A Note From the Lawyer We Used

In the photo below; on the left-hand side; was the lawyers office of Dr. Jacob Bernard that completed my adoptions for me.

This is a note from Dr. Bernard,

"IT WAS ABOUT 4:50P.M, I STEPPED UP INTO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON MY WAY BACK HOME FROM WORK. AS I JUST ARRIVED ON THE 2ND FLOOR, THE BUILDING COLLAPSED ON EVERYBODY WITHIN SECONDS . THE ROOF CAME DOWN OVER OUR HEADS. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THIS MIRACLE. I WAS ONE STEP TO DEATH, BUT PEACEFUL, TRUSTING THAT MY LIFE WAS IN GOD'S HAND. MY MIGHTY GOD GOT ME OUT SAFELY. AS I JUMPED FROM THE 2ND FLOOR INTO ALL THE DEBRIS, I GOT HURT ON MY LEFT SIDE. HOWEVER, I AM SAFE AND SOUND...IT IS A LONG LONG STORY.WHAT A MIRACLE!WHAT A GOD THAT WE ARE SERVING! HE SURELY IS NOT DONE YET WITH ME.WHEN I GOT HOME, CLAUDETTE AND THE OTHERS WERE FINE, BUT THE GUEST HOUSE SHOOK UP SO BAD THAT THE WATER COOLER, BOOK SHELVES FULL OF BOOKS, AND CABINETS FELL ON THE FLOORS. AS I AM WRITING THIS EMAIL, THE HOUSE IS STILL SHAKING UP. WE WILL SLEEP OUT SIDE, UNDER THE FRONT PORCH."

That was yesterday & they were all sleeping outside again tonight. Dr. Bernard is a US educated lawyer that also runs an orphange called NLL - New Life Link.

Numb

As the news feeds continue to show more & more details regarding the devastation in Haiti I absolutely feel sick. Haiti is not equipped to deal with this kind of an emergency. There are no first responders. Luckily there are many NGO's & missionaries in the country that can help as Haiti waits for the world to respond. Please world respond...............

Christmas Day 2009

I love this photo.

Bet you don't see anyone in Haiti carrying a toboggan on their head.

Ashley's 23rd Birthday

Ash cracking Brandon up.

Ashley's T-Rex impersonation. hahahaha

Ashley has turned into such a beautiful person - I am so proud of her.

23 years - I can't believe it. No cake for my vegan girl, but strawberries dipped in chocolate is even better than cake.

Kids ate strawberries but they insisted on having a cupcake too. A birthday isn't a birthday without cake.

Wow, she can look so sweet.

December 2009

The little kids decorated the tree this year.

Enjoying a hot chocolate after decorating the tree.

Bundled up to go shovel the walks. Everyone must purchase their children their own snow shovels. Best investment that I've made in a long time. :)

November 2009 - Photos

Santa & smiley boy 2009.

Christolla showing her Dr. Kit from Santa. What I didn't capture was the tears & gnashing of teeth when she was called up to sit on Santa's lap. He was a good sport though & passed the gift through the crowd for her. Not sure why she panicked..............

Jenn, Noah & Denzel at the party.

The shutter speed is so slow I caught Noah juming off Santa's knee.

Sick of being sick.............

So this is getting a little old & I know no one wants to hear me snivel & whine but this is getting ridiculous. We have been circulating these germs around our house since mid September. My little germ factories love to cough & sneeze on our food, wipe their snotty noses on the face clothes & towels, I even caught one using my tooth brush - UGGGGG & I just don't see an end to the madness.

I wish I had bought shares in disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, Cold FX & Kleenex. I have been faithfully popping 2 - 4 Cold FX daily, 4000 IU Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Multivitamin & we are still sick.

Brandon & I had a killer flu that knocked us both on our behinds; I missed a whole week of work & the side effects of that lingered for a couple of more weeks. Was it the dreaded H1N1 - who knows? I was too sick to go to the doctors until about 5 days had passed, then I went to Urgent Care & waited there for three hours & when no one had seen me yet I packed up, went home & crawled back into bed where I should have been to begin with.

Last weekend we actually had three whole DAYS where none of us were sick, no one had snot running down their face or were hacking up a lung. It was marvelous & I was so happy finally the old immune system was doing it job. We even spent some time with friends & saw a movie - it was great to do something normal for a change.

It was a short lived reprieve & we all have sore throats, coughing, & runny noses all over again.

I hope to get back to blogging when I actually have something to write about if we ever get out of the house again.

I guess the good news in all of this is we are definitely catching up on our sleep. My life sucks sometimes.