Our trip to Paris (Allison's wedding)

We traveled to Paris a few weeks ago to spend time with family and to see my best friend, Allison, get married! We had a wonderful trip while we were there and got to do a little relaxing too :) 
Here's some pictures from our trip and the wedding. I might be biased, but I think the little ring bearer is the cutest!!

Big snot wad hanging out

Pops got Grayson his first set of golf clubs...G loved them

Having coffee with Nina

When you gotta go....

Eating cupcakes and playing with cousins

Shooting the bows with Pops

Rehearsal dinner night 

At hair and makeup before pictures 

Wedding party

G and I dancing 

Learning to sew

Yes, I'm learning to sew. Pretty neat, huh? Probably not to most of you but I've been wanting to learn for about 4 years now. It's a lost art and such a useful skill to have! Especially, if you like to save $ like me :) 

So, I thought I had put this off long enough and decided I was going to really put time and energy into learning how to sew. Plus, I've gotten to spend quality time with my good sister, Cara, who has willing offered to teach me. Every Thursday morning we get the kids together and she teaches me a new sewing project! Brilliant, right! 

These are just a few projects that I have learned and have actually given as gifts. Another reason I wanted to learn to sew- what says you care about a person more than making them a genuine handmade gift (when it's appropriate, of course)?! 

Here it is packaged as a gift set (2 burp clothes, 1 bib) - for our friends Jeff and Meredith.

This one is for my friend Kacee- she is having her first baby (a set of 3 burp cloths) 

And my attempt at a Taggie sensory blanket

Delivered & Signed For!

Our package has reached it's destination. It was finally delivered in Kirkos Sub-city, Addis Ababa. It found the hands of the right person and was signed for. 

Praise God for a smooth delivery! I feel very grateful for Gods provision during this whole dossier process and pray that He will sustain us to the end. 

Package ARRIVED!

I looked this morning and the package has made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The package has not yet been sent to its location but will soon be out for delivery. I think when it's day over here it's night over there and vice versa. Or something pretty close to that! Addis Ababa is where Josh and I will fly into on both of our trips to Ethiopia. One to go to the Embassy and one to pick up our child. 

I will blog again when the package has actually reached someone's hands. 

What a fun journey to follow. Who knew international mail traveled this fast! 

Where's the package now?

I checked this morning and it looks like our package is in Dubai. Admittedly, I wasn't quite sure where the United Arab Emirates was on the map, so I had to do a little research to figure out its exact location. I can't believe how quickly the travel has gone. One step closer.... :)

Package Update

The package is now in France! It's crazy to me that it went from the U.S. to France in a day. Currently the package is at the Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport waiting to take off. Apparently, the weather in the East didn't have any effect on our package getting out of the states. Good news!

Package Update!

I checked the FedEx site today and it looks like the package was in Herndon, VA by the end of the day yesterday. This morning it went from Herndon, VA on Memphis, TN. There was a notice at the top of the screen stating that there might be delays in the days ahead due to severe weather in the Eastern U.S. We'll see....