its wayyyyyy about time!!!

Our New Zealand Home!!

Wow, months and months have pasted since my last post.. but i think i get a little break, with diabetes, celiac, selling our home, packing up, moving half way across the world, and starting a new job, SHOULD give me a little allowance. right?? WELL<>long for Monday some wks...)) Bryce is loving his position, and we are slowly learning what camp wants from us, and what we can bring to the table. Our first year here will just be learning the ropes, getting to know everyone, and the schedule, then, BAM-O, next year will be more designed from us. We are reallllly excited about our kids living at camp, we can already see positive outcomes of it. Miles, of course, is a little Super Star.. haha.. i dont know how he does it!! Levi is still our little blue eyes, and veryyy energetic and LOUD, wow the 2nd child is never like the first, eh?? We were planning on getting a dog, butttt some circumstance have changed, sooo, looks like no dog for us... AT LEAST for a little while... he he he... Well, this is all i can write while the boys finish up breakfast, and i try to drink some bitter tea i made -yuck- and then we HAVE to go the store... no milk or bread.. yikes! Soo good writing to you all!

Yes, that right, Levi is drinking from a fresh coconut...

Our view of our part of the beach! At veryyyy low tide, we are out about half a mile!!

gimme ONE reason...

...just look at these beautiful children...

"I used to ask for a sign to believe in, but He never gave me a reason to ever doubt Him. Gimme one reason to doubt He's the Messiah, gimme one reason to doubt, He is alive, gimme one reason to doubt I am the the apple of His eye. Just one reason now, just one reason to doubt Jesus Christ." -Jason Upton

I have been listening to Jason Upton all week, and this song has really been speaking to me. Through all these trials its easy to forget we arnt fighting this battle alone. Sometimes i find myself crying or just angry then i have the "duhh" moment and realise, God's already provided... A few months ago, about the time soon after we found out about Miles diabetes, the Lord spoke to Bryce: "I've already provided..." Now, a few weeks after that I felt God took it a little farther with me: "He's not our Provider, he's our Provided...."

He already has, nothing that needs fixing has God complexed... He aint trying to come up with a plan, He's not researching, scheming, or plotting a solution to get us outta this mess. NO! He has already provided, He is our Provided... followin me?

So anyways, gimme one reason to doubt,

gimme ONE reason to doubt HE's the Messiah,

He's Alive,

gimme one reason to doubt He'll heal Miles,

gimme one reason to doubt He'll take care of our bills,

GIMME ONE, just ONE, REASON TO DOUBT,

He is Jesus Christ.

a taste of Anthem....

This here is a rough draft of the appeal letter to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, on their decisioin on calling Miles diabetes pre existing..... those syco people.... grrrrr, haha, no seriously they must be syco...

To whom it may conern,

My 3 yr old son, Miles James Taylor is being denied coverage due to a so called “pre existing” condition of Diabetes. Now our policy effective date was July 1st, and we were told we could go to the Dr at any point from then on. Now, my son had been on our policy up untill April ’09, and then we took him off due to not being able to afford it any longer. My husband is a youth ministor, and does not get insurance through the church. On the 1st of July we went to our childrens Dr. for a check up, since he had not been there since April. Now, keep in mind Miles is 3, I mentioned to the Dr. that he had been wetting the bed at night, and was thirsty, I had him checked out for a UTI, and they also took a blood glucos check. NOW, you tell me what 3yr old does not wet the bed and is thirsty…. BUT, you are telling me this is considered a pre existing condition, WHEN NO indication of Diabetes was ever detected before, no diagnoses no nothing. If my son was a “pre existing” condition, as you are classifing him, well, he would be dead. What insulin depend diabetic can go without their insulin… NONE. And, how can you even put children into a category where they will be faced with clauses such as pre existing?? My son has only been alive for 3 years….. he dosent even know how to read and write, but you are telling me he has a pre existing condition? He dosent even have all his teeth yet! I know you are an insurance company and you are going to do your best to NOT pay out... We have tried EVERY other avenue to get this financial nightmare taken care of, and frankly no one can believe the stance you are taking, they are appaled and disgusted. With this all said, please make the right moral decision to drop the pre existing title. Thank you.

Sincerly, a mother trying to take care of her child,

Christina

howwww much is that doggggy in the window???

"ruff ruff!"
"ummm, on the phone ma'..."

"Helllo? Operator?"

Here we are celebrating labor day Chuckie Cheeeese style, along with EVERY other family with little loud children in Virginia... no joke we were there with.. millions.

The man at the front asked us "Are you celebrating anything special today?"

And i said, "No, we are just insane..."

haha, he knew just what i ment as i replied over the deafening screeching of children in the background. We had fun with the quarters i had been saving, the fun goes a long way with just a quarter a game/ride. -WAYYY more of a way- than mall rides, those things cost like, .75 cents, yikes! Welllllll, after the long day at the Chuck, i am turning in, afterrr i devour my pint of cappuccino ice cream....... ohhhhhyeahhhh.

who dosent like hot air balloons?

Bealeton, Virginia Hot Air Balloon Show

Here we are, posing... NOT knowing that it was coming our way...

"OH, its headed right for us!" said Bryce
"Hello there little girl.. errr, uh little boy.." said Balloon Man as he flew over our house.

And off into the sunset they went.... sooooooooo beautiful!
All together we saw 5 balloons last night and 8 tonight!!

AND, Miles is adorable....

He told us that he reallllly wanted to see more balloons tonight, and so he told us he was gonna pray to God and ask. He stands by the back door eyes closed and prays:

"Dear Jesus, make hot balloons come back, in my backyard, in Jesus name, amen.."

Then he says: "It worked."

And I said, "OH, do you see one?"

And he said, "No, not yet."

Isn't that just a beautiful picture of child like faith??

...ooo, it melts my heart...

AND, as we took a walk after dinner, God did answer his prayer,

and we saw more balloons than the night before...

Awesome....

trip to the ducks

"Ready, set, JUMP!!!"

"I fed the ducks! YESSS!!!"

haha, love this kiddo...

Levi's 1st Birthday Party!

Our little 1yr old... in his birthday best!

The gluten free cake... a little grainy, BUT stilllll a CAKE!

"now, what am i supost to do ma?"

The manditory pool time after a veryyy messsy little cake boy.
Trying to figure out how to get into his present....
"YAYY, a lawn mower!!"
We had a great day celebrating Levi and Reed's (our little friend born 2 wks of eachother) birthday party. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had soo much fun together. We cant believe a year has gone by soo quickly... like for real, where does the time go?...