Living a Life of Example

When my Grandma Pearl passed away I asked that the the one thing I wanted of hers was her Bible. My Bible was out in the car the other day when I went to do my daily reading. So I picked up my grandma's Bible and got so much more than a few chapters of reading done. The words that she wrote, the highlighting, the thoughts she wrote down, were so encouraging to me. It was as if God knew I needed to look at her Bible for the encouragement she left behind. My grandmothers life was full of God. She trusted Him and loved Him with all her heart. To this day the Godly life she lead is still being and example to me. I cherish her Bible, because it was so much a part of who she was. I have inspirational thoughts, words of wisdom in her perspective of who she believed God was. One of the verses she had written down on the front of her Bible was Proverbs 3:6. It says "in all your ways acknowledge Hm and He will make your paths straight." From what I saw in my grandmas life she lived this way. She acknowledged the Lord in all she did and was blessed with a wonderful life, and blessed others lives around her and is now being rewarded with eternal life in heaven.

My prayer is the I can live a life of example, acknowledging the Lord in all I do. That maybe someday my children and their children will love the Lord with all their heart, because in some small way I showed by example the love of Christ to them because of the love for the Lord my grandma showed me.

Derby Race

Dalton's cub scout group had their annual derby car race last night. It was a lot of fun. Dalton's car didn't do so hot but Dalton, his friends and Jack had fun during the races. Thankfully in the last heat he came in first place.

Gift of Life

Growing up my family fostered new born babies. Now with all the changes in adoption there really is no need for the kind of foster care we gave to babies. Adoptions are all open, with birth parents and adoptive parents knowing one another. It was always such an amazing feeling the day the new parents came to pick up the baby from our house. It was their delivery day. They would have a new outfit for the baby to go home in, just like parents do at the hospital. They would be overwhelmed with joy and crying tears of happiness. You couldn't help but cry and share in their overwhelming excitement.

Which brings me to my desire to be a gestational surrogate. I have been talking about doing something like this for several years now. What an amazing gift to be able to give a family who can not have children. Since Rachel has been born Matt and I have been discussing it more seriously and doing more research. We didn't come up with much until a family in our church became a surrogate for some one else. I got the chance to talk to someone first hand. That was almost a year ago and still nothing. No opportunities, no contact with potential parents.

About three weeks ago I was praying about it. I became resolved with myself and with God, that if it was going to happen He would make it happen. I decided that I wasn't going to seek it out anymore and I wasn't going to worry about it.

Out of the blue, I have received requests from three different families looking for a gestational surrogate, in the past two days. I have talked with two of the families. Both seem to be great people. But talking to the families is just the first step of many to come. Matt and I are praying God would lead our path to the right family. We are really looking forward to being able to help a family out, but want to make sure it is all with in Gods will.

Happy Birthday!

Our Little princess is four today! Happy Birthday Mally-Moose! We love you so much!

Well since my last post things haven't exactly gotten better. I ended up with the stomach flu on Monday and I am still not feeling all that well. Matt got it yesterday. Mallory and Rachel have already had it. I pray it doesn't hit the other three kids.

Rachel had been clingy and screaming non-stop the last two days! So fun!

Lisa, is that beach still calling you? I think I am going to ditch the family over Spring break and go to Aruba. You ready?