Where To Begin

Well, here I am entering the world of blogging once again. I blogged during the process of our adoption of Joshua and Caleb, our twin sons from Liberia West Africa. Mainly I blogged to keep our family and friends up to date with what was going on, but I also found it to be a great way to release pent up frustration and stress.



Now I start this blog for me. This is a place I can come and just be. Share my crazy life of husband, kids, dogs, school, sports and those things I think are worthy of making it to "print".



With 3 teenage girls, twin four year old boys, two dogs and a cat life is kind of crazy around here sometimes and most of the time I am just crazy.



David and I adopted Joshua and Caleb in the later years of our lives. I would have done this much earlier in life, but it took a while for David to get on the same page as God and I. For atleast the last 9 years I had a burning desire in my heart to adopt, David didn't. It cause much stress and tension in our marriage, but I finally gave it to God and asked him to either take this desire from my heart or change Davids. Actually I thought God would change my heart before he changed David's. All I can say is t~hat it only God that could have changed his heart. I just wish that God would have chosen to do it much earlier in our lives while we were younger. Now we are by no means grands and gramps, we are in our mid 40's. But raising toddlers in 40's is not quite like raising them in your 20's or 30's. Not only are we raising twin 4 year old boys, but we are in the throws of teenagerdom with 3 girls! So we have boys running in every direction, throwing, kicking breaking and what not. Then we have 3 girls who are constantly at each other, fighting, arguing, talking back to me, challenging me - on word to sum them up is HORMONES!



But at the end of the day I wouldn't change any of it if I could (well, would have adopted sooner). I love my life. God has been and is and continues to be so good to me. I have wonderful healthy children, a Godly husband who loves me, a comfortable home and each day God provides me with all that I need to get through that day and look forward to the next.