Adoption Update

Well.....Melisa and Leslie brought Caleb, Aubrey and Kylie out to Michigan this week to visit family! Melisa headed to Holland with her family and Leslie is enjoying time with the Storr's! On Thursday evening I found out that my cousin Lindsey spoke with her mom and she had a connection with a young couple in Michigan that are pregnant and were very interested in doing an adoption! Melisa quickly sent our adoption book to the prospective birth parents and they responded quickly that they would love to meet! Needless to say I was not planning on coming to Michigan this week, but once we found out they were interested in meeting us, I bought plane tickets for the next day! I surprised Melisa on Friday night and we met with the couple today! The meeting went well, they seem very educated and seem to know what they are looking for. We don't have a commitment right now, but we are going to start the process and pray that they choose us!
Just wanted to send a quick update and let everyone know what is going on! She is a couple months along and due in September, but that is all we know so far! Please pray that God will show us his path for us!
Hope everyone is good!

Its ours!

We have heard that offer was excepted! We are going to be home owners in Yorba Linda! Melisa and I have lived in 6 places since we have been married and we are planning on this being a much longer term investment!

God really has layed out this path and it has been so clear! We are very thankful for that!

Thanks for all your prayers!

Baby update:

We are going to start trying again next month and keep trying until God blesses us with another! Please keep Melisa in your prayers... :)

Sure hope everyone is doing well!

Found a place!

We just made a final offer on a condo here in Yorba Linda! We are very excited about finally getting in a place that is ours! Melisa is already thinking about changing the floors and the colors in the house, to make it "hers"! I am excited because she really does have great taste!
My job is going well, I am not exactly sure what I will be doing yet, but I am working on a few things during the transition, it is just great to see how many Chase branches we will have out here in just a month! Melisa has already been to Disneyland twice and I am sure with our new annual passes she will be many more times! She has taken her nieces and nephew and will probably do some one on one visits with each of them!
It was 75 yesterday!!!!

"Stimulus"

I don't usually like to get political on this blog, but I have to say I am so disappointed in our government....This so called plan to stimulate the economy is now expensive enough to pay off 90% of the United States mortgages!!!! Is it just me or is this CRAZY!!!! Article, read this and see where some of this money is going....
I am not trying to pick one side or the other, especially since there are democrats and republicans who are voting for it and against it. I am just sick at the amount waste we are putting into this bill! I sure hope this is not going to be the "change" we will see over the next 4 years....

Big moving day....again!

Well, we are having the movers here on Wednesday to pack us and they load on Thursday, we are staying the night in a hotel here in Chicago on Thursday night and then we are off on our 2nd cross country road trip! This time we are heading in West direction! I have to tell you Melisa and I are VERY excited to buy a home and settle down, but I wouldn't change any of our moves! We have met some awesome people and have really enjoyed each of our temporary homes!
We are staying with Robert and Leslie for a few weeks as we find a place to live...hope that comes together soon!
We will get our new address out as soon as we find a place!

A glimpse of paradise!

The other day Melisa opened the front door to find a box sitting there! My Aunt Coila from Hawaii sent us flowers from the Islands! It is so nice to have these up in the house when outside it frigid! It was 10 today and a wopping 10 tomorrow!!! YIKES!
California here we come!
Coi thanks for thinking of us!

Back out West!

Well what a whirl wind we have been on. Since we got married on Sept. 2, 2006 we have moved 5 times and we are about to add 1 more! My job has gone through a reorganization that was unexpected and my position is moving. We have been in the windy city for a short 4 months and we are heading to Southern California! It has been a long journey for me, leaving So. Cal 12 years ago and trying to get back ever since. Melisa is very excited to be in warmer weather and we are going to settle down...the moving has been fun but enough is enough.
Please pray for a smooth move and we will update soon!
Take care!