Ernie and I have been praying since Thursday about our adoption. God has really shown us that we have an awesome support system. I was worried about telling everyone at church about the "call". We discussed it and felt that if God was allowing this to occur now that it was only natural to share it with our family and friends!
We have another couple in our church who is also adopting and they will be going to Korea to get their son in September. They rejoiced with us and we shared information on traveling and prepartion for our children.
I wanted to let anyone coming onto my blog know what the defination of Adoption is.
Adoption is a method of joining a family, just as is birth. It is also a method of family planning used by some who feel they are unprepared to parent, just as are birth control pills or abortion. Adoption has an impact on the lives of those it touches, but it is not a "condition." It should not become a label.
We are so glad God has adopted us into his family and we are proud to be growing our family through adoption. Please join with us in rejoicing the adoption of Holly Elise in October and of our son ( whom shall remain nameless until further notice) in the near future.
Please keep us in your prayers and remember We are so glad you can share in our joy!
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Saturday, July 30, 2005
It Happened!
Thursday I recieved the phone call I've been waiting 2 years to receive!
The powers that be have chosen us to adopt a child!!!!
At first I didn't know what to say, I was kind of in an emotional limbo.I teared up and all but it was total caos! I wanted to be excited but I just couldn't for being worried that something might go wrong. Ernie and I were cleaning out the Garage still and I was just a basket case. I couldn't focus and I wanted to talk about it and I felt like he didn't care. Poor man is married to such an emotional woman I feel sorry for him! :()
So I came inside had a good cry and that always helps! I am such a cryer ha! ha!. So i called my grandmother and told her, we asked her to be praying for God to open the right doors and to let His will be done.
So we are waiting......... once again......I should be used to waiting but deep down inside I'm not.
I want things to move quickly. But I know I must wait on God! It is his timing that has gotten us this far, and I must continue to be patient and allow him to do HIS work and will!
Please pray for ourcontinued journey, we are in the final leg of it now and Lord willing we will be adding a son to our growing family. Elise is excited to get a little brother and has already asked for a little sister.
Well I need to wrap it up... I'll be back later.
The powers that be have chosen us to adopt a child!!!!
At first I didn't know what to say, I was kind of in an emotional limbo.I teared up and all but it was total caos! I wanted to be excited but I just couldn't for being worried that something might go wrong. Ernie and I were cleaning out the Garage still and I was just a basket case. I couldn't focus and I wanted to talk about it and I felt like he didn't care. Poor man is married to such an emotional woman I feel sorry for him! :()
So I came inside had a good cry and that always helps! I am such a cryer ha! ha!. So i called my grandmother and told her, we asked her to be praying for God to open the right doors and to let His will be done.
So we are waiting......... once again......I should be used to waiting but deep down inside I'm not.
I want things to move quickly. But I know I must wait on God! It is his timing that has gotten us this far, and I must continue to be patient and allow him to do HIS work and will!
Please pray for ourcontinued journey, we are in the final leg of it now and Lord willing we will be adding a son to our growing family. Elise is excited to get a little brother and has already asked for a little sister.
Well I need to wrap it up... I'll be back later.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Garage day
Okay so I thought today would be a good day to clean out the garage. Elise and I got out there about 9:45 this morning and began moving things into the driveway, I put the girls i babysit in the back yard with the dogs and opened the side door (which is inside the fence). I didn't have any trouble getting the girls to playu but the dogs kept wanting to come in the front yard and it didn't help any that they could get through there. Well we decided to break for lunch and then put the babies down for a nap and I still have a ton of stuff to move and decide what to sell and what to put in the attic. I have things that i want to put in the spare room when my mother moves out, but I'm not quite sure how much room I'll have because I have to set my office back up.
You see right now I have my desk and files in the living room as well as my bulliten board and my wall calendars. The window ledge on the big picture window is cluttered and I am so ready to get things cleared out of the Living room ! It will be much bigger and I'll feel more at home.
well i better get busy on the garage i'm not sure if I want to wait until Ernie gets home so he can watch the girls or if I just want to go get it done.
But anywho i've got to get something done!!!
You see right now I have my desk and files in the living room as well as my bulliten board and my wall calendars. The window ledge on the big picture window is cluttered and I am so ready to get things cleared out of the Living room ! It will be much bigger and I'll feel more at home.
well i better get busy on the garage i'm not sure if I want to wait until Ernie gets home so he can watch the girls or if I just want to go get it done.
But anywho i've got to get something done!!!
Family.......
This morning I was reminded of a Cousins birthday next week. It is also my fathers birthday next week.. I am always at a loss when it comes to my dad's birthday. You see my dad is literally a child at heart. His toy collection is very vast and I can't even begin to tell you how it ranges.
I hate getting him anything because I'm never sure what to get. So I just send him a card ( even though he lives in the same city) and possibly give him a call.
Okay now to change the subject. Ernie and I weren't at church the past two weeks because we were out of town... No one bothered to call or email us to see if we were okay! I was in shock... We have a large Sunday School Class and I was sure someone would have called or emailed since we are very active in our church. Then yesterday my Media Ministry Team Leader emailed me and told me they had missed me at church and hoped everything was okay, and that he hoped to see me on Sunday!
Bless his heart! I was still somewhat disappointed that the only person to try to contact me was the man who leads the ministry team I work on!
I guess I should address this issue with my class... I know that we have lost several people and I think I know the reason now! No one has bothered to contact them at all!!!!!
I don't know why I let things like this bother me but it does... I mean not even the youth minister contacted my daughter to find out if she was okay or anything and she had been on a mission trip the previous week with them .
OOOOOOOHhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know... I guess I am just annoyed by it...
So I have still been doing research on my family tree and have come to a stopping point. I have to talk to some relatives and get a bit more information. I am finding new things everyday but it is a slow process. Well I guess I better go get something done around here. I have a long day ..
I hate getting him anything because I'm never sure what to get. So I just send him a card ( even though he lives in the same city) and possibly give him a call.
Okay now to change the subject. Ernie and I weren't at church the past two weeks because we were out of town... No one bothered to call or email us to see if we were okay! I was in shock... We have a large Sunday School Class and I was sure someone would have called or emailed since we are very active in our church. Then yesterday my Media Ministry Team Leader emailed me and told me they had missed me at church and hoped everything was okay, and that he hoped to see me on Sunday!
Bless his heart! I was still somewhat disappointed that the only person to try to contact me was the man who leads the ministry team I work on!
I guess I should address this issue with my class... I know that we have lost several people and I think I know the reason now! No one has bothered to contact them at all!!!!!
I don't know why I let things like this bother me but it does... I mean not even the youth minister contacted my daughter to find out if she was okay or anything and she had been on a mission trip the previous week with them .
OOOOOOOHhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know... I guess I am just annoyed by it...
So I have still been doing research on my family tree and have come to a stopping point. I have to talk to some relatives and get a bit more information. I am finding new things everyday but it is a slow process. Well I guess I better go get something done around here. I have a long day ..
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Blog happy
Well I guess I got a little blog happy on Saturday! I like to try new things and well I was having problems getting my internet to work correctly. After all this thing is not perfect.
So far this week has gone better than last. We are just sitting around the house spending time with eachother. I have been trying to work on my blanket and I really need to get back over there and do some more work on it if I am going to finish it in time to make one for Elise before she leaves for college.
God Bless!
So far this week has gone better than last. We are just sitting around the house spending time with eachother. I have been trying to work on my blanket and I really need to get back over there and do some more work on it if I am going to finish it in time to make one for Elise before she leaves for college.
God Bless!
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Man am I a lousy Blogger!
I have no idea why it is so difficult for me to keep up with this thing! I am online every day and yet I have trouble keeping up with my blog.
Well since I last wrote a lot has been going on. We got all moved into the house and are still waiting on the previous owners to come get some of thier things out of the garage. My garage looks like a refugee camp! Things are everywhere! Well it would help if I could get hubby to stop putting things off and move things into the attic.
Elise spent the last week of June at Falls Creek , which is our major Baptist Church camp here in Oklahoma. She went as one of about 55 teenagers, and had a wonderful time. Well most of the week she fought with my 17 year old sister. They are like oil and water and man can they fight. I was asking my Grandmother what to do about them and she said just make them work it out on thier own. She was like "don't you remember how you and Misty(my best friend as a teen) used to fight all the time?' "I just let you work it out."
I hadn't really thought of it that way so I took her advise, and they did.
So while she was gone that week hubby and I went camping. Well we went to this quiet little place my mom told us about and the first day I got so sunburned i was miserable! Son on Tuesday we went to spend the rest of our vacation at my Grandparents. We really enjoyed it. When we first got married we only live one mile from them and i was there every day! she has missed us being so close and we do try to see them as often as possible.
On July 9th Elise left for Colorado on a mission trip with the church and she had a blast. She didn't call me very often and that is how I know she was having fun. Then on Wednesday she called , and was trying not to cry. She told me "Mommy, I miss you and I'm ready to come home." I knew that was coming sooner or later but it was kind of heart warming in a sence. She's 17 and hates being away from me and Ernie for very long. Well on the 16th when she was scheduled to be home we left at 4am to go down to southern Oklahoma to my Family reunion. I love going... we have been having them for over 80 years and I want my kids and grandkids to keep the tradition.
My cousins that are my age and I have been trying to keep it going so that our families will have it in the future!
So...... needless to say when we got home on Sunday , Elise was estatic!
So was the dog!
Well that was a quick bring you up to date...... I promise I will keep this thing current from now on!
Well since I last wrote a lot has been going on. We got all moved into the house and are still waiting on the previous owners to come get some of thier things out of the garage. My garage looks like a refugee camp! Things are everywhere! Well it would help if I could get hubby to stop putting things off and move things into the attic.
Elise spent the last week of June at Falls Creek , which is our major Baptist Church camp here in Oklahoma. She went as one of about 55 teenagers, and had a wonderful time. Well most of the week she fought with my 17 year old sister. They are like oil and water and man can they fight. I was asking my Grandmother what to do about them and she said just make them work it out on thier own. She was like "don't you remember how you and Misty(my best friend as a teen) used to fight all the time?' "I just let you work it out."
I hadn't really thought of it that way so I took her advise, and they did.
So while she was gone that week hubby and I went camping. Well we went to this quiet little place my mom told us about and the first day I got so sunburned i was miserable! Son on Tuesday we went to spend the rest of our vacation at my Grandparents. We really enjoyed it. When we first got married we only live one mile from them and i was there every day! she has missed us being so close and we do try to see them as often as possible.
On July 9th Elise left for Colorado on a mission trip with the church and she had a blast. She didn't call me very often and that is how I know she was having fun. Then on Wednesday she called , and was trying not to cry. She told me "Mommy, I miss you and I'm ready to come home." I knew that was coming sooner or later but it was kind of heart warming in a sence. She's 17 and hates being away from me and Ernie for very long. Well on the 16th when she was scheduled to be home we left at 4am to go down to southern Oklahoma to my Family reunion. I love going... we have been having them for over 80 years and I want my kids and grandkids to keep the tradition.
My cousins that are my age and I have been trying to keep it going so that our families will have it in the future!
So...... needless to say when we got home on Sunday , Elise was estatic!
So was the dog!
Well that was a quick bring you up to date...... I promise I will keep this thing current from now on!
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