One of our next steps in our adoption journey is putting together the profile book. The profile book is like a biography of Aaron, me and the kids but full of photos of our family, posed and candid. This is the book the expectant mother will be handed and she will look through ours (and […]
the shaver crew
letters to aaron || 10 years of knowing you
Shaver, I know we’re both baffled that we’re celebrating 10 years of knowing each other. It’s a mix of “that’s it?” and “wow, that’s a long time.” Meeting at 18 years old, fresh out of High School, we’ve grown up together, and I actually love that. I truly believe we have built something beautiful, but […]
let’s ride a train
My mother-in-law texted me a link to a free event at a train museum and I was surprisingly eager to go. I usually avoid free events for all the traffic they bring, but this one said “free train rides” which I knew would be a big hit with the kids (and myself ;P ). We […]
life lately – may 2022
May turned out to be a packed full month of daily life, huge adoption strides and some pre-summer fun and adventures! For starters, Rylie got a 2-night Papa date as they went to Georgia to pick-up some work supplies for my father-in-law’s business. Meanwhile, I pulled off a late night Emmaline date (she’s our night […]
adoption merch – kid shirts
The Shaver Crew adoption merch now has KID SHIRTS and they are LIVE & ready for you to rep! 🤟🏻 is sign language for “I love you!” & 🙂 is the national symbol for adoption. But it’s also just awesome! After our adult merch released, we had many requests for kid shirts. We are so […]
mother’s day 2022
Mother’s Day was just like any other day around here. I woke up early with Spencer and we had our little morning-date playing and eating first-breakfast. Once everyone was up, we got ready for church. I knew if I wanted pictures, it needed to happen before we left so we got those done and I […]
our second adoption yard sale fundraiser
Some friends of ours live in a neighborhood where they do a neighborhood yard sale, and they offered us their driveway for our adoption yard sale. We gladly accepted. Our first yard sale was incredibly successful for only one day (we raised over $2,600), but we had a lot leftover. I put out a couple […]
life lately – april 2022
We kicked off the month with Emmaline’s 3rd birthday, her party and all the prep that went along with that. We dealt with a tornado watch, which also included a middle of the night rush to the storm shelter (& my mom was in town so it was documented). Gymnastics and Library time were weekly […]
let’s normalize big families can adopt too
I was in WalMart the other day by myself with my four kids when an older gentlemen commented on how many kids I had with me by saying, “you have your hands full!” This is a comment I get a lot, and I replied with a smile, “yes, I sure do. And we’re adopting.” I […]
egg my yard fundraiser
We took advantage of the holiday and offered something unique to families in our local communities. I posted it in our Adoption Facebook group, some mom Facebook groups and community groups and got a great response. In the description, I included the link to our Google Form which is where they signed up and paid […]