The Keizer Family: Five: The Living Desert

Friday, March 25, 2011

The Living Desert

4 comments:

Kim Lavender-Kitchen said...: FUUUUUUN!; March 25, 2011 at 5:10 PM
imadeneproperty said...: we LOVE the living desert!! SO funny, but honestly not 1 hour ago i was reading through our cali road trip photobook and looking at pics from the living desert!! ENJOY!!!; March 25, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Katie Leipprandt said...: Love seeing a picture of Mama every once in a while - what a fun day!; March 26, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Anna said...: looks like a lot of fun! Good for you!!; March 27, 2011 at 6:33 PM

Journeys Of 1000 Miles Begin With One Step...

March 2/08: Attend CHOICES Info Session
March 7/08: Apply to CHOICES Adoption (fee)
March 19/08: Ben and Ashleigh Medical Physicals
March 26/08: PCC With Ministry Of Children
April 25/08: Share Adoption Vision & Fund Request to Warmland LT
April 28/08: Apply to IMAGINE Adoption (fee)
April 29/08: 1st Homestudy Interview
May 3/08: Adoption Education Seminar (req) in Vancouver
May 28/08: RCMP Interpol Fingerprinting
July 19/08: Fund Raising Yard Sale
August 21/08: Homestudy APPROVAL!!
August 22/08: Dossier Sent To Ethiopian Embassy For Authentication & Translation (fees x3)
September 23/08: Dossier Arrives In Ethiopia - HAPPY DANCE!
November 22/08: AFABC Transracial Parenting Workshop
December 12/08: Receive Citizenship Approval & Part II Application
January 26/09: Signed New Imagine Power Of Attorney Document
July 13/09: Imagine Declares Bankruptcy
July 30/09: Creditors (189 Families) Vote Unanimously To Work To Bring Imagine Out Of Bankruptcy
September 4/09 BDO & FIA Release Restructuring Proposal
September 21/09 Creditors Vote In Favour Of Restructuring Imagine Adoption By A Landslide Majority
September 29/09: Proposal Passes Bankruptcy Court
October 1/09: Imagine Adoption Re-Opens!
November 30/09: 246 Families Send Retainers and Renewal Fees...We Have A Viable Agency!!
December 15/08: Ontario Ministry Relicenses Imagine Adoption To Facilitate International Adoptions
December 17/09: New Imagine Issues First Referrals
August 13/10: Complete 2yr Homestudy Updates
January 12/11: Imagine (MOWA) Requires Notarized Birth/Marriage Certificates...Received In Ethiopia Jan 24
January 26/11: New Statutory Declaration Required For Newly Notarized Documents...Received Jan 31 @ Imagine (4wk wait)
February 3/11: Heart To Heart Conversation With Our Rockstar CHOICES Social Worker
February 8/11: Imagine and Mission Of Tears Announce Merger
April 1/11: Imagine Closes - MoT Takes Over Clients' Files
May 5/11: REFERRAL OF A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL
June 15/11: Received Our Court Date for JULY 15, 2011!!!
July 13/11: Met the most BEAUTIFUL little girl. Exactly two years from bankruptcy.
July 15/11: Court Appearance...did not pass b/c of MOWA letter.
August 5/11: Receive our MOWA letter at the last possible moment...MAKEDA MIHRET is officially ours!
August 12/11: Receive Birth Certificate
August 19/11: Receive Passport (CIT Route)
August 29/11: Documents Arrive At Nairobi HC
September 14/11: Visa Is In The Pouch - That Was Lightening McQueen Fast!!!!!
September 18/11: Leave For Ethiopia...To Return With The Most Beautiful Baby Girl FOREVER
September 24/11: HOME