Welcome!

Well hello there! Thanks for stopping by to see what our blog is all about! If you know us, AWESOME and Hi! If you don't know us, nice to meet you and I hope you'll stay! Nevertheless, the obligatory intro is due, along with some fantastic information about who we are, what we're about and what God's been doing in our lives so far.

I'm Janet, married to my bestfriend and constant companion, Jon and together we have 3 1/2 kids! We have Carter, who is 10, Collin, who is 6, and Vaden, who is 7 months! We found out when she was 4 months old that we were expecting again, to our huge surprise! So we're a family of six, and although we're exhausted, we really are having fun!

I became a Christian 4 years ago, and Jon has been a believer since he was 4, but has been walking joyously with the Lord for almost 3 years now. We have had a really difficult time when it came to our marriage but by God's grace, we have recommitted to eachother and are living a life as ONE for our Lord!

These past 4 years have been the most difficult in my life; living for God and not for myself is hard, considering my flesh wants me to do just the opposite. To submit to your Creator and trust that HE has everything worked out for your good(Romans 8:28) is a nearly impossible task for me-but I'm learning through each and every trial that life would be so much easier if I'd just do it and stop resisting :)

2009 was an insane year. From August until the last week of December, I had said many times that this has been the worst year of my life-which, in retrospect, is not true. But dangit, this year was so incredibly painful that I thought it impossible to keep going. I started to doubt the sovereignty of God, more importantly the very existence of Him-I did not understand why everyone else's lives got to go on without a hitch while mine just seemed to be in disarray more often than not! It seems that it's most always the issue of a job that tries us. Jon will get a job, and then some weird thing happens to the company and He's laid off. And then we have these long bouts of completely relying on the Lord to meet our every need, down to what we'll eat that night.

But He has NEVER failed us-NEVER.

So in 2009, we had our first daughter who had an unknown health issue that kept her in the NICU for a bit, lost a job, stressed out beyond measure, cried out to God, YELLED AT God, doubted the Lord and fell into pits that were impossible to get out, found out our daughter had a rare condition called bilateral vocal cord paralysis (which means her vocal cords are paralyzed in a locked position), struggled to cope with the fact that she might need a tracheotomy, got even ANGRIER with the Lord for allowing all this to fall at once, Found out we were expecting our FOURTH child while still being in this trial, and then at the very end of the year God blessed Jon with employment.

So can I say that 2009 has been the worst year of my life? No. The Most FRUSTRATING year of my life? Oh, definitely. Scariest, yes.

But how can two babies, a healthy family and children who love the Lord equate to the worst year of my life? IT CAN'T!

It was a good year-a year of blessing; a year of trials; a year of GROWING. Isn't that what being a follower of Christ is all about?

So far, this year has been good. Tiring, but good. A LOT of exciting changes that I'll talk about, and interesting things coming up.

Thanks for coming, and stick around!