In The Blink Of An EYE

I remember the day so vividly when I heard the one word I had been longing to hear for so long……“POSITIVE”. I was ecstatic; excitement ran through me like lightening. I couldn’t wait to go home and tell my husband the news; we were going to have a baby! I remember getting home and being so excited to tell him, i could hardly stand it. The look on his face was priceless when I told him..... A moment I will never forget.

Then what seemed like the blink of an eye all that excitement was taken away from us by the one word no one EVER wants to hear … “UNFORTUNATELY”.

The Lord has a plan and a purpose for all his children; sometimes it involves heartache, pain and sorrow. Clinton and I experienced one of those plans the Lord had for our family that brought much heartache, pain and sorrow. Just when things were going wonderfully and we couldn’t be happier about having one of Gods Choice Children join our family…. Things changed in a blink of an eye. As we sat in the Emergency room with anxiety, fear and hope racing through us, we waited and waited…. The moment the Dr. walked into the room my hope faded as he said that one word that we didn’t want to hear….. “UNFORTUNATELY”. My heart sank, I started to cry and felt like the world had ended. I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t know what to do; I wanted this to all be a horrible dream but I knew it wasn’t. I looked over at my husband and saw pain rip through him. I wondered why? Why us? Why now? Why did this happen? We may not know the answer now and we may never know why. But we do know that everything happens for a reason. The Lord knows us and has a plan for us and sometimes that plan involves times of heartache, pain and sorrow. But he also won’t give us anything we can’t work through. As hard as it has been for Clinton and me, we are doing well. We want to say thank you to all those who sent their love and concern and the many prayers we felt as we went through this difficult time. We know the Lord loves us and experienced all that pain and sorrow we had to go through, we are never alone.

BABY On Board!!

Yup its true... you did read the title right.....

BABY ON BOARD!!!

So for those of you who don't know

Clinton and I are expecting our first little bundle of joy and we are so excited.

Christmas In Moses Lake

For Christmas this year we went to WA to spend it with my family. It was lots of fun, lots of snow and all the cold days that come with winter. As you read in our previous blog it was an adventure getting there. The days leading up to Christmas were so much fun. We got to spend the weekend with my sister and her family in Kenniwick and guess what?? It snowed! We had so much fun with them and Ashlyn loved having uncle Clinton around to play games all day long. I got to see some old friends that i have known for many years and that was so much fun.

My sister drove us back to Moses Lake on Monday and stayed until Tuesday afternoon. We didn't have too much planned but had a lot of fun just hanging out with family and friends, playing foosball and winning every time! Helping all the kids bundel up to go out and play in the snow. Clinton took my brothers kids out for a sled ride on the quad often and they really enjoyed that. I was actually surprised at how much he was out side, considering he HATES being cold, all said and done he was such a trooper and really had a good time. I even caught him shoveling snow off the driveway almost every day. That was something that i never thought i would see my husband do. He spent most days with my dad. From my childhood memories spending time with my dad.... would consist of driving all over the farm and town showing off his land and equipment. Something i wouldn't enjoy much now, but Clinton had a GREAT time. He loved learning about farming and was just in awe at how much work it takes.

Ashlyn & Clinton playing a gameMy cute husband out shoveling the driveway for the FIRST time EVER!!Clinton trying to give all the kids a piggy back ride at the same timeAnd they almost made it

Clinton and I had a very early and exciting Christmas this year. Because we were going to WA and just bought our first home we decided that the house and our trip would be our Christmas. But if you know my husband he has a hard time not spoiling me. So On Dec. 15Th 2 days before we were suppose to leave he surprised me with a BRAND new Bosch. I was a little upset because he wasn't suppose to get me anything but i really liked it!