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Time either flies or drags. Lately it seems to crawl along. We are keeping busy. Trever is very busy with work and church. I have been volunteering more and more, because I enjoy it so much. Recently both of our grandfather's have been in the hospital. We've also had other family members in the path of hurricanes. It has made us really think about how much we love and miss them. We love our family, but it's times like this that true unconditional love shows. We truly would do anything for them just to know they are safe. I have spent lots of time thinking about all the things I've done with my grandfather. There are so many many good memories. The more I have learned about him the more amazing I realize he is. We are both looking forward to visiting with our families again.

While Trever was off at Boy Scout Camp, I took his encouragement and flew to Phoenix to spend time with 3 of my siblings. My brother lives there, and my 2 younger sisters where going to visit. My brother and I decided to surprise them with me. It was fun to see their faces when I walked up behind them. We had such a good time (even though I hated being away from Trever). It's always fun to reconnect with family, unhindered by parents or kids. We revereted to how we acted as teenagers together, so we had too much fun. We really just picked up where we had left off last time we had seen each other. It was great.

It has been a busy summer. I got some time off to go to Boy Scout Camp for a week. I was so excited to go, Lesa was relieved when the day to go finally came (I was driving her crazy). I had a great time going to classes, and helping all the boys. It was great to see the boys all grow in their own ways, and in confidence. I missed Lesa all week long, and am glad she didn't mind that I went. I did encourage her to visit her siblings while I was gone.

Today is Mother's Day. It's a hard day every year. We think of our desire to have kids, and especially of those young women who have give other adoptive parents the biggest gift in the world, a child. We are so lucky to have our nieces and nephews. We spent some wonderful time with them. Lesa's oldest nephews are now sending messages through email. When we respond they make their mom read the email over and over.

Time seems to get away from us, but it has slowed down long enough for us to thank our mother's for raising us and loving us no matter what. We're also very lucky to have so many friends that teach their precious little ones that we are Aunt Lesa and Uncle Trever. It is summer here and hot, so we spend much more time indoors. Trever has been working nights (luckily it's tempory, 2 weeks or less), but it's really messed us up as far as sleeping and just our daily routines.

We just feel very blessed to have all of our wonderful friends that make us part of the family and include us in the daily aspects of their lives.

It's amazing how fast time has gone, but at the same time it feels like it is dragging along. We continue to stay busy while we wait. Lesa spends some time researching everything baby, from formulas to strollers, and anything else she can think of. When the time arrives she won't have to wonder what she wants for the baby. Trever is always working hard in school and at work. He still is a favorite of the kids at church. When he can, he reads books to the children in the nursery, the 18 month to 3 years old kids. They love him.

We recently traveld to Washington D.C. for Trever to re-enlist. It was a fun trip. We got to see old friends, make some new ones, and best of all we toured the White House. We have no pictures because we couldn't take a camera with us, but it was fun. It was fun to stand in a place where so much history has happened.

We are so looking forward to a trip home this month. We will be spending 1 week with Trever's family and 1 week with Lesa's family. We will spend the next week or so calling the nieces and nephews and getting them all hyped up that we are coming to play. Most of all we'll be able to spend time with them and get to know them better because they seem to grow so very quickly. We feel very lucky this trip. We will be seeing a very close friend and her kids. She was living here, but got married and ended up living very close to Lesa's parents. We are so excited to see her and the kids because they made us part of their family and we miss them very much.

As each day passes, we hope that we will be blessed with that special child from an amazing birthmother. Church can be hard sometimes with all the babies and pregnant women. When another friend gets pregnant, people start asking questions again. They don't understand that adoption takes time. It isn't just finding a child, it is waiting for the right birthmom and getting that connection to know it's right. We are preparing for Christmas with friends that are far from their families. We have a great time exposing them to all the traditions we want to teach our family one day.

Some days it's seems so hard to find the right pictures and type the right words. I wish Trever and I had more pictures of each other together. It is usually one of us taking the pictures. Trever is working hard so he's trusting that I'm not embarassing him with anything on here. He can be very funny though, especially when he's with our nephews. They think he's the coolest thing in the world. Me, I just spoil them and call them instead of their mom, when we start missing family.