Blessings in Disguise

You know how sometimes things happen and at first they seem horrible but then blessings happen because of them. I was able to experience that this week. I was debating if I should even write about this on my blog page, but decided that I needed to. Especially if a birth mother or birth father decides to read my blog. My nephew had a beautiful baby girl on Thursday. She was a tiny thing and absolutely perfect. My Nephew and his old girl friend were not sure what they were going to do at first. They decided a couple months ago to place their baby for adoption. I was so proud of them for making that choice. He has grown so much from this experience and it has been a blessing in his life. I'm sure it has been a great blessing for the adoptive couple who had been waiting for years to have a child enter their forever family. But I don't think that he realizes that it has been a blessing in my life also. It has helped me to understand more what it is like to have a situation that seems unbearable and keep moving on in life. Not only move on but to think of what is best for your baby and love unconditionally. It is a kind of love that is unselfish.

Cookie Fun!

Today Ty and his cousins had a blast decorating cookies. Here are the little chefs at work!

Change

It seems like everything changes at once. Tyler just tested for his red belt! He did great. I can't believe that he knows so much. I guess it's time to start saving up for him to go and test for his black belt in Houston. It will be here before we know it! Great work Tyler!

Our ward just split. So I got released from primary. It has been sad for me. I will miss all the the children and my counselors. I did go to the primary program that was last week. (The first day of the split) It was beautiful. The children sang so great. It was hard for me to watch knowing that my calling was over. I really do love all of them.

Now that Scott and I have a break from callings we need to start focusing on the adoption more. We are having our home study done again. That means that it has been another year. We are starting to look at more options. It's hard because I know that we are suppose to adopt, but it is taking us so long! It's hard to know what rout to take. All we can do is pray about it and do what is right for our family.

So changes are hard but they always seem to turn out. Tyler is growing up and even though I always tell him to stop growing I know that he is growing into a strong, amazing boy! The ward split has been hard but I'm sure that the new ward will be great. The adoption process has been long and hard so far. I have learned to put things in the Lords hands and everything will turn out the way that it is suppose to.