Princess Sweetpea's Birthdaypalooza Celebracione!

Four years and four days ago,
our miracle baby was born!

This long awaited princess


is such a delight in our lives


with her love of snuggling and sweet affectionate nature,


her zany sense of humor,


and how she brings fun and sunshine into everything she does!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SWEETPEA!

WE ARE CRAZY ABOUT YOU!


In this picture she is dancing all over the beach singing,

"I'm not nakeeeee any moooooore!"..

because three minutes earlier she was dancing all over the beach
singing

naked.

See what I mean? She brings the fun!

It's Happy Cupcake Day!

Three years ago, after travelling for more than 30 hours, Haus and I (along with Sweetpea) arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and met our beautiful baby girl, Cupcake!

Meeting Papa


Meeting Mama

With Almaz, the angel who handled all the details in Ethiopia
and loved on our girl until we could get there
to bring her home to her Forever Family!


Playing with Papa


and with Mama


In what has seemed like a flash, this beautiful, timid little princess

became this sassy,



personality filled



sweetheart!

We are SO thankful to God for the blessing of our precious baby girl!

First Post! It's a Haus Warming Party!

Hello and Welcome!

Have a cookie!

Hi. How are ya? Let me introduce myself. I'm Hauswife. I love Jesus, my family, the beach, reading, live music, long walks, deep talks, turkey burgers, Perrier, and Caffeine-free Diet Coke. I'm a middle child AND a PK (that's a Pastor's Kid), so I'm your basic people-pleaser. My main superpowers are hearing and quiet vomiting.

I'm enjoying my Happily Ever After with my big hunk o' man, Haus. We've been married for about 186 years and are just barely, hopefully, sort of, maybe, starting to learn how to really love each other well. (We'll talk more about that later.)

This is us, ready for go-cart racing. Yes, we are this lame.

Haus and I have five completely perfect children: Muffin, Meatball, Pookie, Sweetpea, and Cupcake. They rock. The Lord blessed us with three by birth, and two by adoption, but it doesn't matter a whit. All five are "ours" and we love 'em.



Part of our brood are two Scottish Terriers: Hamish Argyle and Haviland Aberdeen. Those of you who know Scotties know that they really own us. They only obey when they actually agree. We Scots are known for our stubbornness! As the saying goes "You can take me wee dug oot of Scotland, but you canny take Scotland oot me wee dug!"



Also, we're one of those "homeschool families", so it goes without saying that we're all pretty weird.

Things you should know off the bat:

We're gonna have some fun. I mean, we'll get serious about a lot of stuff, but we're gonna laugh, too. Life's too crazy not to sit down and have a good laugh, right? Also, we're gonna be real. I bet you're like me. You're probably turned off by disingenuousness and long for authenticity in your life, work, relationships, and in yourself. If not, you can stick it up your no-... *ahem* Sorry. That brings up another issue... Haus Rule #1 is the Golden Rule. We're gonna be nice here, right? No flaming, friends. No potty language. Don't make me come over there, grab you by the ear, and wash your mouth out, 'cause I will!

So, what are we doing here? Well, we're talkin' about:

Pursuing an ever deepening relationship with Jesus

Adoption and Orphan care

Ethiopia

Wifing and mothering (and learning along the way!)

Book & product reviews

Homeschooling & field tripping

Also, the occasional embarrassing admission of regular ol' tripping in public places, as is my reputation.


Please, feel free to comment and say "hi" back! I love comments as long as you're not a spammer wanting to sell me cheap prescriptions or a Hoveround, or want me to come check out Senior Living options for Mom. I already get my scrips from Costco, I'm mobile, and both of my folks are doing just dandy, thanks.



So, welcome to my haus. I'm pleased to meet you!