She looks real happy doesn't she? Lucky for her, it looked a lot better this morning. I think she's cute even with a fat lip!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Mina's first Busted lip...
We had dinner with a bunch of our very good friends last night, and anytime we see Uncle Phil our kids get really rowdy. (Sorry Phil) Aidan and Mina started playing a little to rough and Mina got her first fat lip. And boy was it a doozie. She has such big lips anyway, and when they swell, they are huge. She was so mad, only because she didn't want to go to her soccer game with a swollen lip. Soooo, Phil made her a nice ice pack for her lip, and I believe she slept with that ice pack all night. Take a look at this lip...
Thursday, October 2, 2008
George Winston
Since I am in the mood to update, I figured I would add some pictures of our puppy. I think the last time I posted he was only 12-14 weeks old. He is now 8 months old, and he is large! He is the greatest dog though. I will forever be a St. Bernard owner, and a boxer owner, Thor is great too! We have great dogs. Winston is 110 lbs, and still growing, he loves toys, and loves to play with the kiddos outside. He chases them through the woods to make sure they are safe. He really is like "Nana" from Peter Pan. He thinks his sole purpose in life is to babysit my kids, and he also thinks that I am not capable of doing it correctly. He is so funny!
Starting Over....
So, it's been awhile since my last post. Well in the past 8 weeks or so, we feel like God has given us the opportunity to start over. It's really awesome actually. Scary, very scary, but awesome. We have joined a new church where God is moving mightily, and we have met so many new friends through different ministries that we have become involved in. When Emory and I first started this new journey ONLY 8 weeks ago, we had no idea what God had in store for us....but we are actually starting to get a glimpse of the first corner of the VERY large picture. God does things in such a different way than we would ever expect, and it is terrifying at first, but once you sit back and trust Him he does incredible things in and through you. It has taken me a while to sit back and relax, but I finally did. So here are the awesome things that God is doing...
The first Sunday that we attended our new church we saw a video of the First Lady of Georgia, talking about the foster care crisis in Georgia and in the nation. She was talking about an opportunity to serve as foster parents through a CHRISTIAN agency that works with DFCS. Emory and I had no idea that we were about to get knee deep in foster care. Anyway, we attended an orientation, and God really lit our hearts on fire about this ministry, so then we attended 20 hours of impact training, and then we completed 8 hours of paperwork and homestudy info, and now we are completing our homestudy. We will be approved foster parents as of next week. We have discussed many different opportunities with this agency on ways that we can best serve them and these children. Emory and I are really praying through these options to make sure that we stay in the center of God's will and serve exactly where He wants us. But we are pumped. I will keep you all posted on when we will get our first child. We have already prepared a nursery, and set-up the crib and changing table. We also painted the nursery a sage green color. We are not sure what age we are going to get, but it will probably be an infant. Soooo, I will keep you posted.
Also, Emory took a temporary job working with a demolition company. So, lots of hard work!
I got insurance through my work, Praise God.
The kiddos were approved for Peachcare! Praise God.
THings are really going well!
The first Sunday that we attended our new church we saw a video of the First Lady of Georgia, talking about the foster care crisis in Georgia and in the nation. She was talking about an opportunity to serve as foster parents through a CHRISTIAN agency that works with DFCS. Emory and I had no idea that we were about to get knee deep in foster care. Anyway, we attended an orientation, and God really lit our hearts on fire about this ministry, so then we attended 20 hours of impact training, and then we completed 8 hours of paperwork and homestudy info, and now we are completing our homestudy. We will be approved foster parents as of next week. We have discussed many different opportunities with this agency on ways that we can best serve them and these children. Emory and I are really praying through these options to make sure that we stay in the center of God's will and serve exactly where He wants us. But we are pumped. I will keep you all posted on when we will get our first child. We have already prepared a nursery, and set-up the crib and changing table. We also painted the nursery a sage green color. We are not sure what age we are going to get, but it will probably be an infant. Soooo, I will keep you posted.
Also, Emory took a temporary job working with a demolition company. So, lots of hard work!
I got insurance through my work, Praise God.
The kiddos were approved for Peachcare! Praise God.
THings are really going well!
Monday, August 18, 2008
CHANGE.........
So, as I said in the last post we had a very eventful summer. Lots of change taking place in our family, and I know that it is all for the good. As I said before, we officially adopted Mina, we started gymnastics (both kids), I started working full-time (like 55 hours a week-full time), and Emory was let go from Northstar. The latest was Emory's job. Sooooo, we are in full job searching mode. This was definitely the best thing for Emory and for our family. It sucks to be really poor, have no insurance, and maybe not be able to pay your mortgage, but I know God's plan is great even when it isn't easy or fun.
I actually have not been attending Northstar for several weeks, as I was protesting to the way that the "executive" pastor spoke to and about my husband, so I am glad that we can all finally attend church as a family. As is Emory. We started attending FBC Woodstock, where I grew up. I really missed it, it is much different than Northstar, in a way that I really missed. I really wanted to go back to a traditional southern baptist church, where the pastor doesn't care if you feel good about what's being said or not. I 'm not really into the "feel-good" church thing. FBCW is definitely not a feel good church. I wanted a church where we can eat Wed. night supper and go to choir and awanas, and guess what... I found it. Sooooo, I say all that to say...I am so glad that God knows the big picture and that He has a plan for me and my family, and that I don't have to worry about what it is. I just have to be faithful and trust God. Which I must say I am getting so much better about the trust thing. But, you can still continue to pray that I don't worry about finances and jobs, that I continue to trust God for all our needs.
I actually have not been attending Northstar for several weeks, as I was protesting to the way that the "executive" pastor spoke to and about my husband, so I am glad that we can all finally attend church as a family. As is Emory. We started attending FBC Woodstock, where I grew up. I really missed it, it is much different than Northstar, in a way that I really missed. I really wanted to go back to a traditional southern baptist church, where the pastor doesn't care if you feel good about what's being said or not. I 'm not really into the "feel-good" church thing. FBCW is definitely not a feel good church. I wanted a church where we can eat Wed. night supper and go to choir and awanas, and guess what... I found it. Sooooo, I say all that to say...I am so glad that God knows the big picture and that He has a plan for me and my family, and that I don't have to worry about what it is. I just have to be faithful and trust God. Which I must say I am getting so much better about the trust thing. But, you can still continue to pray that I don't worry about finances and jobs, that I continue to trust God for all our needs.
Mina's Very 1st day of Kindergarten
SOOOOOOO, I know it's been a really long time since I have blogged, but today was a very exciting a day. We actually had a very great and exciting summer as well. Our adoption was final on July 23, 2008. Praise God! What a blessing for that be over and done with and see God fulfill His promises. Today was Mina's 1st day of Kindergarten and what a day it was. She was so cute this morning. We woke her up at 6:30 am and she was ready by 7:04. Then we had to kill time until 7:20. We walked her to her class and took a quick pic with her teacher, and left her for a whole day. Aidan and I didn't know what to do with ourselves. We missed her a lot, but we picked her up at 2:30 and she told us about her SUPER day. She made tons of friends, but of course, doesn't remember their names. I guess she has all year to figure it out. Anyway, I'll write more soon! Hope everyone is well.
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