Well another year has come and gone and now i'm 33. Which i think it kinda a cool age, i guess i just like how it looks. Nothing to exciting for my birthday, work, clean house, Gabriel's school program, youth Christmas party. All i really wanted to do was go out to Starbucks with my family and have a coffee (i felt like that's what i could do on my fast). But maybe next time. It's so funny when you work there's just not enough hours in the day. i'm so thankful it's only for 1 more week, and maybe a couple of days. i miss cleaning the house and cooking good meals and baking. My Christmas goodies are running a little behind this year and won't be tons. Oh well, it's just food right? I got some good things for my big day, slippers (which only seem to last a year), pajama pants (which i was secretly wanting) and some perfume, just the little bottle but it will last. i've learned that it's not an everyday scent, just for special occasions.
Well we are still waiting on our last paper to get in so they can send our paperwork off, Stella is on her way, i'm just not for sure when that is. After Christmas i look forward to starting on the room. i was going to start but didn't want to start and not finish, i have enough of those kinds of projects.
Well that's the short version up date, what can i say, i'm tired.
Be blessed with time...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
A few minutes...
Okay i have a few minutes so here's a quick update on life.
Our adoption, well it seems really close. Our paperwork was being reviewed and come to find out we needed to change a letter before it could be sent to Ethiopia. So the letter has been written and then the person had surgery (i have no idea on what) so hopefully it will get notarized today and then sent to the agency so our paperwork could leave the US next week and head to Ethiopia. Please pray that it leaves and gets there quickly. Also i went ahead and sent out an email to friends and family asking them for money. i really DON'T enjoy doing this however, we have a need and if no one knows about it than how can it be met. So i did, I've heard some little response and that's okay. i know the money will be there when it needs to be and if not we always have the ugly Visa. Still feel in our hearts that we will be traveling by January, i know crazy but our God is a big God and can make the impossible possible!!!
The boys, Ezekiel had his Christmas program last night at school, it was really cute but really long. It started at 7 and didn't end until 8:30. i know that doesn't sound long but when your kids usually go to bed at 7:30 it can be really long. Gabriel's program is on my birthday next week from 6-7, then after that at 7 we will have a youth Christmas party here at the house. CRAZY but that's the only time we have.
Work, work is picking up so that's great. i've been working most days and from this point will work every day until Christmas. Which is good, extra money for paying taxes, trust me we need it. It's so expensive having an employee.
Andy, Andy's great, just tired. He gets up 4:45 and goes to bed around 9-10 and works very hard during the day and then we have lots of things in the evenings so he's good, just tired.
And me, well i'm doing pretty good. i'm on a 40 day liquid fast that will take me into the new year and it's going surprising well. i was really concerned having to work and drinking only juice and protein shakes but God has been faithful and i'm doing good. i to am tired but things still have to get done. Just last night i told Andy i couldn't believe the maid had forgotten to do the dished (me) but you know what, they are still there today and will get done today so that's okay. Although today she needs to change the sheets too.
So it's almost Christmas and doesn't really feel real, don't know why. Every time i get into the car i have the Christmas music on full blast. i guess when we finish our shopping and wrap the presents and put them under the tree then maybe it will seem real.
So be blessed take every moment in step with the Lord and be joyful.
Our adoption, well it seems really close. Our paperwork was being reviewed and come to find out we needed to change a letter before it could be sent to Ethiopia. So the letter has been written and then the person had surgery (i have no idea on what) so hopefully it will get notarized today and then sent to the agency so our paperwork could leave the US next week and head to Ethiopia. Please pray that it leaves and gets there quickly. Also i went ahead and sent out an email to friends and family asking them for money. i really DON'T enjoy doing this however, we have a need and if no one knows about it than how can it be met. So i did, I've heard some little response and that's okay. i know the money will be there when it needs to be and if not we always have the ugly Visa. Still feel in our hearts that we will be traveling by January, i know crazy but our God is a big God and can make the impossible possible!!!
The boys, Ezekiel had his Christmas program last night at school, it was really cute but really long. It started at 7 and didn't end until 8:30. i know that doesn't sound long but when your kids usually go to bed at 7:30 it can be really long. Gabriel's program is on my birthday next week from 6-7, then after that at 7 we will have a youth Christmas party here at the house. CRAZY but that's the only time we have.
Work, work is picking up so that's great. i've been working most days and from this point will work every day until Christmas. Which is good, extra money for paying taxes, trust me we need it. It's so expensive having an employee.
Andy, Andy's great, just tired. He gets up 4:45 and goes to bed around 9-10 and works very hard during the day and then we have lots of things in the evenings so he's good, just tired.
And me, well i'm doing pretty good. i'm on a 40 day liquid fast that will take me into the new year and it's going surprising well. i was really concerned having to work and drinking only juice and protein shakes but God has been faithful and i'm doing good. i to am tired but things still have to get done. Just last night i told Andy i couldn't believe the maid had forgotten to do the dished (me) but you know what, they are still there today and will get done today so that's okay. Although today she needs to change the sheets too.
So it's almost Christmas and doesn't really feel real, don't know why. Every time i get into the car i have the Christmas music on full blast. i guess when we finish our shopping and wrap the presents and put them under the tree then maybe it will seem real.
So be blessed take every moment in step with the Lord and be joyful.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Funkness....
Ever been in a funk??? Boy one has been settling on me for a couple of days. The funny thing is i know i'm in one but yet i have a hard time pulling myself out of it. Satan is soooo sneaky. He makes it so comfortable to be there. You know you want out but at the same time it feels comfortable to be sad and depressed, it's easier to just stay there, for me. Not so much for my family. Well today i've decided that i need to pull myself out. i've asked for prayer and by the end of the day i plan to be out and feeling better. It's so stupid how i get there. i guess it's just when i start focusing on me and justifying feeling the way i do. i think this one started with something said, not directly to me, but in my presence that just made me feel so inadequate and makes me question who i am and should i really be in the positions that i am? Am i really good enough or is it that i'm married to Andy and he is but i just get to tag along? Stupid, i know. On top of that, i know the Lord has been talking to me but i haven't obeyed what He has told me to do, i need time to process. I need accountability, someone to stand with me but not pat me on the back, i need consequences, i want to change.
But by the end of the day i will be better. So if you happen to read this, sorry for the vomiting of emotions, it's just who i am today. Now i think i'm going to watch The Christmas Shoes, it's a tear jerker and i need to cry a little more, then off to pull myself up, in the Word i will go.
Pull yourself up today, i know i will....
But by the end of the day i will be better. So if you happen to read this, sorry for the vomiting of emotions, it's just who i am today. Now i think i'm going to watch The Christmas Shoes, it's a tear jerker and i need to cry a little more, then off to pull myself up, in the Word i will go.
Pull yourself up today, i know i will....
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
My Birthday
Birthdays...okay i hope this isn't rude to do but i'm going to do it anyways. If you are my friend or family member and you would like to get me a present for my birthday, i'm asking that you not do that and make a donation to our adoption fund at our church. My daughter coming home would give me so much great joy than any gift right now. And you know how much i like presents!!!! You make the checks out to Desert Streams Church and put "adoption" in the memo, they know it's for us. This can be a tax write off so it will benefit you too:) i know my birthday is still over a month away but i know i plan ahead and i'm pretty sure i have friends that plan that way too.Thanks all for supporting us. (if you already got a gift, no worries)
Okay on a side note, Kendal had a soccer game here yesterday and can i just say, i love high school sports!!! It was so much fun, even though he only played 1/2 the game. He is on to the state championships this weekend, we won't be able to make it and i'm sooooo bummed. So send up a prayer for them to WIN!
Blessing to all...
Okay on a side note, Kendal had a soccer game here yesterday and can i just say, i love high school sports!!! It was so much fun, even though he only played 1/2 the game. He is on to the state championships this weekend, we won't be able to make it and i'm sooooo bummed. So send up a prayer for them to WIN!
Blessing to all...
Friday, November 7, 2008
Offically updated
Okay so now i've got the facebook thing going, really fun. It's so good to catch up with friends that i haven't seen in a long time. However i like that i can come to blog and just write. It would be so great if everyone would read it then i wouldn't be explaining things over and over but oh well. At least i know people are interested in my life!!!
Okay can i tell you how awful the waiting process of adoption is!#%? Arrggg is all i have to say. So we go and get fingerprinted in Portland, a 15 minute appointment that just couldn't be done in Bend, then we have to wait for then to finish our paperwork before we can send everything in. And to find out it may take up to 3 months, seriously because according to my timeline we would have already had our daughter by then! So i know there's a purpose and a season for everything but right now i'm just tired of my daughter not being with me. i know she exists, i can feel her, we talk about her but yet i can't be with her. What a crazy feeling, one that i know some mothers can feel with me but for those dads who read this (if any) it's a hard thing for them to feel. If i hadn't felt the Lord give me the timeline of January than i don't think it would be as frustrating but why would he give me January if it doesn't happen by then? Right now i've been telling everyone it'll take a miracle to get her by January and i totally believe that God can work it out, i'm just a little frustrated at the moment. So i will continue to have faith, i'm pretty sure that's the point and if God chooses a different timeline for us than it's His will and i will be okay with that. For any of my prophetic friends out there, let me know if God is telling you anything, please!!! Sometimes it's just really hard to hear for yourself with all your own emotions running through your head. So there you have it, we are waiting for our last piece of paper work. When we get it I will be making a trip over to Salem to have it authenticated and then our paperwork will go to the agency be okayed that everything is there and then go to Ethiopia. From there we will wait for our referral (just to let you know, we are praying that we are the family they have been waiting for, if you want to join in that prayer) we will receive our referral, contact a international doctor to go over the file (over the phone, she's in Portland) then send an acceptance packet and then get our travel date. See what i mean, when you look at all those things it just doesn't make since that we would be going in January to get her, BUT OUR GOD IS BIGGER!!!!! There you have it, that's what is left.
On a different note just to let you all know and have you pray, Andy is preaching this Sunday. He always does a great job, but he is usually nervous so if you think about it, send up a prayer for him!
Okay i'm officially updated for now.
Find joy in a little thing today.
Okay can i tell you how awful the waiting process of adoption is!#%? Arrggg is all i have to say. So we go and get fingerprinted in Portland, a 15 minute appointment that just couldn't be done in Bend, then we have to wait for then to finish our paperwork before we can send everything in. And to find out it may take up to 3 months, seriously because according to my timeline we would have already had our daughter by then! So i know there's a purpose and a season for everything but right now i'm just tired of my daughter not being with me. i know she exists, i can feel her, we talk about her but yet i can't be with her. What a crazy feeling, one that i know some mothers can feel with me but for those dads who read this (if any) it's a hard thing for them to feel. If i hadn't felt the Lord give me the timeline of January than i don't think it would be as frustrating but why would he give me January if it doesn't happen by then? Right now i've been telling everyone it'll take a miracle to get her by January and i totally believe that God can work it out, i'm just a little frustrated at the moment. So i will continue to have faith, i'm pretty sure that's the point and if God chooses a different timeline for us than it's His will and i will be okay with that. For any of my prophetic friends out there, let me know if God is telling you anything, please!!! Sometimes it's just really hard to hear for yourself with all your own emotions running through your head. So there you have it, we are waiting for our last piece of paper work. When we get it I will be making a trip over to Salem to have it authenticated and then our paperwork will go to the agency be okayed that everything is there and then go to Ethiopia. From there we will wait for our referral (just to let you know, we are praying that we are the family they have been waiting for, if you want to join in that prayer) we will receive our referral, contact a international doctor to go over the file (over the phone, she's in Portland) then send an acceptance packet and then get our travel date. See what i mean, when you look at all those things it just doesn't make since that we would be going in January to get her, BUT OUR GOD IS BIGGER!!!!! There you have it, that's what is left.
On a different note just to let you all know and have you pray, Andy is preaching this Sunday. He always does a great job, but he is usually nervous so if you think about it, send up a prayer for him!
Okay i'm officially updated for now.
Find joy in a little thing today.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Weddings, costumes and more...
So i know you have all been waiting for an update so here you go, it's gonna be short but at least it's here.
Tina's wedding was beautiful. i think it was just what she wanted which makes it even better. We tried to add what we thought would be great but when it got down to it, it was very much her and Jeremy's wedding. The reception turned out just how we had pictured it so that was great. She had lots of people help cleaning up so we didn't have to do it, which was awesome. It was a very tiring week and i feel like i'm still trying to catch up. Because when i got home, Lori and i drove to Salem to pick up Charysse and then headed to Portland for an Amy Grant concert. Thanks to Kristy we had great seats, 4th row back and VIP/Meet and greet tickets so that was fun. So needless to say i've been running non stop since before the wedding. After Tuesday next week it should slow a little. We have to go to Portland to get fingerprinted on Tuesday morning and i believe after that it slows. Of course we have Andy's birthday next Thursday, (happy birthday Kyle, a little early).
Can i just say, i don't think it's the best idea to wait before the night before Halloween to make a costume that you really don't know how it goes. We waited, really because that was the only time, to make Ezekiel's Wall E costume, it looks really cute but seriously it was a little nerve racking. I was so glad Gabriel decided to be batman, the costume from 2 years ago:)
Well life is good, be thankful for Fall today!!!
Tina's wedding was beautiful. i think it was just what she wanted which makes it even better. We tried to add what we thought would be great but when it got down to it, it was very much her and Jeremy's wedding. The reception turned out just how we had pictured it so that was great. She had lots of people help cleaning up so we didn't have to do it, which was awesome. It was a very tiring week and i feel like i'm still trying to catch up. Because when i got home, Lori and i drove to Salem to pick up Charysse and then headed to Portland for an Amy Grant concert. Thanks to Kristy we had great seats, 4th row back and VIP/Meet and greet tickets so that was fun. So needless to say i've been running non stop since before the wedding. After Tuesday next week it should slow a little. We have to go to Portland to get fingerprinted on Tuesday morning and i believe after that it slows. Of course we have Andy's birthday next Thursday, (happy birthday Kyle, a little early).
Can i just say, i don't think it's the best idea to wait before the night before Halloween to make a costume that you really don't know how it goes. We waited, really because that was the only time, to make Ezekiel's Wall E costume, it looks really cute but seriously it was a little nerve racking. I was so glad Gabriel decided to be batman, the costume from 2 years ago:)
Well life is good, be thankful for Fall today!!!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tomorrow...
Well tomorrow i head over to Eugene to help finalize all of the wedding details with Tina. My brother and family fly into Portland tonight and then will meet us in Eugene tomorrow. I am throwing Tina her personal shower tomorrow, it should be fun. i just want it to be a personal and intimate time, no silly games just making it about Tina, this is her time. i still need to come up with a speech for the toast, guess i'll work on that when i have a few extra minutes. Well not much else is going on.
We are waiting on our finger print appointment because they of course set it on the day of Tina's wedding so i had to reschedule. Hopefully we can get in on Friday, that's what i asked for, we'll see. Then they just have to review our case and then all the papers can go to Ethiopia, YEAH. Then of course just more waiting but at least it won't be us causing the wait. Our daughter is coming!!!!!!!
We are waiting on our finger print appointment because they of course set it on the day of Tina's wedding so i had to reschedule. Hopefully we can get in on Friday, that's what i asked for, we'll see. Then they just have to review our case and then all the papers can go to Ethiopia, YEAH. Then of course just more waiting but at least it won't be us causing the wait. Our daughter is coming!!!!!!!
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