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.