2024 has been full of personal and professional accomplishments... and we spent the summer making some significant progress on the adoption

We know, we know... it's been crickets around here! It's been a bit since we've shared an adoption update, and well, that's because...

The last year has flown by, but was an incredible one with a lot of new beginnings. New House, new puppy, new grad school program, new job

People have asked us if we were able to do AmazonSmile for our adoption fundraising. I had no idea, and had to do some investigating...

Spring and summer 2022 have been BIG for us. We bought a house and sold our house, moved, completed 2 fun adoption fundraisers...

Excited to finally be able to announce some real progress! For a very long time, it’s felt like we’ve been stuck, unable to move forward...

The last year has been so fun posting life updates, what we've learned about adopting, and sharing fundraisers on IOWAdopt. To date, we...

It's officially the end of summer. Football is back, pumpkin candles are burning, students are back on campus, Halloween costume planning...

Tons of people have pivotal moments throughout life, but few 20-year-old kids get life-altering circumstances that change the direction...

One of my favorite things about this time of year is spring cleaning! I may have inherited some hoarding tendencies from my mother...

What a year 2021 has already been. We launched & completed our first adoption fundraiser, Jedd started a new job, Iowa got 92 ft of snow...

One of the the most daunting aspects of adoption is the cost. Adoption costs vary by case, but typically total $40,000-$45,000...

I have wanted to start a little book club for years... and I figure, if not now, then when?...

Last night, I vented to Jedd that I was really struggling with what to write about...

This year has often made it difficult to find times to pause to be grateful... especially with the pandemic, Jedd's furlough...

Last summer I started tossing around the idea of starting a blog about our adoption process. A vlog is more up Jedd's ally, so.....