Happy Birthday!

Today is Payton's 7th birthday. He is really excited and is having a birthday party in about 2 hours after school. Kristen, Uncle Josh (Kristen's older brother) and myself are taking 10 of his friends from school to bowl. God be with us! Then we will have pizza and cake afterward. As has been his obsession since October, the theme for his birthday party is.....HUNTING. He is really into it. His Uncle Josh, who is a former Army Sniper and gun freak, absolutely loves it too! He volunteered to get by the cake as his birthday present. We are a little scared as to what it might have on it. Kristen gets the feeling it will be deer with arrows in them or something like that. Payton also received a hunting blind and a coyote call for Christmas from his Uncle Josh. Needless to say, I spent some time over the Christmas break taking Payton out to hunt coyotes. I'm sorry for anyone reading this who might be anti-hunting.... OK I guess that would be false! It is a part of life here in the hillbilly state of Montana, but we really love it here and wouldn't live in another state. So here is to Payton, Happy Birthday! I love you lots!

I Have Hair Now

After nearly five years of shaving my head, I have grown my hair out. It is quite funny because my kids tell me, particularly Payton, that they like me better with hair. When I first started to grow it out, Kristen and the Kids and I went down to Bozeman to watch MSU play football. I went to the concession stand and when I came back I handed Kristen some soda and hot dogs and she didn't recognize me. She told me after realizing who I was that she was wondering who this weird guy was that was handing her food. Kristen talked me into too. She had mentioned to me a couple times that I should grow my hair back and since I am such a loving husband :), I decided to do what I though would make her happy. Everybody tells me I look 10 years younger, so I am not sure if I look 18... or if before I looked 38 and now I look 28.... You be the judge. I am not posting any pictures if it yet, because I have none. I will post some for your enjoyment, or to scare you (your choice), when we get pictures from Haiti. That way you can divert your focus from my ugly face to my beautiful wife and children. I realize this is a stupid post, but I felt the need to write something humorous or different to take the edge off. Till next time...


Chad

21 days and counting

Man, it has been awhile since I've posted. Since we are due to leave for another trip to Haiti on January 23, I figured another post is in order. Unfortunately we have not gone any further in the process since the last time I posted. We are still in IBESR and trying to PATIENTLY wait. Although that is difficult to do. I think we are going to try and contact some people, including the attorney and see if we can't have him take us into IBESR's office when we are down there. Aside from that and calling that office we have done everything we can to get things to the next wait. A senators letter has been written, a letter from Kristen's doctor documenting her inability to have more children and an letter from us regarding our young age (28 and 26). I don't know what else to do? We just don't want to endure a third Christmas without our children. We never thought they wouldn't be home for this past Christmas. The thought of having to leave them again when we are down there in January already weighs heavily on my heart, but I know we will get through it. We just have to keep our faith and know it will come in the Lord's time, not ours. Until then we just do what we can, which isn't much :)

Till the next time


Chad