Our life is nothing short of an adventure...

Wind in our hair and screams of delight but also unpredictable turns and unknown outcomes. We are a family of six; Dave, Susie, Nate, Jake, Sam, and Bella.

God has been faithful in our marriage and through the birth and blessings of our boys.

God has been faithful during our adoption journey and united Bella with us in May of 2008. We were privileged to visit with Bella's birth mother; therefore, Bella's family in Guatemala will always be dear to our hearts.

On October 16, 2008, Bella was diagnosed with ALL Leukemia. We are now battling the disease with 2 years and 3 months of treatment. We believe God will continue to be faithful!

Our family is committed to living life to the fullest...even on the hard days. Thank you for checking in and journeying with us!


Monday, August 11, 2008


Wow! How fun, I won an award for all my blogging efforts. I dearly love all my blogging buddies and hope to someday meet them. Thanks Stacey, Cheri and MaryAnn for the award. So here's the deal:
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award.
4. Add links to the recipients.
5. Leave a comment on the recipients blog so that they know they won an award.
6. Copy, paste and answer the questions.

A. Attached or singles? Attached for 17 years to my high school sweetie!


B. Best Friend? My Hubby


C. Cake or Pie? Cake with Butter Cream frosting!


D. Day of Choice? Friday


E. Essential Item? My God


F. Favorite color? Absolutely RED!


G. Gummy Bears or Worms? Maybe worms


H. Home town? Michigan


I. Indulgence? Recees Peanut Butter Cups, the little ones


J. January or July? Undeniable July...bring on the heat and sunchine!


K. Kids? 4, 3 boys and 1 Guatemalan Princess


L. Life isn't complete without? Jesus by my side, cant do this life with out him.


M. Marriage date? July 6, 1991.


N. Number of Brothers and Sisters? I am the oldest of 6! 4 brothers, 1 sister, 2 wonderful sister-in-laws and one special brother-in-law. I am truly blessed by all of them.


O. Oranges or Apples? Apples


P.Phobias? Heights, do not like them at all. But I can ride roller coasters all day long.


Q. Quotes? This is not a quote but a scripture. I consider this as my life verse.

"He who is in me is greater than He who is in the world". Therefore, I can do all things!



R. Reason to smile? Too many to list...My God, my husband, my kids, my life



S. Season of Choice? Summer!



T. Tag 7 people ( see below)





U. Unknown fact about me? I have a tatoo on my back lower hip. Shamrock with tiny red lips in the middle.



V. Vegetable? Green Beans and Peas


W. Worst Habbit? Email



X. X-ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound, ooh my babies.



Y. Your Fav. food? Mexican



Z. Zodiac sign? Aries



Now here are my 7 people I have chosen for brillante weblog:

http://www.journeytonola.blogspot.com/
http://vanderzwaagfamily.blogspot.com/
http://thegrossfam.blogspot.com/
http://lovingourtwoguys.blogspot.com/
http://www.adoptingbabyz.blogspot.com/
http://www.fiestaof5.blogspot.com/
http://ourpeanutspage.blogspot.com/

I have several other favorite blog sites, but they have already been awarded this award. So I wont make all of you do this twice.

1 comment:

Mary Ann said...

Did you see the message I left you on your blog a few posts back. I gave you the award too on my blog, go see.So you got it 3 times. You are popular!