Life around our house

Spring break is here and well it's almost gone! The kids are enjoying all the free time and no commitments to do anything! Mom is not so sure about all the free time, it seems to lead to many fights and everyone is involved! I have been spending time getting ready for this week so they would have several choices to keep them entertained thru the week but as expected I still am hearing "Mom, I'm bored" I would give anything to be bored, funny how that works! The kids don't know it yet but we will be taking them to the beach this weekend, we are staying the night on Friday night and coming home Saturday. I got a hotel right on the beach, we are just hoping for good weather!


On the China front, we are still waiting...it's terrible. Anyone that has been thru this completely understands, some days it's just a fact that you have to wait others it's frustrating and others it's just down right depressing. And just a few it is all of the above. There is a light at the end of the tunnel now, they are processing applications received in late October and early November 2005. Our file was received and logged on 12/22/2005 so they are getting closer to us. There are rumors that it will take 4 months to process all of Novembers files and then 2 months for December. I can deal with 6 months, it's just the unknown. There is also a possibility that it could take April and May to get thru November and then we would receive our referral in June. Very slight possibility but it is there. We will travel about 6 weeks after we get our referral so it seems safe to say we should be in China some time between September and December. Let's hope I didn't curse myself by actually saying that out loud!


Jaxon and Wyatt are just starting baseball season and Chad and I are starting another season of softball. Noting like being at a baseball field 5 or 6 days a week, we look forward to this time of year for a few reasons. One we love baseball and are always excited to play and watch and #2 we know that summer is getting closer and we will be out on the lake in no time at all! We have 6 camping trips scheduled this summer. This is the first summer we haven't had an infant in... well about ever! The kids are really looking forward to it! Nice to have something fun to keep us busy while we wait!


Grayson and Colton keep us busy, very busy. My Mom swears they are twins born at a different time, thank god! I can't even imagine two of them at the same age. They are absolutely CRAZY, a lot of fun but man you never know what will happen with the two of them around. Wyatt and Jaxon have always been very predictable and pretty mellow, not these two. They keep me on my toes! Payton is doing great, she is talking more each day. I am also teaching her sign language which she chooses to use when she feels like it and other times she acts like she doesn't know what I am signing. She is more like Colton and Grayson, I am in serious trouble. I can just hope Mia is a quiet cuddly baby, we will change that I'm sure !


I posted another slide show below, not too many new pictures. I am sure there will be more after we got to the beach this weekend and Easter on Sunday!