The Bybee Blog

I've been gone from here for a while. Life is so crazy busy right now and I am exhausted at the end of most days. I'm going to do a ...

J and K are no longer coming to our home. We had been officially chosen for them, however it was not a guarantee. It doesn't mean we did...

We have been chosen as the likely foster to adopt parents of J and K. 2 little girls ages 9 and 10. We were one in four families initially a...

The Bybee family is busy! Jonathan is working hard in school. After this semester he will have approximately 2 more years and then he will g...

Today we are feeling kind of sad. Early in December we submitted our homestudy for a couple of sibling groups that were foster to adopt. We ...

I haven't talked about our foster care journey in a while and decided it was time for an update. We haven't had children in our home...

LT, LN and M left today. They went to live with a family member who was already very involved in their lives. They were very excited to go a...

LT, LN and M have been with us for 5 days now. Tonight was actually the 6th night but since they came Friday night they have really only bee...

As of last night at about 6:30pm we have noise in our home again. Lots of noise. So let me introduce you to our new little ones. LT is a 5 y...

We had a wonderful weekend. I'm talking a smiling, laughing, repeatedly saying I'm Blessed kind of weekend. It started with dinner w...

I have a great deal of sewing to do in the next few days/week. My donations have been accepted into a local hospital and are pending in 2 mo...

We really enjoyed our trip to Kansas City. It was nice to get away and spend time together and seeing friends. Jonathan starts back to schoo...

Here is my Thankful Thursday for this week. I missed last week because we were spending time with D and A before they were scheduled to leav...

Today we had to say goodbye yet again. D and A returned to live with their biological parents. I have now said goodbye to 8 different foster...

Today was D's end of year awards assembly for the 1st grade. Earlier this year she received an award for the character trait "respo...

D and A are wonderful as usual. It was so much fun to come home on Thursday and surprise them. My parents had taken them to the splash park ...

Sometimes I feel so out of place. Like I dont belong anywhere. I see moms with their toddlers and think "I have a 3yr old" but the...

Today, May 6, 2012, A is 3! He has lived here with his big sister D for 373 days and I have loved every day of it. Last year we shared his b...

Sometimes on the way to take A to school we have to pass the Harley Davidson Dealership. A loves motorcycles. Here is our conversation from ...

We had given D a choice between going out to eat on her birthday or having a birthday surprise on Friday. She obviously chose the surprise. ...