"O" MOMENTS

ZAK GIVING DADDY LOVES

ZAK BEING SILLY

YO WHAT'S UP

TONIGHT JOSH AND I ARE GETTING ZAK READY FOR BED I SAID ZAK YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL, HE KEEP SAYING SPECIAL, SPECIAL JOSH AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT, HE HAS BEEN REPEATING EVERYTHING WE SAY,I TOLD JOSH WE HAVE TO WATCH WHAT WE SAY, I NEVER KNEW IT WOULD BE THIS SOON, I LOVE HIS LITTLE CUTE VOICE THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE PERSONS VOICE I LOVE IT, EVERY DAY IT I WONDER WHAT IS ZAK GOING TO DO TODAY TO MAKE ME LAUGH HE ALWAYS BRIGHTENS MY DAY, THE OTHER NIGHT ZAK WAS PLAYING "G" MAN WITH HID DADDY'S HAT HE WAS MAKING JOSH AND I LAUGH SO HARD. I LOVE MY LITTLE SPECIAL MAN. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT MONDAY, I LOVE THE SUN SHINE DONT YOU?

THANKFUL THURSDAY

TODAY I'AM THANKFUL FOR BIRTH MOM, YOU MAY HEAR ME SAY THIS A LOT BUT, WITHOUT THEM JOSH AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE A ETERNAL FAMILY, AND GET TO EXPERIENCE THE GOOD AND BAD MOSTLY GOOD OF BEING PARENTS, ZAK BIRTH MOM MELISSA IS, SO CHRISTLIKE FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO PUT HER BABY'S NEEDS, BEFORE HERS, I CANT IMAGINE, SHE WAS NOT YOUNG SHE WAS 25, SO SMART, SO PRETTY, THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT JOSH AND I DON'T THANK OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HER AND HER FAMILY, I GOT TO TALK TO HER MOM AND AUNT THE OTHER DAY, WHAT GREAT PEOPLE THEY ARE THEY ARE PART OF OUR FAMILY EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T GET TO SEE MELISSA, I HOPE ONE DAY TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH HER AGAIN, AND TO BE HER FRIEND, I HOPE ZAK WILL WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER AND HE WILL WANT TO MEET HER, HE CALLS MELISSA MISSY, I AM WORKING ON HIM TO SAY HER NAME RIGHT, THE FIRST TIME I MEET MELISSA I JUST WANTED TO KEEP TALKING WITH HER, AND HER MOM AND AUNT, I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR HER AND FOR HER GIVING ME THE BEST GIFT I COULD EVER ASK FOR, I'AM AGAIN EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AGAIN INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ADOPTION, I CALL IT A MIRACLE, JOSH AND I KNOW ZAK WAS SUPPOSE TO FIND US, WE KNOW OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WAS WATCHING OUT FOR US, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A POEM WITH YOU, TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE ONCE THERE WERE TWO WOMEN WHO NEVER KNEW EACH OTHER. ONE YOU DO NOT REMEMBER, THE OTHER YOU CALL MOTHER. TWO DIFFERENT LIVES SHAPED TO MAKE YOU ONE. ONE BECAME YOUR GUIDING STAR, THE OTHER BECAME YOUR SUN, THE FIRST GAVE YOU LIFE, THE SECOND TAUGHT YOU TO LIVE IT. THE FIRST GAVE YOU A NEED FOR LOVE. THE SECOND WAS THERE TO GIVE IT. ONE GAVE YOU NATIONALITY, THE OTHER GAVE YOU A NAME. ONE GAVE YOU A TALENT, THE OTHER GAVE YOU AIM. ONE GAVE YOU EMOTIONS, THE OTHER CALMED YOUR FEARS. ONE SAW YOUR FIRST SWEET SMILE, THE OTHER DRIED YOUR TEARS. ONE SOUGHT FOR YOU A HOME THAT SHE COULD NOT PROVIDE, THE OTHER PRAYED FOR A CHILD AND HER HOPE WAS NOT DENIED. AND NOW YOU ASK ME THROUGH YOUR TEARS, THE AGE -OLD QUESTION UNANSWERED THROUGH THE YEARS, HEREDITY OR ENVIRONMENT WHICH ARE YOU A PRODUCT OF? NEITHER, MY DARLING,NEITHER JUST TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE. AUTHOR UNKNOWN
SO THANK YOU ALL YOU BIRTH MOMS FOR GIVING US COUPLES OUR ETERNAL FAMILY, FOR THIS MY HEART IS FULL AND GRATEFUL.

{ANGELS WATCHING OVER}

TODAY WAS A SCARY DAY FOR ME AS A MOTHER, ME AND MY MOM AND SISTER WENT TO GO GET A SHOWER GIFT FOR MY COUSIN, WE WERE IN BED BATH, AND WE HAD PUT ZAK IN THE BASKET OF THE CART, MY MOM WAS GETTING THE LIST OF THINGS THEY HAD REGISTERED FOR AND I WAS RIGHT BY ZAK HE WAS PLAYING WITH THE CREDIT CARD MACHINE, I TURNED MY HEAD TO LOOK FOR MY SISTER TO HELP HER, AND IN A BLINK OF A EYE ZAK FELL OUT OF THE CART HE LANDED ON HIS HEAD, OF COURSE IT SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK ME FOR EVER TO PICK HIM UP, HE WAS SCREAMING PEOPLE ARE COMING OVER SAYING YOU NEED TO TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, I WAS CRYING, MY SIS GOT RIGHT ON HER PHONE AND CALLED OUR AWESOME DOCTOR, SHE KNOWS HIM WELL, THIS HAPPENED AT AROUND 2:00, WE COULD NOT GET IN TELL 4:10, ZAK WAS ACTING FINE BUT JUST TO BE SAFE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE HIM IN, I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW LUCKY WE WERE THAT HE WAS NOT HURT BAD, I KNOW MY ANGELS WERE WATCHING OVER US, I FELT LIKE A BAD MOM, MY MOM AND SIS KEEP TELLING ME I WAS NOT, I'M SO THANKFUL EVERYTHING TURNED OUT WELL, FOR ZAK SITTING IN THE BASKET THERE WILL BE NO MORE OF THAT, AS MOMS I THINK WHY ARE WE SO HARD ON OUR SELF? I'M JUST LUCKY THAT I HAD MY MOM AND SISTER THERE TO HELP, THANKS MEL AND MOM FOR ALL YOUR HELP, AS ZAK IS SLEEPING RIGHT NOW, IT SCARY'S ME , I KEEP THINKING IS HE ALRIGHT, NOW I KNOW WHAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER MUST GO THREW WITH ALL OF US.

YOUR NOT FORGOTTEN

SO ON MY MARCH BIRTHDAYS I FORGOT ONE MY CUTE NIECE, HER BIRTHDAY WAS ON MARCH 7, I REMEMBER THE DAY SHE WAS BORN WHAT A CUTIE, SHE IS ALWAYS SO FUN I LOVE HER CUTE PERSONALITY, SHE IS ALL GIRL, SHE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT MOM, SHE IS ZAK'S MOTHER HEN, I LOVE IT, I LOVE HANGING OUT WITH YOU MOOMERS, JOSH AND I HAVE A NICK NAME FOR ALL THE KIDS, JOSH IS THE ONE THAT COMES UP WITH THEM DON'T ASK ME HOW, ZAK EVEN CALLS THEM BY THERE NICK NAMES,SO THANKS MOOMERS FOR BEING YOU, AND FOR THE SWEET PERSON YOU ARE I LOVE YOU LOVE EMMIE....

IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS

ZAK ON HIS " " YOU GUESSED IT HIS TRACTOR WITH HIS PUPPY'S, GIVING IT LOVES HE LOVES HIS PUPPY RIDING ON IT WITH HIM

I KNOW THESE PICTURES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POST PUT I WANTED TO POST THEM, ENJOY

I KNOW ITS EASTER NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT I JUST HAD TO POST I'M SO EXCITED TOMORROW I WILL BE STARTING ZAK'S ROOM, I HAVE A GUY COMING TO DO SOME WOOD WORK, IT LIKE BEADBOARD, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE NAME BUT I WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES MY SISTER JUST HAD SOME WORK DONE AND I LOVED IT SO I GOT HIS NAME, HE IS REALLY REASONABLE, MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW BEFORE WE GOT ZAK I WANTED TO HAVE A ROOM READY, SO I JUST DID A ROOM THAT COULD GO FOR A BOY OR GIRL, I HAVE LIKED IT, BUT WHEN WE GOT ZAK I KNEW THAT HIS ROOM WOULD BE CHANGING WHEN I MOVED HIM INTO A BIG BOY BED, I HAVE BEEN BUYING STUFF FOR A WHILE NOW FOR HIS NEW ROOM ITS BEEN SO MUCH FUN, THEN NEXT WEEK I HOPE TO PAINT IT, AS I HAVE BEEN CLEARING OUT THE ROOM, I HAVE BEEN TELLING HIM THIS WILL BE YOUR NEW ROOM, HE SMILES, IT LIKE HE KNOWS, I WILL POST PICTURES OF IT WHEN ITS ALL DONE, ALSO ABOUT THAT HOUSE WE WENT AND LOOKED AT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK TO SEE IF THE OFFER WENT , BUT THE FUNNY THING IS THE NIGHT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE WAS A COUPLE LOOKING AT A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, IT DID HAVE A FOR SALE SIGN THEN IT WENT DOWN BUT, WE KEEP SEEING PEOPLE COME AND GO, I TOLD JOSH THAT THERE WAS A YOUNG COUPLE LOOKING AT IT, AND HE SAID GO PUT A NOTE ON THERE CAR SAYING WHO WE ARE AND THAT WE MAY BE PUTTING OUR HOUSE UP FOR SALE, SO LAST FRIDAY I GOT A CALL FROM THE REALTOR SAYING HER COUPLE WOULD LOVE TO COME AND LOOK AT OUR HOUSE, I TOLD HER I DID NOT KNOW IF WE ARE SELLING IT I TOLD HER ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT WE LOOKED AT AND SHE SAID LET ME KNOW I CALLED JOSH AND TOLD HIM, WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO, WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE LORD WAS TELLING US SOMETHING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I CALLED THE REALTOR BACK AND TOLD HER WE NEED TO WAIT TELL WE HEAR ABOUT THAT HOUSE, SO WE WILL SEE, I THINK SOME TIME I HAVE TO LISTEN REALLY HARD TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING, BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT EVER PATH WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GO HE WILL DIRECT US TO IT, I HAVE FAITH.

THE ONE THAT GAVE ME LIFE

MY MOM MADE THIS CUTE SKIRT MY CUTE NIECE HAS ON ZAK AND MY MOM

TODAY IS MY MOM'S B-DAY, WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE HER AND HER LIFE, AND WHO SHE IS TODAY, I LOVE MY MOM SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND, I LOVE BEING WITH HER AND TALKING WITH HER, SHE IS SUCH A EXAMPLE TO ME, NOT ONLY TO ME BUT EVERYONE THAT MEETS HER, SHE HAS MANY TALENTS, SHE IS SUCH A GREAT COOK, HAS A LOVE FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS, CAN MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF FABRIC GREAT AT IT TOO. GREAT QUILTER, SMART, FUNNY, ALWAYS HAS A SMILE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO MY MOM I CALL HER EVERY DAY, SHE ALWAYS BRIGHTENS MY DAYS, MOM I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHE WAS GOING TO GO TO IDAHO TO MY SISTERS, BUT THEN YESTERDAY SHE GOT SICK SO THEY DECIDED TO STAY HOME, THANKS FOR BEING YOU, AND BEING SO CHRISTLIKE.

IN DADDY'S BOOTS!!!

I LOVE THESE PICTURES OF ZAK IN JOSH BOOT'S HE WAS TRYING TO PUT THEM ON FOR A WHILE TELL HE FINALLY GOT IT, HE WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE HIS DADDY

MARCH BIRTHDAY'S

MY DAD AND ZAK

MY BROTHER

JOSH'S DAD AND ZAK

I KNOW I'M A LITTLE LATE MARCH HAS COME AND GONE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS IN MY FAMILY AND JOSH'S FAMILY, MY BROTHER THE ONE AND ONLY HIS BIRTHDAY WAS MARCH 1ST WHAT A GREAT BROTHER I HAVE, HE IS THE ONLY BROTHER I HAVE SO HE IS EXTRA SPECIAL, I REMEMBER SHARING A ROOM WITH HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE, HE WAS ALWAYS SO KIND AND NICE, IT WAS REALLY HARD WHEN HE LEFT ON HIS MISSION, I MISSED HIM A LOT, HE WAS ALSO HURT IN A LAWN MOWER ACCIDENT MY FAMILY WAS ALL SO WORRIED ABOUT HIM, BUT HE IS SO STRONG, ITS A MIRACLE HE EVEN WALK, AND WALKS WITH NO LIMP, I LOVE YOU BRO, THANKS FOR YOUR EXAMPLE, ALSO MY NEPHEW BRAXTON HIS B-DAY WAS MARCH 11 HE TURNED THE BIG 18 WHAT A GREAT MAN HE HAS BECOME, IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY HE WAS JUST A LITTLE KID, THEN THERE IS JOSH'S SIS MINDY HER B-DAY WAS MARCH 26 WHAT A SWEET PERSON SHE IS ALWAYS SO KIND THEY LIVE IN VEGAS WE WISH THAT THEY LIVED HERE, WHAT A GREAT SISTER AND SISTER-IN LAW AND AUNT SHE IS. THEN JOSH'S DAD'S B-DAY WAS MARCH 27 WHAT A GREAT FATHER AND FATHER-IN LAW, GRANDPA HE IS WHAT A EXAMPLE HE IS ALWAYS MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH, JOSH ENJOYS GOING UP AND HELPING HIM AND RIDING HORSES WITH HIM HE LOOKS UP TO HIS DAD WE LOVE YOU, THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY DAD'S B-DAY MARCH 31ST, WHAT A GREAT FATHER, FATHER IN LAW, PAPA, I LOVE TO GO UP TO HIS WORK, AND HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM, IT SEEMS HE KNOWS EVERYONE THERE, THEY ALL LOVE HIM, I LOVED WHEN MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME TO SCHOOL SOME DAYS, TO COTTONWOOD HIGH BEFORE I GOT MY LICENCE, I LOVED THOSE MOMENTS WITH HIM. HE WAS ALWAYS HELPING US KIDS WITH OUR ANIMALS, HE WAS A CITY BOY BEFORE HE MEET MY MOM, I LOVE YOU DAD, YOU ARE ALSO A GREAT EXAMPLE WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES AS EACH ONE TEACHES US MANY THINGS. P.S I COULD NOT FIND A PICTURE OF JOSH'S SIS OR OUR NEPHEW BRAXTON

THANKFUL THURSDAY!!!

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE, TODAY I'M THANKFUL FOR MY CALLING, I LOVE SERVING IN THE PRIMARY WITH THOSE SWEET KIDS, THERE IS SOME TIMES YOU WONDER IF THEY ARE EVEN LISTENING TO YOU, BUT THEN YOU STOP AND YOU THINK IF I TOUCH ONE PERSON I HAVE DONE MY JOB, TONIGHT WE GOT TO GO AS A PRESIDENCY TO THE PRIMARY LEADERSHIP TRAINING DOWN TOWN, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN WE HAD DINNER TOGETHER AT GATEWAY, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN LAUGHS TOGETHER, I HAVE ENJOYED SERVING WITH THESE DEAR SISTERS, TONIGHT I LEARNED TO TEACH THESE CHILDREN THAT YOU LOVE THEM, THEN MAYBE TOMORROW YOU CAN TEACH THEM, I 'AM THANKFUL FOR THE TRUST THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS GIVEN ME WITH THESE SWEET CHILDREN, AND FEEL IT A HONOR TO SERVE THEM. BLESSINGS EMILEE......

HOME TOUR

ON MONDAY JOSH AND I AND ZAK WENT AND LOOKED AT THE HOUSE THAT IS FOR SALE, MONDAY MORNING I TOOK MY MOM AND SISTER BY IT TO SEE IT THEY BOTH SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR OUR FAMILY, WE SAW SOME OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT, SO THAT NIGHT WE WENT IT WAS NOT AS BAD AS THE GUY SAID HE SAID THAT IT WAS OUT DATED, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF THING TO DO IT WOULD NEED A NEW KITCHEN, NEW CARPET, BOTH UPSTAIRS AND DOWN, THE LADY TOLD US IT MIGHT BE EVEN CHEAPER ON WHAT THEY SAID, SHE SAID THEY WOULD CALL US BACK IN THE MORNING, WELL SHE CALLED AND SAID THERE WAS A OFFER ON IT, BUT THEY SAID SOME TIMES THEY FALL THREW, SHE SAID THEY WOULD NOT KNOW FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BEFORE WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THIS HOUSE WE SAID A PRAYER, AND SAID WE WOULD PUT IT IN THE LORDS HANDS, SO WHEN WE HEARD THAT WE, BOTH SAID MAYBE THIS NOT FOR US, PLUS WITH THIS ADOPTION JOSH AND I WANT TO HAVE THE ROOM READY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THE OFFER COULD FAR THREW WE WILL WAIT AND SEE, I CANT WAIT TO START ZAK'S ROOM THIS MONTH I'M HOPING.THE PAPER WORK IS COMING ALONG,I HOPE BY NEXT WEEK IT WILL BE COMPLETED AND THEN SHE WILL DO INTERVIEWS ON BOTH JOSH AND I, THEN SHE WILL COME AND DO THE HOME STUDY, I 'M SHOOTING FOR MAY, THEN AFTER ZAK'S ROOM IS DONE I WILL START ON THE OTHER ROOM SO IT WILL BE ALL READY.