What I leave behind...

Sunday, January 25, 2009

What I leave behind...

Wow it's finally here. Tomorrow night, I will be leaving for 8 days. This is what I leave behind. My mission trip has been in the works since last April. At at time I thought I would be leaving behind Coral and Casserra to take care of Brian. But now, things have changed. Now, I leave Brian to take care of Coral, Nicole, Casserra, Josh and Noah. I am blessed to live so close to my parents. It is so wonderful to know they will all be fine. Of course I will miss them dearly, but I know they will be ok.

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tayawhatJanuary 26, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Shawn, this is awesome! Best wishes for a safe trip & God bless. But I ask - why are you going to Haiti? Sorry if I missed it!
~ Taya
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Who we are....

Brian and I were married May 25, 2002. He got one of those "package" deals! At the time Nathan was 16 - he is now 25 and Coral was 9 - she is 17. Our family grew in the summer of 2006 when we added Casserra who was 10 - and is now 14. We thought our family was complete, but the Lord wasn't done, so we weren't done...in September of 2009 we add 3 more wonderful children to our family. Nicole who is 16, Joshua 12, and Noah 6 (and he's strong now according to him). It's been a lot of fun! Realizing organization is the key.

Again, we thought we were done, but the Lord let us know He wasn't. We have had the opportunity to foster parent a teenage girl who was expecting and subsequently gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

We continue to be blessed with "new additions" who need a temporary home.

We hope to someday have Nathan's girlfriend Danielle as our daughter-in-law.

I work full-time as does Brian, but fortunately, we live right next door to my parents, who have been a tremendous help!

That's us in a nut shell...click on down to see more details.

Nathan - 25

He lives in Lafayette but in October of 2008, he and his girlfriend purchased 6.5 acres. They intend to build their dream home sometime soon but in the mean time are buillding a pole barn with an apartment. He works for a construction/road construction/do it all type place and LOVES IT! He has a great job and truly enjoys what he does. He gets to play with big boy toys!

Danielle graduated in May 2008 from IUPUI and works for a large health care provider. We could not have hand picked someone better for our son! She is an amazing woman and one we hope to have in our family on a more permanent basis!