A Day in the Life

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Why all the Drama

Man, there has been a lot going on. We have a few prayer requests. My niece has recently lost her baby and is experiencing the pain both emotionally and physically. She was only 6 weeks pregnant. She was however looking forward to the baby's arrival eagerly. Ryan's cousin lost her father late sunday night in a horrific car accident. He was only 39. She's 13 and having a hard time dealing with her loss. Her current living situation hasn't been good from what I understand from others in the family, but I'm not at liberty to say. My sister-in-law got married this past Saturday. We found out from my mother-in-law. Pray that she is happy in her new life. Pray for Jim and I as we work on our relationship with his family. That has become strained again. It feels like a see saw ride lately. Jim and I have chosen to protect Ryan from this emotional ride by not allowing visits with them until this is sorted out. He's talked to his dad again. His dad's response was time will tell. I'm not sure how that will pan out, but until then, we will only send pictures of Ryan and update them by email, letter and phone. They have reminded him that Ryan is not their grandchild by blood. Jim made a comment to Dad that Ryan may be the only grandchild they have through him. That alone has brought to the front of my mind again that despite being 21 days late recently, I was in fact not pregnant. This has been a long taxing month for us with all that going on. Please pray for our family as we work through all this.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Family Pictures

We finally got our family pictures done a couple of weeks ago. They turned out great!!!! I can't wait to get prints and mail them to our family. Some of our pictures are also on the photographers website.

http://www.simplethingsphotos.com

I'm also posting ours on Picasa Photos.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kdhalley/FamilyPictures

Enjoy!!!!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Six Flags Cont.

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Six Flags

We are at Six Flags with Ryan and a couple of his friends. We are having a great time. This is definitely something I have always been intimidated by. I hope this is something we will be able to do more often. I love taking Ryan and his friends places. I never imagined how much fun this could be. I'm noticing things in myself that I realized has changed over the years. I'm a mom and an adult. I know it happened a long time ago. I'm just not sure when. I love this feeling.

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Giving Heart

I've always wondered if Ryan picks up on the things that we teach him. Maybe not the House Rules, but the spiritual things. How to be toward others. Today as my Mom and I surprised him at lunch, he surprised us. There is a new girl in his class. Today is her first day at the school. Ryan asked her to join us at lunch. (They get to choose 1 friend) He usually picks the same 2 boys each time. While we were talking to the kids and getting to know his new friend, we found out that he has been helping her all day. He volunteered to show her around. For those of you that know Ryan, you all know he is not shy by any means. He told me that tomorrow is the Dragon Bucks Store day. We then explained to the new girl what Dragon Bucks are and how you earn and spend them. She explained that they had something similar at her old school, but she doesn't think that they will carry over. Ryan looked her dead in the eye and said "Don't worry, I will share mine with you. You can have half of my Dragon Bucks" I immediately went to tell one of the teachers nearby about that. (She was his teacher from last year). Shortly before lunch was over she came and gave Ryan and the girl Dragon Bucks. The ones she gave Ryan, he turned and gave to the new girl. After we left the school, I turned to my mom and said "I guess he hears us after all." As I'm writing this I'm getting misty eyed again. It's hard watching my "baby" grow into a boy and soon a teenager then a young man, but this afternoon was a bittersweet moment. Just to see the maturity he had at that moment and to see his heart so clearly. It's so hard to fathom the miracle that is our children. To see moments like that and to know that with God's help and guidance we cultivated this kind of response in our children. Just to see God's love in them. I'm in awe. I'm so thankful that God chose to bless us with Ryan. I wish I had the words to explain how I feel in my heart right now. I can't wait to talk to Brad tonight and tell him about our lunch today. I called Jim as soon as we left the school. I couldn't wait for him to get home. I'm so proud of my son. I can see the man that he will become one day.