God Blessed the Broken Road

After listening to that song in the car the other day Claire and I had the following convo:

Claire- Mom, why did he say God blessed the broken road?

Me: Well, he's saying that the road he was on was broken and he was blessed because God showed him a better way.

Claire: No, but Mom, WHO broke the road?

Me: Well noone broke the road, i mean, okay, so like its a metaphor, like he's saying the road it like life and his life was broken and then God helped him find a better life. So the song uses the word road but he really means life.

..... a few minutes go by and then we are listening to Hannanah Montana ... the song its called "Lets Do This"... all the moms will know what I'm talking about and Claire said, " So Mom what is this song really about?.....

She's one smart cookie!!

May is SOO Busy!

Lucy smiles!

Lucy was blessed on May 1st. All three girls wore the same dress!
Ballet Recital the weekend of Mother's Day. Hope to be posting the video soon.

The month is only half over and already we've done alot! Celebrated our anniversary at Mellow Mushroom followed by a movie. My mother is a saint and watched all three kids !! Also Happy times on both sides of the family with engagements and my brother Thomas ran the Nashville Marathon! Summer is coming and I'm not looking back!

I Won!

Thanks so much to Amanda Cantrell (http://lukeamandacantrell.blogspot.com/) for giving me this award! Its awesome! I'm supposed to pass it on to seven blogs that I think are beautiful too! But first... I need to see who out there stalks me! ( Just kidding) but seriously if you read my blog and your not on my sidebar leave a comment so I can add you! I love how the internet keeps us in touch!

A Message from the Heart

I'm writing from the heart today so I hope I make sense. I've had some experiences in the last few weeks that have made me look at my children with gratitude. Watching the heartache of people who want children and can't have any has touched my heart. Most people out here who read this know I got pregnant in high school and placed a child for adoption. If you didn't know, well I'm sure your surprised! This is not normally not something I would put out there on the world wide web, but, as time goes by I realize this is part of ME- it makes me who I am, My point in sharing this information, is that I feel I have a unique perspective on the topic of adoption. My heart has been broken, reformed, and healed. Part of the healing comes from watching couples who sit and wait for children and it makes what I went through worth it. Because I know my sweet first baby went to the right place at the right time to a family that had been waiting for years... to add to their family. Then me, a confused 18 year old, got a chance to start over in life, gain a new relationship with God, and improve myself and I ended up with This:
Who could ask for more? Hug your babies tonight and pray for those families and girls who find themselves in situations they never imagined.

Slideshow for Opa and Jed ... I figured out how to upload it!!

Don't forget to turn off the player at the bottom!!

I Love you Jed!! Even if your 30!!

For the actual real day of Jed's birthday, we didn't do much except have our photos taken by the amazing Linda Prows. But little did Jed know that his mom, sister, and I had been planning a surprise party for the 27th of March. It was pulled off to perfection! His dad turned 60 on March 17th so the party was in honor of both wonderful men! He was totally surprised and didn't suspect anything till we got to the parking lot at which point he just said How did you pull this off? I'm very very sneaky! I'm hoping to share the slideshow I prepared for them if I can figure out how to share it on the internet!