So we are off. I think I have everything done for this road trip! My little sister gets married this weekend. I am so excited. Can I tell you why I am really excited…my bridesmaid dress does not fit me, it is too big. 
Oh yes, It is. What a great problem to have!
I am going to try and write while I am away, but we will see how that goes!
Be blessed!!
Did you read my title. Did you…Did you? yep it is true, I am down 17 pounds. Can we give high fives all the way around! I am so excited. Did I tell you that Tony has lost 25. We are so pumped up. I am feeling SOOOOOOOOO good. I am feeling so energetic. People keep telling me you are looking good. Your eyes are brighter. Your skin is better. WAIT….did that mean my eyes were not bright before? HHmmmm…. I know they are just paying nice compliments. I am so happy that I am able to help others feel this way now. How awesome is that!?
We are having a big garage sale this weekend. Getting rid of all the junk before we get Christmas presents this year. I am so tired of the extra stuff around our house. So that is what I will be doing all day, getting everything sorted! We are going to open up early in the AM for the garage sale. AND I am hoping that everything sells, cause what does not is going to the Salvation Army!
The kids dressed up as story book characters today for school. My oldest was a dirt bike racer. and Chandler was snow boarder! They were pretty cute!
Well that is all I have for now, I need to go keep focused on getting ready for this weekend!
Have an AWESOME FRIDAY!!!
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Tonight I am going out with one of my best girlfriends. I so am ready for a girls night out! We are going for Mexican food and lots of girl talk! Thank you Michelle for taking me out!
Dinner is almost ready for the boys and girls and Tony. Homework is done. Laundry done. Chores done. I feel accomplished today!
Our Advocare business is really taking off. We are getting people on products. They are seeing the results, and they are feeling AWESOME! This business is such a blessing to us. Plus the extra money is not a bad deal either! 
And it is so much fun to do it with my honey. We are growing together in business. I love you baby! You are awesome!
No I did not fall off the band wagon. I am here. Still truckin along. I am tired. Honestly, I am really tired. I plan on doing nothing tomorrow. I am emotionally, physically, just tired.
We had parent teacher conferences this week. The boys are doing really well in school, and the teachers said that they are very smart! Oh and they are so polite. Really? Are you talking about my kids? My kids seem to bicker with each other… isn’t it always like that, others always seem to think our kids act so wonderfully. Well at least what I am teaching them at home, they are using it in public! I feel so accomplished.
I am almost done with Kaitlyn’s room painting it. IT is going to be so cute. I cant wait to finish it and show it off. We went to the thrift store today to try and find some things that looked shabby chic. And I did. Ben walked in and said, “I love all this junk mom, it is so much fun”
So please pray for us. Wisdom. Clarity. More Wisdom. God Speed. And much more. We have a hold up with the adoption due to the biological fathers. We will be completing some DNA testing here soon. And much more stuff. We are still very HOPEFUL that this family will get baby. But in the mean time, God is teaching us more patience. Just when I thought I learned enough, I get to learn some more! We love this adoptive family. They are so perfect for her. I could not have chosen a more perfect home. But ultimately God has her in the palm of his hand. He cares so much for her. And he sees where she will end up, and where ever she ends up is because God put her there for a purpose. And now I have to accept that. He spared her from so much. You can see that God has his hand on her life. We know we are on the right course. Someone asked me, if we feel like we made a mistake in pulling her out of the first family that we choose. AND NO WE DONT! That was not the right family for baby. I know that 100% and have not lost any sleep over it. I think that God has a bigger picture planned, and we dont really see all of it, but he will reveal himself to us. We have been obediant this whole time to the Lord. And we will continue to do so, whatever the road may be. Please pray. We need it.
As for this weekend, we are going to relax and not think about it. Just spend time as a family. Have a great weekend.
We are home. The weekend. Well let’s just say it went…GREAT!!! The only bad thing…baby cried and screamed the entire flight! I was apologizing all over myself. It was TERRIBLE. Other than that it went well. Love this family. I wish I could post pictures, but you know because of the whole privacy thing that I want to honor, it is better that I don’t. They love her so much. And it makes my heart happy. Please continue to pray for this process. We are having some bumps in the road with biological fathers.
I know this is short. sweet. simple. and not much info, but I have a terrible headache. And the girls are sleeping, so I am going to take advantage of a nap. I will post again more later tonight or tomorrow.
In just a few more hours we will be flying out. I have done well today. So if you prayed for me…it worked. I have gotten the kitchen in tip top shape, laundry done, vacuumed, new sheets on my bed, packed, fed the kids lunch, fed the gerbils, cleaned the play room, swept the floors, and put about a dozen love notes around the house for my honey. Who I am going to miss like crazy. I hate being away from him. I just love him dearly! Anyways, I stayed on task and really focused. I really do keep my house pretty clean, but when we leave on a trip I am so anal like that to want it all perfect. I know it is so silly. I just laid baby down for a nap, and I am hoping that it will help her mood for the rest of the afternoon. Now I am going to go get myself ready. Thank you for all your prayers. I really do appreciate them! I am sure I will have lots to post about when I get home.
(the first part is in an african language…it is beautiful, then it goes into english)
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blessed assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
– Words by Horatio G. Spafford, 1873
– Music by Philip P. Bliss, 1876
The words to this hymn was written after two major traumas in Spafford’s life. The first was the Great Chicago Fire of October 1871, which ruined him financially. Shortly after, while crossing the Atlantic, all four of Spafford’s daughters died in a collision with another ship. Spafford’s wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram: “SAVED ALONE.” Several weeks later, as Spafford’s own ship passed near the spot where his daughters died, he was inspired to write these words.
Bliss originally named the tune “Ville de Havre” after the ship on which Spafford’s four girls perished, the SS Ville de Havre. Ironically, Bliss himself died in a tragic train wreck shortly after writing this music.
