick to shoes, and insects buzzing nearby.  It's never perfect when we endeavor on this annual adventure, but the photos are always exactly right.

After finishing up at the park, we head to breakfast where we eat way too much food, make far too much noise, and leave a too big tip. Thank you, Carrie Lynne, for five great years of priceless memories.  Here's to many more.

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." 
- H.D. Thoreau

IAC Sessions 468-470 Results

The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 468 which was held on July 4, 2019:

1) Spanish dossier from November 2012 referred a male child aged one year with features in health status

2) French dossier from January 2015 referred two brothers aged 4 years and 7 months & 6 years and 6 months

3) French dossier from March 2015 referred a male child aged 1 year and 4 months with a family history

4) US dossier from April 2015 referred a male child aged 1 year and 6 months with features in health status

5) US dossier from November 2018 referred a waiting child - no additional information provided

6) US dossier from June 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

7) US dossier from June 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

8) US dossier from July 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

9) US dossier from July 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided
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The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 469 which was held on July 25, 2019:

8 dossiers from June and July 2019 from the USA matched to waiting children with profiles on the MOJ site - no additional information provided

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The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 470 which was held on July 31, 2019:

1) Norwegian dossier from October 2012 referred a male child age aged 3 years and 2 months

2) Italian dossier from October 2013 referred a make child aged 7 years and 10 months

3) French dossier from December 2013 referred a female child aged 6 years and 11 months with features in health status

4) US dossier from January 2014 referred a female child aged 6 years

5) Italian dossier from April 2015 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

6) French dossier from December 2015 referred two brothers aged 5 years and 1 month and 6 years and 1 month with features in health status

7) US dossier from March 2018 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

8) Italian dossier from April 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

9) Italian dossier from July 2019 referred a male child aged 10 years and 7 months with a family history

10) US dossier from July 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

11) US dossier from July 2019 referred a waiting child with a profile on the MOJ website - no additional information provided

Aloha Autumn

Ready to ring in fall tonight with neighborhood friends around the campfire.

First Day Of Homeschool School

My big girl was more than ready to head out this morning for her first day at her new (two days a week) school. She had jitters and butterflies and couldn't eat breakfast, but she hopped right in when her ride pulled up in the driveway.  We're hopeful that this small, supportive and less restrictive educational setting will be a great fit for her, academically and socially. Go get'em, kid!