Obituaries

Do you ever read the obituaries and think, "I need to be a better person." I do. I read this obituary tonight of a 25 year old man that had cancer and had accomplished some amazing things in his short life. I think of my accomplishments, and there are a couple of them, and I know I am capable of so much more. The person I want to be and the person I am today are not the same. I have a lot of work to do and it is time I quit messing around on facebook and get started being the person I could be instead of the person I am.

Family News

Dallin Nevaeh and Mickelle made it safely to Georgia and they are doing well. I really appriciate Aunt Brenda for making the transition so easy and welcoming us into her home. I miss the kids and want to call all the time but I know they need time to settle into thier new life. We do have our own new additions to our house. Indi who is 5 and Sara who is 2 came into our lives Saturday. It has been fun having little girls again. We decided to have them call us mom and dad right off the bat because we are planning on adopting them in six months. They get along well with the boys. Sara is into everything, I feel like I chase her around all day keeping her out of drawers and cabinets and anything else she can get into. We got Indi into school and I think she is doing ok, I still need to call her teacher and see how she is doing. Indi came with a lot of information about bad behaviors so I keep waiting for something to happen and so far she had been good, maybe when she becomes more comfortable we will see some behavior issues but for now I am just going to enjoy the sweet little girl that has joined our family.

Foster kids are leaving

I have so many mixed feeling right now. Dallin Nevaeh and Mickelle are going to Georgia Friday. I have to ship all thier toys and cloths, get ready for 5 hours of flying, pack up my kids to grandma and grandpa T's house, go to one more doctor appointment for Mickelle, one more visitation for the parents, parent teacher conferences tommorow, and I think that is it. Mixed in with all of this are the emotions of sending the away after loving them for six months. I talked to a lady at church who said it wasn't hard for her when her foster kids left. Some days I look foreward to the break and other days I don't know what I am going to do without them. I am also worried about taking care of 3 kids on an airplane. It' a good thing JR and the kids aunt Jen are going too. I am sure it will all work out ok, it is just the process of getting there is a little stressful.

pictures

We went to the park and I took some pictures of the kids. Dallin is 6, Nevaeh is 4 and Mickelle is 19 months. Anthony will be 11 in January ( I can hardly believe it!), Isaac is 8 and is getting baptized in Dec., and AJ is 6. That is the crew!