"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!
We went to South Dakota to visit our friends, Steffen and Beth, what a place!!! Such beautiful country. i had no idea how amazing it was til we arrived. of course there is NO civilization around, so it would never be a place i could survive! But we saw antelope, deer, mountain goats, long horned mountain goats, and even buffalo...although i lost that picture somehow...
Gorgeous scenic overlooks everywhere.
Chipmunks that ate right out of my hand. they were so cute!
Needles Highway!
Little did i know Mt. Rushmore was there. til about 400 miles out of grand rapids when every single sign every 30 feet was about Mt. Rushmore, then i realized..hey, we can go there! i was so excited!
Quite an amazing feat...so glad i got to see it with my honey!
this mountain goat walked right by like he owned Mt. Rushmore...like we were the weird ones or something...
Steffen and Dirk
Gorgeous scenic overlooks everywhere.
Chipmunks that ate right out of my hand. they were so cute!
Needles Highway!
Little did i know Mt. Rushmore was there. til about 400 miles out of grand rapids when every single sign every 30 feet was about Mt. Rushmore, then i realized..hey, we can go there! i was so excited!
Quite an amazing feat...so glad i got to see it with my honey!
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