Prayers NEEDED

Hi Everyone, I would love it if anyone and everyone would be willing to say a special prayer for Lindsay, his crew, and all those involved with the military. The crew that was on their way to replace Lindsay's, damaged their Jet while landing in England.......thus they will not make it to the Middle East to let Lindsay and his crew come home. A prayer for those making decisions to make them and bring our men home safely and quickly would be great. As of right now it sounds like they won't be home until after Christmas. So all prayers for Lindsay's quick return home along with the rest of his crew would be much appreciated. The pilot and his wife are from Australia and they have family that flew in from Australia to spend the holidays here, so they would love to be able to spend time together as you can imagine.

Soooo please please please, and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

aren't they adorable?

All right so I havent been posting as much cause there is not much going on lately. I have been busy doing odd things like cleaning, helping out with our ward christmas party at church, made stockings this weekend with Lindsay's family, or decorated them rather. And tonight I could not help but snap up this adorable picture of our furry kids. Lola was spayed this weekend, and the poor girl was so loopy when i brought her home saturday night but she has been doing wonderful and she is so in love with Boomer as you can see. I think that she is growing on him too and she is definitely bonding with me now. She was so unsocialized that it has taken a while, but she is the best dog cuddler I think I have ever come across, oh my little ones.........I think I could go on forever about them. yes I am probably a bit overboard but they are so wonderful! Animals are amazing for your heart, they are so unconditional and frogiving and always happy and wanting to please. I cant say they are always fun to deal with or train, but I am guessing it is a lot like kids, so worth it. I can tell you that we will do whatever it takes to bring our dogs with us wherever the Air Force takes us.

And an update on Linds, he plane was diverted this weekend to a different Middle Eastern location due to bad weather at his post ( sorry I am trying to put this in Laman's terms so hopefully you can catch on). His crew ended up working a 24 hour day with a 16+ hour flight due to this, the poor guys. He said that once they landed they slept for 12 hours straight, good for them! So please pray for us that they will return safely and on time, I am worried that they will get stuck somewhere on the way home. I would really love for him to get home on monday as scheduled but you never know with the military, it is totally out of our hands.

Anyhow that is the Moon family update, hope you are all enjoying your last week before Christmas!!!!

Almost there!

So this is a picture that Lindsay's family and I took last night to email to him. Lindsay had a rough weekend in his neck of the woods and ended up with little sleep and a grumpy mood. So we decided to cheer him up with a family photo. It was a lot of fun! And look how big Lola is getting, I can't believe it, I don't want her to get big yet, cause I want Lindsay to be able to play with her while she is still small, but I can't stop nature huh?

Alex was trying to look mad because he misses Lindsay so much and Lindsay only emails me. Haley (his wife) tried to tell him that I am more important to email, but he jokingly does not agree. Lindsay and Alex are inseperable, luckily it has been a great bonding experience for Haley and I and we are best friends also. Well I guess the boys are really lucky that Haley and I get along so well. She and I spent a lot of saturday making christmas presents, it was so much fun. I would show you pics, but I think some of my family lurks around the site, so that would spoil it all!

Today I met with our social worker again, I did my individual interview. Talk about feeling like you are in the hot seat! I know the reasons why everything is done, but it still feels invasive sometimes. I guess I just want to present myself in the best possible way but you have to talk about some not so great things. I of course being the emotional gal that I am cried throughout......luckily I did not get a crying headache though but I did expect that. Our social worker seems like a good guy, hopefully this whole approval stuff will go fast when Linds gets home.

And on thursday we celebrate our 4th wedding Anniversary! I am so proud of us! Unfortunately our anniversary doesnt really get celebrated being as money is spent on Christmas stuff, but one day we will be able to go on a trip to a warm place like our honeymoon (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) and it will be Grand!

Today I also ordered the family gift for Lindsay's mom, it is going to be spectacular, I am chomping at the bits for that gift. This holiday has been unique for me but it has been good. I am excited to just spend the holiday with family. Oh and I must say that I am so thankful for all of you who have blogs, I truly feel like it is like a support group, up here in Washington FSA isn't as big and LDS services dont have classes or anything, so it has been wonderful to hear your stories and receive comments. I love it, I love that no matter where you go the church is the same, that adoption is similar for each family. I am thankful for my friends who have lended an ear, who have just spent time with me and Lindsay, and for my neighbors who have been wonderful while Linds has been away. He has snowplowed my sidewalk and walkway and around my cars each day that it has snowed. I am so blessed!

Anyhow not much more to say, I have been busy and not much time until my love comes home. Hope you all are enjoying this season!

So many things, so little time

So this will be one huge post. There has been and still is so many things going on. Lindsay has now been gone a little over a month (seems like years!) and we have three weeks left until he comes home from his deployment. I cannot wait! Some people tell me that I am a strong woman for being able to deal with him being gone often with short trips and then of course his deployments (he goes for two months more often than other services like the army), but I really admire the families who handle the year plus long deployments. I know Lindsay has gone many more times, but I think it is easier to have him home in between. Hopefully in the next few years this war will settle, but until my man is a soldier and I back him firmly.

It's been funny how when we got together I automatically felt more patriotic and had more voice about issues surrounding the troops. I am not one to voice my political opinion but I will surely stand up for any soldier or any member of their family when it comes to protecting on the homefront or over in the middle east. These men and women are amazing and have gone through tremendous things. And often times the families left behind are not given the proper recognition for everything they do for the soldiers. They are the backbone keeping these military members going.

All right I will get off my high horse but I did need to give my little shout out. It is very similar to the whole infertility or adoption scenario. You come across someone who has been touched by adoption and there is a natural and immediate bond. It's the same thing in the military, now matter where you go if I am talking to a spouse who is new to our squadron or someone who has been here years like we have......we can ALWAYS relate!

The adoption process is going. I met with our new social worker this last week so that I could actually put a name to a face (I am very visual) and he told me the time it takes for placement around here is two plus years. YIKES! I was not wanting to hear that. Hopefully our journey however long will go smoothly and pleasantly. And hopefully our prayers will be answered sooner than later, can you tell I am impatient? I am half kidding, We really looking forward to having our family grow, but we have joy in this journey. We have created a bond together that some couples may never have the opportunity to get, we have learned quickly the best way for us to communicate. We have learned to appreciate each other and learn how to help each other when we are hurting. Lindsay is my best friend, he is my confidant, he is my everything. I know that totally sounds cheesy but it's true....he totally makes my world go round.

When I see him with children....happiness just wells up inside my heart. He is amazing, he knows how to make them giggle and play. With older children he is just as stellar, with people in general he makes it really easy to feel comfortable and relaxed around. You can talk to him without feeling like he is judging you and always seems interested in what is being said, the young men in our church adore him. Although I dont think they would use that word. He has been the male role models that have been missing from their lives. I am so proud of him.

My thanksgiving was rockin' awesome! I got to hang out with my family and both of my brothers were home which was great. Ryan came in from Hawaii for the week after being in Iraq for 7 months with the Marines. Nathan and his wife Wendy and the beautiful baby girl also came from Pullman. Ahnna like I have said before looks just like me when I was a baby so she holds a special place in my heart. I am sure that she would anyways, but i just like to make that known. I am thankful for both of my brothers and the emples they have set for me. Each in different ways. Ryan knows how to live life to fullest and smell the roses every step of the way. Nathan knows how to make a plan and stick to it. He is very smart and knows how to organize things to make them last as long as possible ( you might call him a penny pincher, but hey it works!)

Over the holiday we all had fun talking, watching movies, and my new favorite.....Guitar Hero! I love that game, we had two guitars going on Thanksgiving day and man oh man, I am not great but I had a blast regardless.

And last but not least I am thankful for my dogs. Boomer we have had since he was a pup and he is our baby. We just got Lola and she is a spunky little miss. I love her but man she is fiery sometimes. At times she makes me chuckle even when she is doing something she is not supposed to because she is so darn cute. I picked her up just a few days after Linds had left for the middle east so he has only seen pics via email. I cant wait for them to meet in person.

So I have put some pictures on this post to show you what I have been doing the past few weeks and then some that Lindsay sent me of what He has been doing while gone. I hope you all enjoy. And I promise that I will try to be better about posting more often. And thanks everyone for the support while Lindsay has been gone it has been much appreciated!