A Poem I love so much...

The Girl I Used To Be…

She came tonight as I sat alone.
The girl that I used to be…
And she gazed at me with her earnest eye
And she questioned reproachfully:

Have you forgotten the many plans
And hopes that I had for you?
The great career. The splendid fame
All wonderful things to do?

Where is the mansion of stately height
With all of its gardens rare?
The silken robes that I dreamed for you
And the jewels for your hair?

And as she spoke I was very sad.
For I wanted her pleased with me…
The slender girl from the shadowy past
The girl that I used to be.

So gently arising, I took her hand
And guided her up the stair
Where peacefully sleeping my babes lay
Innocent, sweet and fair.

And I told her that these are my only gems
And precious they are to me:
That silken robe is my Motherhood
Of costly simplicity.

And my mansion of stately height is love
And the only career I know:
Is serving each day in these sheltering walls
For the dear ones who come and go.
And as I spoke to my shadowy guest,
She smiled through her tears at me:
And I saw that woman that I am now
Pleased the girl that I used to be…
Author Unknown

Happy Thanksgiving...

This year we were going to travel to see family in Jackson Wyoming, but the weather was too bad. So we had a blast just our little family :)
We are now off to go see the new movie TANGLED :) So excited! HAppy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for!
P.s. we also re-arranged the house so we could put up the Christmas tree. So now this is how it all looks :) I think it looks nice and cozy :)

Grandma Sherry died...

This is Sheryl (Grandma Sherry) with Todd, her son when he was little.
This is Todd and his Mom (grandma Sherry) at his wedding to Karine
This is Sherry (grandma) before she died on 11/7/10.
She left 11 grandchildren, three children and is now out of pain from Colon Cancer. She was surrounded by her family/husband/children and grandchildren. She will be greatly missed! We were truly blessed by this amazing woman!

Happy Halloween...

Happy Halloween, a little late. My Mother in law has been very sick this last month, she is dieing of liver cancer, so we have been over there helping out and visiting as much as possible. But our Halloween was still fun :) We made Cake Pops, the kids loved it! And I know Virginia was an indian for Halloween but she is off at college. So here are pictures of the rest of our monkeys :)





Hippy Chic Kalene


Star Trooper Jaden

Funky Punk Cally

Faily Taylor

GrandMax Made Jammies :)

Every year, my Mom (Karine's) GrandMax makes my kids jammies. They love them! :) So here they are :) First Virginia, who is off to College :)


Then Taylor who is 12

Then Cally who is 13

Then Kalene who is 16

and Jaden who is 10 gets two pairs :)

Faith.... keeping it!

This adoption journey for us has been a great journey so far. For the last year and a half, we have learned many things. Hope, Faith and most of all, Patience.
I have watched my children go through the high's and low's of it as we have. We have had several hopeful opportunities that just were not meant to be, because they did not happen. We have had so many wonderful friends and family share with others that we are hoping to adopt, and I am so thankful for that! I have been so blessed, in hopes and search of the last child that is missing from our lives.
Some people ask me,"WHY? WHY START OVER?" I simply reply because I know we have so much to give and to offer a child. Because we are not complete. Because I love being a Mother! These people are people who don't understand big families either. They have 1.2 kids and live to play and retire.
I have come to trust the Lord more than I have ever trusted him. I have come to him in tears and with hope in my heart, and I believe if it's his will, we will be blessed with a child.
I love watching my children praying, as we gather for family prayer, and listening to them to bless the woman who is pregnant that might be carrying the child that is meant to be with our family. Listening to them pray for others to help her to find us so that she can become family too, touches my heart. Listening to them have faith and hope. They know, they just have that child like faith... that this will happen for us. No doubts. I am so blessed. They can't wait to welcome another child in our family.
I just had to write down my thoughts for a little while. They won't stay up long, for I like to keep this mainly about the kids and our family. But for a moment I felt I needed to share my gratitude towards my Heavenly Father for what I do have and for helping us as a family learn in more depth the meaning behind unconditional love, faith, hope and patience.

Pictures :)

So I finally took this years pictures. I like to take pictures but I love to take them especially of each child in the spring and fall for my Wall :) To show off my beautiful children.
So here they are :) Some of my favorites. I did Virignia's (the oldest before she left for college)