Prayers are answered

Well most of you know our prayers where answered we welcomed Makenzee Ann Oliver into the world on February 13th 2014 I can't believe she is 16 months old. I can't wait to get back to blogging and share our sweet memories that we are making as a family! I will post Makenzee birth story soon along with pictures.

Testing 123

SOON TO BE A FAMILY OF FOUR!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE 3 MORE WEEKS TELL MAKENZEE WILL BE HER(I AM HOPING SOONER) HA HA, AND I KNOW KENZIE IS HOPING SOONER AS WELL, IT IS SO CRAZY TO THINK THAT IT IS ALMOST HERE, BACK ON AUG 5 WHEN I READ HER SWEET EMAIL I ABOUT DIED WHEN I READ SHE WAS ALMOST 13 WEEKS, I THOUGHT LORD YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS TOO ME BUT I LOOK BACK AND I AM SO THANKFUL I HAVE HAD ALL THESE MONTHS TO GET READY FOR MAKENZEE, AND TO GET TO KNOW OUR SWEET BIRTH MOM KENZIE, WE USUALLY TALK OR TEXT EACH OTHER EVERY DAY I HAVE LOVED GETTING TO KNOW HER AND THE WONDERFUL AMAZING PERSON SHE IS, SHE IS SUPER STRONG. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ARE YOU SCARED,CUZ OF WHAT HAPPENED TO KAYLEE. NO I AM NOT SCARED I HAVE SEEN THE LORD HAND IN EVERYTHING I KNOW HE KNOW WHAT OUR LITTLE FAMILY NEEDED. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN SAID IN BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, AND KENZIE FAMILY,WE KNOW MAKENZEE IS SUPPOSE TO BE IN OUR HOME, AND WE FEEL SO HONORED TO BE HER PARENTS. WE ARE READY FOR THIS SWEET LITTLE GIRL TO COME, I CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD AND KISS HER, KENZIE WANTS ME TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN SHE DELIVERS I AM VERY THANKFUL, AND FEEL IT A HONOR TO BE IN THAT ROOM WITH HER AND HER MOM, I HOPE I DON'T FREAK HER OUT SOME OF YOU MY NOT KNOW BUT I HATE HOSPITAL I DO NOT DO WELL, SO I WILL BE SAYING ALOT OF PRAYERS THAT DAY TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A DELIVER ROOM SO I AM SUPER EXCITED TO GET TO BE THERE FOR MAKENZEE BIRTH. I HOPE MY EMOTIONS DON'T GET THE BEST OF ME, I AM A BABY IT DOESN'T TAKE ALOT FOR ME TO CRY. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH ZAK AS I CAN. I HOPE HE ADJUSTS WELL I HAVE BEEN
 WORRIED TO THINK THAT HE WONT GET ALL OF MY ATTENTION NOW, I THINK AT FIRST IT WILL BE HARD FOR HIM, BUT I KNOW HE HAS PRAYED HARD TO HAVE A SIBLING, I KEEP THINKING BACK TO THE DAY WE GOT THE CALL ABOUT ZAK, EVERY ADOPTION IS DIFFERENT, THERE ARE NO TWO A LIKE, WE LOVE OUR BIRTH MOM'S AND THERE FAMILIES. AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THERE LOVE AND SACRIFICE TO PUT THERE CHILD'S NEED'S BEFORE THERE OWN. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. HER DUE DATE IS FEB 19TH BUT WE HOPE SOONER!!

FUN TIMES!!

SO THE DAY BEFORE SWISS DAYS, MY SISTER JUL'S AND HER GIRLS CAME DOWN FOR SWISS DAYS, SO THE DAY BEFORE WE HAD A GIRLS DAY, MY OTHER SIS MEL, HAD SOMETHING WE SURE MISSED HER THOUGH. WE FIRST WENT TO ROD WORK'S THEN WE HEADED DOWN TO THE WAX OUTLET WHERE THEY HAVE THE WAX CUBES THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR SCENSTY FOR CHEAP LOVE THAT PLACE,THEN WE SAW A PUMPKIN PATCH, SINCE ALL OF US LOVE FALL, AND LOVE TO DECORATE FOR IT WE THOUGHT LETS GO ASK IF THEY WILL LET US PICK SOME, SO ME AND MY CUTE NIECE WENT UP AND ASKED THEM, THEY THOUGHT WE WHERE CRAZY THEY KEEP SAYING YOU WANT TO PICK YOUR OWN PUMPKINS! WE SAID YES, THEY SAID OK WE WHERE LAUGHING SO HARD CUZ WE WHERE NOT DRESSED TO PICK THEM ME AND MY SIS HAD THE WRONG KIND OF SHOES, I TOOK MINE OFF AND WAS GOING THROUGH THE PATCH WITH NO SHOES BAD IDEA CUZ I GOT POKIE THINGS IN MY FEET, MY SIS DID HAVE TWO PAIR OF FLIP FLOPS SO WE BOTH PUT THEM ON, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN LAUGHING AT EACH OTHER PEOPLE WHERE DRIVING BY THINKING WE WHERE CRAZY CUZ IT WASN'T EVEN SEPT, IT WAS ALMOST. WE THINK THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF OUR NEW TRADITION'S, THEN LATER THAT NIGHT WE MET UP WITH MEL MY OTHER SIS AND WE ALL WENT TO OLIVE GARDEN FOR DINNER, THEN WENT SHOPPING THEN MY CUTE NIECE JESSICA HAD SOME GUYS COME OVER WE WHERE SO IN THE FALL MOOD THAT WE MADE CARMEL APPLES, THEY WHERE SO GOOD!! WE DIDN'T GO TO BED TIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND HAD TO BE UP THE NEXT MORNING @ 5:00 AM FOR SWISS DAY WE HAD A BLAST AT SWISS DAY'S AS WELL I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY MOM AND SISTER, AND NIECES.

GETTING READY TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN!!

GRANDMA BEAR, WITH ZAK, ANDREW, KIMMY

GETTING READY FOR HIS BLESSING

KINDERGARTEN BACK PACK

I AM TRYING TO GET THINGS CAUGHT UP ON MY BLOG, SINCE ONE DAY I WILL MAKE IT INTO A BOOK. A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED ZAK GOT TO GO MEET HIS TEACHER, AND SEE HIS ROOM, HE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN. HIS MOMMY WASN'T SO HAPPY HA HA. GRANDMA BEAR ALWAYS TAKES THE KIDS SHOPPING FOR A OUTFIT WHEN THEY START SCHOOL, WE WHERE REALLY LUCKY AND GOT TO GO WITH AUNT MELANIE, KIMMY, ANDREW. ZAK WAS IN HEAVEN, IN FACT ZAK AND ANDREW GOT THE SAME OUT FIT:) JOSH GAVE ZAK A GREAT BLESSING, HE ALWAYS DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB:) THEN AFTER THAT WE HAD ZAK GO ON A SCAVENGER HUNT WE DID IT FOR HIS FIRST YEAR OF PRESCHOOL HE LOVED THE SCAVENGER HUNT. I LOVE HOW IT SAYS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WILL NEED FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR IS JESUS, "HE WILL BE WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.HE WILL GUIDE YOU AND BLESS YOU EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL DAY."

{HAPPY NEW YEARS}

I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS NEW YEAR!! MAKENZIE IS 33 WEEKS TODAY, BOTH OF US HAS BEEN COUNTING DOWN, I HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE, WHAT A BLESSING SHE HAS BEEN IN OUR LIFE'S, WE THANK OUR HEAVENLY FATHER EVERY DAY FOR THIS AMAZING BLESSING:) AS I LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR, IT WAS FILLED WITH MANY THINGS,WHEN OUR SWEET KAYLEE PASSED AWAY THAT DAY WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE, BUT I DID FEEL MY HEAVENLY FATHER SWEET PRESENCE. WE GREW AS A FAMILY, AND GROW ON OUR OWN, I WAS SO THANKFUL FOR BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES LOVE AND SUPPORT ALSO FRIENDS, AND OUR SWEET WARD MEMBERS, MY TESTIMONY HAS GROWN I KNOW THAT ARE SWEET HEAVENLY FATHER DOES ANSWER OUR PRAYERS SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM BUT I KNOW HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I AM THANKFUL FOR MY SWEET HUSBAND THAT WAS THERE BY MY SIDE, IT WAS HARD TO WATCH HIM AND SEE HIS PAIN AS WELL. BUT HE HAS BEEN MY ROCK.

HOW MAKENZIE FOUND US

JOSH AND I HAVE HAD OUR PROFILE ON LDS WEBSITE FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS, THE PICTURES ON THERE I HAD NOT UPDATED THEM FOR A COUPLE YEARS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WE HAD DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER AGENCY WE FELT LIKE LDS WAS NOT BEING TO HELPFUL, BUT STILL HAD OUR PROFILE ON LDS, AND THEY WHERE STILL DOING OUR HOME STUDY FOR US. WHEN I READ  THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EMAIL BY MAKENZIE IT WAS FROM LDS I WAS SO, SO HAPPY. LATER WHEN WE MET WITH HER AND HER MOM SHE SAID THAT SHE KNEW SHE WANTED THIS BABY TO HAVE A DAD, AND THAT IS ONE THING SHE CAN'T BE, SHE SAID IN THE EMAIL THAT SHE HAD BEEN STUDYING  THE FAMILY PROCLAMATION, SHE THEN SAID SHE WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON SHE IS TODAY IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE A DAD, SHE IS A DADDY'S GIRL I LOVE THAT. SHE HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOM AND DAD. SO SHE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO PLACE THIS CHILD FOR ADOPTION, SHE HAS SEEN IT BLESS OTHER'S BOTH HER COUSINS WHERE ADOPTED.HER MOM HAD GONE TO LDS FAMILY SERVICES WEB SITE LOOKING AT FAMILIES SHE SAID IT WAS THREE IN THE MORNING WHEN SHE FOUND US, WE WHERE TO THE END, SHE SAID SHE WAS GETTING WORRIED CUZ SHE HADN'T FOUND THE FAMILY, THEN SHE FOUND US, SHE SAID SHE KNEW THAT WE WHERE THAT FAMILY, SHE WOKE UP MAKENZIE DAD, THEN LATER ON THAT MORNING MAKENZIE HAD WATCHED LONESOME DOVE WITH HER DAD, JOSH HAD PUT THAT AS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE MOVIES AS MAKENZIE WAS READING THIS SHE FELT LIKE THIS WAS ANOTHER WAY THE LORD WAS TELLING HER THAT WE WHERE THE ONES, AS I HAVE TALKED WITH HER I USUALLY TEXT, OR TALK TO HER EVERYDAY, SHE HAS SAID WHAT PEACE SHE HAS FELT, SHE SAYS SHE FEEL LIKE HEAVENLY FATHER HAS PUT HER IN A BUBBLE AND SHE IS PROTECTED. I WAS TALKING WITH MY MOM THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS TELLING HER I THINK THAT THERE IS ANGELS HELPING THESE SWEET BIRTH MOM AND THERE
 FAMILIES, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THEY HAVE TO SIGN THOSE PAPER, THE LORD IS THERE HELPING THEM AND ANGLES AS WELL. I WAS TALKING WITH MAKENZIE MOM JACKIE THE OTHER DAY, AND SHE WAS SAYING HOW SHE FEELS AT PEACE AS WELL I AM SURE THE LORD IS HELPING THEM AS WELL. ADOPTION IS WONDERFUL THE LOVE THAT SO, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FOR THESE SWEET BABIES, SHE HAD CONTACTED US WHEN SHE WAS ALMOST 13 WEEK, AT FIRST I WAS LIKE LORD WHY WOULD I HAVE TO WAIT MORE, WHEN I HAVE WAITED YEARS, BUT AS THE WEEKS HAVE GONE BY I HAVE FELT SO MUCH LOVE FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER HE KNEW THIS IS WHAT OUR LITTLE FAMILY NEEDED. I HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE, I HAVE LOVED GETTING TO KNOW THIS SPECIAL PERSON MAKENZIE, I HAVE LOVED GETTING TO KNOW HER, AND HER FAMILY, THEY ARE NOW ALL APART OF OUR FAMILY, THEY LOVE ZAK, AND TREAT HIM AS IF HE WAS THERE GRANDCHILD, AND ZAK JUST LOVES MAKENZIE,WE GOT TO SEE HER AND HER MOM AND MEET HER SISTER ALLEE, WE WENT TO LUNCH AND THEN SHOPPING THEN THEY CAME OVER TO OUR HOUSE, I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THESE MOMENTS, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL TO MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR GUIDING BOTH OF OUR PATHS SO WE COULD BE APART OF EACH OTHERS LIFE'S, WE HAVE BOTH HELPED EACH OTHER. NEXT WEEK SHE WILL BE 30 WEEKS, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST HERE, AS I WRITE THIS THE TEARS KEEP COMING, I CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD HER IN MY ACHING ARMS, AND TELL HER HOW LOVED SHE IS AND HOW SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HER, I CAN'T WAIT FOR ZAK TO MEET HIS SISTER I KNOW HE ALREADY AS MEET HER,BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM HOLD HER. WHEN KAYLEE DIED IT WAS REALLY HARD ON HIM, HE STILL TALKS ABOUT IT. WE COULD NOT BE  ANY HAPPIER, I KNOW NOW HEAVENLY FATHER DOES HEAR US AND DOES ANSWER OUR PRAYERS EVEN IF THEY DO TAKE YEARS, I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY GREAT THINGS THESE LAST COUPLE MOMENTS, I HAVE GROWN AS A PERSON. AND FOR THAT I AM THANKFUL:) :) I KNOW MAKENZIE COULD DO BETTER TELLING THIS STORY I AM SURE I LEFT OUT MANY THINGS,THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE ONE FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS, AND LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR LITTLE FAMILY...