I have a New Nephew

So last night at 11:50 pm my sister gave birth to a little boy. They named him Tyson Mark MacVoy. We are waiting to go see them until we go on holidays to Vancouver. I will take pictures and post them when we get home.

DOCTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So once again I called to schedule a test that was supposed to be done back in September when I had surgery and once again the Doctor is away, and the hospital only allows the test to be done on one specific day during the week. Just frustrated and wondering when I will finally get the answers we have been looking to find.

On other news Jeral and I are going to Vancouver next week. We are filling out the application forms to begin the adoption process. More to come after we get back in a week!

Blessings, Leanne

Not Posting as Much

So my beautiful friends here in Armstrong surprised me with a belated 30th birthday party last night. I was truly blessed by these dear friends and enjoyed spending time with them. I am looking forward to this next decade and all that God has for me, and us!

By the way since I have not posted in a while I just want to add that I have an amazing husband and I love him very much. He is a huge joy in my life, and a blessing beyond blessings.

Well some of you have noticed that I am not posting as much lately. I have done this purposely. I am in a place in my journey with God where I feel the need to not share as much with everyone. There will be updates here and there, and I will at times post about the journey Jesus has us on. However for now I am taking a break for the necessity of my heart. I love each and everyone of you and pray that God continues to bless you all.

The Big 30

So today I am the big 30!!!!!!!!! I have been asked by many people how I feel about leaving y 20's behind and being 30 now. So here is my answer. I am blessed to see many friends loving their 30's and 40's, so I say bring on my 30's. I in no way miss my 20's, or teenage years. I am looking forward to everything that God has in store for me in the years to come. I know that He has me on one amazing journey. A hard journey sometimes and yet a totally amazing journey. So there are no tears about turning 30, instead I am meeting this new decade with enthusiasm and excitement!

ISAIAH 34:1b-2 & 5-6

"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, "Give them up!" and to the south, "Do not hold them back." Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth - "



Jeral and I are seeking out the wisdom and heart of God for us and our future family. I have been struggling with knowing if whether or not I am hearing him correctly, or if my heart is getting in the way. I am happy that I have such a gracious and loving DADA. I am also thankful that when I doubt whether or not He is speaking to my heart, He points me to His word.

The past two years I have felt as though I have been in raging waters, and through purifying flames. The pain, the hurt, the intensity of this journey towards being a healthy and whole person is something that unless you have walked through your own waters, and flames it would be hard to understand. Yet I am still here and I know that is by the grace of God my DADA!

Wow am I ever blessed!!!

A Promise

Isaiah 42:16 - " I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamilar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."

Whatever place you are in today I hope you can read these words and find hope and love in them. Hope and love expressly given to you!

Blessings, Leanne

This, That and the Other Thing

So I have not posted in a while, well a while for me. In part because we have been so busy, and in part out of necessity for my heart.

So Jeral and I had a wonderful Holiday season. Christmas was great, and somewhat not what I had expected. We stayed here for the most part, and when we went to my mom's place it ended up being just her and us. My sister and her husband slept in and missed the ferry in Victoria so they were not there. At the big family Christmas a cousin showed up and she was 4 months pregnant. This caught me off guard and I was happy that we had our God Daughter to keep me occupied and distracted from all the pregnancy talk.

I also hit rock bottom over the holidays. Yet I am now doing much better.

Jeral and I had a nice anniversary. We got away from the farm for a night and went to a nice Resort in Kelowna. We spent the day in Kelowna shopping. We had dinner at the resort restaurant, and then we had wine as we sat in the jacuzzi and talked about the future. More to come on that in a later post.

We spent New Years at Gardom Lake Bible Camp. We had a good time being with friends, I sat a crocheted a lot. I made two mitts in the time that we were there. I love being crafty. I love to make things, to create. So fun.

So this New Year what are we up to? Well I am going back to the gym with a friend. So nice to have that accountability. I am some one who needs accountability in this area. While I have continued to loose weight, it has been slower because I have not been working out as hard. I want to be at my goal weight for this summer, so back at it I go. Jeral is saving up for a motor cycle trip with his dad and uncles, and other than that we are looking forward to growing closer together and enjoying friends and family this year. My sister is due in three weeks so we are excited (I still need to talk to Jesus about how I feel), that soon there will be an addition to our extended family!

That is it for now. I need to go work out at home before I go to the gym later this afternoon!

I hope that you all had a great Christmas this year. I feel very blessed this year. I had a wonderful Christmas with my husband, and he truly spoiled me. Seriously I feel as though I am the most blessed wife in the world.

So I have a bit of something for you to pray about. I am late in starting my cycle. For most women this would be something to be jumping around about and be excited about. Yet for me this makes me nervous. I have tested twice and the tests all come back not pregnant. Okay I can curl up in the arms of Jesus and deal with that. However with my cycle not coming on I am worried that the effects of the surgery have wore off. Before my surgery in September I did not cycle naturally, and since then I have. For someone with PCOS this would be a fear, because with PCOS we do not cycle regularly. Nothing much has changed except for me loosing a bit more weight, so that should help increase the effects of the surgery and not put me back to where I was before. All this to say please pray that if I am not pregnant that my cycle will come on in the next day or two.

Despite being worried about this stuff right now, I got to have a Christmas of dreaming and hoping for the future, so I am grateful to my DADA for that. Thanks God!!!

Well today we are off the the big family Christmas in Kelowna, and we get the blessing of bringing the youngest of our God children with us. These kids are the children of my heart right now, and they will always hold a very special place in aunties heart. Jeral for Christmas bought me a Willow Tree figurine called "Child of my Heart". I wanted it for my special room that I would keep in there as hope and a promise that one day we will have lots of our own kids in our home. However I realize that I am blessed because Sophia and Chloe are the "Children of my Heart" right now! So I do not have to feel guilty about not being a mother and owning that figurine yet. I have two precious little girls and two awesome boys in my life that I get to mother and hangout with on a regular basis!

Enough for now, I need to go get ready! Blessings to all and I hope that you have a wonderful New Year this coming 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!