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!!!!

Melisa got a Promotion!!!

Melisa is the newest Kindergarden teacher at the Prescott YMCA school! I am so proud of her, clearly her gift is working with Children and now she will be able to impact a lot of children to follow God and many other important life lessons that you learn in Kindergarden....of course I have no idea since I cannot imagine teaching a Kindergarden class for even 1 day! YIKES

I wanted to drop a note to everyone to let them know about her new role, please reach out and congratulate her if you get a chance!

Hope everyone is great!!!

Sedona!!! We went on some 4x4 trails with a Jeep!

We went with Chris and Rachel to Sedona on Saturday and rented a Jeep to take down the "Broken Arrow" Jeep trail and "Soliders Pass"......they were awesome! Here are some pics of the trip! We also went to Jerome a little town built on the side of a mountain and had awesome hamburgers at the Haunted Hamburger!

Adoption update

We have gotten word on the latest birth family to receive our book and they have chosen another family. Melisa and I are confident that God has just not matched us up with the family that he has chosen for us.
Melisa has just finished her latest round of tests to figure out if she actually has PCOS, we should find out in about 1 1/2 weeks. We are confident that we can concieve once we get these tests finished.
Please keep us in your prayers, we are slowly learning patience, it will happen in God's time!

Independence Weekend

We had the whole family out here for the 4th weekend and we had a blast! The girls had some fun on Saturday night having a dance party in the living room. Caleb joined in the fun that night.

We also celebrated Kylie's 1st birthday with Aunt Wisa and Uncle Shaun since we were not able to make it out to California the weekend before. We sure love those kids....they are a true gift from God.

On that Saturday morning Caleb and Aubrey, went with Uncle Shaun to the Prescott 4th of July parade, we walked with Chase bank, of course! Reagan did a good job playing Chase the dog as well! We had a blast that weekend!