A Thoughtful Gift

Last week was INSANE at work, Ray was sick with a nasty cold, our car had some issues, and running was more than I felt I could handle even with it being a short week. So I came home from work on Friday put my things down and on the table looked at the mail and there was a package from the R house... those of you who don't know what the R house is it is for families hoping to adopt.. a website for adoption stories and adoption hopefuls. I have only looked at it a few times and its inspiring. Adoption seems to be coming up a lot for our little family the last few weeks... anyway I opened the package and inside was this...
This beautiful necklace! A gift from a secret someone reminding me that We can do hard things. To say the least this ever so thoughtful gift was just the boost I needed at the end of an eventful week. I wish I would have had a camera while opening it I was so surprised (a hard task to do because I don't really like surprises) I was overwhelmed with gratitude that someone would send such a gift to me. Someone who knows that was just what I needed to keep going and a wonderful reminder of what my new years resolution is.

So to Kayla the secret someone (she asked for my addy last week that is the only way I knew it was her) I LOVE YOU and am so grateful to have you in my life! Thank You for your thoughtfulness in my behalf and for the encouragement to keep going! You are a huge blessing in my life and I am grateful for you!

A shout out to all of you who bless our lives. I continue to be amazed at the out pouring of love and support we feel from those around us. It has been 9 months since Blaze passed away (yesterday) and the Love that continues to come to our family helps us carry on so Thank You for reading our blog, for praying for our family, for your emails, phone calls, texts, and all that you do to reach out to us. We are so blessed to have you in our lives! WE LOVE YOU!!

Valentines, Olympics, & Baths

Every year on Valentines we forget to take a picture... this year was the exception.... We went out to dinner with some family and friends at our yearly tradition the Red Iguana and it was delicious! Then we went to see Valentines day (it was ok... don't regret seeing it but wouldn't buy it) and we ended the evening getting fro yo at Juicy Juice it was a very fun date night... so since we didn't get a pic of date night we took one after church on Sunday... Valentines Day.

I love this pic! Ryker and Tayson watching a dvd on the piano bench while we celebrated the opening night of the winter Olympics. In Vancouver Canada WHOO WOO I have a love for the USA and a love for blessed Canada so its fun to have it close to home and celebrate the victories of all countries. It was fun to watch it with Shelley & JL and have the boys here we are blessed with great friends!

Go USA & CANADA

Last but not least Dexters bath time he hates it! We love it because he smells good and he is so skinny under all that fur we just laugh the whole time :) we LOVE this little dog!

In other news...

We ran our 8 miler on Monday and I was not a happee camper... I've been sick so we pushed it back from Saturday. It was not easy and I was grumpy most of the time it was raining, I was wet , and cold, and my feet hurt... it was so much harder than 6 and way harder than 7 and my attitude didn't help one bit. To top it off my Ipod died 200 meters from the finish which means my 8 miles was not recorded on our nike chips... I think the Lord is compelling me to be humble and I will be the first to say I need it. luckily this week we drop back down to 5 miles and I know I can do that.

My sis Ashleigh Started school this week I am SOOOO PROUD of her she is amazing! Watch out nursing world here she comes.

Our car is on the outs luckily we own it and think its something simple like the battery... now lets just hope it is.

And we are speaking in church on Sunday I have the assignment of introducing our family... I'm worried to say the least... I miss Blaze so much!!!

Happee Weekend!

My Mom

Just a little post to say how grateful I am for my Mom. I called her today and asked her if she would pick up some balloons for Blaze for valentines day I couldn't even ask her before the tears began to flow... I miss Blaze so much and because we aren't close my Mom is our angel in always making sure to look in on Blazes grave for us. So a little shout out to my Mom who listens to me cry about not being able to see our little boys grave as much as we'd like to and who loves us enough to trek thru the snow and tell our little boy we love him.
My Mom is the most giving, loving, and kind person I have ever known. She is an amazing example to all of us. I am so grateful for her.
I Love My Mom!!