Different

"I use to spend a lotta time worrying that I was different from other people..........but I found out everyone is different............We're all regular folks walkin down the road God done set in front of us. ........... Truth is.........this earth ain't no final resting place."

from a paragraph of Same kind of different as Me

This was an AMAZING book to read. It was a powerful story. I've read so many good books lately, but this is a must read. And I absolutely loved the above paragraph. Read it again and let it sink in a little bit............

Maybe you're like me. I am employed and have a job, but for the most part I am a stay at home mom. For this season of my life I need and love to be home, but i need to keep up my skills if I want to use it later in life, but I don't quite fit in at work with work place talk, but when I'm with other stay at home mom's I am a little different because I do still have a job I need to make time for and think about. I'm left feeling different............

Or eventually we'll have 4 kids and I can talk all day about parenting, but I don't always quite fit in when conversations turn to birthing stories. I have seen one of my kids' birth, but I didn't get to experience giving birth. And I wonder if it even crosses peoples mind that I'm different or if it's not even thought of.....

Or sometimes I don't have enough money to have the latest , but I have more money than someone else who is needing to downsize. I may want someone to go for a coffee, but my friend doesn't want to spend money on a coffee. Or another friend might want to go for a fine dine and shopping spree and I don't want to spend money on that. So once again you're left feeling like you're a little different.......

not quite fitting in with any particular circle.....................or anyone..............But we're ALL different. And I love the part that we're all "walking down the road God done set in front of us".......

AMEN!!!

Oh-how I love them!

I watched Alyssa and Austin going to school last week and i just wanted to squeeze them...........I love them so much and are so proud of them. I can't wait til the others can join!!!!

I LOVE THIS CHILD!

And THIS child!!

And THIS child!!!!

And THIS child!!!

"I pray that you, being

rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ... that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." ~Ephesians 3:17-19

The Little things

I love this email, I've seen it a couple times.

The ' L I T T L E ' Things~ As you might remember, these people survived 9 - 11 because..... The head of a company survived 9/11 because his son started kindergarten. Another fellow was alive because it was His turn to bring donuts. One woman was late because her Alarm clock didn't go off in time. One was late because of being stuck on the NJ Turnpike Because of an auto accident. One of them Missed his bus. One spilled food on her clothes and had to take Time to change. One's Car wouldn't start. One couldn't Get a taxi. The one that struck me was the man Who put on a new pair of shoes that morning, Took the various means to get to work But before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive today.. Now when I am Stuck in traffic , Miss an elevator, Turn back to answer a ringing telephone ... All the little things that annoy me. I think to myself, This is exactly where God wants me to be At this very moment..

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Simply Said

"Manuel is such a great little kid and so happy! He has the most adorable little grin, and he uses it often. About the only time I do not see Manuel smiling is when he has his thumb in his mouth......" from our Aug. update on Aidan.

GUESS WHAT................GOOD NEWS!!!!!!

Got your attention, right? Well I just couldn't wait any more!!!!! I was trying to wait for our update pictures, but didn't get what I was looking for. So I just have to tell you the news..................we're ADOPTING again!!!!! That's right............you read it correctly. We are adding to our family again:) We are adding a girl from Haiti. I feel like it's a God thing.............she's got a great story..............but just haven't put it all down yet into thoughts on paper. So hopefully you'll see pictures soon and hear more about it. Alyssa was the first to "spill the beans"..............by praying for her in front of some people. Such innocense!! Seeing that we have a long wait still ahead of us.................**sigh**.............you'd think I could wait til I could post a picture, but at the same time many family and friends have already heard through casual conversation with us over the last week, so we wanted to keep all our family and friends up to date!!

She's a lovely 6 year old and we can't wait to meet her when we ever go pick up Aidan :)

Summer in Review....

I was feeling bad thinking about our summer..............at spring time I was thinking this was going to be the summer of FUN . The 2 kids are at GrEaT ages to do fun activities...........but our summer ended up a little different. We started with a flood in our basement and remained packed in boxes til we moved in Aug. I spent more time cleaning, working, and being over-whelmed than I did feeling like we had tons of fun. But then as I looked over all our pictures...............I realized we had ALOT of fun. We had lots memorable times. I may have been over-whelmed, but the kids were having a blast playing.

Highlight was a week of camping and playing with cousins. It was one of the few hot, beach times

Austin was quite the mechanic and cleaner of his scooter

Paul and his brother went camping with the kids-----and everyone survived :)

In fact Alyssa was introduced to bologna on that camping trip, and she loves it. So I've bought my first bologna this summer. The simple things......................

Catching turtles

This looks awesome, doesn't it?

Fun times!!

Dressing Bella up for 4th of July

Our new house---there is tons of excitement on our move and more to come in the future :)

Yes---lots of cleaning.......

But also lots of playing at the new house!!

Other highlights were planning and having a kool-aid stand, learning to tie our shoes, playing with friends, picking peaches----and of course getting cider donuts at the orchard :), a trip to Chicago, swimming...........going on vacation and on a few bike rides........Climbing sand dunes. Maybe we weren't at the beach as much as I thought I might be...............but I'm looking forward to fall walks and being outdoors. One of our last ventures this week before school starts is going to the beach and climbing Mt. Pisgah and eating at pronto pups..............we are so looking forward to that :)