Land of Gracious Living!

It has been a very long couple of days for a lot of my family in So Cal! They had to evacuate yesterday and have been allowed back in this afternoon, but there have been several homes around them that have been destroyed....it is so sad how many people lost their homes. There is one piece of positive news, there have been no reported deaths because of it, there have been 6 firefighters injured in YL so far. Please pray for them and their families! My Uncle and cousin are both firefighters in So Cal, but as of right now neither of them are fighting in these fires, but a lot of their friends are so your prayers would be greatly appreciated!
As I get pictures I will post them, it sounds like a lot of stores have been destroyed as well....

Adoption update #357

Well now that we are living in Illinois we have to get re certified for adoption in this state. It wasn't a big surprise that Illinois makes it even more difficult to do a domestic adoption, gotta love all this government control! Melisa has found an agency and has already started the process, she has done some classes online and we have an orientation class next week Monday! So we could be re certified in just a month or so if we really focus on getting this done!
Melisa also had a doctors appointment to get a referral to a fertility doc....she found out she has to go from our Primary Care Physician then to a Gynecologist then to a fertility doc even though we did all this in Arizona! So that has been put on a short hold as well, but we might be going straight to invitro fertilization once we get to the fertility doc.
Just wanted to keep everyone up to date!
Hope everyone is doing great!

New President

Well, I am sure a lot of you are waking up rather excited today, I am waking up nervous. I think I understand more why we want there to be a balance of power so we can keep things more towards the center.
I will be perfectly honest, I am going to support our new President and I will hope and pray that the upset Republicans will support our new President more than the Democrats did of our current President. I remember how upset many of us got when the Democrats literally threw Bush's name in the mud and you will not hear me doing that to Obama. I may disagree, but I want Americans to rise above ripping apart our leaders because it makes us feel better, thats not very American of us! We all want the best for this country, we are just divided on how we can achieve that goal.
I will pray for the leadership of our country....

Election 2008

I know that most of you agree that Wednesday November 5 will be a relief, either you will be happy or disappointed in the outcome but we will not have to endure the crazy adds or overwhelming negative responses from the media. I just recently saw a study done that showed how incredibly skewed the media has been in this election and it is frightening!
There are several people who read this blog that will vote for Obama and several who will vote for Mccain, and it shouldn't be a surprise to most that we are supporting Mccain/Palin. I think we need a change in Washington and that Obama has been successful in convincing many that he is that person to change Washington. If he wins on Tuesday I pray that you are all correct. Of course, my fear is how he will change Washington, but that is a pretty difficult discussion for some so I will not get into that.
Melisa and I are praying that God will give us the leader he wants in office and I truly believe that whoever gets to be our next President will have his blessing. Pray for our leaders as we go through this difficult transition!

Infertility

Today i was visiting a friends blog and on it she had a video that really hit me...it was about what couples go through when they are dealing with infertility issues....Shaun and I are still trying to get pregnant but are not having any luck... we have heard that there are some great fertility doctors here in Naperville, IL, so i am looking forward to finding one that will be willing and able to help us out...the video is very touching and helps people who haven't gone through this issue, kind of understand where we are and how we are feeling inside...we would appreciate you keeping us in your prayers..we know that God will help us get through this time in our lives, as we know he has a great plan for Shaun and I...we so look forward to seeing what that may be...below is a link to the video that our friend posted...MelisaTears and Hope - the infertility awareness project

The Windy City

So Melisa already found a job, she will be a nanny 3 days a week in Wheaton, IL about 15 minutes away! It doesn't take long for Melisa to win over a family with children, anyone would be lucky to have her as their nanny!
My job is going well, a lot different than my job in Arizona! I am really enjoying the people and the area is just beautiful right now. We are in the middle of the fall colors and wow, this is the part that I missed most in the midwest.

We sure are looking forward to enjoying the big city, I have already been downtown for work, but plan on going down there over a weekend soon so Melisa can do some shopping, if anyone out there wants to do some shopping you are more than welcome to come and stay at our house! Hope all is well!

We made it!

We drove into Naperville late yesterday and the moving trucks came today! Wow, what a road trip....even with the long days we had a good time! We saw parts of Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Memphis, and St. Louis. We were in 9 states during our adventure to the windy city 4 of which I had never seen before! We do live in a beautiful country!
Well now the true work begins, we did some unloading today and Melisa is doing more of it the next couple of days while I go to work. My first day on the job is tomorrow, so wish Melisa luck as she makes this our new home!
I will post some pictures once I download some of them....hope everyone is doing well!