Basketball & Baby

Wow, it's been a long time since I have sat down to write. We have been so busy with the hustle and bustle of life that I haven't even had time to think let alone write. This week we started our family's (and when I say "family's" I mean extended as well) favorite time if year! We all love the holidays.  However, if you know our family at all you know that our priorities go like this: # 1, our faith and relationship with Jesus, # 2, family and # 3, basketball. Let me give you a little insight to the Wall/ Showers families.  Both Dan's dad and my dad are Varsity girls coaches.  All of Dan's siblings, our sister-in-law, and Amanda and I played college basketball.  Dan's little brother is playing professionally in the Czech Republic.  Dan is the varsity boys coach here in Camp Verde.  I coach the JV girls, and both of my sister's in law have coached or are coaching presently. Whoa... That was a mouthful! I'm sure you get the picture to why this is our favorite time of year!:)

     

I have gotten many questions on how we both coach during the season with kids.  Well, thankfully, my kids do not know the difference.  They both have been in the gym from the time they were born. Where most kids get scared of the loud horn or the plethora of high school kids, my children welcome it and feel at home. Dan and I were recently talking about how thankful we are for our athletes because they play with/ watch our kids all the time and our kids love them.

                                

Although we are jumping head first into basketball season, I still daily think and pray, wondering when God will bless us with another child.  Patience is not my strong suit and throughout this whole process I have been tested and tested by God in that area. I always say, "If I had it my way I'd have 6 kids by now."  But my ways are not his ways and that has been very difficult to accept.  Constantly I have people reminding me that it will happen in God's timing and that is comforting to a degree.  However, when you are walking daily in the when's, what ifs, whys and so on it can be very challenging.

We are still working with an agency in CA and just recently had a slew of pictures taken for our adoptive profile! We are not closed to other avenues of adoption and want to continue to get our name out there, as you never know who will read this blog or who you will run into. Thank you so much for your continued prayers and the financial support we have received.  We continue to pray for baby Wall #3 as we cannot wait to see who God has in store for our family!