THANKFUL THURSDAY

THIS WEEK I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR I'M THANKFUL FOR
~ MY FREEDOM AND FOR THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WE HAVE TO LIVE IN
~ THOSE THAT HAVE GONE ON BEFORE US
~BEING ABLE TO ADOPT
~THAT ZAK'S BIG BOY ROOM IS ALMOST DONE YA!!
~ BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY FLOWERS AND YARD
~ BEING ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING OUR BABY(maybe we will be approved on Monday ya)
~ FOUNDING OUT SOME NEWS ON A BABY, (keeping my fingers cross)
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF MY BLESSINGS

OURS FOREVER

US WITH THE JUDGE

US WITH THE JUDGE "SO HAPPY"

US WITH OUR ATTORNE, I LOVE THE SMILE ON ZAK FACE IT'S LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.

US WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKER

SIGNING THE PAPERS

I CANT BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE ZAK'S ADOPTION WAS FINAL, YOU HAVE TO WAIT 6 MONTHS UNTIL YOU CAN LEGALLY ADOPT , IN THE 6 MONTHS I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ME ARE YOU WORRIED THAT MELISSA WILL TAKE ZAK BACK, I TOLD THEM NO BECAUSE WE KNEW MELISSA, WHAT A GREAT HEART SHE HAS, I WAS NEVER WORRIED, THAT DAY WAS GREAT WE HAD A LOT OF OUR FAMILY THERE TO SUPPORT US, IN FACT THE JUDGE SAID I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR ADOPTION, WE SAID THIS IS HOW LOVED HE IS, THE DAY THAT ZAK WAS PLACED IN MY ARMS I KNEW HE WAS MINE, I DID NOT NEED A COURT TO TELL US THAT HE IS OURS, THAT DAY WHEN WE GOT THERE OUR ATTORNEY CAME FROM LOGAN, IT WAS ABOUT TO START BUT OUR SOCIAL WORKER WAS NOT THERE, WE WERE GETTING WORRIED BECAUSE OUR ATTORNEY TOLD US YOU DON'T MAKE THE JUDGE WAIT, IT WAS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS FIRST TIME TO GO TO COURT WITH THE COUPLE, SHE GOT ALMOST TO DOWN TOWN AND FORGOT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS, SHE HAD TO GO TO OGDEN TO GET IT, BUT SHE DID MAKE IT AND THE JUDGE UNDERSTOOD, BOY WERE WE LUCKY IT IS ALSO MELISSA B-DAY TODAY I HOPE SHE HAD A GREAT DAY, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO RAISE ZAK, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MELISSA, I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE ZAK'S MOM AND TO RAISE HIM I KNOW YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS SO MUCH, BUT I LOVE BEING A MOM AND I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD.

THE ONES WE LOVE

YESTERDAY I LOOK BACK AT THE THE ONES I LOVE THAT HAVE RETURN HOME TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, I THINK OF THERE LIVES, THE LIVES THAT THEY LIVED SOME ONLY LIVED FOR DAYS WHILE OTHERS MANY YEARS, I AM GRATEFUL TO KNOW THEM AND TO HONOR THEM, AND TO BE A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF THEM. I MISS THEM ALL, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN SUCH A BETTER PLACE, AND THAT THEY ARE DOING WORK UP THERE TO HELP US RETURN TO THEM, I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM, FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY SACRIFICE FOR US, THIS WEEK IT WILL BE TWO YEARS SINCE JOSH COUSIN DIED AT WAR, IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD ON HIS MOM, AND WIFE AND KIDS, SO THANKS TO ALL YOU MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING FOR US. "MAY WE NEVER FORGET WHAT FREEDOM COSTS, AND WHO PAYS THE PRICE. MAY WE NEVER FORGET GOD WHO GRANTED FREEDOM TO US, AND BE EVER VIGILANT, TO GUARD THE TREASURE PURCHASED AT SUCH A GREAT PRICE, FOR ALL OF US."

THANKFUL THURSDAY

THIS GARDENING STUFF MAKES ME THIRSTY

SEE MOMMY I CAN HELP

DID YOU SAY DIRT?

I'M THANKFUL FOR MY LITTLE GARDENING BUDDY, ZAK LOVES TO BE OUTSIDE, HE LOVES TO HELP ME PLANT FLOWERS, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR FLOWERS GROWING UP I REMEMBER GOING WITH MY MOM AND GRANDMA TO GET OUR FLOWERS, I LOVED TO HELP MY MOM AND DAD PLANT THEM, MY GRANDMA LIVED ONE HOUSE DOWN FROM US GROWING UP, I REMEMBER GOING THERE ALMOST EVERY NIGHT, WE WOULD WATER HER FLOWERS, THEN WE WOULD EAT ICE CREAM, AND JUST TALK, MY GRANDMA HAD SUCH PRETTY FLOWER BEDS, I WISH SHE WAS STILL HERE, THOSE WERE THE DAYS

HAPPY DAYS

ZAK LOVES TO GO TO CHURCH, HE LOVE'S TO WEAR HIS TIE, EVERY TIME WE PASS A CHURCH HE SAYS CHURCH LET'S JUST HOPE HE ALWAYS HAS A LOVE FOR CHURCH, I CANT NOT BELIEVE MY BABY IS 18 MONTHS OLD HE TURNED IT ON SUNDAY, FIRST DAY OF CHURCH NURSERY, HE DID OK, JOSH HAS BEEN TAKING HIM IN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS FOR 20 MIN, BUT HE HAD HIM WITH THE OLDER KIDS, SO THIS SUNDAY WE PUT HIM IN WITH THE KIDS HIS AGE, WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO CHURCH HE KEEP POINTING TO THE DOOR, THEN AFTER SACRAMENT, HE WAS SO EXCITED TO GO,I LOVE HIM SO MUCH BOY HOW TIME GOES BY, WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING OUR BABY, OUR SOCIAL WORKER CAME TODAY TO DO OUR HOME STUDY, SHE SAYS MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE APPROVED NOT THIS MONDAY BUT THE FOLLOWING, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT HELP WITH SOME LETTERS, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT AT THIS TIME,ZAK'S ROOM IS ALMOST FINISHED, IT HAS TAKEN ME LONGER THEN I THOUGHT I ALWAYS HAVE MANY PROJECTS GOING ON. BUT I WILL POST SOME PICTURES WHEN I GET IT ALL DONE.

THANKFUL THURSDAY

* I'M THANKFUL FOR THE NICE WEATHER WE ARE HAVING
* THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE I HAVE FOR PLANTING FLOWERS
*THANKFUL TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY
* THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO ENRICHMENT TONIGHT
* THANKFUL THAT WHEN I CAME HOME I HUGGED ZAK AND SAID MOMMY MISSED YOU, AND HE SAID BACK MISS YOU, IT MELT MY HEART
* THANKFUL MY BROTHER IN LAW IS OK AFTER HE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION YESTERDAY
*THANKFUL TO BE A LIVE

I'M BACK!!!

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LAST POSTED, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY GETTING A LOT OF STUFF DONE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ZAK'S BIG BOY ROOM, THE ROOM THAT I'M MOVING HIM INTO WAS OUR COMPUTER ROOM, SO I HAVE NOT HAD A COMPUTER RUNNING, ZAK'S ROOM IS ALMOST DONE I'M REALLY EXCITED, ALSO WE HAVE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO PLANT SOME FLOWERS, I LOVE THE NICE WEATHER, ALSO TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING COMPLETE FOR THE ADOPTION, SO WE CAN BE APPROVED, IT HAS TAKEN A LOT LONGER THEN THEY SAID, BUT I HAVE FAITH AND I KNOW THE LORD KNOWS US BETTER THE OUR SELVES, I HAD A GREAT MOTHERS DAY, MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY CAME DOWN FROM IDAHO, WE WENT TO BOTH PARENTS, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BLESSED TO BE MOMS I KNOW THAT THAT DAY CAN BE HARD, BUT TRY AND REMEMBER THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND BE THANKFUL, I THINK THAT DAY IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL, LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST MOTHERS DAY, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS, ON SUNDAY I HAD TEARS ROLLING DOWN MY FACE MY MOM ASKED ME IF I WAS ALL RIGHT I TOLD HER I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT MELISSA (ZAK'S BIRTH MOM) I WAS HOPING THAT THIS DAY IS GOOD FOR HER, I WROTE HER A LETTER AND TOLD HER THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE BEST GIFT, TO BE A MOM THAT IS ALL I EVER WANTED TO BE GROWING UP AND SHE BLESSED BOTH JOSH AND I, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WOMEN IN MY LIFE THAT HAS BEEN SUCH GREAT EXAMPLES TO ME, MY MOM IS SUCH A AMAZING WOMEN, HER EXAMPLE, AND HER LOVE, AND THE WAY SHE TAUGHT US KIDS, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER, ALSO JOSH MOM WHAT A GREAT PERSON SO KIND, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE GREAT SON SHE RAISED, SHE SHOULD BE PROUD, ALSO MY TWO SISTERS THAT I LOVE AND LOOK TO FOR ADVICE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS QUOTE ON MOTHERS " A MOTHER HAS FAR GREATER INFLUENCE ON HER CHILDREN THAN ANYONE ELSE AND SHE MUST REALISE THAT EVERY WORD SHE SPEAKS, EVERY ACT, EVERY RESPONSE, HER ATTITUDE EVEN HER APPEARANCE AND MANNER OF DRESS AFFECTS THE LIVES OF HER CHILDREN AND THE WHOLE FAMILY. IT IS WHILE THE CHILD IS IN THE HOME THAT HE OR SHE GAINS FROM HIS MOTHER THE ATTITUDE, HOPES AND BELIEFS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE KIND OF LIFE HE WILL LIVE AND THE CONTRIBUTION HE WILL MAKE TO SOCIETY." - PRESIDENT N ELDON TANNER

AS WOMEN WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THESE CHOICE SPIRITS HERE ON THIS EARTH. I HOPE WE WILL ALL BE PROUD TO BE MOTHERS, AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THAT BLESSING YOUR DAY WILL COME, THANKS AGAIN MELISSA FOR BLESSING ME WITH ZAK, WE LOVE YOU!!!! " OF ALL THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, THE GREATEST IS TO BE A MOTHER."