I think I have finally caught my breath.

As many of you know, November was not the most fun month for us. Quinn was laid off from the steamfitters union. This is something that was always know could/would happen. This is actually his second layoff. The one two years ago only lasted two weeks and they were able to get him back to work pretty soon. This year, there were 10 guys ahead of him to be placed. Let me explain how the job placement works with the union. If you get laid off, you go into a "pool" of other guys that have been laid off. It goes in order. When jobs open up, they start at the top of the list and work down. So, after four weeks of nothing and only TWO guys getting placed before him, we did alot of praying. We felt that the best thing financially was for Quinn to go back over the road. We were able to place his school on hold and not lose any of the time time he has put back it. We are very grateful that he does have this skill (driving) to fall back on. Well, the weekend before he leaves for training, he gets into a wreck and totals his car. We had just had someone that was gonna buy it also. Awesome huh? Then our dishwasher breaks. So after LOTS of prayer and fasting, we found out that the accident will not affect him going back to driving. YIPPEE. So we get him all sent off and Porter gets that hand/foot/mouth disease. I don't know if any of you guys have had to deal with that but it was so hard for me those four days. I find out that my iron is very low with this baby and I need to have an IV drip to speed things up. All of this while Quinn AND my mom are out of town. I think that's all of the crappy stuff that has happened in the last six weeks or so. Now on to the blessings.

OH MY. How have we not been blessed? That pretty much sums it up. The gates of heaven have opened up and landed on my door step. The love and support from family and friends is beyond ANYTHING I have ever imagined or prayed for. The Lord know me. He knows my family, He knows what we need. There is not one thing that he has over looked. Yes it sucks that Quinn is gone over the holidays. I HATE doing this by myself, but he is able to provide for his family and we get to talk to him everyday. We even got to see him for a few hours last week. I KNOW the Lord made this possible for us. I can feel His love everytime I look at my childrens' face. The Lord has calmed their hearts and made me more patient. To see Corban's face when he talks to Quinn makes it worth it. Life is gonna be good. WE ARE BLESSED.