"Blessed is the man whose quiver is full" Ps. 127

How God Created a Miracle in Our Family...

Most people look at our family and either say "you're crazy" or "what a blessing". It is that statement alone that sets people apart in how they view what happens in life. We were childless for 6 years before God blessed us with our third foster child, Isaiah, whom we adopted. Our tiny, three pound, adorable baby boy quickly became the love of our lives.


8 months after Isaiah was born, my father-in-law gave a woman a ride. That 4 block ride changed our lives forever when she told him she was pregnant and giving up her baby for adoption. Oh yeah...and she was due in 8 days! Well, just 5 days later, we had Makenna Shea!

3 months later, after Dirk and I had just prayed to have another baby when Makenna was about 1, that same birth mother called asking us to take her next baby. Isabella was born 1 week shy of Makenna's first birthday!

The funny part of the story is when we found out that I, the one who could never get pregnant, was pregnant! Ian was born 7 weeks after Isabella! God had given us 4 children all under the age of 1 1/2!!! We were thrilled! Such a work of God's hands it was.

This year we added to our clan when we were surprisingly pregnant again (so much for not being able to get pregnant). We now have 5 under 4! And I now wonder how mom's manage with all those kids so spread apart in age. It may be hard sometimes, but we love our life!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

The Family Photo...


A few weeks ago Aunti Na set up family photos at the park. Her good friend, Polly Parsons was gracious enough to take on such an undertaking. it was no easy task with all those kids (two being babies) plus she brought 2 of her own children too. it was a lot to say the least. we managed a few good ones. not too many of the kids, for Kenna was soooo not in the mood and Elias was very tired. some great ones of the rest of the family though.







Ian

Uncle Sonny and my mom (mamalane)

cousin Luke


Heidi, Sherrie and Renee


Elias 5 months

My mom and Me (she told us to do something fun...that's when we realized how boring we really are...we could think of nothing!)




this was at the end of the shoot and these kids were sooo done! we were lucky they just all sat in the same vicinity.


Dirk and his siblings.


the siblings and their dad


Makenna Shea



MamaLane and her girls


i think this is the strangest photo of isaiah i have ever seen. he doesn't really look like this. i think he was trying a bit hard. it's kinda cute though.



Isabella Renee


My girls...



Heidi and her husband, Wataru with Luke




getting one of our family was like herding worms! this is the best we were able to do. not too shabby!





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