Brittany's Bible

Brittany received her bible this past Sunday. She was so excited to stand up in front of the congregation along with her friends and accept her bible with open arms. She quickly went back to her seat and started reading. Brittany also brought her Bible to school for share time and read some passages for her teacher.

Paul and I are so proud of the wonderful, young woman Brittany is becoming. She is making wise choices and has vowed to use her Bible and God through hardships she might endure.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Unlike my first pregnancy, Andrew's pregnancy was farely smooth sailing. The doctors starting inducing me on Feb 21 around 7 am. I progressed all day long and about 6 pm I got the famous epidural! Yes it was great! But about 9:30 all contractions stopped. At this point I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep but my doctor said if we didn't start a pic (?) line to re-induce labor I would have to go through everything the next day, God knows I didn't want to do that! It didn't take long for contractions to pick up where they left off. At 12:00 am my doctor broke my water and at 12:22 am my beautiful boy was born.

8lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long.

Today Andrew is a night owl and wakes up extremely early in the mornings, he loves to cuddle and play with mommy's hair but he's still a rough and tough boy.

Happy Birthday Andrew, we love you very much!

Mission Trip....Need HELP????

I am hoping to get a mission trip started and I need help. I have no idea where to begin, who to talk to and what to ask. Do I start with my pastor, Church or the directors of Eagle's Nest where we adopted Marissa & Dominick and where I would like to head?? How long do I need to plan in advance (obviously money needs to be saved).

So anyone have any ideas, anyone planned one before or is anyone heading to Guatemala/Eagle's Nest already later this year????

Shout Out

I have to give a SHOUT OUT to Nikki http://madebynikki.blogspot.com.
She designed my beautiful new page and I LOVE IT! She does awsome work, just take a look at her site and see all the wonderful blogs she's created, and she's so quick! I don't know what goes into creating the background, obviously or I would of done something myself, but she did it in just a couple hours from when I first contacted her!
She gives a portion of the proceeds to a charity of the month and the rest goes towards her humanitarian trip.

THANK YOU NIKKI!!

I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged from Marlene http://ReasonsIpostTo.Blogspot.com
Here is what you do: The rules are to link the person who sent this and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours.Post the rules on your blog.Share 7 strange/weird facts about yourself.Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and link their blog~Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

So, here are 7 wierd/strange facts about myself.
1. I have to have all my blinds and shades open when I leave my house.
2. I would rather drink warm pop from a can than a cold pop or ice.
3. I'm addicted to celebrity gossip (online).
4. I get sick if I have to clean up throw up.
5. I can't stand the sound of ice being crushed.
6. I like playing my kid's video games (not just with them).
7. I like to just walk around shopping malls

I'm sorry but I only know a couple blogs.
Merrill http://john-oursonshine.blogspot.com
Whitney http://waiting4number4.blogspot.com
Wilkins Family http://thewilkinsfamily.blogspot.com

For Valentines

The new template is for Valentines Day! Even though its a little bit away, it seems to sneak up on Paul and he's rushing around trying to get a "present" for me, his presents consisted one year of a leaf blower.

New Furniture

I have been looking for a small curio for Marissa's room for some time. I finally found one at an awsome price. The curio came from a older couple that took awsome care of it. It's a bit bigger than I had wanted but I couldn't pass up the price.


Marissa runs up to her room now and say's "my pitties". The door is hard to open, even for me, so I pray Marissa won't be able to get it open. And I am a little scared how she likes to put her feet up on it.

She loves looking at her "pitties"

She's eyeing them...

(just to clarify those are Brittany's nylons on the floor)