Under His Wings We find Refuge

Saturday, April 21, 2012

College Kids love Ruth

The one on the right just destroyed a MudRun with my hot hubby, my crazy Dad and his friend.

The one on the left deserves an award for helping watch my boys while I played in the dirt too.

Love you Emily and William!!!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Show Me Your Band!

Support and prayers all the way from Kingsport,TN!

We love you Mamaw!!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Join us in some MUDDY FUN!

This will be a “muddy” week indeed!

First, Niles and I will be competing in an insane mudrun this
weekend in Columbia, SC.

Niles team also includes my brother and my DAD and my team is full of fiesty women. We have been “training” (and I use that term loosly) for several months and are eager to experience the messy fun!

I can’t wait to tackle this obstacle in particular:

HA! That is going to be intense!

And the second reason we are excited about MUD this week is that we received our MudLOVE bands today!

Tah-dah!

I mentioned in a previous post that we ordered these personalized bands to help in our fundraising efforts. And they're here!

MudLove bands make us excited for several reasons:

For one, they look awesome!

They are handcrafted by founder, Luke Wright in IL.

Luke gives 20% of all sales to clean water in Africa through a faith-based organization, ICDI, a company dedicated to providing, equipping, and empowering people in the Central African Republic with the essential tools and knowledge to survive and thrive in their country! Yeah!

Each band provides clean drinking water for an African for a year!!!

And if all those reasons weren't enough:

Luke has agreed to partner with us to help fundraise our adoption by

handcrafting, personalized bands with Ruth’s verse, Psalm 91:4!!

What more reasons could anyone need to order one- today?

For every $15 donation to our adoption fund, we will send you a “Psalm 91:4” MudLove band with either a black or brown band.

How do I get my hands on those,
you ask?
It's easy!

You can donate below by entering your email address and clicking the "DONATE" button or you can click the "DONATE" button under the pictures on the right side of our blog anytime.
That easy!

All bands will ship within a week of order for those of you that are not local. When we receive payment we will email you to request your address.

Local friends and family, you can have yours TODAY! You too can click the link below to donate (or pay with cash or check) and I'll be happy to drop them by you house anytime. If you'd like to pay me in person simply email me at FergusonAdoption@gmail.com and let me know the quantity you'd like to order.

Everyone is also welcome to use the general "Donate" button located HERE for a donation amount of your choice. Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions.

Join us in this MUDDY FUN and order a band
(or a bunch of them!) TODAY!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Spring Portraits- On their way!

First, I'm excited to annouce my little photography fundraising project logo got a little make-over! Our insanely talented friend, Burke Lauderdale, graciously made us a new logo! You will begin to see this in future posts and on our print materials. Thank you, dear friend, for doing this for us! We LOVE it!

Second, I'm done editing the Spring shoot! All 19 sittings- Phew!

Kylie and I could not have asked the Lord for a more beautiful "Spring Portraits in the Garden" day! It started just cool enough to wake us up and ended with the most beautiful warm sunshine. Thank you to all that prayed for great weather and endurance- the Lord provided both!

We want to thank all of you that participated. It was such a pleasure for us to spend time with each of you and your sweet children. Thank you for your encouragements and your donations. Please be encouraged that your donations to our adoption funds mean more than we can express. Know too that the Lord is pleased with your generosity.

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed (Proverbs 19:17)

Since we had 19 different appointments I wasn't sure how to share my favorites with you without pages and pages... so I decided to make collages. I hope you enjoy them!

Families

Couples

Siblings/Cousins

Portraits

And I couldn't close this post without some of my favorite "Sillies and Smiles"

Thank you again, to all that participated! Stay tuned in coming months for a possible "Early Summer Portraits" day!

(Note: those of you that participated will either receive your CD from Kylie or will receive a copy in the mail Tuesday or Wednesday- depending on the preference you specified)

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Encouragement from Dolly Parton

Check out the book that "just happened" to come in the mail today :).

Today's reminder that I am on God's mind- always!

"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.I awake, and I am still with you."
Psalm 139:17-18

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Patient as a Butterfly

My sweet sister bought me this perfect book.

Inside she inscribed a verse i hope to memorize:

"... But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31

Thank you, Diana, for your steadfast love and prayers. I love you!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Tongson Family Spring Shoot

Meet the Tongson Family!

I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful family at Glencairn Garden last Sunday afternoon. It was a really sunny afternoon so we had to be creative with lighting and the park was PACKED with people enjoying the day- but we still managed to have a great time together! We even saw a "cowboy princess"- ask me about that later. Without further delay- here are my favorites from the day!