Surprise Grandma Johnstone for her 80th birthday? How was this going to be accomplished? She lives in a town with a population of about 300. Everyone knows everyone else’s business. In that small town, keeping a secret is impossible but with careful planning, my Grandma’s children were able to pull off a SURPRISE party in…
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Supporting adoptive and foster families and families living with autism.
little Jeremiah turns one
We are so happy Jeremiah is with us. We are blessed to celebrate his 1st birthday with him. What an amazing transformation this child has made! My dad says that if you never saw him in his first few months with us, you would never believe what he was like. He has made such drastic…
Read MoreBreckenridge, CO
This past weekend we met my family in Breckenridge for the weekend. When we arrived in town we drove under the gondolas that were headed up the ski slopes, all devoid of snow of course. We told Payton to look up. What she saw was kids. From then on all she cared about doing was,…
Read Moregymnastics
Ready, set, jump around. Payton is enjoying gymnastics class. She calls it “nastics.” I think she likes the fact that kids are there more than anything else. Her second favorite part would be the 40 ft. long running trampoline. Oh, and the gigantic donut that Miss Mary rolls them in is a huge crowd pleaser.…
Read Moretom boy?
It was a beautiful summer day, unusual for our city that lies on the edge of the desert. The kids and I were spending time enjoying our shady back yard when Payton wanted me to come see what she had found. Was I going to find dog poop or a bug? What I did not…
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Jeremiah, development
Read Morewhy I send updates to workers
Why I send updates to the Worker’s and the CASA: You may be wondering about that last post. In it, I said that I was posting exactly what I sent to the Worker’s and the CASA on Jeremiah’s case. The reason I do this is to apprise all the Workers on the case of what’s…
Read Morehappy guy
Below is an email I sent to the Worker’s and CASA to update them on Jeremiah’s progress. I decided to save time and double up. Jeremiah has gone a few weeks without seeing his bio dad (T). It is evident when speaking with Workers who spend time with Jeremiah and T, that they believe Jeremiah has…
Read Moretermination proceedings begin
The process has begun for terminating Jeremiah’s bio parent’s rights. After the parent’s rights are terminated in a case, the child is available for adoption. First the Dept. has to find reason that the biological parents are unable to care for the child. They give the parents more than adequate support in this process. Second,…
Read Morecourt decisions
There were two issues we went to court for on June 24th. One of those was terminating Tam’s (bio mom) visits with Jeremiah. The other was to hopefully cut Jeremiah’s visits with his bio parents in half. As for Tam and her visits, they will continue. All workers involved agree that Tam will never be…
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