A NEW HOME

SO THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTH'S I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO GO IN MY FAMILY ROOM, THE TABLE I HAD THERE I GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I LIKE IT BUT SINCE ZAK WE HAVE TOYS ALL IN THE FAMILY ROOM, DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE THE TOYS BUT SOME TIME THEY ARE ALL OVER I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING THAT HAD A LITTLE STORAGE, BUT IT STILL LOOKS NICE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO SUNDAY MY SIS CALLS AND SAYS WOULD YOU LIKE MY BLACK TABLE, THAT I HAVE IN MY FAMILY ROOM, YOU KNOW ME OF COURSE I SAID, I LOVE GETTING STUFF FROM MY SIS SHE IS ALWAYS CHANGING STUFF OUT, AND OF COURSE I LOVE HER STUFF, SO THEN THIS FIRST PICTURE IS A TABLE I HAD IN MY FRONT ROOM, IT HAS SPECIAL MEANING TO ME, WHEN JOSH'S GRANDMA DIED, JOSH MOM GAVE EACH OF THE KID'S SOME MONEY, AND OF COURSE THIS IS ONE THING I BOUGHT, I WAS KINDA SAD TO SEE THAT I NEEDED TO MOVE IT OUT OF MY FRONT ROOM AND DOWN IN TO MY BASEMENT TELL I KNOW WHAT I WILL DO WITH IT, I KNOW IT WILL HAVE A NEW SPECIAL HOME ONE DAY, SO THEN I NEEDED TO MOVE THE TABLE THAT WAS DOWN IN MY FAMILY ROOM, UP TO MY FRONT ROOM, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE LONGER, BUT I THINK IT WILL WORK, I LOVE TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I NOW HAVE TO ORGANISE SOME OF ZAK'S TOYS I WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT ROOM TO PUT HIS TOYS, THANKS SIS FOR YOUR TABLE I WILL TREASURE IT TOO. TABLE THAT WAS IN MY FRONT ROOM, NOW IS IN THE BASEMENT

MY SIS TABLE THAT NOW IS IN MY FAMILY ROOM

MY TABLE THAT WAS IN MY FAMILY ROOM, IS NOW IN MY FRONT ROOM, SORRY THE SUNNY WAS REALLY BRIGHT WHEN I TOOK THIS PICTURE..

LET IT SNOW!!

"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW", I KNOW WHAT?? I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK, ALL I WANT IS JUST A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW AND TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK, THEN IT CAN MELT, I ALWAYS DREAMED OF MAKING SNOWMAN WITH MY KIDS, THIS YEAR WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN MUCH SNOW AT OUR HOUSE.

~ LoVe Is In ThE aIr ~

IT'S ALMOST HERE, I WILL BE SAD TO TAKE DOWN ALL MY V-DAY STUFF, IT'S SO BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL, BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING AND ALL THE FUN STUFF FOR THAT, ALOT OF THESE PICTURE'S HOLD MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES TO ME THE FIRST PICTURE THE LOVE BLOCKS ME AND MY MOM MADE THESE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE HEART WREATH HANGS ON MY PANTRY DOOR, THE CLASS CUPCAKE'S ARE NEW THIS YEAR ME AND MY MOM BOTH GOT SOME, THEN I COVERED A BIG CHOCOLATE BAR IN SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND DECORATED IT WITH RIBBON AND HEART, MADE ONE OF THESE FOR MELISSA AND HER MOM, AND ZAK NURSERY TEACHER. THEN OF COURSE I HAVE TO FILL MY JARS WITH YUMMY CANDY'S FOR ALL THE FUN HOLIDAY'S, THE HEART IS A BAG THAT MY MOM MADE ALL OF US GIRL'S IT IS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME I'M SO GLAD I HAVE IT IT IS LIKE 25 YEARS OLD, SHE MADE IT FOR US TO CARRY OUR VALENTINE'S IN,THIS YEAR I COVERED A SOAP WITH SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND ADDED RIBBON AND HEART VERY EASY, SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER MY FRAME, I HAVE IT BY MY SINK I DECORATE THE FRAME FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY'S, IT'S FUN TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO FASTED AND PRAYED FOR OUR LITTLE FAMILY IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, I WILL HAVE TO DO A POST LATTER ABOUT IT, EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE'S AND DON'T FORGET TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM!!!

A SPECIAL FAST!!!

I COUPLE DAYS AGO I GOT A EMAIL FROM LDS FAMILY SERVICES THEY ARE DOING A FAST FOR THIS SUNDAY FEB7TH FOR ALL BIRTH MOMS, AND ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN IF YOU COULD PRAY AND FAST FOR THESE SWEET BIRTH MOM'S THAT ARE SO CHRIST LIKE, THAT THEY THINK OF THERE CHILD NEED'S BEFORE THERE OWN, I NEVER WILL KNOW HOW THEM AND THERE FAMILY'S DO IT, I KNOW IF IT WAS NOT FOR OUR SWEET BIRTH MOM MELISSA WE WOULD NEVER BE A FAMILY, ALSO IT IS NOT EASY AS WE ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S WAIT FOR OUR BABY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW IT IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE, BUT IN THE END IT IS ALL WORTH IT. YESTERDAY I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH A LONG TIME FRIEND TALKING TO HER WHEN MY OTHER LINE RANG, SAYING CHILDREN'S AID THAT IS THE AGENCY WE ADOPTED ZAK WITH, SO I TOLD MY FRIEND TO HOLD ON I USUALLY WONT ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN I'M ON IT WITH SOME ONE ELSE, SO I SAID HELLO, SHE SAID HI EMILEE IT'S KRISTY FROM CHILDREN'S AID HOW ARE YOU GUY'S DOING? HOW IS ZAK DOING? SHE SAY'S YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I AM CALLING YOU I SAID YES SHE GOES ON TO TELL ME THEY HAVE MORE BIRTH MOM'S THEN ADOPTIVE COUPLE'S, SHE WAS WONDERING IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GOING WITH THERE SERVICE'S, SHE SAID THEY WOULD TAKE OFF ALOT OF THE FEE FOR US, OK SO YOU KNOW ME I OF COURSE STARTED CRYING, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTH'S I HAVE BEEN PRAYING TO KNOW IF WE ARE WITH THE RIGHT AGENCY,LDS THEY ARE JUST SO HARD TO WORK WITH, OUR SOCIAL WORKER SHE DOES NOT RETURN PHONE CALLS I SEND HER EMAIL'S SHE DOES NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TOO, WHICH YOU THINK SHE WOULD KNOW, ALSO THEY ONLY WORK PART TIME, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT WE WANTED TO GO WITH CHILDREN'S AID BUT THE FEE'S ARE SO MUCH MORE THEN LDS, WE LOVE HOW THEY WORK THEY HAVE TWO SOCIAL WORKERS, WORKING TOGETHER THEY ARE FULL TIME, ONE SOCIAL WORKER WORK'S WITH THE BIRTH MOM THE OTHER WITH THE COUPLE THEN THEY BOTH WORK TOGETHER, WE WHERE SAD NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO WITH THEM, SO NOW WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE NEED TO DO OF COURSE IT IS STILL MORE MONEY THEN LDS, WE KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON A CHILD, THEY SAID IF WE WANT TO TO LET THEM KNOW ON MONDAY, THEY THEN SAID WE WILL GET THE BALL ROLLING I FEEL THAT MAYBE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, SO THAT BEING SAID JOSH AND I WILL BE GOING TO THE TEMPLE ON SATURDAY, AND WE WILL BE FASTING, SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE FAST FOR OUR FAMILY, SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR FAMILY. I KNOW THAT ARE HEAVENLY FATHER IS MIND FULL OF US. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT IN OUR LIVE'S.

{BE MY VALENTINE}

LAST YEAR IN OUR HOME I STARTED A NEW TRADITION FOR OUR FAMILY, STARTING ON FEB 1ST, I PUT A LITTLE VALENTINE TREAT OR NOTE IN THESE BOXES WE DO IT UP TILL FEB 14TH, I DIDN'T DO ONE LAST YEAR FOR ZAK BECAUSE HE WAS STILL LITTLE, HE LOVES IT, I WILL SAY YOU GOT A VALENTINE, AND HE RUNS TO HIS MAIL BOX, AND PUT'S UP HIS HANDS AND SAY'S YIPPEE I FOUND ZAK'S MAIL BOX AT BIG LOTS, BOTH ME AND MY SISTER GOT ONE IT'S A LOT BIGGER THEN SOME OF THE MAIL BOXES I HAVE SEEN I LIKED THAT SINCE I COULD PUT BIGGER THINGS IN IT. I LOVE MAKING NEW MEMORIES IN OUR HOME. P.S ALL LAST YEAR I WOULD LOOK FOR THINGS THAT WAS ON SALE AND SAVE THEM FOR THIS ZAK'S VALENTINE MAIL BOX

JOSH MAIL BOX I MADE HIS LAST YEAR,I WISH HIS WAS A LITTLE BIGGER LIKE ZAK'S BUT O WELL!!!