May
The stew is in the crock pot, and my house is starting to fill with WONDERFUL smells. :-) Now is a good time to sit and catch up on May.
May started off great! My grandparents came to visit. We had a great afternoon with my cousin and her fiance and my family. Had good food, and just enjoyed eachother in general. Some-times living in the country is like living on the moon. You love the moon. You dreamed about living on the moon. Your children are happy and safe and nurtured on the moon. But you are still a thousand miles from home. And them coming to visit us, was great.
Having breakfast while we were waiting for the next specialist.
A walk in the country fills the bill for a little special mommy and Abi time.
Something that we are needing to put more time and energy into is our children, our biological children. There is so much stress and just the new dynamics of our family, and we have seen more and more that our children need to know that they are permanent. They are our special gifts from the Lord that we will do anything to protect and love and nurture.
Mother's day was in May as well and we went to Red Robin for lunch and David gave me a gorgeous necklace. I love it, and I LOVE being a mom!
Daddy makes everything an adventure.
There were also some not so fun parts of May. Our little Benji boy, always out to prove that his small stature and age difference makes NO difference, broke his arm. :-( Poor little guy. Running and playing one minute and crying the next. Absolutely broke my heart. Through tears on the way to the Dr's he says, "Call Miss Amy, and ask her to pray for me!!!!" Oh, I think I cried as much as he did. But, as you can see, he is very reisilient and was back to the silly, funny little man that night. Back to some fun stuff. :-D God brought me a wonderful new friend. They are going through the adoption process now with a little one that they fostered. And I can not tell you what an encouragement she has been. Literally having walked in our shoes, and is still living to tell the tale. What a blessing, and our kids love each other!
We have a family pass to the Natural History Museum, and it is one of our favorite places to go and just enjoy eachother.
Can you see Benji being silly in the window?
At the end of the month we took the kids downtown on a train. They had THE BEST time!!!!
We all had a great time!
Here we are. 10yrs, 14cars, 5houses, 4cities, 7dogs and 5 children later.
I LOVE YOU BABE!!!
Playing in the stores downtown.
I have been SO enjoying your blog Danielle, You are such an amazing mommy and truly someone I wish to be like. Your courage and selflessness is so beautiful to me. I am so amazed at you and sweet David.
ReplyDeleteI just laughed so hard when I saw his t-shirt LOL!!!
LOVE YOU SO MUCH~
~Marie
You are so sweet!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an encouragement you are!!!!
You are such an example of a gentle spirit. My mom used to say the same thing about your sweet mom.
Love you!!!
We plan on having you over for dinner in July... just as soon as we get back from our trip. I am so thankful I met you...new friends are wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteSounds great. :-D I'm so grateful for another mom that has lived through it. :-D
ReplyDeletelolol, love it!
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