Retreat for Foster and Adoptive Moms

February 5-7, 2016

Reserve some time for you! Join other adoptive and foster moms for a weekend to connect with others who are in the trenches. Receive encouragement and rejuvenation while being pampered and having time to rest and relax. Take a breath and enjoy the beauty of nature. Enjoy worship, led by Keith Petersen and encouraging messages by Kristin Berry, co-author of The Adoptive Parent Toolbox and the blog www.confessionsofanadoptiveparent.com, and Jennie Owens, an adoptive mom of three, speaker and foster parent trainer. Experience times to share struggles and victories with moms who understand what you’re going through. Deadline for purchasing tickets is January 31, 2016, at 11 PM.

Adoption Complete!

Thanks to a listener leaving a comment asking if we ended up adopting our foster daughter I'm here with an update. This Monday June 8th we adopted our foster daughter! Now she's just our daughter! Above is a picture of the cake my wife made for her adoption party. We are so blessed to have her. I really need to record a new episode! I'm sorry it's been so long. Hopefully I'll be recording soon with all the updates I haven't shared. There's a lot to fill you all in on.

Hear Me on the Local News

If you click on this link you can see a brief local KHQ News segment where you can hear a few seconds of an interview I did. It's great to see our news cover the other side of a big drug bust - the fact that many children are taken into care by Child Protective Services and brought into the system. I'm glad I could be a small part of spreading the news.

Approved to be Foster Parents Again!

We've filled out the paperwork, faxed and emailed more paperwork, had our fingerprints taken again for the background check and we are now once again approved to be foster parents. Your license lasts three years in Washington state where we are I believe and we let ours expire because we had a lot going on with home schooling and jobs and all sorts of new things but now we're going to be foster parents again. 

Unless we get a placement our first time fostering again will be respite care overnight for a friend who's a foster parent. I'm guessing there will be a new episode, hopefully more than one, this February of 2014. Thanks everyone!

New Episode Recorded

I actually recorded an episode tonight! Look for it to drop tomorrow. I have A LOT of updates to share with you guys, we've taken in a ton of placements. It should be a good one. Thanks for stopping by!

I'm Alive, New Episode Soon

So, this podcast has pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth. In short, we've been busy. The reason? My wife started working full time. Once I got home from work, she'd head out. She now is going to get to work from home some days and I've cut back to part time so it won't be as crazy - but right now she's training people and is working a ton. My youngest son has also been sick pretty much all winter and finally just had surgery to get his adenoids out which should help him. It's been a long few months. The biggest reason, however, is that I landed a gig narrating an audio book and it has kept every scrap of my free time filled. It's wrapping it up though and I hope to get it finished this week.

That said it's been a long time since I recorded the last episode and I have a lot to share about our journey with our current foster guy. I hope to drop the episode sometime next week after I finish the audio book I'm producing. Hope all has been well with you!

Been Busy Fostering, An Update Soon

We've had our little 3 year old for almost two weeks now and I have a lot to share. I will record episode 13 soon so you all can hear what the last couple weeks have been like for us doing foster care again. Stay tooned and thanks for stopping by!

I'm Back! Soon I'll be a Foster Parent Again!

My wife and I are getting our ducks in a row to be able to take in a foster child again. We now have a 4 year old, a 2 year old, and a 1 year old. Many times one of the kids is left out so we're going to try and fill the gap with a 3 year old! I'll have a new podcast episode very soon. Episode 11 will no longer be the last episode! I've been listening to the Foster Parenting Podcast again lately, and I also found another great one by Mark and Mary called Our Foster Parenting Experience. I've added an image for their podcast to the sidebar on the right which you can click on to visit their site.

I'm really looking forward to once again getting past my fear and craving for comfort to help change another person's life and show them that there can be consistency and love in this life for a little one. Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to talking to you again soon and releasing Fostering With Love Episode 12!