Annual Post

With the looks of things...I guess I will update my blog annually in January. We are just wrapped up in....LIFE.
Since my last post, we have officially added two children to our family and another dog.
We fostered a sibling pair, Charlotte and William, beginning May 2009 and fell head over heels for them. The fit into our family perfectly and loved us too. Their adoptions were final July 30, 2010.
Its been a long road but I wouldn't trade for it. I think our family has grown in more ways than size. We are more devoted to each other, Christ and our community. Life is all about the small things and not so much the drama. We also adopted an elephant in Africa, Murka is her name. She is 2 and we send financial support. Ava gets monthly updates on her little friend. And, then we decided to adopt a schnauzer from a local rescue center. His name is Diesel...that is the name he came with and I guess we will stick with it. (I do however call him Dash when no one else is around.)
I am in graduate school now and Dustin is getting his bachelors.....and we aren't killing each other yet. Ava thinks it is funny that we have homework. I think I could be a professional student if it didn't cost so much!
Last year we enjoyed a trip to Maui to celebrate our anniversary.


We are so blessed to have three wonderfully healthy children and God's grace to shine on.