Readers, Babies and Birdfeeders....how we got here....



 Welcome to our new blog....I kept a blog while my kids were little and growing up and I thought it was time to make a new blog to keep up with the new things happening around here.  No all the kids haven't flown the nest yet, we still have 4 home in high school, but each of these next 4 years we creep closer into the empty nester years.  I used to dread this part of life when the kids were little I couldn't imagine that I could let them go.  However, God is good to prepare parents hearts to be ready to sent them out on their own and to reclaim who we were and who we have become.  So for the last 23 years I have been parenting fulltime..... and again for the next 4..... the last time Grandy and I had an empty nest was never....Our oldest was born while we were living with my parents, so we are beginning a whole new exciting adventure.  So how did we get here, the short version....birthed 2, adopted 2, adopted 3, and then adopted 1....raised them (see previous blog) Then I turned 40 and realized wow tiny print has gotten tinier....or wait maybe I just need some of those glasses I saw my mom wear when she was getting older......eeeks.... then our oldest daughter got married and we gained an amazing son in law.....then my other daughter was married to another great son in law and had our first grandbaby where we officially became a Milly and a Grandy Frank.....  Then finally I found myself getting excited when I saw a new bird feeder go on sale.... and so it begins....


So stay tuned as we tell our adventures and grant our old people wisdom to whomever tunes in!

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