| We are a very large family built through adoption. As
such, many people are curious about our family life. We are often asked
questions about our family. "How do the boys get along with each other?"
"What does your family do for fun?" "Do you have any pets?" "What does
Christmas look like at your house?"
For some of our children, our family is their first family. Prior to
joining our family they may have lived in hospitals, nursing homes,
orphanages or group homes. Other children have had multiple family
experiences. Some have been abusive and other have simply "not worked
out." Many of the boys joined our family through the state foster care
system, other through international adoptions, still others through
disrupted adoptions, finally a few through private adoptions. Our
children have come from all over the world with many different life
experiences, as well as, a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
It is our job then, as their forever mom and dad, to bring all of these
strangers together and form a well-bonded and loving family.
Jim and I want our children to understand that they are part of a family
now and forever. To deepen that understanding we have developed our own
family traditions that always incorporate positive traditions that the
boys bring to this family from their family of birth or other previous
placements. We also use family photo albums, home movies, and this web
site to strengthen the family bond.
This section will give you a glimpse of our family life in pictures. We
hope you will see that despite our size and our various adoption
stories, we are a family in the true definition of the word. Information about each of the boys can be found by
clicking their name on the
home page.
Christmas
2007 |
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