The sporadically chronicled story of our family especially as it relates to travel and adoption
A couple of weeks ago, we were talking to the kids about the amount of money left before we could get Oliver. We told them about our Fill the Plane fundraiser, and they decided that was okay, but that we would make more money with a lemonade stand. As per our other lemonade stand experiences,… Continue reading A lemonade stand in January–only in Charleston!
We are kicking off a fundraiser today to help us travel to China to pick up our boy. Please visit our Fill Our Plane page to find out more!
Today, we received our Letter of Acceptance, or LOA (peeps in the adoption world loooove their acronyms)! This is a huge step in our process and a pretty firm benchmark that we are 2-2.5 months away from travelling. We are so excited!! And especially being on this side of New Year's Day...it feels so much… Continue reading Adoption Update
This is the post we have been dreaming about writing since we started the blog, or really, the news we have been waiting to have and to share since starting down this adoption road not quite two years ago. We have a son! It feels so fitting for this to happen in December. We found… Continue reading Meet Oliver!
Our t-shirt campaign is live!!! We have shirts available in Unisex, Women's Slim-Fit, and Youth styles in a variety of colors. https://www.bonfire.com/grooms-joy-to-the-world/
We are rocketing back into the world of blogs after a few years off (RIP http://ashandtomgrooms.blogspot.com/) with a new site and a new focus. We are a family of five who is working hard to become a family of six through international adoption. Thomas works for a software company; I (Ashley) teach English to 7th and… Continue reading We are adopting!
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