Right on Time

God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time.

I have often wanted things when I wanted them. I complain/grumble that it didn't happen when I wanted it to happen. Slowly I am learning that God's time is always the RIGHT time.

We have added another addition to our house, a 7 yr old boy. He is a great kid but adding another child into the mix is difficult. It takes changes on the part of every member of the family. Surprisingly, the two yr old has had the most difficulties adjusting. Three weeks later and she has settled into the new routine and accepted that she can't always keep up with Kelsey and the 7 yr old.

God's timing in him coming into our house was trying to say the least as I was flying to Buffalo when he came to our house. Rich has jokingly said no more traveling as we always seem to grow our family when I am traveling. We had to trust that God's time was right as we haven't added anyone since last October.

Our basement was finished the week before he came to us. This has been a great blessing as we now have a kid friendly place for play. The wii has seen more use in the past three weeks than in the past several months. God's timing not ours!!!

School is back in session for all the kiddos and this is making our schedules a little crazy until we get a routine in place. I have faith that it will all come together as it is meant to be but in the mean time I am getting a few grey hairs.

Thanks for continuing on this journey with us.

Later in the week, I will share my experience at IFCC conference and Kyle's continued impact on the lives of others.

Return to Reality

God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.

We have spent most of the summer on vacation. We traveled to Tampa, Florida then to Seattle, WA followed by glorious days in Hawaii before heading back to Seattle for a few day then back to Grove City.

I loved every minute of our travels but there is nothing quite like returning to your OWN bed. I missed my bed so much. I know the babies were excited to be home. Little dude squealed when he saw his crib.

God blessed us with well behaved babies on the plane rides. They flew 12 times in three and a half weeks. Most of the flights they spent sleeping which was fine with us.

Hawaii was great but hard at the same time as Kyle so wanted to go to Hawaii to swim with the Sea Turtles. Our hotel on the Big Island was on a reef so Sea Turtles surrounded the hotel. It was magical to walk out of the hotel and see the sea turtles close to shore. The other highlight of the big Island was our trip to the volcano. Watching the lava flow into the Pacific was incredible. It was amazing how close we were to the lava flow.

The babies are doing well. Tay is catching up quickly with her speech and her two year old personality comes shining through each and every day. She is starting to play with toys which has been a long time coming. She has started potty training and does well as long as we remind her to go sit on the potty. Little Dude is still struggling. He is now over 13 months and he is still not crawling, pulling up or cruising. He is able to get himself into a sitting position 3 out of 4 times but it takes him a long time and it is hard for him. He is improving with his feeding issues but has surgery scheduled next Friday for his tied tongue. He will be starting speech therapy as he is struggling with making sounds. His personality is second to none and he is starting to develop a little temper. His smiles light up a room and he is so easy going.

Kelsey will be in Honors English next year at Oak Stone. We are so proud of her. She has completed the two required summer projects. Her report card was almost perfect and she has made lots of new friends. She is looking forward to start of the school year.

Rich started back to work this week. It is always hard when he returns to work as I miss having him around the house. I only have a few weeks before I start back. We are trying to enjoy the last few weeks before school year chaos starts.

I will not go as long between posts, I promise.