What Color Rose Are You?

I saw this on Diane's blog and Tammy's blog! Thought I should try it! finally something that says I am gentle and sweet! LOL

You Are a Light Pink Rose

You represent sweetness and grace. Your vibe: Kind and gentle Falling in love with you: is like falling in love with a best friend

What Color Rose Are You?

Part 2!!

101. I wanted to adopt from Russia
102. Nathan wanted to adopt from Columbia
103. The 6-week stay scared me.
104. We went to a Bethany international meeting
105. We ended up choosing Russia! Yeah I win!
106. We started all the paperwork and sent in our money
107. We ended up waiting over a year for our referral
108. Our first referral was an 18-month-old little boy
109. We had wanted a child that was as young as possible
110. We also knew that if God wanted us to adopt this little boy we would.
111. We never had a name for him
112. 3 days later we received word that our facilitator in Russia had a 7-month-old baby boy for us
113. Did we want to adopt him instead?
114 after much prayer we felt God calling us to adopt this little 7 month old.
115. We were very sad about the other boy and prayed that he ended up in a home
116. The little 7 month old was named Vasily Nikolaevich Nadeleav
117. We did not get a picture and video of him for 4 more months.
118. Finally a family traveled in November 1997 and we received our first videos and picture
119. He was beautiful
120. A few weeks after we got a call from Bethany that this little boy was being labeled retarded
121. We knew that could not be true after we saw the video.
122. Even if he was God had called us to adopt him.
123. We showed Bethany our video and they agreed with us. The little boy looked very bright.
124. We found out he would have been put in a home to die if we had not adopted him.
125. Dec 1997 we found out we could possibly get a court hearing soon.
126. If we did not get one soon there was a chance for an adoption stoppage
127. If that happened we may not be able to travel until February or maybe not at all.
128. Just a few days later I was reading the newspaper and saw a plane crash in Irkutsk, Russia
129. This was where Nikolas was born.
130. It said that a plane had hit an apartment building and burned down and orphanage.
131. We were so scared. We did not know if this was where Nikolas was or not
132. This was on a Sunday
133. On Monday we found out we had a court hearing and had to get to leave by Thursday
134. Yes you read right. 3 days notice to travel!! Wow!!
135. Our court hearing was December 16th 1997. It was also Nate’s sister’s birthday
136. We had problems with our Russian visas and Originally we were denied.
137. Some important info had been left off that we didn’t know we needed
138. I got a phone call from the Russian Consulate and at first the man was not very nice.
139. After I cried and begged he told me to overnight everything and we could pick it up in New York
140 Big problem. We were not flying through New York
141. He then said he would overnight back to us
142. Our visa’s arrive 1 hour before we left for the airport. God is good!
142. We spent 3 weeks in Russia.
143. We had a great time and made many friends
144 We arrived home Dec 31, 1997
145. End of April 1998 we found out I was 3 months pregnant (Thanks Diane for seeing the mistake!!! LOL For those that have not seen yet i said 12 months pregnant! LOL)
146. Biggest surprise of my life.
147. Heather was born November 1998
148. Not long after Heather was born we met our good friends Mark and Cheri Battjes.
149. I didn’t realize then how important Cheri would be in my life!! I thank God for her every day
150. They ended up adopting a little girl from Irkutsk not long after us
151. We have now been friends for about 10 years!!
152. In November of 1999 we ended up buying a house in Hudsonville.
153. We loved it because it came with a hot tub!
154. At the end of June 2000 we found out that were going to have another baby
155. Yes it was another surprise!
156. At the same time I started having some health issues.
157. I ended up in the emergency room via ambulance one night because of severe heart racing
158. Later we found out these were being caused by panic attacks
159. I ended up having panic attacks for two years and went on some medication.
160. I was on Paxil and I would NOT recommend this to anyone and will never take it again.
161. Caleb was born in February 2001.
162. He was loved very much by the hospital staff
163. They were supposed to bring him to my room at night but…
164. They thought he was so cute they kept him in the nurse’s station all night
165. He was already being spoiled
166. The night we brought him home he screamed for 11 hours straight.
167. We found out 11 hours later that the nipple on his bottle was not working right.
168. This was our third child. You would think we would have it all figured out.
169. Late spring of 2002 our good friends, the Battjes, went to Russia to adopt a little girl
170. This was their daughter, Arianna, biological sister.
171. When they returned they had such good reports.
172. I remember being downstairs with Cheri and talking about maybe us adopting again
173. I remember calling up to Nate to ask him what he thought about adopting a Russian girl
174. He actually said I don’t care see what Alex says (our facilitator and friend in Russia)
175. We went ahead and called Bethany with in a few days and had started the paperwork
176. This was beginning of June.
177. Heather told us one day that she would love to have a sister that was her age. 3 1/2
178. We emailed this to Alex and he said he would see what he could do
179. With in a few days we had our referral of Ekaterina Anaolievna Manchuk
180. Mark and Cheri traveled again to Russia for their court hearing in July
181. We traveled for our first trip to meet Katie in August about 2 weeks after Mark and Cheri
182. We spend 9 days with Katie.
183. The day we left her in Russia to go home she ended up getting the chicken pox.
184. We knew before we left on our first trip we would be returning in 5 weeks.
185. We flew back to Russia on October 10 and spent the next 6 weeks in Russia.
186. If you recall #102 and #103 above A 6 week stay had scared me big time
187. God has the last laugh always!!
188. We LOVED every minute of our 6 weeks in Russia
189. We traveled every day to find somewhere new and learn about our children’s country
190. We now had 4 children and my head was spinning.
191. We figured we were now done.
192. In august 2004 we made another big change.
193. We were not happy with the church we were attending and the drive to get there was so long
194. It would take us almost 30 minutes each way
195. I had grown up in this church and had always attended there
196. We decided to look around to see where else we could attend closer
197. our good friends Mark and Cheri told us about their church
198. We decided to meet them there and see what it was all about.
199. This was in Allendale, Mi and only about a 7-minute drive
200. We were so nervous

to be continuted........

I kind of like how it always leaves at somewhat of a cliffhanger!! :)

300th post!!!!

This is my 300th post!!

I just finished my 300 items. It ended up reading more as a life story though.
I plan on doing them over 3 days 100 at a time so it doesn't seem to overwhelming!

Enjoy!


1. I was born on January 6th 1971
2. I was born at Butterworth hospital
3. I was born as Sandra Lynn McDowell
4. I spent the first 5 days in the hospital with my birthmother.
5. I was sent to a Foster home in Grand Rapids when I was 5 days old.
6. My parents picked went to pick me up when I was 7 weeks old
7. They were so sad because the day they were to bring me home there was an ice storm
8. They were told to come back the next day because the foster mom didn’t dare let me go in that
9. My adoption was final in February of 1972.
10. It was a very good day for me!! J
11. This is going to take me a long time to finish
12. I grew up in Byron center, Michigan
13. I only moved once when I was 6 months old.
14. We lived in a small house and my parents built a house next door up on a pretty hill.
15. I lived in that house for 18 ½ years.
16. When I was in Kindergarten I met my friend Beth on the bus. We sat in the back and ate
17. Twinkies together.
18. We have now been friends for 31 years.
19. Amazing that there is someone out there that knows me that well!!
20. I was a blonde until I turned 6. I know someone of you will go “I thought so!”LOL
21. I made my first trip to Florida when I was 5 years old.
22. We went to Disney and I was just in awe.
23. We ran into my grandparents at the park. I had no idea they were going to be there!
24. A little known tidbit about my grand parents.
25. They were offered land in Florida near Orland.
26. They didn’t buy it.
27. Years later this land became Disney world
28. I remember the winter blizzards so well.
29. We would have to take our snowmobile to get groceries
30. It seemed like so much fun back then.
31. Not so much fun to me now.
32. I went to Brown elementary in Byron Center. This was Kindergarten
33. I went to Ryder elementary 1st-4th grade
34. I went to Brown Elementary again for 5th grade.
35. Middle school was Byron center Middle school.
36. I went to Byron center High school
37. Graduated in 1989
38. I turned 16 years old in 1987.
39. I met Nathan in May of 1987. He was a senior at Unity Christian
40 we met at a friend’s graduation party
41. We were just friends at first
42. When we were just friends he sat at my house outside until 2:30 one morning.
43. His parents called the police because they thought he was dead in a ditch somewhere.
44. He was grounded the next day.
45. I don’t think his parents thought much of me! J
46. Later his parents liked me a lot! J
47. Nate had this old firebird that you could hear coming from a mile away. It was great.
48. My dad had a fit because his tired were bald
49. We didn’t care.
50. It was so loud that you couldn’t hear each other talk
50. No wonder we got a long so well.
51. We knew each other 3 months as friends before we officially were dating.
52. We used to do thing all the time that were spontaneous.
53. One time we were headed down to Shipshewana
54. We had a car broadside us
55. We both ended up having to go to the hospital in 3 rivers
56. Nathan had to have stitches in his head and X-rays.
57. Lets just say it hurt really bad.
58. I had to have X-rays to on my neck but they were all good.
59. My mom drove all the way down to pick us up.
60. We were both okay but Nate had a concussion because he didn’t wear his seat belt.
61. He now always wears his seat belt
62. His car was totaled.
63. One time Nate called me up when I was 16 and asked me what I was doing for the day.
64. We ended up in Chicago for a long fun day.
65. One time we ended up at Cedar Point.
66. Nathan used to work for John’s friendly used cars in Allendale
67. I used to go with him to pick up cars from Detroit
68. His boss used to give him the rest of the day off and we would spend the day in Detroit.
69 Nate became a plumber in 1988
70. We were engaged in June of 1989. Just a few days after I graduated.
71. I was 18 years old
72. Nathan was 20.
73. My mom was not happy because we fought all the time.
74. We dated 3 ½ years before we got married.
75. We were married on October 26th, 1990
76. At the time I worked at Pine Rest Christian health services.
77. I worked there for 10 years in housekeeping.
78. On our honeymoon we spent almost 10 days in Florida.
79. It was Nathan’s first time in Florida
80. We spent most of that time in Disney world
81. We spent another week at home.
82. When we arrive home our families had decided to trash our house.
83. They thought it was quite funny.
84. If I remember right I cried.
85. That first winter Nathan was laid off for 4 months.
86. I only worked on-call and every other weekend.
87. Our first house was in Grand Rapids. It was a two family.
88. Our renters saved us that first few months of being married.
89. It was the only way we could pay bills and buy food.
90. Every Monday Nate would get paid and we would get groceries and have dinner at Denny’s
91. After living in Grand Rapids we moved to Jenison
92. After moving to Jenison I ended up getting chicken pox from my brother. It was 1995
93. Thank Goodness they were not bad
94. In 1995 we also found out we could not have children.
95. We started looking in adoption.
96. We first called Bethany’s domestic program
97. They told us it could be up to 12 years before we were picked for a baby.
98. That depressed us
99. We then called Bethany’s International program.
100. I had read an article that Russia would be opening its door to families that wanted to adopt

to be continued tomorrow.........

Happy Valentine's day

First of all I would like to wish you all a very happy Valentine's day!!

second, I would like to wish Diane a happy Birthday!! If you get a chance click on her name and wish her a happy birthday!!!

Awards!!!

I love awards!!

Jennifer was given some great awards, and she passed them on to all the blogs she reads! I have the awesome privilege of being one of them!

Rock the Crib Award!

Spreader of the Love Award!

Pay it forward blessing blog!

Thank you, Jennifer!! I am also giving this award to all of those in my who I read column!

Actually I am giving it to a few others that I read too and you know who you are I just have been too lazy to get you into my side bar! Sorry!!

I saw this on my friend Cheri's blog! thanks goodness I came out G rated!

Also for those of you wondering I am working on my 300 things. Belive it or not I am at 210 already!! It is written in a way that I can easily fill in 300 blanks! :)

Another snow day

Hard to imagine that we have yet another snow day!! The kids have been doing well. They were not too happy that I made them clean the basement and their rooms bu after all they didn't to do much work the last 12 days or so. Things do need to get back to normal around here!

My dad, bless his heart came and plowed us out today. I usually do not make him drive all the way out here to do it but after this weekend I was pretty desperate. He did a great job and I feel like I have a really big driveway again!! Thanks dad! Your the best!!

I see on other blogs that people are having their 100 post come up. I keep forgetting to look at where I am at and when I finally did look I realized I am 295 posts. Wow! When did that happen. I have 4 to go after today. I do not think I could come up with 300 items for my post but I will see what I can do. Oh why did I wait! LOL

Our weekend

We had such a fun family weekend!! The kids are exhausted and well so are we!! I cannot believe we are having another snow storm where everything is cancelled. Amazing! However this time I am super glad that my sweet husband is home safe and sound!!

I would tell that I am downloading all of his wonderful Haiti pictures!! However he took NONE!! Yes that is right ZERO!! So when others start to download their pictures I will be borrowing a bunch! I know this is his 5th trip and he didn't want to take the same pictures over and over. However I would have like a few!! :)

That is what happens when you are married to the Team leader!!

We did take a few pictures and a video of our time at Splash Universe so I will be adding those to this post.

To start out Nathan's flight finally arrived at 2:40 pm on Thursday. Immiedately after we drove over to Dundee, Michigan to our hotel. It was a holiday inn express that was right next to Cabela's. It was a beautiful hotel and the waterpark is hooked right too it. For those of you that have been to Great wolf lodge it is about 1/2 half the size of it. It was perfect. The kids had a blast. It had 2 big slides, 3 smaller sides in the fort, a kiddie pool, a nice lazy river and then it had a famil spa that was just off of the lazy river where the kids had fun swimming around. This spa wasn't not a hot one. There was a hot tub just for adults and that was wonderful for just a little haven away while the kids were having a blast on the slides. All of the kids could go on the slides without us having to go with them so they had a ton of fun and didn't have to wait for a parent.

This was our living area

Four of the kids slept here. They also had their own TV!! It was like having their own room!

We had our own seperate room.

Caleb hanging out!

Hannah in front of the Lazy river.

I have a video too that I will work on uploading.

Too funny!!

This is just proof that God ALWAYS provides!!!!!!!


check this out Haiti team at airport

Both flights have left Miami and are on their way home!! Yeah!!!

Haiti team update

Here is the newest update:

Most of the Haiti team will be flying to GR tomorrow via Chicago at 2:00pm
Flight 4006 American.

Aaron Bonk, and The Gates family will be flying into GR tomorrow via Dallas at 3:05pm
Flight 3693 American

Thanks to everyone who prayed for them today.

this weather has been quite something.

Haiti team update

The team is in the air as we speak. They will arrive in Miami this afternoon.

Pray for them as they will have spend another night there.

American Airlines is rebooking the teams tickets. Of course they are doing it one a time so I will be getting 13 phone calls all together and I have to accept each one so pray for me to have patience to get through this!! LOL

This is the new flight data:

Thursday

1379 Leave Miami at 7:30 am Arrive in Dallas 9:45am
3693 Leave Dallas 11:40am arrive GR 3:05pm

It will be a happy day when they are finally home!!!!!!!!!!!!

Update on Haiti team

American airlines just called Diane and told her that the Miami to Chicago flight has been cancelled already. Not a good sign. Not sure what is going to happen but I will try to keep you all posted on what is going on.

New update:

Chicago to GR has just been cancelled as well. Will let you know anything new when it happens.

My husband is coming home today! Hopefully!

Please keep the Haiti team in prayer today as they head their way home!

Their flight is supposed to be in Grand Rapids around 11:25 pm.

Pray that even if we get a ton of snow that the flights are NOT cancelled or that the snow stops this afternoon or even early evening and that the winds stay somewhat calm.

I am trying NOT to worry as I know that God already knows the outcome of this day and I do completely trust Him and His wisdom.

I am just so anxious to see Nate again! Sounds like it was an awesome mission trip!!!!

Post cards from Tori!

I have had such a great time getting to know Tori. For those of you who do not know her she is 14 and she went to Haiti with us for the first time last August and I had a lot of fun getting to know her. You just never know what she is going to do or say next! I really miss having her here for me to tease!!

Well for those of you who read Diane's blog's you will know that Tori is her daughter and that she has been giving Diane one letter to ready a day.

I was so excited to find out that Tori also left me a postcard to read every day! Isn't that cool!!!

I just love them and its so nice to read one in the morning. thought I would share them with you here!!

enjoy!!

Nikolas

Nikolas was our first child adopted from Russia. He was 12 months old. I didn't have a chance to go through and scan some of his first pictures but I will try to get to some those soon.
Nikolas, Celia (neighbor) Heather
Nikolas- 18 months
Nikolas - 11

Hannah

The first 3 pictures are of Hannah in china. We do NOT have any picture of her under 5 years old.

Hannah - 7

Katie

The first 3 pictures are of Katie in Russia. We do not ave photos of her at a younger age than 4.

Katie age 9

Caleb

Here are pictures of Caleb. We do not seem to have as many of them for some reason.

Ryan (Caleb's best friend) Caleb

They are so adorbale here!!!
Caleb age 6 (soon to be 7)

Photo history Part 1 - Heather

My friend Cheri asked us to share old photos of our children!

What a great idea! I am going to start hear with Heather. for some reason I have the most pictures of her! Probably because even though she was our 2nd child she was our first newborn.
Heather and Arianna!!They were so cute together!!

Heather age 9

In the Air

The Haiti team is finally on the final phase of getting to Haiti! They should arrive around 9:25 am!

They had a small delay when American had to get a piece of luggage off the plane that belonged to a passenger that didn't show. Does that sound familiar to anyone that has gone before?!
It is becoming quite common! :)

Their first stop after arriving in Haiti is a trip to Barbencourt where they will be showing the Jesus film to the children there! What an exciting start to their trip!!

We had a great day off with the kids! The kids were so good for me and I am so thankful for them!

After today they should be able to post their own blogs at lighthousetrips. Keep checking back as they could post once or several times a day. You will probably be able to read some of their trip at the Livesays blog . Tara and Troy will usually post some of what the team is doing!

I am so excited for them to finally get there and start working for the Lord!!!

Psalm 96
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts.
9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his [a] holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns."
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12 let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them.
Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13 they will sing before the LORD, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his truth.

Update

The team is on the ground in Miami and Nate said he cannot believe how warm it is there.

They were heading to their hotel and they were able to check their luggage for tomorrow! Sounds like it all arrived with them too! NOW that is a miracle!!! :)

I am now going to take a much needed rest. Not as much of a rest as Tammy and Diane as they had a very stressful drive! Thank to both of you for driving!! You are both so brave. I think we were up ALL night listening and watching the wind and the snow.

I cannot even tell you the hours that the 3 of us put into computer time and phone time with everything that went on! I am off to a HOT, HOT shower and then dinner with the kids! They have been SUPER good today and I am soooooooo proud of them!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again for all the prayers!!! We are also so thankful too becuase my friend Michelle and her Guatemala team is safe home and sound today too!!! Thank you, God!!!

Haiti team and weather!

Well for those living in Michigan the weather this morning has been something else. Ice, blowing winds, blizzard like conditions, lots of snow.

It is also the same day that my husband was to leave for Haiti. He is leading a team of 13.

They were VERY delayed this morning and they ended up missing their plane in Chicago.

However God is so good and Nate called me a few minutes ago with news that a flight was available in 30 minutes to Miami and he was VERY positive that they would make it and still make their flight to Haiti today!!!

Thanks to all those that have been praying!!! It is so appreciated!!!!

I will update more later!!!

New update:

Nate just called me and now they are NOT able to get on that flight. They are heading out right now to rebook their flights but figure unless a miracle occurs that they will be spending the night in Miami.

Caleb

Most people know Caleb as a very rambunctious little boy!!
that he is! I cannot believe how often I have to get after him to stop running, stop hitting, and stop headbutting people. Ugh! Especially at church. He is all boy.
He also has a very sweet side to him (okay he is a little spoiled and my youngest) Caleb was another child that doctors said we would never have! God is so good to us!!
Last night Caleb wrote me this note!! In case you cannot read it I will translate for you.

Dear, Mom. I love you sista. Caleb! Is that not the sweetest! Okay he wrote me this when he was supposed to be in bed. What can a mom do!!! He also put the special sticker on at the bottom!!

Not a good time for more snow.

Please pray for the Guatemala team that is flying into Detroit tonight and for those that are driving out to pick them up and for their safe trip home.

Also pray for the Haiti team that is supposed to be leaving tomorrow morning early.

I don't mind if we get winter weather but if it could just hold off a day that would be great!!!

This is what came to our email box this morning:


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI345 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008...

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY....VERY STRONG WINDS AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERYHAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARDCONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT ESPECIALLY NEAR AND WEST OFUS-131. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENINGHOURS AND OVERNIGHT. THE HIGH WINDS COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWEROUTAGES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ROADS COULD QUICKLY BECOME ICYTHIS EVENING AS THE MUCH COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN.MIZ037-038-043-291645-MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART345 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2008...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PMEST WEDNESDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WARNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATEDTONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BYVERY WINDY CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TOHEAVY SNOW ANTICIPATED LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTINGSNOW. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.SNOW AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL MAKE ROADS VERYSLIPPERY. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ATTIMES. EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGHWEDNESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLETONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Refresh my soul is having a great giveaway!!!

Check out refresh my soul's blog she is having a great giveaway!!!

My First Giveaway!

Yes! A Starbucks gift card in a surprise amount and

..............A copy of my first published book, "Standing on God's Promises-A Devotional for Women."Spread the word. You have this whole week until Friday to enter.

Just leave a comment and tell her what you would do with these prizes if you were selected. On Saturday she will post the winner and get these out to you!

Too cool!!!! Hmm I can already taste that Mocha!! Yum!! LOL

Thanks Julie

My friend Julie game me this award today!! Thank you so much!!!! I think you have a loveable blog too!!!

I pass this one to Troy and Tara and to Tammy

Diane tagged me, I am supposed to list 6 non-important things/habits/quirks about me!Here are the rules:

1) Link to the person that tagged you.

2) Post the rules on your blog.

3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

5) Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Here we go:

1. I love taking 2 HOT showers a day. It has to be VERY hot.

2. I read all the time. I mean all the time.

3. I hate driving. I do it all the time but I do not really enjoy it.

4. I talk ALOT!! I am not a very good writer but I can talk! :)

5. I totally love Flying. I would it every day if could.

.6. I can be very sarcastic!!

I am not sure who has been tagged yet so if you read this and haven't been tagged then count yourself as tagged.

this was a hard one. I could not think of anything to put down.

Three darling boys!!!

These boys are just too cute aren't they!! they were all looking
at a search and find book at church on Sunday! The two boys next
to Caleb belong to my friend Tammy.

Snow day!!

Snow days are great! I do enjoy having my kids home with me. Today though is extra special! LOL Pray for me as I have 9 children here today! Yep you read right! 9 kids!! My friend, Michelle, left for a mission trip to Guatemala this morning so I have her kids today too!! Which I am sooo happy to be able to help her out so she can do these mission trips!! It will help as my kids now have someone to play with. However there is soooooooo much more noise and my own kids are arguing like crazy and I think my head is going to explode!! :) Michelle's kids are great! Mine are driving me insane!! All I can say is "HELP"

What does your handwriting say about you!

I thought this was pretty funny! :)

What Your Handwriting Says About You

You are a fairly energetic person. You know how do pace yourself, and you deal well with stress. You are very extroverted and outgoing. You are loving, friendly, and supportive. However, you are also manipulative and controlling at times. You are balanced and grounded. You know how to get along well with others. You need a bit of space in your life, but you're not a recluse. You expect people to give you a small amount of privacy, and you respect their privacy as well. You are somewhat traditional, but you are also open to change. You listen to your head and your heart. You are a decent communicator. You eventually get your point across, but sometimes you leave things a bit ambiguous.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourhandwritingsayaboutyouquiz/">What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?

Awards!!

I was given to wonderful awards today!! Thank you Cheri!!!
I would Love to pass this award on too:

Tara
Diane
Kathy Friend