The kids had 1/2 day school today, so at 9:30 they started coming home. (why even bother) So Isaiahs new gff ( like BFF get it GFF?) , came over and hung out till he got out of school, then to get the little boy, then shopping for the "snow balll" a city wide dance for High Schoolers. then a movie ( girls won this fight!!! 27 dresses) Then dinner. Ok not the best, but I can say not exactly the worst either. I figured I would try my hand at chicken fried pork, ok so youve probably never heard of it for a reason... can you guess what that reason is? ok so it wasnt great, and I managed to set off the fire alarms AGAIN!!!! olk so I have an excuse for that... there is no vent a hood in the kitchen!!! a couple of weeks ago I smoked up the house making everyone pancakes... lets just say everyone was suprised to be awakened by the smoke alarm going off. It is kind of like the new dinner bell in our house! hehe So we all sit down for dinner, this poor girl, (the new girlfriend of Isaiah) The boys had a belching competition, to see who could belch "I love you" ... I have to say they all did amazingly, but I don't think she was all that impressed! Am on the other hand LOVED it. Talk about family dynamic totally changing with a male teenager in the house... Somehow every conversation can be turned gassy in 2.5 seconds! After the eventful dinner they washed dishes, and the floors and walls all over the house, it all starts with that inocent looking little sink sprayer! Then moved to cups of water... Well, I couldnt really do anything about it, I know who probably started it.... the same person who swears he put an extention hose on the sink sprayer at my moms house so he could make the water reach all the way to the couch in the living room! Yea, that would be my dear husband. Both boys and girlfriend were all involved too, there was really nothing I could do, but stand back and watch. And hope the computer (in the middle of this all )did not get hurt. I think I escaped just in time with the cameras and computer that were on the table, before it got too bad. So at around 9:15pm we sent her home, it was almost a full 12 hours, since she arrived. I am sure she will be back for more soon. What a wish.
1 boy for 17 years wished for this... (a normal family) and God gave him us!!! hehe
God is soo good.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Is There a bear out there????
OK so everyone is freaking out here, we are getting used to living in the land far away.
Tony the good hubby gets up early before the sun rises, gose outside, and milks the chickens. well this morning he was out walking the "princess" and... well it was a bear, or a wolf, or as the little girl says a really big hairy, black guy. it growled, and everyone ran away. so now we are determined to find out what it was. we got pictures of tracks in the snow... (coming soon) we know there is a fox, but he says it was bigger, now everyone is in an uproar, and noone is going outside in the dark. We don't wanna be bait! so there you have it for an update on news in MT!!
Tony the good hubby gets up early before the sun rises, gose outside, and milks the chickens. well this morning he was out walking the "princess" and... well it was a bear, or a wolf, or as the little girl says a really big hairy, black guy. it growled, and everyone ran away. so now we are determined to find out what it was. we got pictures of tracks in the snow... (coming soon) we know there is a fox, but he says it was bigger, now everyone is in an uproar, and noone is going outside in the dark. We don't wanna be bait! so there you have it for an update on news in MT!!
Friday, February 6, 2009
PLEASE.... DON"T TRY THIS!!!
Summmm..Oneeee pweese call tha fire twuck.... I think weere stuckkk!!!!
OWWWWCH!!!! that weely huwts!!!!!
OWWWWCH!!!! that weely huwts!!!!!Big boys and toys...
As we were at the park playing in the snow, Adrian met a friend from school, they had a snow mobile, and let the boys take a few laps... all though our teenager didnt drive long...
he managed to flip the thing over attempting to climb a small hill.
They had lots of fun!
2 boys...
What a snow beauty!!!
She deffinately left the angel side of herself in the snow that day!
Smiles!
2 boys...
What a snow beauty!!!
She deffinately left the angel side of herself in the snow that day!
Smiles!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Snow much fun!
beautiful... and thats my little boy on the snowmobile out there too!
all smiles,
all smiles, till those little hands hit the snow,
then it is tears... lots of tears it is "soo cold"
The clouds even look like snow! Wow!
The clouds even look like snow! Wow!
New arrival
Ok I know it has been like a million years... ok so maybe not that long, but we have been without the internet for around a month, seems like a million years... so much has happened... oh so much. Wow...It is amazing how a broken computer, a move and no internet connection can isolate you from the whole entire world! It is funny, I months ago threw away all our phone books, ok so I think they got recycled, Yes I live in Missoula! and silly me was just thinking I dont need them, I have the internet! I can look it all up Go Google!..... well, boy was I wrong. with no internet those door stops would've come in handy! oh well here I am back from a non restful hiatus. we moved in the begining of January, barely had a Christmas tree! We put up a fake one for like 3 days, all the ornaments were like 3 feet and lower! Yup the little girl decorated it! And I was fine with that, I had boxes to pack! So we are still here in zoo town, just across town. in a LARGER real house. it is soo exciting to have space now, after being stuffed for over a year in a little compartment of an apartment. Everyone has their own room here it is so nice. Speaking of everyone, we became parents again December 20, our "little" Christmas suprise!
So I have been reading a few blogs of friends and lots are about how the new year is a new start and all these resoloutions, and all. well I have a friend who was talking about the road trips of life, she just returned before Christmas, from a 3 month 9000 mile road trip! and how she would've NEVER left the driveway if she'd have known she was going to be gone 3 months,9000 miles, replace all her tires, and puke in a hotel for 3 days because of food poisioning.
How true is this of our lives? again I look back on the last 2 years of my life, we were leaving San Antonio to start a church, we knew if it was God calling, "it wouldn't fail." right?! Wow. We are here now still a struggle day to day, I am not the lady that goes to the mall and makes friends with everyone. So I struggle. we have been drifting here wondering what we are here for. Would we have pulled out of that driveway our home in San Antonio if we knew that this church thing here was not going to work? 2000 miles away we are here, the mountains and snow are beautiful, and to think I disn't know where Montana was 2 short years ago. Comon sense and faith dont always align! I have to admit over the last summer we really were considering moving "home" God didn't let that happen. He has a bigger picture a bigger purpose for our lives. We returned from our looong vacation south, and made the choice to stay here. we set out looking for another place to live as the apartment provided plenty of warmth during the -13 winter we were looking for more room. We also took foster care classes with the State, we have always talked about this, since before we were married. so we took the 18 hours of classes. Tony signed on with Youth for Christ here in town, to start 2 new programs teaching students how to manage money, and a city wide youth program, for smaller churches without youth pastors.This "small" job quickly turned into many 80 hour weeks and way more than He could handle alone. We then decided after only a few short months with the program that we needed to take anouther route. Tony within 2 weeks got a job at a local credit union, and is now employed full time there. (what a huge miricle with this economy the way it is at this time) We also found a house on craigslist that was a 5 bedroom 2 living area home for less than we were paying for the apartment! ( Go God, another miricle and answer to prayer)
So as we waited for the house we spoke about the logistics of having a foster child. our requirements were... 4 or younger nothing too drastic and our 2 kiddos safety comes first. So with this large house we would be able to have plenty of room for a new child and all of our stuff and plenty of space too. soo exciting. so the last noght of our training there was a panel of people who were foster parents for us to ask questions to, and 2 teenagers in the system, to share their experiences with us as potential foster parents. We asked lots of questions, and listened to many answers. You know our heart is for teens, and we wanted to mentaly figure out a way to take them home... yet the first words out of this boys mouth were "I don't believe in God, and don't try to push Your God on me!" This was in his speeech he gave to the class... ok so maybe not, I said a little prayer, and thought nope, never a teenager in my house, Can't do it. Only 4 and younger ! I told myself again. allthough I felt that tug. And now after talking about it Anthony did too. but Only 4 and under! so on the short break we had Anthony invited this kid to his "club" that he was running for YFC at his school that Tuesday during lunch. He never came, but somehow he always poped up in the parking lot or in the office when He was signing in at the school. Just to say "hi" Nothing too out of the ordinary for my dear husband, because this is just the gravitational pull he has to teenagers. What a great gift from God! Not many people have that!
There Was one day that this kid walklled up to Anthony and said to him "I need a foster family before Nov.20, if I dont have one they are sending me to another group home in another city and my life will go to hell, will you be my dad?" ok now thats a little shocking to say the least! Jokingly he responded by saying " you want me to be your daddy?" and then explained he had to pray about it and talk things over with me.
We started to pray diligently it was only 2 weeks till the 20th of Nov! We werent going to move into the new house until the end of Dec, or early January, how would all that work? we contacted the lady who did our classes to seee how to get more info on this kid. it took a long time, I felt, it was taking too long, and that he would be sent away before we could really pray and get an answer, and paperwork, we still weren't licensed, we had no info on him, we needed to know more, we couldn't just jump on this allthough, our hearts were tugged, we are parents of 2 other children, how would this affect them? We knew we couldnt rush. We prayed, and prayed, and prayed. I would pray that God would remove him, If he wasnt suposed to be with us, I prayed that we would see the "red flags" clearly and not try to glaze over what might be a red flag. there were none. God what is going on here! We said NOT over4! and he is 17!!!
December 20 Isaiah came to live with us. He was our "little" Christmas gift we never knew we wanted. He has wanted a family since he was 6 and now almost 11 years later he has one. I think he has convinced himself that he has given up on God, that God did'nt listen to his prayers, but it is very Rare that a 17 year old is ever placed. since they are so close to timing out of the system. This boy has been given a new start. kind of a new perspective to the road trip perspective! The church we came here to start closed its doors 2 weeks ago, we left last April, YFC looked good, and it is ministry, that didn't fit either. If anyone would've told me I would be the mother of a 17 year old, at the age of 30 I Never would've believed them. Ministry is in the "youth group" but no teens living in my "home" not with my young children. God is amazing and in the BIG picture. not exactly what we can see, or even imagine for that fact! He is in the details... he knows... fun facts... we moved here on isaiahs birthday July 11, 2007. funny hu? God is Good! I'm glad we pulled out of the driveway, we are here, yea it is hard, but what an impact, It is all worth it, even if it is just for one teenager (who I swear is giving me more gray daily). Gods ideas are crazy, just be willing to accept the task! He will make it possible.
Wow!
So I have been reading a few blogs of friends and lots are about how the new year is a new start and all these resoloutions, and all. well I have a friend who was talking about the road trips of life, she just returned before Christmas, from a 3 month 9000 mile road trip! and how she would've NEVER left the driveway if she'd have known she was going to be gone 3 months,9000 miles, replace all her tires, and puke in a hotel for 3 days because of food poisioning.
How true is this of our lives? again I look back on the last 2 years of my life, we were leaving San Antonio to start a church, we knew if it was God calling, "it wouldn't fail." right?! Wow. We are here now still a struggle day to day, I am not the lady that goes to the mall and makes friends with everyone. So I struggle. we have been drifting here wondering what we are here for. Would we have pulled out of that driveway our home in San Antonio if we knew that this church thing here was not going to work? 2000 miles away we are here, the mountains and snow are beautiful, and to think I disn't know where Montana was 2 short years ago. Comon sense and faith dont always align! I have to admit over the last summer we really were considering moving "home" God didn't let that happen. He has a bigger picture a bigger purpose for our lives. We returned from our looong vacation south, and made the choice to stay here. we set out looking for another place to live as the apartment provided plenty of warmth during the -13 winter we were looking for more room. We also took foster care classes with the State, we have always talked about this, since before we were married. so we took the 18 hours of classes. Tony signed on with Youth for Christ here in town, to start 2 new programs teaching students how to manage money, and a city wide youth program, for smaller churches without youth pastors.This "small" job quickly turned into many 80 hour weeks and way more than He could handle alone. We then decided after only a few short months with the program that we needed to take anouther route. Tony within 2 weeks got a job at a local credit union, and is now employed full time there. (what a huge miricle with this economy the way it is at this time) We also found a house on craigslist that was a 5 bedroom 2 living area home for less than we were paying for the apartment! ( Go God, another miricle and answer to prayer)
So as we waited for the house we spoke about the logistics of having a foster child. our requirements were... 4 or younger nothing too drastic and our 2 kiddos safety comes first. So with this large house we would be able to have plenty of room for a new child and all of our stuff and plenty of space too. soo exciting. so the last noght of our training there was a panel of people who were foster parents for us to ask questions to, and 2 teenagers in the system, to share their experiences with us as potential foster parents. We asked lots of questions, and listened to many answers. You know our heart is for teens, and we wanted to mentaly figure out a way to take them home... yet the first words out of this boys mouth were "I don't believe in God, and don't try to push Your God on me!" This was in his speeech he gave to the class... ok so maybe not, I said a little prayer, and thought nope, never a teenager in my house, Can't do it. Only 4 and younger ! I told myself again. allthough I felt that tug. And now after talking about it Anthony did too. but Only 4 and under! so on the short break we had Anthony invited this kid to his "club" that he was running for YFC at his school that Tuesday during lunch. He never came, but somehow he always poped up in the parking lot or in the office when He was signing in at the school. Just to say "hi" Nothing too out of the ordinary for my dear husband, because this is just the gravitational pull he has to teenagers. What a great gift from God! Not many people have that!
There Was one day that this kid walklled up to Anthony and said to him "I need a foster family before Nov.20, if I dont have one they are sending me to another group home in another city and my life will go to hell, will you be my dad?" ok now thats a little shocking to say the least! Jokingly he responded by saying " you want me to be your daddy?" and then explained he had to pray about it and talk things over with me.
We started to pray diligently it was only 2 weeks till the 20th of Nov! We werent going to move into the new house until the end of Dec, or early January, how would all that work? we contacted the lady who did our classes to seee how to get more info on this kid. it took a long time, I felt, it was taking too long, and that he would be sent away before we could really pray and get an answer, and paperwork, we still weren't licensed, we had no info on him, we needed to know more, we couldn't just jump on this allthough, our hearts were tugged, we are parents of 2 other children, how would this affect them? We knew we couldnt rush. We prayed, and prayed, and prayed. I would pray that God would remove him, If he wasnt suposed to be with us, I prayed that we would see the "red flags" clearly and not try to glaze over what might be a red flag. there were none. God what is going on here! We said NOT over4! and he is 17!!!
December 20 Isaiah came to live with us. He was our "little" Christmas gift we never knew we wanted. He has wanted a family since he was 6 and now almost 11 years later he has one. I think he has convinced himself that he has given up on God, that God did'nt listen to his prayers, but it is very Rare that a 17 year old is ever placed. since they are so close to timing out of the system. This boy has been given a new start. kind of a new perspective to the road trip perspective! The church we came here to start closed its doors 2 weeks ago, we left last April, YFC looked good, and it is ministry, that didn't fit either. If anyone would've told me I would be the mother of a 17 year old, at the age of 30 I Never would've believed them. Ministry is in the "youth group" but no teens living in my "home" not with my young children. God is amazing and in the BIG picture. not exactly what we can see, or even imagine for that fact! He is in the details... he knows... fun facts... we moved here on isaiahs birthday July 11, 2007. funny hu? God is Good! I'm glad we pulled out of the driveway, we are here, yea it is hard, but what an impact, It is all worth it, even if it is just for one teenager (who I swear is giving me more gray daily). Gods ideas are crazy, just be willing to accept the task! He will make it possible.
Wow!
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