About Us

This is us: a ragtag family through birth and through love. Two people, met and married now almost twelve years ago. Two boys, born in February 2004 and 2006. Two more boys who lived with us as foster sons in October/November 2010. Two girls added into the mix. One is the big sister of the foster boys, and one is the little sister our boys never had, whom we hope to adopt. Eight people knitted together by our LORD, who watches over our family that isn’t quite.

THE CAST OF CHARACTERS

Linn: the blogger, the seeker, the homemaker mom of two or three or six, depending on the day. a fan of slow living and slow food and slow mornings, which I seldom see. the uncertain follower of Christ, as He reaches into a messy world that I often would rather forget about.

Greg: chief vacuumer, wrestler, after dinner dish washer, and all around hubbydad of the world. the man who struggles with not being perfect and always wins at every game. the one who goes through each day with me and the one I’m so thankful that God chose for me.

Jake: the thinker, the planner, the skin and bones bouncy boy with both creativity and brains. the one who has trouble letting go sometimes and can’t stand when things aren’t fair. the firstborn eight year old second grader whom we love.

Tyler: the charismatic six year old who will lead the world, hopefully in the right direction, God willing. the friendly, crazy, kissy, cuddly one. the spanish immersion school kindergartener. the one who will drive us crazy and drive us to laughter, all at the same time.

Tall Girl: the five year old who has never lived in our home but lives in our hearts. the older sister of our first two foster sons. the wavy haired spunky one who is sneaky and sweet. the one with an uncertain future and an unwavering and unconditional love for her birth mom.

Middle Boy: the three year old former foster son who so wildly welcomed us to foster parenting. the boy who has transformed in one short year from a terror to a triumph. the speech impaired sweetheart. the one I never thought I’d call a pleasure to be around, but I do.

Little Boy: the two year old chubby one who stole our heart from day one of fostering. the toddling, whiniest, huggable reason that we decided to pursue an adoption in our next placement. the one who cries for “mommy” whenever I leave him, and breaks my heart.

Small Girl: our littlest miracle brought to us from foster care in December 2010. the one year old princess who manipulates us all with her black curls and her baby talk. the one whom we’re dying to adopt, who is therefore the source of our highest highs and lowest lows.