Merry Christmas!

Since we lived in OH, we've always had to do Christmas early- and no one really complains! Travis ALWAYS tries to move it one day earlier than we had originally planned- which throws everything off. I was laughing this year when he said (3 days before)..."You know...we could do Christmas" and he got cut off. Not this year! :) It always makes me laugh. I think there is some little kid in him that just can't wait! Here we are playing with two of my gifts- a tripod and a remote for my camera. We've had a good time. The girls have had a REALLY good time. We probably have 40 pictures {at least} of them doing crazy things. I love that they know how to have a good time!

We are so blessed to have these two sweet girls and each other. I love that I get to spend so much time with them and watch them grow up. Couldn't ask for anything better!

Merry Christmas!

It's funny to me that although I have been majorly lacking in catching up on the blog- this is what I choose to write about. I am missing the child that is supposed to be in our family. Wherever this little girl is, she is not here. And that breaks my heart. It breaks my heart because whatever she is going through right now IS.NOT.GOOD. And it is hard to not be doing what is so close to God's own heart. I loved the safety of knowing I was doing what he wanted. It was hard. Not the loving of the child. But the dealing with of many people I'd rather not have to ever talk to or have interfere with my day. But that is part of loving the child.
There were days and times I almost couldn't take it. And a break has been good and it was needed. Again, not from the sweet girl God blessed us with, but from dealing with fostering junk. All ministry has junk, I have learned. And that was the junk we had to deal with. But it gets heavy and hard to manage. But it hasn't taken long for me to be ready to be right back in it- junk and all. I'd rather not have another day of junk, but I want even more to be loving on a child that needs to be loved on.