Hale Family Tales

Hannah went from Camp practically straight to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Florida.  I picked Hannah up early Wednesday morning from camp and we got on a plane early Thursday morning to fly to Venice, Fl to visit with Grandma and Grandpa for a week.  We’ll end our trip with a day or so over [...]

I am going to take my 8 1/2 year old to sleep-over camp today.  She is ready – not only packed up, but she is ready to experience this grand adventure in God’s creation, in branching out to be who she is in this world.  She has blossomed over the last few months and she [...]

Here is a link to a blog written by a Bethany Christian Services Intern who is spending her summer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia working with Bethany staff there.  You will quickly see why this blog is important to an adoptive family awaiting their child!

http://katepadden.wordpress.com/

BTW, I had a dream last night where I was looking at [...]

Ryan’s bike was in the repair shop and was ready to be picked up last night.  He decided that he and Hannah would get dropped off at the shop and they would bike home.  The shop is 4 miles away, but it was a beautiful, breezy evening.  It is a nice, gentle downhill ride for [...]

Ellie: “Mama, read me this page.”

Mama: “There aren’t any words on this page.”

Ellie: (suprised, big brown eyes) “Well….maybe them falled off.”

So, I think we should maybe look around and find some errant letters running around here. 

Ellie and Gabby are such best friends that we say they were twins in heaven while they were waiting to be born.“Pleezzzze can we have some gum??!??”

Daddy love!

Ellie:  “Michigan is a fun place where to go.”

The girls were sure to spend some time catching up over tea. 

More later, my Picasa goofed up, or more [...]

On October 16, 2006 eight little Chinese beauties changed the lives of 8 sets of Mommies and Daddies by becoming our daughters.  We became parents to these little ones in a hot, stuffy, civil affairs building in Nanning, China all in the same moment.  Some cried, some mourned, but they each grabbed a hold of [...]

1,200 miles to sit on his lap.

Now, who do you think is the happiest about that?

Both my niece and nephew recently asked Jesus into their heart and have had some great conversations with my Mom about God and heaven.

They are spending the night with us here at Mimi’s house in Indiana – you know, cousins are magnetic – whenever we are in town the kids are inseparable.

Mimi told Hannah their [...]

I have prayed this verse over Hannah and Ellie for years now.  It was on my mind during our hike in Mueller State Park over the weekend.

“Trust in the Lord with all your and lean not on your own understanding; in all of your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”