Weighty Matters

A bag of sugar

A puppy

A dumbbell 

A seven year old girl.

"You plead my cause, You right my wrongs

You break my chains, You overcome.

You gave Your life to give me mine

You say that I am free

How can it be, how can it be?"

Lauren Daigle

From Three To Ten

Click for Part One and Part Two of our story.

Three incredible, healthy, amazing birth kids......we felt almost "unfairly" blessed.  So many children waiting. 

"Ok lets see what it takes".....a home study, time and more time, paperwork and more paperwork, money and more money......we can do that.

Wheew! 

Four children....the perfect family.

And then...“We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.” – Radical by David Platt.

And so.....

Four, Five

Six...

Seven

Eight

NiNe, TeN! 

Our whole world has changed. We now press into Christ weekly, daily, hourly...each moment as we can not do this alone.  The challenges seem insurmountable. The joy more than we could have imagined. 

The OG Hortons

Click here for Part One of our story.

They call themselves the OG Hortons.....Organically Grown!  I love it.

We learned to parent with these amazing kids.....and by the Grace of God they are incredible, hard working, compassionate, wonderful people raising the next generation......our grand babies! So proud and so blessed.

Journey to Hope

Thank you for joining us on this "Journey to Hope"

So Happy to have you along has we follow the path God has set for us.

Though we are expediting this adoption, realistically we will be together on this journey for nine months, so .......Let me tell you a little bit about "us".

Marriage
34 years....say WHAT?!  
...and they said it would never last. :)
So thankful that God sees the beginning and the end and that in His infinite wisdom and grace He gave each of us our soul-mate. 

                  

Family.......
everything we dreamed of
the source of great joy
Our biggest blessing.

Family.....
the most difficult  thing we've ever done
the cause of many sleepless nights 
and tear filled days

Ten children
Ten VeRy unique personalities
Three testosterone filled males
Seven Hormone driven Females
Three that caused mama to gain weight  as they grew in her belly
Seven that caused her to gain weight during the paper-pregnancy.
Hmmmmm....or maybe it was the chocolate peanut butter ice cream?!

Thank you for coming along as we get to know # Eleven 

Excited to share more about her, and to walk with you on this Path of Life.