Movin' on...

So, I've had some breakdowns this week at unsuspecting moments when I thought I was pretty good with things. I am feeling pretty OK at this moment...so that is good. It's been a weird week for me that way...where I'm doing fine then out of the blue just kinda overcome with sadness. I guess that is what grieving is...embracing the sadness of a loss. I told AlpacaRob it's like having a miscarriage in that you are anticipating and feeling love for someone you haven't yet met and then that someone will no longer be coming. So that's it...it's time to move on. Whether the Lord has a little Joseph out there waiting to be part of our family yet we do not know. We are taking one step at a time with decisions that need to be made for next school year for me and other plans that were on hold while we waited.

A farewell to Joseph...

This picture was taken of Joseph at a Christmas party recently. I will be careful of the words I use, but I wanted to thank all of you who have been pr@ying for Joseph. I believe these pr@yers had an impact on his future. His story and chapter in our lives came to a close on Thursday evening. We received information about missing paperwork and more complicated health issues about him on Monday. Health issues that would cause us to have to make many trips to big cities to see specialists, possibly long into the future. We were asked if we were prepared to handle that? We were pr@ying about this over a several day period, when on Thursday evening we got the call that his paperwork had been located. Only it had slipped through and been processed with a different agency than our own. At the time of the call, Joseph had been placed with another family for ad@pt*n.

We are thankful and trust in the L*rd's timing and plans in all of this. We are thankful that Joseph has found his for#ver fam&ly. We are thankful for the journey and unity in our family as we have embarked on this adventure. We are thankful to all of you who have joined us, supported us, and pr@yed.

We are taking some time to grieve and accept and rejoice over all He has done...thank-you again for your faithfulness.

New Jammies and dressing up...

Esther got new jammies from the C. family who watches her while I work. I have never seen a kid get so into her jammies. She definitely has a fashion spot and gets excited about clothes. But if the clothes have a cool texture...she is all about it!! Which of course these flannels were very fuzzy...so she loved them. Thanks A. for the sweet gift for our sweetie!


So, how does one spend the Sunday afternoon before returning to the routine? By doing something distracting from reality I think! That is what the girls and I did Sunday afternoon. We dragged out doll clothes and dressed stuffed animals and then both girls found some things they wanted to put on too. What fun! All the things I missed out on growing up because I was a Tom boy I can enjoy vicariously through my girls:)

Back to School...Work...etc

So, we had lots of time for fun and play...and we are sad to see it go:( Alpaca Rob and I head back to work, the kids to school...we sure enjoyed our time together!!! We head into wrestling season for E-man, basketball continued for CJizzle, Alpaca Rob a company move that will make an hour commute each way, and me with special Friday classes through March. A busy time for all. I did not get all the projects done I wanted, but had a great time with family and friends and for that I am grateful:) Happy New Year to you all!!