What's up?

Here's a little update on what is going on in our lives right now. The month of October just flew by. We didn't do much this month. In fact, I'm really not sure why this month went so fast because I can't think of anything that happened this month that would have made it go fast. John started his second block class and will soon be teaching in a high school up in Orem. He is super excited to teach. He is also working on his TWS (teacher work sample) and will finish that by the end of the semester. As for me, I haven't been doing much. I go to work, I come home, and I do nothing. It's kind of nice at times to not have to worry about any homework. This last week I went on a field trip with some fourth graders. We went to Discovery Gateway up in Salt Lake. It was a fun little children's museum and I would love to return with some younger kids. As for adoption, we haven't heard much, but thats ok. We celebrated Halloween and were so happy to see all the trick or treaters who came by. We love seeing the little ones in their costumes. I will post pictures of our pumpkin carving and the finished product soon.

Beautiful Heartbreak

I love this video. It kind of goes along with my last post.

Content

Many of you have been asking how things are going with adoption right now. We haven't been completely honest, because we don't want to tell everyone that we are going to get a baby and then have to tell them that we aren't. It's very similar to a miscarriage situation. Here is what's happening in our lives at the moment and a few deep thoughts.

We have been contacted by two people in the last two months concerning adoption. One was with a girl who wanted to place her baby for adoption. We got the contact in August and we were super excited to be having a baby in November. Unfortunately, she changed her mind and decided to keep the baby. We grieved, but now we are ready to move forward. Our other contact was from a family in Oregon who are trying to place a five and a six year old. We decided that this was not the opportunity that we were looking for. We did a lot of prayers and fasting to figure this out. There were many tears and a lot of things to think about.

After both of these experiences, I have been thinking a lot about the trials we are given while we are here on Earth. We are all given our own trials and they are fit just for us. No person is given a trial that they cannot overcome. I look at some trials that are given to people and I cannot fathom how to overcome them. I then watch them and how they endure their trials with grace and am amazed. We are given this trial for a reason. I don't know why, but God does. I am content with the trials that we are given. We can overcome them. I know that God loves me and has a plan for our family.