So I found this site Wish upon a hero!

I have had a bit of stress here lately trying to figure out how we were going to afford to have two households for the next few months, while still feeding everyone, doing birthdays and holidays, car repairs etc.... And believe me everything has been pouring for the last couple of months!! Even with the hard times though, we are extremely blessed.  I have the most amazing 6 children I could have ever asked four.  Before doing foster care, I prayed and said that it would be great if the first kids we brought into our home where the kids we were meant to adopt. And that is exactly what God gave us!! Our family is complete and I am bursting at the seams with love for all these additions to our family and with excitement at what else he has in store for us!!  Some how I feel as if I am not done adding children and hubby thinks we are done??? Who knows, God put on my heart at a young age that I was going to adopt at least one child and look where that ended up??? He will put us and our hearts where we need to be! I am almost 35 years old and seeing where God has led us so far I am really excited to see what else he has planned for our family!  As I am watching our 3 year old catapult off of the reclining chair...lol.  I couldn't imagine our life without our amazing additions to our family all God gave to us for a reason!!

I know in my posts I am a little all over the place but what it boils down to is this is a great site and I hope to grant many wishes in the future!!  If anyone feels in there heart to help a family in need this is a great way to find that family!!

Well there is finally an end in sight..............

After a very long year it looks like we are going to truly be in the adoption phase with our two beautiful little ones!!  The kids and I have had to stay in CA while hubby went on to TX so we could keep the girls but it is totally worth it.  I am excited though we have an amazing new landlord who is willing to let us pay partial rent til we move to TX full time.  So we are going to visit Ron in TX for a month, starting the 7th!! Yeah!! We just couldn't be separated for 3 full months while hubby is stateside if we could help it.  We have 4 kids birthdays coming up, Kylee will be 7, Wyatt's turning 1! , Morgan is turning 15 and Sadie is turning 13.  So many big things including the upcoming holidays we just wanted to still be a whole family because soon enough it will be time to deploy again and that we have no choice about.... it is his job.  Anywhoo, we will be leaving for TX the 7th and staying for almost a month to celebrate b-days and enjoy our new (empty) house!  I am super excited to see my husband, the one nice thing about being stationed at Irwin was at least he was stateside for two solid years!! 
We should all be in TX full time by January, God willing!  Please pray for us things are going to be a bit rough the next 3 months but I have faith that God will see us through it all! 

So my little one....

My 3 year old is about the cutest thing ever!! She says some of the funniest things ever! Every night before she goes to be she wants to know where her moon is at. "oh, there my moon" she says. In the morning "where my moon at?"

Back to Life Back to Reality.... Sort of

So now we are back home and back to reality and I am just not liking the laundry and dirty dishes and having to prepare every meal again. While on vacay, our amazing family spoiled us and we ate out alot and didn't have to make but an occasional lunch or breakfast.... So now it is back to all the mundane things about housework, need to ask God too help me be greatful and not spoiled....LOL

Changes....

Changes have been coming at a massive speed here in the 10 years, not really sure how it happened but my kids are growing up, we've moved and are about to move again, couple of deployments, foster care, adoptions, friends coming and going.  The pace of this life has been pretty intense and I keep waiting for it to slow down.  IT IS NOT SLOWING DOWN!! I am coming to the realization that it is not just us it is this military life we live.  There has been so much positive but part of me feels like we are missing out have this fast pace life, I long to get a ranch out in the country and homeschool with no distractions.  I long to sit outside with my kids and read and play maybe with horses.  With all this technology that we have even sometimes when we are together it doesn't really feel like we are together.  There is always this contstant noise or something going on.  What happened to sitting down and reading a good book?  I want to go unplugged!! I want to leave my house and not have to have my cell phone with me because I can't miss a call.  Being busy isn't always bad but some of our "busyness" is self inflicted.

This is a draft that never got posted.... but I think God knew I needed a break and is helping me slow down a little bit.  Because of the adoptions we are going to be forced to kick back a little for the next few months and take some time to visit hubby in TX.  My only goal for the next 3 months is to organize, school with the kids and family time!!!! (And of course a little visiting with my dear friends that haven't ditched me in this desert!!!)

Whew.... made it home after a month long vacation!!

Alot has happened in our little family in the last 6 months or so.  I came to the realization I can not save every child.  We had a 16 year old in our home for the last year and with her brought a new baby, that we are now adopting.  A decision had to be made for the well being of the ENTIRE family, she had to move on to a new placement.  It was very hard but I now know without a doubt that this was God's plan for us and for her.  I have such an overwhelming sense of peace.  I know people will judge and have already had a social worker give us a hard time but the first duty God gave us is to protect our family.  She is almost grown and knows right from wrong, she made her choices and because of them she could not stay.  Our duty is to protect the 6 younger children in our charge. I can go on and on but what it boils down too is that we have prayed every step of the way and feel good (but still sad) about the choice we made.  People can judge, but that is not my problem I serve only one God. 

I have also realized that all things, including the horrible ones, work together for good for those who love the Lord!!! Alot of damage has been done in our home in the last year and we have alot to work through.  But I can see God working mircles already!  His grace and love is overwhelming and beyond words!

So we went on this long family vacation to IL and IN, our families were amazing and treated us like rock stars!  We are so blessed.  K , A and W all got to meet there new family and were welcomed with open arms!!!  It was amazing to see so many people just wrap them in there love!  We had some drama but were able to finish our vacation and make it home with a scrap of sanity (maybe).  While there I got to meet my sweet little A's bio family and they were amazing and I am so looking forward to maintaining a relationship with them all.  We are not only adopting these 3 amazing kids but we are also adopting a whole gaggle of bio family members!! I will count my blessings that they are all such amazing people!! 

Having 6 children is definately a challenge but the blessings far outwiegh the hardships!! Our family is complete!!  (unless God works on Hubby!!)

I know this post is all over the place but so is our life!!