It’s that time of year again! Our fall annual trip to the mountains! We leave tomorrow!

Little Bug and my parents will drive there and I am flying to the mountains with Sweet Pea. My brother will get to be there too since it is reading week at his seminary. As usual during this time of year, Dave has to work.

We will spend the week together in the mountains and then on the following Saturday we will be leaving the mountains and going to my cousin’s wedding.

Little Bug is going to be the flower girl! Her dress is adorable. An older ring bearer will escort her in so hopefully she will walk down the isle.

After the wedding, I will be going to spend a couple days with Rebecca before flying home on the 25th!

I will be taking a vacation from blogging, so I will leave you with this until I return.

Here is a picture of Little Bug from our trip last fall to the mountains!

I hope to get some beautiful pictures of my TWO girls this fall!!

While packing I came across a notebook where I wrote something last fall during our trip to the mountains. We were planning to begin the adoption process again in the summer. Little did I know that next month my second daughter would be conceived and the following trip to the mountains in the fall would be with my two daughters.

Here is what I wrote on the night of October 18, 2010:

As we near the time of starting to think about a second child I know I will find myself in a place once again where I will need to completely surrender to You and step back and watch You work your perfect beautiful plan. I am looking forward to this time!! Because now, more than ever in my life, I get it! I understand completely that you have a plan and it is better than my own. I can trust You and I won’t be disappointed.

I don’t know how you will bring our second child into our life…another adoption through [our agency]? another agency? a natural pregnancy? I don’t know, but I know You do and on this night I want to take my first step of faith towards this child by acknowledging that my desire is once again for God to receive glory as we take this journey to another baby. Use us. Use our infertility again to perform another miracle.

Regardless of how You give us another child, I am just excited to see what happens. I know another miracle awaits!

And here she is:

For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Psalm 117:2

- Elaine