Olympic Torch comes to Elkford!

What an awesome experience it was to be apart of it! We got up at 5am and went to see the torch for 6am. Then we had a pancake breakfast and to our surprise the runners all brought up the torch for us to all get pictures with and hold it! Thanks so much to the runners for letting us be apart of this special day!

My heart breaks

Tonight I sit here and think of all those children in Haiti who maybe be orphans now. It breaks my heart, I have always wanted to do adoption from another country but the money it costs is crazy. So I have been thinking depending on time it takes maybe in a couple of years we will adopt from another country and we could fund raise.

I think about the kids in Canada too, the ones who maybe have special needs and no one wants them but guess what I do!! I want to give them a home.

Last week we lost Evan's Oma and I remember seeing this phrase on his aunts fb and it really made me to clue in, it is true.

Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.

Tomorrow!!

Wooohhhoooooo our social worker comes back to work tomorrow wooooohhhhoooooo I am so excited and cant wait!!! I have been looking forward to this day forever!! I am not going to bug her until like Wednesday or Thursday I hope she calls me before then!!

So I am excited! and hope to get some stuff going!!

New babies!!

Well my friend in Ontario who has been huge encouragement to me throughout trying for a baby had twin boys today!! I am so excited for her and her husband!! They waited 5 years for this!! I know Evan and I are coming up to that mark soon and know that we will one day have our kids!!

Thanks Mari-Anne for your love and support

We will miss you

One thing that makes us sad is that two wonderful ladies will never get to meet our children.

My Grandmother passed away a month ago on December 8th she was 84 years old



Today we lost another wonderful lady, Evan's Oma She would have been 78 in February.


We will miss these two ladies very much!!

Picture

A friend has made this for me, as we all have hopes we will have our family in 2010

Hope

So I remember doing a sunday school topic in December and I remember being frustrated because I had 9 kids and they are all under 5 and we had to work on the songs for our talent show and also I did a lesson.

The Lesson was on Star bright, I picked it as I knew they would know what stars are. Well there was a vs in it, and I have always said I wish for kids, but this vs confirmed for me I need to do more then wishing I need to HOPE, I have hope that I am going to get children this year! I am not going to wish anymore I am just going to hope each day and hour, that I will be blessed from our holy father with wonderful children.

There is a big difference in wishing and hoping, isn't there? In wishing, you have no reason to expect it to come true, and in hoping, you have every reason to expect it to come true.


I think my social worker is on holidays right now still, as I have not got any emails back from her. I am off to call and see when she comes back

Denise

Whats on my mind

So I sit here and think what is on my mind.

I wonder when our social worker comes back from holidays

I am disappointed in our JR hockey but also happy they got silver, but they let the Americans win.

I look at our blog and see tons of new visitors so I want to know if you read it let me know who you are. If you want to Lurk thats okay..

I watch the biggest loser and hope I can get motivated from it

I spent time with my niece tonight and to watch Evan play with her was tears to my eyes, and how much we both are ready for a child and how I know we are both hurting from not having one.

That Evan's Oma will get better, we just lost my grandma and now his is in the ICU in bad shape. So Please Pray for her.

The snow, holy crap we got alot of snow over night!

A job at the ski hill, they are looking at someone to run the rental shop, it could be fun but it could be a pain in the butt to. So I dunno, how much money I would make if I did it.

What type of pictures I should take tomorrow

That I am sick and not feeling well at all

That I love my new Iphone and my brown blanket!! Its so warm and soft

How I long for a baby and to be a mommy

I agree

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today; something that you have been waiting to hear.

I received this in an email and I really like it, I never do forward these along but I do think its true and its speaks for us, we are not being punished with infertility we are opening our hands to receive and give a home to a child who needs one.

Keep looking at photos 365 Challenge!

John 16:24

Jesus

Today I come before you and bow before you Lord God and I ask Lord Jesus in your name that you bless us with Children God almighty. Lord I stand before you!

In your name Lord Jesus we ask this

Amen

John 16:24 (New International Version)

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.


Ps- The tab for 365 Photos is up top! Check out our photos

Denise

365 Day Photo Challenge

Day 30- Wow January is coming to an end! Yesterday we bought me a new laptop, Evan had an accident with his last week so a new one for me! Its windows 7




Our kitties are cuddling, Howie isn't impressed we woke him up to take the picture






Day 29- Today we went to Cranbrook, and we went to Walmart its my favourite place!


Day 28- Evan and I made Pretzels today, they are yummy!



Day 27- I am slacking I am sorry! I paste them on facebook all the time.
Here are my new boots.. I am in love with them!



Day 26- Today I went to my parents and when I was leaving the deer were out the front door, I started talking to her and she decided to come right up to me, I was kinda scared but she wanted me to touch her. Then the mountain and sky were pretty.





Day 25- Went to Calgary today the roads were not that great but not that bad either for being January 25th



Day 24- I made Focaccia bread







Day 23- The torch came to our town!

Me at 5am


The torch


Evan and me holding the Olympic torch




Day 22- Today was a long day, went to a funeral for a young man who died in an scuba accident the other day very sad he was 21 years old. Then went out for dinner and then to see my niece

What are you doing Evan, Larkin buried me. You can not blame the 2 year old! Well I guess you can, she even brought him the garbage can.





Day 21- I have an addiction its a Canadian Company its called Epicure and it sells spices and man some of the spices are delicious. So I sell this stuff, so I can buy it! Here is just some of my epicure stuff





Day 20- So we have this small white pantry cupboard, I have been looking for one but the only ones I have seen are clothes closets so today I bought one, it has shelves on one side and then like a bar on the other but I will build more shelves for the one side anyways its massive so here are some pics of the old white one and the new brown one and one of them across from eachother to show the size.








Day 19- Ooops I forgot to post it but I did take one

These are my nieces sweet boots I love them.



Day 18- Today is a big day in our town we got a street light!! Okay its not your normal street light its a 4 way stop light so here it is people!!


Day 17- Today was a lazy day, played scrabble and hung out with my mom. Came home made some cookies and ate a couple of cookies mmm nice and hot cookies!
Sad news- Gossip 2 kids died from Elkford today
Good news- 17 kids and thir leaders are coming home from haiti thank you Canadian government





Day 16- Here are pictures from our day. Today I woke up at 7am and we got ready, Evan went down to dog sled races and I took Larkin for a pancake breakfast with my mom. We then made our way over to the dog sled races, we watched some then went back to my moms where we made a fort. Our day was good!











Day 15- My view from my couch




Day 14- Played with Larkin today, her and my mom did crossword puzzles together





Day 13- Babysitting Larkin, Uncle Evan played dress up with her



Day 12- Was at my parents and this guy came to visit




Day 11- Blanket time, I am in love with blankets!! I sleep with blankets no pillows! Evan and I don't share blankets because he is a hog lol

Here are my 6 blankets that I love to sleep with



These are the blankets on our couches

My mom made the red and brown one, we have 2 and the green one is from Evan's aunt we got it as a wedding present we both fight over it







Day 10- January 10th 2010
Supper- we were going to have stuffed peppers but some of the peppers were gross. Whole wheat rice, hot sausage, mushrooms, peppers, and onions. Then epicure Sun dried tomato spice and 3 onion




Day 9- January 9th 2010
Today I was at my parents with my niece all day, we had dinner there. We played wii bowling, my dad played for the first time ever.

My niece Larkin





My dad playing Wii




We made a fort and my brother came to lay in it and Larkin gave him beat downs






Day 8- January 8th 2010

We only have a few restaurants in town and this is one we go to often and today they had sushi as a special, I love sushi but let me tell you it was not normal, it was okay but I doubt I would buy it again.



This is Emily, she is my bestfriends little girl. Today she wore all her bling bling


This is Jake he is our other kitty, he would not stand still


Day 7 and its a cold one outside again

I am sick with a head cold and feel like crap today, I didn't want to take a picture but Howie jumped in front of me and I had the camera so I snapped a couple

Without further or do here is Howie, our 1st baby we love him very much, even when he bites us and gives us attitude.






Day 6th and man is it a cold one -25C, we have well over 2.5 feet of snow, the banks are all like 5 feet tall. The ski hill opens this year and they are opening the rental shop so maybe we will go up there for a day!








Day 5- January 5th 2010

Well my grandmother passed away almost a month ago, when she died my mom got this beautiful bouquet of flowers from her church family, they are starting to die so I decided to take a picture of them. Also they are the first pictures from the iphone






Day 4- January 4th 2010
I have 3 Camera's my iphone, my little pocket fujifilm which is also waterproof, and we have a Canon Rebel DSLR









Day 3
So I took Pictures today of what I bought yesterday shopping!

# 1 thing is my iphone




Evan got money from people and a gift card to EB games so he bought Rock Band


I have been looking for these Olympic mittens for a few months now, they are always sold out. I happend to go to the Bay to get some coffee Syrup and low and behold Mittens so we bought 5 pairs... The torch is coming to Elkford on the 24th I think. Go Team Canada!!



I got a Michael's gift card and I had bought lots of cake decorating stuff so I went and bought two pans and a cupcake holder










Day 2- January 2nd

We took a trip to Lethbridge to spend Christmas money, tomorrow I will take pictures of what we bought.

It was a nice sunny day and the following pictures were taking from driving in the car.








Day 1- January 1st

The best Christmas gift ever!! A new coffee maker it takes 30 seconds to make a cup, and you can make lattes, hot chocolate, coffees, cappuccinos


Evan shoveling snow


We are going to do a 365 photo challenge, we are going to take a picture every day and post it, so you will have to click on the 365 day Challenge on top to see a new picture each day!

Denise and Evan