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Our Adoption Journey – Part 1

This is the first of three blog posts that detail our adoption journey. We have tried to answer a lot of the questions that most people have asked regarding the process and why we chose to adopt. If you have any further questions, please leave them as a comment below and we’ll have a fourth [...]

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Middle East Recap: The Last Day

Pyramids, the Sphinx and many Good Byes (Cairo) Our last full day on vacation involved us going to the Giza pyramids and the Egyptian museum. We got up fairly early to meet our day guide, “Ola”. She was bubbly & full of tour guide facts & figures. It took us about 40 minutes to navigate [...]

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Middle East Recap: Days 14 & 15

Why don’t animals like me? (St. Catherines – Cairo) We left the beach camp early & headed to St. Catherine’s, which is thought to be the traditional site of Sinai. We finally arrived and went straight to the St. Cath monastery. This Greek Orthodox monastery was started by ‘Helena’ (or Catherine) who was Justinian’s mother. [...]

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Middle East Recap: Day 13

“I did nothing all day!” (Red Sea Camp) Slept in…read “Fosters: Celebration of Discipline” pretty much all day. Chatted with people, watched Jen snorkel and ate. That’s the day! Jen: I went snorkeling for the first time in my life and loved it! Alison and I ventured out to find the reef about 10 in [...]

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