LET THE FUN BEGIN

We leave for Branson tomorrow! Now the fun has begun.........

2 large suitcases
4 smaller suitcases
7 days of underwear, socks, shoes, hair accessories, etc.
2 outfits per day for 7 days
toys
snacks
4 in-car DVD systems and DVD's to go with them
tylenol
ADVIL

I know I have not listed it all! There is a lot to think of when you take a trip with 4 kids!

Kensli is potty trained now, so we will be making frequent stops! For this reason, we are leaving a day ahead of the rest of the group!

Let the FUN begin!

A New Look and Lack of Sleep

How do you like the new look on the blog? A wonderful, talented fellow homeschool mom and adoptive parent designed this for us! It looks so good! If you are interested, she can redesign or design your blog, too. Just click on the link in the side bar! All cost goes toward her adoption!

Wow, it is amazing how time can ZOOM by when you are VERY BUSY!!!!! All the preparation for National Bible Quizzing has taken its toll on us! I am tired of the SAME 184 scriptures everyday! Kaitlyn even woke us up quoting in her sleep the other night! Yikes, talk about brain overload!!!!!!! It doesn't take her long to quote the scriptures, but when you factor in all interuptions from others, it really drags it out sometimes! Also, we are working on practice quizzes!

My brother came to town this week and with him comes lots of fun and no sleep! We love Pey, but I am tired after his visit, because we want to spend as much time with him as possible since he lives so far away! Alaska is hard to get to from here!

Just Pictures

A Confession and a Bit of Reality

Lately our hearts have been turning once more toward adoption! We really want one more child and we kind of felt like the time was right! I was hoping for another little girl from Asia, but the news I got today makes us think that we may not have a daughter in Asia right now or ever! I talked to CHI today and due to the recent diagnoses of colitus, we may not qualify for China and Vietnam is just not happening right now! We are willing to wait, but for who knows how long! I am going to talk to someone else next week at CHI that can answer my questions concerning China more direct and then we will know for certain right now! You can bet that I will be watching and waiting! You just never know what can happen in the next few years!

My eyes are on Asia!!!!!

Update on Nicholas

We went to the doctor in New Orleans in June and according to him we are taking a wait and see approach right now! They do want to do one more test on Nicholas in New Orleans before making the final decision, but the doctor feels that the tests will remain the same! Nicholas will live a long, healthy, and happy life according to the doctor! Isn't that all that really matters?

The Many Faces of Ginger Pye

Kaitlyn loves taking pictures of our dog Ginger Pye! I think Ginger gets rather tired of it all!!!!

Can you tell what Ginger thinks about having her picture taken?
She is a beautiful dog!!!!
Excuse me.......Enough already!!!!!!

Summer Time, Summer Time, Sum-Sum-Summer Time

It's summer time and the living is easy........well, not as much as I would like it to be! We have been so busy since the move that I have hardly had time to breathe. We are officially moved in but I need to have a major garage sale!!!!!!!!

Here are a few pictures of the kids and what has been going on!!!!

Kensli LOVES the water and now swims everywhere with only her little swimsuit that has a floatation device built in!
Surfs up, dude!!!!!

It is official.....Nicholas can swim!!!!!

What floaties do to a person!

Cute even when MAD!!!!!!6 Cousins--Ages 3 to 10


Granny on Memorial Day! I can't believe it has been a year since Granny fell and almost died! At 83, she is back doing her yard work without assistance!!! God is so GOOD!!!!

Mom has been a little under the weather this summer, but she is still pretty even when sick!!!!

I was so paranoid when we first started swimming that I wouldn't let Kensli float around the pool. Here is a picture of the first day she was in the water! Notice the strap attached to her to keep her from swimming to far away from me!

Who is that handsome young man? Oh, it's Ricky!!!! They grow up so fast!!!!

Our church has two Beginner Level Bible Quiz teams this year. Kaitlyn is on team POA 2 along with 2 other girls her age! They took 3rd place at state quiz tournament in Monroe, LA. By placing 3rd they are now going to compete in Nationals in Branson, MO! POA 1 team, made up of my friend Neysha's 3 oldest, took 1st at state!!! Neysha and Bill won Coaches of the Year for Beginners Level and Greg and Sharon won Coaches of the Year for Jr. Level!! WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!! We are so proud of our teams and coaches!

POA 2 Team
POA 1 and POA 2 teams at awards
POA 2 TEAM with 3rd place trophy.

We are now working very hard in review of our quiz material!!! Kaitlyn and the rest of the kids that are going to nationals are quoting all 184 scriptures daily in preparation!!! It is work but should pay off!

GO POA BEGINNER TEAMS 1 & 2!!!!!!!!