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what matters most?

This past week we had to make some decisions and with these decisions, there was a lot of back and forth. First decision, Wrigley has had some training with his aggression problem towards dogs. We have kept up on some of the items that we learned, but we have been slightly leanient with him. For the next 2 weeks Steve is going to be down in Salt Lake packing everything up, moving it into storage and doing yard work. We are praying that the buyer closes on our house right before Thanksgiving week. Since we have been slacking with Wrigley and laying down the law, we decided to send him to a training program in Salt Lake that helps with aggression for 3 weeks and Steve is going to be down in there too just in case. Today the boys left for Salt Lake and I am still here holding the fort. Coming to this conclusion of decisions wasn't easy because we had two different programs that worked with dogs, but the duration of each program was different. Before making the decision of the 3 week program, we had to try and find a person that could walk Wrigley, and that felt comfortable working with his behavior, because I am at work all day. Today at church the last hour we talking about what distracts us from what matters most. One of the sisters commented and said whenever she gets overwhelmed about something that seems to be a huge deal. She regroup herself and remembers the whole picture of this life here on earth and what we are all trying to accomplish. Today's lessons made me feel warm inside to know that God loves each in every one of us and He knows and understands our individual weaknesses. During this week I thought we would never come to a conclusion, but we did. It doesn't matter how big a situation, decision or circumstance is, if we focus on enduring to the end with joy and happiness. God will be right beside us each step of the way. Knowing this not believing in it, is something that I treasure and am so eternally grateful for.

An update on our surrogacy process... Our surrogate is going to meet with her attorney this coming Tuesday. I am hoping that I can get my eggs retrieved before the begin of December or before we are finished with the legal stuff. So, we are still truckin right along.


First Boise State game 


 THE SMURF TURF



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