A Blessed Life: 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

SPIDER!!!!!!!!!!

The kids were down by their bedroom door and were startled by thr scariest spider they have ever seen!! "it has lots of legs!" they said.... When we told them to get shoe and smash it they were too scared to even get close to it.... So, I went downstairs to see what they were so scared of.... I saw the spider on the floor from the top ofthe stairs, and to tell you the truth, it looked scary and really big!!!!.... Then, I walked down the stairs and had to laugh!!!!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My Birthday Expence

I probably shouldn't have, I figure that I'll have it payed off just before retirement.... I love hanging out with everyone and thought we would all just enjoy this sooooo much for so many years to come!!!! I mean, we live by the largest lake in Idaho for goodness sakes! Why have none of us jumped on the boat thing!!!!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

My You-Tube Creation

This is my version of the antenna made out of hangers..

I used copper wire out of some 12-2 electrical wire that I had

laying around the house.. The coaxial UHF/VHF transformer

was about $5.00 at Merwins......

I was hoping for some better results, but was astonished that

the thing actually worked! I can only get 4 digital channels

and all 4 of them are Idaho Public Television. All 4 channels

look amazingly clear but one of them is actually HD! It looks

amazing. If only I could get 2, 4, 6, and 28, I could do without

satellite........ Oh well, $5.00...

Friday, May 21, 2010

Can't help it...

I just like taking the camera outside(in the back yard)...

Someday I'll have to make it to one of Lance's outings and

expand my horizons...

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Lost in Sandpoint 10'

This is about the only angle you could shoot without someone

you don't know getting in the shot.

I think this is the best of my shots,,,

Speaking of Lost in Sandpoint

Hmmm,,,,

Well, Lance and I had a blast walking through the cars!

We also got to play some pool in the new restaurant, Lance

bought me a be..... ----- S-o-d-a, and kicked my butt!

Good times! I'll have more sometime,

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

It's been a while..

I havn't posted a picture since Nov... (dog bite)

I had a itch to get the camera out and take some pics.

I love springtime flowers!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Shelby

The doctor took the pieces of bones out that were floating around in her knee and saw that there "is" some dead, rotten, bone but it is not as bad as he had first suspected! We asked for prayer and prayed that the doc would get in there and see a normal, healthy bone,, And,,,, after the surgery,,, the doctor said her bones look very healthy... This is an exact answer to prayer! Thank you all for your prayers!! The doctor said that her future looks very bright and she should not have to deal with this the rest of her life!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Please Pray!!!

Shelby's knee could be a very serious disease, "Osteonecrosis", which could lead to some not so fun times..... again..... We know that God has the ultimate diagnosis and this one is not set in stone till the surgery but all signs, "and the doc", "and the MRI," say this is what it is.... : (
I don't know what God has in store but He continues to bless us and provide our every need. I really don't want Shelby to have to deal with this and the kids to have two diseased parents. I am not complaining I just ask everyone to pray. God is so good and we do not deserve all of the blessings that He continually pours out on our family. My prayer is that His Hand would continue to be evident in our lives..... My M.S. has been nothing but God showing that he has complete control and that He will give us the grace we need to make it through any situation. I know that He is in controll.
Thanks
Chad.

Part of our story,,,,

On behalf of Shelby and I, we would just like to thank all of you for your prayers and support. God has blessed us so richly, and we often have wondered, “Why us, Lord? We don’t deserve your blessings.” I am writing this letter as a testimony of God’s love for His children. I hope that God can use this to bless all who read it.

Shelby and I met at the Christian school in 1997 – a long time ago now, it seems. We were both young and twitterpated (that was evident). We were soon spending a lot of time together and becoming great friends. As our friendship grew, we knew that we had a long road ahead if we were going to get married. Five years later, in December of 2002, we tied the knot. God’s blessings were evident to us right away. We’ve never had to ask God where we were going to live because he has always provided. Our first apartment was Shelby’s Grandma Jan’s basement apartment. What a deal!!! Thank you, Jan

I started work for an electrical company in early 2001, and Shelby was working at Unicep Packing. By early 2003, it was clear that the electrical company was not doing well. We started to pray for God’s direction. Not a week later, an old buddy of mine asked if I would be interested in some work installing security and sound systems. I started part time, working a couple of hours a night. It was everything that I loved.

Ben Curto, my boss, took me on a service call to a beautiful home on the lake for one of my first jobs with Connect Technologies. It was nighttime and in the winter, and you could tell by the waves and the light behind the mountains that the moon was going to be a beautiful sight. Ben and I finished the work in the house and began packing our tools into the truck. Being such a scenery buff, I noticed the moon immediately. I then turned to Ben and said, “Wouldn’t this be great?” The sight was incredible, the moon had just broken over the hilltops, and it was BIG!! The waves crashing, the moon shining over the lake – WOW!!! – Beautiful!!! I couldn’t help but praise and thank the Lord for such beauty. Two months later Mike Thompson called and told me of a house on the lake for rent. He had rented this house for twenty years. It had great landlords and an amazing rent. It was obviously God’s amazing hand. The house was not more than one mile from the same place that I had stood and praised His name for the beauty I had seen. God is good!!

Connect Technologies was and is a dream job to me. I get to play with electronics for most of my day!! The number one drawback to the new job was a lack of insurance. I didn’t know what the Lord had in store for us, but He had lead me here, so I took the job. I’ve been working for Connect for the past three years and have enjoyed it very much. We’ve been doing well without insurance, and God has provided alternative means.

Through the past few years UPS has been from time to time asking me to work. I had worked a peak season for them before, and they needed someone to fill a part-time spot again. With prayer, I talked to Ben and then started last Christmas as a part-time hire. Being that the job was part-time, I knew that insurance was unattainable. I was just working for UPS a day here and a day there. In May a job opened at UPS for a steady 3-4 hours a day, enough to get benefits in a couple of months. In mid-July my health started going downhill, and on August first I was officially insured. God is good. On August 17th I was diagnosed with MS, and the medicine to control it is extremely expensive without insurance. God has incredible timing.

Shelby and I have been blessed so greatly in so many ways. God has been so good to us, and His hand is clearly in control of every facet of our lives. We knew that from having dated for five years that when we married, we would be ready for kids sooner than most couples our age. Within a year and a half after we wed, Kira was born. Nine months later we found out that Preston was on his way – just 16 months apart. Shelby and I have often debated on how many kids we would have, but we knew after Preston was born, and being such a surprise to us, that God would have the final word. We know that God still has the final say, but we are both very happy with the two children that we have. Since that time, Doctors have told us with the meds I’m on that it would not be smart to have more children. You see, God knows what is ahead before we do, and God has made that very clear to Shelby and I. Everything that has happened in our lives is in his perfect timing.

We thank you all for so many prayers being lifted up for us and for so much love and support that we have received. We are the luckiest couple in the world to have the families that we have and the church family that we have. I hope this will be a blessing to all and a testimony of God’s amazing love for His children.

2010

I have now worked for THREE years FULL TIME with UPS!!! as a driver,.. The pay and the insurance are amazing. God still continues to bless..... We are now renting to own the in-laws house. We have a theater room!!! Not that important in the whole sceem of things, just something we will always enjoy!! I love the yard and all of the yardwork,. I love working on something that WE will always get to keep! I am on different meds, (for the past 27 months), that make life with MS wonderful! There is some risk in this stuff but well worth the quality of life they have given.... Beats a wheelchair!!!

The kids are now 5 and 4 and still the best kids on earth!!! Shelby and I are still in love and loving our stressful, wonderful, and bessed lives!!

with love in Christ

Chad, Shelby, Kira, and Preston