Our Boatload of Dreams.....

Welcome to Our Place Called Simplicity.

We invite you into our lives with one goal in mind: that you would be encouraged to live simply and truly love one another.

Married for 33 years, we are the parents of many. Eleven {so far} children. Eight of whom are adopted. We also have four sons and a daughter that we are parents of in Uganda as well. They were raised on the streets and had no parents until we "adopted" them 3+ years ago. So we really have sixteen children total {with more on the way}.

After 7+ weeks in Uganda, Emma {18} and I recently returned to the United States with our newest addition - a baby girl named Ruby Grace. Dw and Emma were leading a missions team in June 2011 where they had the privilege of meeting Ruby - a tiny 11 month old gem weighing only 6 lbs.

Our oldest daughter Abigail and her husband finally{!} allowed us the privilege of being Mimi and Jaja by bringing us our very first grand baby {from Uganda}...making us now, officially, a multi-generational adoptive family. Proof that adoption is a very, very good thing!

We've had the privilege of adopting our treasures from all over the world, some dubbed "special needs" we are convinced that the only TRUE special need a child has is to have a family.

Our peers are empty nesters, but we are certain that given this option to any orphan - "old mom and dad" or "no mom and dad", all would still vote for the old ones. So here we are - the old ones....doing it again....

If you are need of encouragement or wonder if God is able to move your mountain, please head over to the sidebar where Special Posts are listed. Start at Our Wild Adventure Part 1. You will be reminded of Almighty God's deep love for the orphan and how He will move mountains on their behalf....we call Him the Miracle-Working, Mountain-Moving, Awe-Inspiring, Gasp-Giving God!! Yippee Jesus!!

I am humbled beyond words and ever so grateful that the Lord is fulfilling a promise He gave me way back in 1982..."making the barren woman to be at home - the joyful mother of children" (Psalms 113:9). How I praise His name!!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Exciting News At Our Home

Well I continue to be amazed at all your sweetness over our precious Finn. 

I have so many things I need to share ...

Sometimes I read on other blogs that there is nothing to write about...

I am always dumbfounded by that!

Maybe it's cause we have 10 children that 

I could write multiple times a day...

OR

maybe it's true 

I'm addicted to writing

*sigh*

Yup - I'm addicted
Anyway -

There was some exciting news at our home the other day...

As I've mentioned many times, our quiet Graham is passionate about a lot of things:

music

drums

guitar

and


the orphan!

  
Graham  recently found out that he has been, "sponsored" by a leading drum company.
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For you who don't know what that means - - - it's HUGE!!

Translating:  they love his drumming and are signficantly price-cutting for him to kind of "represent" them.

We are stinkin' tickled and so very proud of this treasure of ours!

Anyway, some of you might like to check out his drumming:


If you click on his name above you will find there are 9 recordings and some of them date back to when we were living in the log home, before it burned down.  He's good!


Isn't that exciting?
Sponsored by a major drum company!!


Yippee Jesus!

18 Simply Sweet Words:

scrappy quilter said...

Woo hoo now that is exciting. Great job Graham.

Stephanie said...

That is so stinking exciting! Wooo! Go Graham! :D

Christy said...

So cool! Congrats to Graham and Glory to God!

Susan A said...

Cool! Thank you, YHWH! :)

And it's great that you're addicted to writing, we're addicted to your blog, makes it even both ways ha :)

Jean said...

Congrats Graham!! That is so cool!

I love to hear of the exciting things that are happening to the older kids, too!

They are all precious pieces of the puzzle called "family"- no matter what age they are!!

Oh Dear said...

Congrats Graham!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Truly Tina~ said...

Congratulations, Graham!!! Enjoy the experience and may God continue to bless you with more and more opportunities to showcase your gifts and talents.

Marci said...

At leaving we heard him in the garage and my mother in law said, "Wow, he is really good!" :-) Way to go Graham!

stephanie said...

OK, I think i should fess up that I think that Graham was one of the coolest kids ever. What ever you post about him has me either in hysterics or thinking what a fabulous son he is. And now he is a talented musician too!

Awesome job Graham!! Congratulations!!!

Kelly said...

My little brother is a drummer, and also has sponsors. Way to go Graham. Is he looking at drum and bugle corp? Colin loved competing for the Cadets.

Tesseraemum said...

Very Cool!! When your famous will you remember your mom's bloggy friends, Graham?!!! Sheri

Andrea said...

That's AWESOME! Congrats!!!!

Tracy said...

I just wanted to tell you that my son and i who is six went to watch the videos last night of Graham playing the drums. By the way he is very good. Apparently Z thought so too because he kept saying "play it again mom, play it again." "hes really good huh mom? " Im not really sure how many times we watched it, but im pretty sure i will be hearing the songs for days in my head. lol And now he too would like to play drums. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! hee,hee.

Aly said...

Awesome! That is SOOO cool!
We are so "stinkin" proud of Graham!
Way to go, Dude!
Blessings,
Alycia

Heckert's Highway said...

Congratulations Graham!!! What a wonderful honor!! We went and listened to your playing and my boys decided that they wanted to play the drums now. You are quite the inspiration:O) Have fun!!! Linny, you have such a talented son. I'm sure your mama's heart is so proud of him!
~jenn

Sally-Girl! said...

very cool for all of you, can't wait to see him on tour!!!

Pamela Early Settoon said...

Wow, what an honor and blessing. Congrats Graham!!!

Kathy said...

I watched all the clips - nice work. My daughter-in-law drums and I love drumming. Contgrats Graham. This is great news!!