How Great Is The God We Serve…

The Lord blessed Blake and I with a kind, cheerful, wonderful son in August. We felt led to adopt for several reasons,  one being that Blake and I have struggled with infertility…

What a good God we serve… After having Will home for 3 months and spending one month on Clomid, I took a pregnancy test last night… PREGNANT was the word that popped up on the first test I took. PREGNANT was the word that popped up on the second digital test I took and then I got the double lines this morning…

 Will is going to be a big brother! We feel so blessed by the Lord…

Will’s First Haircut

Blake and I took Will to get his first haircut today at Cookie Cutters. He was wonderful of course… sat stiller(is that a word?) then the 5 year old sitting next to him. Will’s foster mom gave him a buzz the day before we went down to pick him up so I guess it was not his real first haircut… But it was a first for the 3 of us together so to us… Ok, it was his first.

There are a few more pictures on flickr…

Up To #15

Blake’s question for Mark Driscoll is up to #15 today! Keep voting for him!

The Glas Family

The Glas family has become such a precious friendship for us. When praying about adoption they were a source of comfort and encouragement. While in the process and waiting for Will to come home they gave us the oppertunity to play with H. and M.E(who are from Guatemala)… Marsha allowed me the opportunity to ride with her to downtown Louisville and Frankfort more then one time to have paperwork certified… They were some of the first people to live for Blake and I the example of what a blessing adoption is.

 A few months ago the Lord called them to Georgia and we have missed them so much! Two weeks before we left for Guatemala, their family of 4 boarded a plane to spend 7 weeks in Brazil in order to complete H.’s adoption! It was such a blessing to go through the adoption process alongside them and Blake and I have been awaiting meeting the newest addition of their family!

We got the pleasure of spending 2 hours eating with the Glas’ last night and FINALLY got to meet H while they also got to meet Will! It was so sweet because they have been showing their precious children pics of Will and they were calling him “their baby Will”. And H was so quick to let Blake and I hold her… Welcome Home Sweet H!

 

ASK MARK DRISCOLL

Mark Driscoll(pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle) is hosting a web sight in which he is giving people the chance to choose what he preaches about. On November 1st at 5.00pm, they will take the top 50 questions and continue voting until December 14th. Mark will take the top 9 and form a series of sermons and will then form those sermons into a book! Blake has posted a question that has made it to #20 out of 304 questions.

“What can traditional/established churches learn from ‘emerging’ churches?”

Vote for Blake’s question sp we can hear Mark Driscoll’s thoughts on the question many are wondering! Lets keep him in the top 50 until November 1 and then make sure that he makes it to the top 9!

Visiting Illinois

We took Will on his first road trip last weekend… We went to visit Blake’s family in Effingham, Illinois. Much of Blake’s family had not gotten to meet our sweet, little baby boy yet so it was alot of fun! Plus it was Blake’s grandmother’s birthday so we got to spend Saturday evening with her on the farm for a hotdog roast. The picture of all of the little children is of Will and the other 7 great-grandchildren on the Ring family side. We loaded more pictures on flickr so check those out too!

   

Tagged…

A friend posted this and asked others to repost and fill in the blanks with info about “their man”… So here it goes.

1. Who is your man? My man… He is kind, smart, sensitive, generous, patient. He is an incredibly attentive father. He is a Godly leader to his wife. Blake Ring is the man I always dreamed of marrying.

2. How long have you been together? We began dating in June of 2003, got engaged in October of 2004, and married in June of 2005(3 days after our 2 yr engagement). So 4 yrs and 4months.

3. How long did you date? We dated for 2 yrs and 4 days

4. How old is your man? He turned 28 on March 27
5. Who eats more? He does…
6. Who said “I love you” first? Blake did… But I was ready to hear it.

7. Who is taller? He is and I love it! I fit right under his arm when we are walking…

8. Who sings better? I guess I probably do…

9. Who is smarter? Blake is much smarter then I am! He is working on his PhD!

10. Whose temper is worse? Probably mine… Man that was hard to say.

11. Who does the laundry? I do… And boy am I glad!
12. Who takes out the garbage? Blake does… And boy am I glad!

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? When facing the bed, Blake does. He always wants to trade sides every few weeks but I just can’t trade back and forth!
14. Who pays the bills? I write the checks or hit the “pay” button on the computer, but Blake brings home the dough and graciously allows me to take care of our son at home.
15. Who is better with the computer? I am… and proud of it!

16. Who mows the lawn? The men we pay to through our condo fees
17. Who cooks dinner? I do and absolutely love it! Unfortunately our schedules do not allow us to eat dinner at home very often.
18. Who drives when you are together? Blake does. It was something my dad just always did and Blake has been gracious enough to fulfill that expectation.
19. Who pays when you go out? Usually he does but sometimes I do. I guess it all comes from the same place.

20. Who is most stubborn? Ummm… We are alike in many areas of our personality and unfortunately that is one area that we are alike!

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Blake most of the time. He is very gracious and good to me.
22. Whose parents do you see the most? We live in the same town as my parents so we see them the most. Even if it is only for 5 minutes they see Will almost every day!

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first.

24. Who asked who out? He did asked me out…

25. Who proposed? He proposed to me, though I had mentioned the day before to him that I suspected it was coming soon…

26. Who is more sensitive? I am… In both good ways and… Well, not so good ways.
27. Who has more friends? When you marry, you begin to form friends as couples so I would say we are about even
28. Who has more siblings? We have the same amount: Blake has an older brother(Matt, age 33) and a younger sister(Lauren, age 15). I am the oldest with 2 younger brothers (John, age 20 and Paul, age 17)
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Well… While final decision is his, we most decisions together.

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Picking Apples

 Mommy and Will surviving our late September heat wave

 Blake and Will wandering through the orchards

 Will’s first tractor ride… He seemed a little scared. 

 Blake and Will waiting on the tractor to take us to the orchard

We took Will to Huber Orchards this afternoon to pick apples. It was 95 degrees outside, but we still had a good time! The trees are beginning to change and Will was enthralled with his surroundings. We live in the city so the country seemed to be alot of fun for him.

Will Can Stand Up!

So he needs a little help, but we are still pretty proud of our little baby boy!