New Family Photos

In July 2012, we were fortunate to get these beautiful pictures taken of our family. 

This past month we were able to update our family photos with the same photographer. Things have changed a bit, don't you think?

We are very pleased with how they turned out! 

Enjoy!

Our New Nephew...One Week Late!

Last week, our sweet new nephew, Logan Bartholomew arrived 6 weeks early on a wintery morning in North Dakota. Our Auntie Raleigh did an amazing job bringing him into the world. Because he was born early, he is having to stay in the hospital a little longer then his mama would like, but he is growing strong each day! 

Go Logan Go!

We are enjoying the pictures and loving our cousin from afar! 

Congratulations Raleigh and Shane! Welcome to Parenthood!

Merry Christmas from the Turleys!

Last Christmas we were hoping and praying for a little one to join us this Christmas!

We got our wish!

 My three best presents ever!

Hoping everyone had a wonderful and blessed holiday! 

October Catch-Up!

 We've been a little busy at the Turley house. But more on that later. Here are some of our October happenings. 

Towards the end of October, the Turleys and our cousins the Kerger went to Chino Valley to enjoy some cooler weather and a day at the pumpkin patch. There was so much to do there!

 Nate loves the mini tractors!

 Meeting some friendly ponies.

 Gotta get our face painted!

 CAROUSEL!!!

 Hayride!

 The kids even got to meet Cinderella!

During our pumpkin patch adventure, we were approached by a young girl farm worker collecting children to teach them how to polka. Our kids were willing, so we gave it a shot. Nate is a polka natural, can you tell? The amount of laughs we got from his dancing was priceless!

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 We couldn't find a place to picnic, so we picnicked in the back of our van!

 Carving pumpkins with Mimi!

 This was Tessa's design. She free the face, and Adam cut it out. 

 A few days later, we celebrated Halloween with our cousins. The Turleys were sporting costumes from the movie "Wreck it Ralph". Here we have the cutest Fix-it-Felix, ever!

 Then Tessa chose to dress up as the character Taffyta Muttonfudge. 

Enjoying their candy after a long walk through the neighborhood. 

Tessa also had her first school pics. She is getting way too big!

Stay tuned for more catch-up photos!

Help us Raise Money for Malcolm!

I know I have lots to update, but I will get to that later, I promise. Right now we are on a time crunch to help a little boy. Won't you consider helping us? Here is the post that I blogged about on our adoption blog. 

We have the privilege of being a special little boy's angel tree family. What does this mean you ask? Well, let me tell you!

 Malcolm is a little boy in China waiting for his forever family. He has Down Syndrome and is listed for adoption. Every year, Reece's Rainbow has an Angel Tree event that allows people to advocate and fundraiser for a waiting child. Because our own adoption was so blessed by the efforts of this program, we decide to "pay-it-forward" and help another family. Our family was matched with Malcolm and our goal is to raise $1000 for his future forever family's adoption costs. 

Right now there are three ways you can help us reach our goal. 

Option 1: Donate directly to his adoption fund. If you go to the Angel Tree link, you can donate whatever amount you feel lead to give. If you give the gift of $35 or more, there is a keepsake ornament they will send you with Malcolm's picture on it. We started doing this last year and are planning on keeping this a family tradition. I can't wait to see the little faces all over my Christmas tree of the children we have sponsored and prayed for.

Option 2: We have started an Usborne fundraiser. If you are unfamiliar with Usborne, it is a wonderful company that sells quality books. We have been graciously offered the full commission of our consultant toward's Malcolm's angel tree fundraising. All you have to do is go to this Usborne link. Click on "shop" and choose the party that says Reagan's Angel Tree Fundraiser for Malcolm! Then shop to your hearts content! These are great books to give for Christmas! They will be shipped directly to your house. 

Option 3: (Unfortunately, this one is only for local friends and family) We are partnering with a local company to sell Butter Braids! Butter Braids are something that I have seen as a fundraiser for my high school that I teach out. We have bought them before and loved them! 

Each hand-braided pastry is 22oz.- icing packet included.

It comes frozen and all you have to do is set it out to thaw, rise (it doubles in size!) and bake!

You'll wonder how you ever lived without them!

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So I will be taking orders for these sinful treats through till Thanksgiving. They are scheduled to be delivered to me on the 12th of December, just in time for Christmas. 

So there is our plan! Our plan to help a waiting little boy get one step closer to feeling the love of a mom and dad. Please consider helping us. Every little bit helps. 

If you have any questions about any of the fundraisers, feel free to leave me a comment with your email or contact info and I will be glad to respond. Thanks again for helping us reach our goal!