Sunday, January 30, 2011

Welcome Home Kiera Party!

Our church is amazing!

They put on a potluck for Kiera today to welcome her home and into the church family. It was great. There were many people there, good food, many well wishes to Kiera and I got to share about our adoption journey. There were also donations made to Holt orphanage to help care for the children that have yet to be placed in their forever families. What an awesome event.

Thank you everyone.
Joel and Mandy




Sunday, January 23, 2011

Baptized into Christ

Today Kiera was adopted into God's family through Baptism. We are so happy for her and excited to continue teaching her about Jesus.


Adoring Aunts and Uncles

Proud Grandparents

Wonderful Godparents


We are so blessed that God has brought Kiera into our family and now has also made her a part of his family. It was a wonderful day as we celebrated with family and friends.
Blessings!

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P.S. The Packers also won and are on their way to the Super Bowl ... Kiera was excited.

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kiera + Water = Happy Baby

We just got back from a great family vacation to an indoor water park. This was Kiera's 1st experience with water besides the bathtub and she seemed to love it. I'll let the pictures show you the rest. Enjoy!













Selam (Hello)

Here we record our adoption journey ... 7728 miles to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Finding our Family!

Finding our Family!
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