3.17.10 -- Psalms

I was reading Psalms 139:13-16

13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,

15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
I know that full well.

I remembered the day that we sat in the office at the OBGYN and she was telling us that it was time to run the tests that give a % chance that something is wrong. David looked up and asked her if she would recommend having the test if we would not act upon it if it came back that something was wrong. She replied no, that if we did not want to know and would not act upon it she would not recommend taking the test but that it was our decision. David looked at her and told her that this is the baby that God selected for us and that we would take it regardless of it's potential flaws.

I thought for a moment what if we had taken the test, what if it had been able to detect that she had a problem, and what if we had made the decision to terminate the pregnancy. WOW! I would not trade my Cleft Pallate baby for anything. She is beautiful, amazing perfect and very smart. Has it been expensive, time consuming, difficult; yes it has but God prepared us for this and it is a challenge that I would not trade for anything.

3.11.10 -- Mutton Bustin

After the ribbon cutting I took the kids out the the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. I had already taken a day of vacation from work so why not make the most of it. We looked around tried out Ag-venture, the petting zoo, went to the carnival and then Grant wanted to try out the mutton bustin. It was so cute, he loved it and it will be a neat memory for him.

3.11.10 -- Inscription

I was asked about what it says at the bottom (ad I just realized that Grant's arm is over the photo of David at the Groundbreaking Ceremony) it says:

Presented to
David McKay

In recognition of your support for the procurement of design and construction services for the Columbia Center for Human Space Flight Performance & Research Building 26 at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Your JSC Family misses you and have not forgotten you.

Wow! I sure wish that Aubrey would be able to remember this. It was such a special and beautiful day.

3.11.10 -- NASA

Today we went to NASA on the 1 year and 10 day anniversary of Daivd's death and they held a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new building that David was the Contracting Officer over the Design Work and the Construction of the Building. It was so special that they thought of us, honored his memory and gave his children (at least Grant) such a wonderful memory. Grant got to meet quite a few Astronaunts and they were all such wonderful people. That made my 6 year old little boy's day! We are so blessed to be part of the NASA family they are all such WONDERFUL people.

3.8.10 -- Weekend and Rodeo Houston

Last weekend was pretty hectic we had baseball practice on Saturday morning and Dad kept Aubrey at home for me while I took Grant to practice. Then off to a baby shower for a good friend from high school.

On Sunday I spent some quality time with Grant at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. This was our first trip out there this season. He loves the Jonas Brothers and we had a really fun evening just the two of us. We skipped down the ramp together when we were leaving the stadium and it was a lot of fun (I seriously doubt that I will see any of those people again and if they happen to know me they should understand!). I was really worried about just the two of us going but I felt very safe and we made it there and back safe and sound.

Why is it so scary tackling all of the things that we use to do together and I never even thought twice about??? I chickened out taking Grant snow skiing because I was scared of driving in the snow and I could not find any friends that were going. We had really wanted to take Grant skiing for the first time in January of 09 but with me being pregnant and lots of thing going on at both of our jobs we decided to delay it. I would give ANYTHING if we had just done it and then David could have taught Grant to ski but I really look forward to getting to teach him now. I am really blessed that David's family introduced me to it all those years ago and David spent the time patiently teaching me and I will always cherish the times that we have spent on the slopes together. I have a great photo of us on the slopes on our last trip to Steamboat Springs but I cannot find it on any of the computers and I have not figured out how to get into the hard drive backup's since the network crashed. That is on my to do list, and I know that they are safe and sound there until I get the chance to recover them. That was such a wonderful trip with our good friends Danny and Patti!

I leave tonight with a photo of of Grant from before we left for the rodeo. He HAD to wear his boots and hat. The lady that took our ticket at the gate told him that he was a nice looking cowboy and he was so embarrassed.

3.5.10 -- Award

I was nominated for an award from The Smith Family and I really appreciate it.



It says that you have to list seven interesting facts about yourself, so here I go...

1) I can touch my tongue to my nose (she listed this as one of her talents and it is one of mine as well)

2) I am an expert at tying cherry stems with my tongue. (Gosh I wish that it would pay the bills)

3) I can honestly say that I have saved someones life (I was a lifeguard in HS and I rescued several drowning people.

4) I got my dream house before I turned thirty. (I guess I don't dream too big but it was OUR dream)

5) I almost finished nursing school (at the very end I realized that I hated Dr's egos and hospitals so I decided that this was not a very good career choice).

6) I work in a power plant and I love it.

7) I am a borderline OCD hand washer. (this is really not a bad trait for a mom)

Now for my nominations:

THE BERGERON EXPERIENCE
She is a new friend and I really enjoy her perspective.

THE PETERS FAMILY CIRCLE
My Cousins that have a beautifully blessed family.

3.2.10 -- A Good Tuesday!

Tonight's Bible study was all for me (yes there were quite a few others present several thousand in fact) but it was for me! It began with "You need to know what to do when it is ONLY you." this is so true because everything can change is an instant and she continued with the theme and said...

When you wanted or want something so bad and God's answer was no it has to do with the purpose of your life and something HUGE is up. When God says no there is a reason and he will not do it lightly. -- Beth Moore (from the Bible study at Houston First Baptist tonight)

I may never know the reason this side of eternity and it may have to do with HIS purpose for my children's, children's, children. But I do know that God knows the entire plan and his decisions are based on the entire plan.

I was extremely suprised when I received a call this afternoon inviting us to the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Astronaut Conditioning and Training Center that David was instrumental from the contracting side on development and building. I haven't told Grant yet because he is going to be so excited and he will ask me every day until it is here...but he will get to meet Astronauts (WOW!!!)! I am so excited and SO proud of my David!