Roshel's Dream Come True

Sorry for the long delay between posts…milo harvest drug on forever and the holidays had me pretty busy; then we were getting ready to take a family vacation to Hawaii so I figured I might as well wait until after that to do a blog.

Our trip was amazing - we spent 5 days in Maui and 5 in Kauai. We did a bike ride down a mountain, went whale watching, snorkeling, drove the Road to Hana, did a dune buggy trail trip, took a helicopter tour, not to mention ate a hefty amount of amazing food and spent time relaxing on the beach in the sun. 

But out of all those awesome things, my favorite day/experience was the very first night we got to Hawaii. 

The day had had a few glitches - our flight was delayed for several hours because of a problem with the plane. They ended up having to change planes before we could leave. Then we found out the new plane was 12 seats short, and we were worried for a while that we wouldn't even get seats to make it to Hawaii when we were supposed to. Thankfully we did get seats, but then there was such a strong headwind that it took over an hour longer than it was supposed to to make the flight. 

Sadly this meant we weren't able to make our dinner reservations we had planned for Stewart and Roshel's anniversary (their 31st wedding anniversary was that day).

Nevertheless, we eventually made it to Maui, but by the time we landed, got our rental vehicles and drove to the resort, we were all feeling pretty tired and hangry :), so we went straight to the restaurant at the hotel. Sitting in paradise with some good food in our bellies made us all feel a lot better.

While we were getting ready to enjoy a nice dessert, Taylor and I pulled out the anniversary card we had brought along to give to Stewart & Roshel.

Inside we had stuck this picture:

I have to say it was pretty awesome to watch them open the card and then just stare for a few seconds trying to comprehend what we were telling them. :)

Even though we were only 7 weeks pregnant at the time, we knew that with more than 10 days of constant family togetherness, there would be no way we could keep the surprise. They would easily figure out I wasn't drinking any alcohol or coffee, and then our chance to surprise them would be gone. So we decided to tell them a little earlier than we otherwise would have. (I'd already had to do a lot of faking over the Christmas and New Year's holidays, and poor Taylor had to drink my share of champagne and wine on top of his. Luckily, for his sake, I'm not a big drinker).

A little bit of history - since about…oh…the day Taylor and I got married, Roshel has constantly joked with us about when we would give her some grandkids. Actually the first year we were married, at the gym Roshel and I go to, our class was supposed to dress up for Halloween. I simply stuck a pillow under my shirt and said I was "Roshel's Dream Come True" (hence the title of this blog - although I'm pretty certain Stewart was just as excited as Roshel).  ;) We were able to video tape their reactions when they opened their card. It was fabulous, but sadly the video file is too big for me to upload.

God willing, if everything goes smoothly, we should have a new little one sometime in the middle of August! Taylor and I are really excited, but I'm pretty sure until we are holding a baby in our arms, it will continue to feel kind of surreal.

For now we would greatly appreciate any prayers for strong and healthy baby growth as well as for God to prepare Taylor and I so we can be good parents and raise our child to know and love the Lord.

Here's some pictures from out trip:

Sunrise bike ride down Mount Haleakala in Maui. Taylor and I first did this on our honeymoon 4 years ago.

Luau in Maui

Helicopter Tour in Kauai 

Whale watching in Maui

Be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

In the Greek language this particular Scripture meant to be filled continually - not to be filled and then stop. I am guilty of this. I may have an especially meaningful experience where I feel filled with God's Spirit and my faith is renewed, but then I allow life, activities, obligations, etc. to get in the way and keep me from focusing on Him. Each day I want to work harder to make sure I am allowing my Heavenly Father the time and space in my life to fill me continually with His Spirit.

So I guess I could have written a blog sooner, but once we found out we were pregnant, that was all I wanted to write about so I figured I better just wait. :) I'll try to update a little more often from now on.

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Lyndee