"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, April 30, 2009

The Gateway to the West...

one of these days i am going to figure out how to get these pics in the order i want then to appear so as to make my stories flow...but obviously that has not occured yet. Last month we decided to take just the big boys on a weekend alone to St.Luois (per isaiah's request). We went up in the arch, went to the Magic house, the City Museum, and all sorts of fun. However, after the arch, i very suddenly came down with the flu and ended up in the hotel room the rest of the weekend. the kids and daddy had a great time though...


The boys in the turtle head at turtle park.



i love this pic. these boys sat here looking at a working construction site for almost 20 minutes. it was soooo cute!

Here is Ian making friends with yet another stranger...as always...

These boys did some serious bonding...it was funny to see how they handled things. at one point they were fighting over some insignificant thing...and solved it by wrestling for a few minutes..then laughing about it...why can't girls be that way????

a little fishing at the city museum. i wasn't there hence the reason we only have one picture...

At the Arch

The elevator ride up....and up....and up...


They loved this part...

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