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I've been married to my husband, Michael, for almost 25 years. I'm a mom to a biological son and an adopted son from Colombia, and I'm also a spiritual mom to my adopted son's older brother, who I claim as a son in my heart. I'm bilingual and love to work with and relate to Spanish-speaking children and families. I've been a teacher to students from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures for the last 20+ years. I'm also an author and a certified Biblical counselor. I'm in a new empty nest season in a new location far from where I raised my boys, so I'm definitely in a stage of rediscovering myself, my interests, and my purpose.

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Seventh stop

These pics are actually a mix of all 3 days that we spent with Jon, but I'm lumping them into one single category, a day with my brother. 


When he started his own business, Kloppmann Architects, several years ago, he sent us a couple of these cool mugs and t-shirts to go with them. Of course, my brother would choose this mug out of his cupboard to serve me the fancy coffee he made for me after dinner. 


We enjoyed exploring a chunk of the land that he and his wife purchased a few years ago to build their house on. 


I loved seeing how well they got along with their cousins that they had never met before. (Actually, David met Shawnee, Jack, and Ethan, but that was when Ethan had just turned two. We celebrated Ethan's tenth birthday on this particular visit.)


These two absolutely adored Juan. 

Ethan's birthday dinner


The last time David and Shawnee were together until now



Still can't believe we're both over 40. I moved away from him when I was only 15 years old and then moved even farther from him in my twenties. 

Most of the Kloppmann cousins together in this pic. Just missing two (plus the Texas Kloppmann cousins).


You can't go to Lancaster County without taking your teenage boys to Intercourse for the day. Lol.




I kept taking selfies with my brother, and we made it a joke that it would be another decade before we saw each other again. I sure hope not!

I took a lot more pictures of the whole family, but out of respect for their privacy, I only posted a few. I'm sure Jill is probably already going crazy for the few I posted with their temporary rental house (and lots of outdated wallpaper and decor) in them. 

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