Sunday, February 19, 2012

Love on Valentine's Day

Wow! We have had a Valentine's we will never forget...
     Our hearts are filled with so much love and we are so thankful to God for allowing us to be so blessed.
     Life is gonna be so different for all of our family.  First we are still waiting on a referral of our "Sholey Joy" which could come Monday, February 27th (we are praying that it will), we have had a great-nephew turn 1, and our son (Colby) had his Senior day at his last basketball game (on home court) at his college, Colby is also getting married in August,  our adoption agency called us on Valentine's Day and wanted to know if we would be interim adoptive parents for three days to a 15 day old little baby boy (we of course said YES and oh what joy this was), and last but surely not least our daughter (Ashley and her husband Shane) told us we are gonna be GRANDPARENTS come this October!!!  Oh how EXCITED we are.  Here are some pictures to share the joy: 


Our son's last home court game...

Colby's Senior Day (last game on home court)



Oh how I love to watch him play,
but one day we will get to see him coach and lead young men in this game of life~
Here's a great article on my son, the love of the game is in his heart and that's how he plays:  http://eagles.ozarks.edu/mbasketball/Default.aspx?tab=0&newsID=4635




Our son getting married in August...


Valentine's Day 
(we got a call to be interim adoptive parents and what joy filled our souls)



Oh the days that William and I have talked about this and how exciting our lives are gonna be and it's here, our Ashley and Shane are pregnant~
We are gonna be GRANDPARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

January Matching...

We did not receive a referral this time, but it will come~  Thank you to everyone that is praying for this moment for us to bring Sholey Joy home.  We appreciate it so much and ask that you continue to pray for us and for her.   
The next matching should be the last Monday in February unless they let us know sooner.  


"We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom
our faith depends from start to finish"
Hebrews 12:2

Monday, January 9, 2012

We Are Waiting...

Just a update on our adoption:  
We are waiting on a referral of our little girl (Sholey Joy).  We didn't get matched in December so we are praying for January for us to receive a match and meet our little girl by picture for the first time. So we wait and continue our trust in HIM, because He is in control of everything.   

Thursday, January 5, 2012

T-Shirts we designed...


We can all have the choice of accepting Christ as our Lord and Savior and being adopted and becoming "children of God".


Monday, December 26, 2011

Happy Day After Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of the year, but I've been thinking about "time of the year" ever since I heard this song today~  I just thank God for giving all the Christians artist the gift of writing and playing songs that just really SPEAK~
It is true..."The Light of the World is still HERE."  Happy Day after CHRISTmas and Merry rest of the Year!


Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning...HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;  He is Christ the Lord."
Luke 2:10-11


We are so very thankful for this day because it brings HOPE and PEACE to this world because God sent His one and only Son to this earth to live and die and be raised from the dead and He is ALIVE today for all, not just for some people but for all people, if we ask Him to come and live in our hearts and forgive us of our sins and believe this; Salvation is given and we will live with HIM forever!  Jesus is and forever will be what Christmas is all about, Christmas is all in the HEART!  
I couldn't have asked for a better gift years ago then my salvation and the change that only HE can bring in my life and the lives of my family members~ We are so blessed with such a wonderful family and we are truly thankful.
From our family to yours; Merry CHRISTmas!





Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Not this time around...

Our message from BCS was: No China referral match for this round in December. So we wait until January~


"Wait patiently for the Lord. 
Be brave and courageous. Yes, 
wait patiently for the Lord."
Psalm 27:14


This verse is exactly what WE will do~