Decisions decisions.....

It seems that we are always in a position to be deciding on something that is life changing! I think that God is always testing us in ways that we will never really understand. We have some things going on that I will post about soon, but it is all good, just difficult decisions that I know will work out in the end!

Baby update......

We met with Dr. Patel this morning and we discussed the options for eventually getting pregnant. We went down to see him expecting to set up IVF, in vitro fertlization, but the process is long and there are some real ethical and moral issues with IVF. Because we strongly believe that life begins at conception, we would require the doctor to only fertilize the embroys that we would be willing to carry to term. We are thinking the doctor will eventually pull 6 eggs and fertilize all of them and inject 2 at a time and pray they both make it....by making this decision we need to be prepared for 6 kids, but the likelyhood would be slim. For those of you who also feel the way we do about conception, the doctor actually offered to check the viable embryos for certain genetic abnormalities and we could "discard" or kill them.....very disturbing. This process has taught us a lot and helps me understand even more why education is so vital.
We have decided to try one more thing before IVF, Melisa is starting Metformin today and will be on it for the next 3 months, it will make her sick so please keep her in your prayers. This drug has been successful in helping patients with PCOS ovulate which inturn should help us get pregnant. It will require a lot of tests and patience. The doctor also told us to continue our weight loss because for every 10 pounds we loose it really increases our chances of conception especially with the PCOS.
So that is my long winded update, sorry for the drawn out explanation, hope everyone is well!

Camping Trip 2008! Mammoth, California!

We went on our annual family camping trip to our usual camp site, Upper Soda Springs in Mammoth, California! We spent several days hiking, fishing and staying in tents. Most of the girls tolerate the tent camping because of the family time, but Melisa I think is one of the best up there! She loves the hiking and the outdoors, truly an outdoor kinda girl!

The picture with all the family is 25 of us standing/sitting in front of where my grandparents want to be burried, a little twisted, but a really awesome picture!

Melisa decided to lead a few on a dance party in the dirt! Too fun!!!!