Bottle Drive

Tia — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:17:47 +0000

This past Saturday I did a bottle drive in my town and it was a huge success! I made $350! I’d like to thank every one who donated bottles and what so many people have done for me! THANKS

Getting Closer!!!

Tia — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:22:59 +0000

Hey guys, I’m really sorry I haven’t been posting any blogs. My life has been really hectic with a lot of things lately and I haven’t had the chance to blog. Our adoption just took a big turn! We switched adoption agencies and are now with “A Love Beyond Borders”. If we stayed with the same adoption agency that we were with than it probably would have taken us until next year. The agency that we’re with now the earliest we will get him is probably August. The reason is because they already have babies waiting! We are wanting to get a 14 months old baby or younger. We will probably get a picture of him within a month. I will post a picture of him as soon as our case passes court and he is legally ours. I need a big favor from any one who is reading this. “PLEASE GET PEOPLE TO LOOK AT MY BLOG”!!! I would love to get some more T-shirt or necklace orders. We are closer than we thought we were from going to pick our little boy up and I need help! I only have $1,500 and I need $4,000!!! Please help me get to 4,000 before I go to Africa!

Forever Family blanket

Tia — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:36:09 +0000

Thank you to my uncle James and aunt Jody for the awesome gift and all of their support!
My baby brother is going to be blessed with a wonderful extended family as well.

Some of the tiles I’ve made for my necklaces

Tia — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:09:29 +0000

Family Week in Calgary

Tia — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:56:02 +0000

I had a super fun family week! We went to Calgary and stayed at the Sheraton Cavalier and it had awesome water slides! I definitely recommend you stay there! On Family Day we had a really good thing happen, my mom got an email saying we got to #11 on the referral list!!!! We are getting closer and closer! I’m so excited and I’ve raised $1,100!!!!!! Thank you guy’s sooo much! I’ve also made scrabble tile necklaces (I’ll post some photos) they are really cute! The prices are…

$5- for a tile.

$5- for a chain. There are think chains and thin chains.

$5- for a stand.

BYE 4 ITEMS GET 1 FREE!

THANKS!

So Excited!

Tia — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:28:01 +0000

I’ll say it again I AM SOOOOO EXCITED TO GER OUR LITTLE BROTHER!!! My friends and I are just dying to get him. We always talk about what it will be like when I get him or will he be chubby are skinny stuff like that. We are just sooo excited.

Two nights ago when we were doing family home evening one of the things we talked about was that we will be able to go to the temple and get sealed together as a forever family. I’m really looking forwards to that and how cool that will be. My little sister is always asking, “is our little brother coming tomorrow?” She still doesn’t quite get how long it’s going to take. We are still hoping and praying that we will get him wile my grandparents are still in Africa on their mission.

I’ve raised $650 and hoping before we go and pick up our little bro. that I will have enough money to go to Africa. I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED ME SO FAR!

Family’s in Africa

Tia — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:23:35 +0000

I was just reading a blog that my mom showed me and it really caught my attention and made me really excited to go to Africa. The blog is about a family adopting a six year old little girl from the same orphanage as us. Last Thursday they found out that their little girl was cleared for her visa and they were able to go pick her up. They got on their plane that day. When they got to Kinshasa they went straight to the orphanage and got their little girl. There were tears of joy everywhere. They took their little girl to the place they were staying and just hung out with each other. I think her name is Princess because they keep calling her that. Then she says things she was glad she brought and things that she wished she brought. I’m going to be reading over that if I raise enough money to go. They went back to the orphanage to let Princess say goodbye to the workers and the kids there. They shared some pictures of the orphanage and the kids there. It wasn’t hard to pick out Princess in the pictures because she was SOOO happy. You could tell that she was now with her Forever Family.

I hope that will be me and my little brother in a few months.

Me, Myself and I

Tia — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:38:11 +0000

Check out my new tab “Me, Myself and I.” I will update it as much as I can and I hope you read it too. It`s about my life.

Lucky Number 13

Tia — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:22:57 +0000

Monday, January 2, 2012

Today we just got to number thirteen on the referral list we moved from fifteen to Thirteen!

In the adoption process you have to do a home study where a person comes and checks out your family and your home, this is to see if you would be a good family to adopt a child. When your home study is done you get put on the referral list with the orphanage, when you get to number one on the referral list you are next in line to get a little boy/girl.

We were number fifteen about a month ago now we are number thirteen.

This means since we have been on the referral list two lucky family’s have had children referred to them.

We are very excited to be moving up the list.

Starting My Blog

Tia — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:20:17 +0000

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

HI, my name is Tia. I’m the oldest of three and soon to be four. My family is in the process of adopting a little baby boy from the D.R. Congo. I am sooo excited to be adopting. Our home study is complete but we’re waiting for the report. My friends, family and I are just dying to get my little brother. It will also be nice to have another family member, and my brother can have a little brother to teach how to play sports, and my little sister will have someone to hang out with while we’re at school. Once we get my little brother I know he will love our home and where we live. I’m pretty sure I am the most excited about adopting a new little brother. My grandparents are in Africa serving a mission and they put pictures on their blog of the most gorgeous little kids in the world and each picture just gets me more and more excited! I love my family and I just can’t wait until we get a new member in our family.