Wishes and Dreams

I have so many

dreams

and

wishes.

Many things to accomplish in my life.

I want to live my days fuller with more JOY.

I am truly grateful for all my blessings.

I see them each every morning and they brighten my path to my dreams coming true.

I saw a mother in town today that only has one child

(by choice or not, none of my business)

and I felt guilty (did I appreciate all my children today?).

What if she wanted more and couldn't.

I know that feeling.

Very much so....the longing and that creeping jealousy

you fight against when celebrating

other's blessings that were gifted.

We have struggled to find a way to adopt more children.

Crazy, some would say.

But, crazy bad.....like a feeling of hunger.

Our hearts want to Love more children simply.

That is a dream of ours and one day it will come true.

However, today eating pizza out with my loves I paused and vowed ,

I will celebrate the sweet people in my life and

NEVER

take them for granted.

And so I lingered a little longer and smiled at their beautiful faces.

They are mine and

I LOVE being their Mom.

They are so yummy.

They are all gifts beyond my fondest DREAMS!

LIFE

Definately Life has been of my design for the most part, however once in awhile it throws a few curve balls and you are stretched a little more. I am grateful for the BIG decisions in my life: Which church to join, whom to marry and how many children to have. Even, when I am low and out these choices are what sees me thru to the end and that has made all the difference.

Happy Birthday Brady Boy! November 29th

Brady brings such JOY to our home. He's so driven to accomplish things and to do good. He's funny and a sweet delight. he's willing to help and go the extra mile. We have LOVED watching Brady grow this year and go thru puberty. He's so funny when he has a hormone moment. So mild in comparison, but who's comparing! He's unique and an incredible gift to our family. Brady, you are the BEST! Have a super Birthday, can't wait to see what the next 15 years will bring.

Love you to bits!

Mom & Dad

Happy Birthday Gerry November 17th!

We Love this Guy! He's the BEST DAD ! and so
happy we can celebrate him and have him in our lives.
He opted for no presents this year , but the kids couldn't
handle that. So they made goofy presents for him
that took forever to open. We had his favorite dinner
Roast Beast, smashed potatoes and ceasar Salad.
To finish it all off Black forest cake (dad's fav).
Happy Birthday Gerry!

Club Dust 09

To whom it may concern,
Our family will be traveling down to Mexico this Christmas, as we did last year and volunteering in building homes. We will build some homes in a community where families either have a deed to the land or are paying for the land out of their meager salary ranging from $40-$100/month. They will receive a house with a concrete floor and 16x16 structure. Some families will have popup houses built for them that live on the railroad tracks. These popup houses are 8x8 and very easily moved if required to relocate. It's amazing what they put together to live in and stay dry from the climate in the winter.
Check out the organization we work with www.clubdust.org.

We found that there was a need everywhere we turned. Last year during the construction, there were breaks where neighborhood children would play in the dirt streets and our children would play with the kids and hand out some toys/candy. We have found such great joy in doing service and have saved and put off Christmas presents under the tree for ourselves for this greater reward. We are so very excited to take our family of 8 back down again.

Clubdust also sponsors a shoe clinic and tries to provide at least 2000/prs shoes for local families in Tecate. Families lineup as long as a km long to have a pair of shoes that would cost them a days wage. At the clinic they hand out some used clothing and beans/ vegetables /rice as well. The time we had there left us very grateful for what we have in North America and how we can live with much less.

We are asking for a donation of some shoes to hand out while we are down there in December. The best shoe seems to be a runner or tennis shoe because that is for their terrain, with muddy giant rivet road traps. Aswell, because if they can afford to send their children to school, they require white runners for their uniform. We wanted to give so much more while we were down there last December 2008, however we didn't know what to bring. Now, we have a clearer vision and we are asking for any donations possible.

Thank you So much
Gerry, Debra, Graham,Connor,Brady,Walker, Ryland and Clara Moore
270 West Eagle DriveSalt Spring Island, BC V8K 1E4 250-537-5211