What's been happening???Hum.........

Well a lot has been happening around here and there never seems to be enough time to get to telling about it!

Grayson and Colton started preschool the week that Chad and I went to Mexico. I was really worried about leaving Grayson, more for me then him. It went a lot better then when I took Colton, no tears were shed! He was such a big boy! And now he loves it but it must tire him out because each day the first thing he is asking for when we get in the van is his blanket. Colton is doing much better I never get the tears and pleas I got last year "why are you doing this to me?" That just killed me but I know that he loves it there and that makes it easier!

On the adoption front, dare I say it................we might be next. Our LID is 12/22/05 (yes 2 years ago) and they are now thru 12/14/05 so we should be next if they continue at the pace in which they are going. I haven't really said much about it because most of the time it kills me to talk about it. I never imagined it would take this long, when we started the process the wait was 5 months and we were concerned because we had just come home with Payton so we waited a few months to send in the application, little did we know those few months would cost us almost a year. The time is right for us now, Payton is growing up although she still likes being the baby she has been taking care of her doll for the last few weeks and that is a great sign.
So What does that mean you ask??? We should get our referral (medical and pictures) in the beginning of january and travel to get her sometime late Feb early March. This all could go to hell if China doesn't move at the pace they have been going so don't hold me to it and now that I have actually put it in writing I am debating deleting it so who knows~!

Below are some pictures from the last few months, in preperation for China I am trying to find a photo program that I like so so I downloaded these to picasa so let me know what you think, Click on the pictures to take you to the album and then you can look at each or click slide show. I think it even offers an option to purchase if you fall in love with one!

Halloween

Halloween

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We had a great Halloween, you will notice that Colton was a pink Care Bear in a few pictures. We took them to a party and the first time he got called a girl that was out and he went back to the old costume that he has been for the last 3 years, Nemo! I guess I got my money out of that one! Payton loved her lady bug costume as did Grayson. He was so funny in the monkey costume, I laughed so hard at the monkey toes and that banana in the pocket. At the soccer party he was very impressive as he showed us his dancing skills. Payton loved the dancing but the music was too loud for her liking! Wyatt and Jaxon did very well in their Ninja costumes, we just wish they were a little warmer.

They all picked their own pumpkins and had so much fun carving them, well almost all of the carved. Payton ran around picking up pieces of pumpkin eating them, she has all she could hold and then started shoving them in her mouth so that she could carry more to eat. She kept trying to get us to eat them even trying the ever convincing yummmmmmm with each bite before she shoved it towards our mouth! She loved trick or treating and actually made it pretty far.

Cancun Mexico 10 year anniversary!

Cancun

Click on the picture to view the album. What a great time we had! We spent our days on tours and reading by the pool. We stayed at an all inclusive resort that had 6 hotels in the Cancun area we were able to go from resort to resort. Chad went diving one day and i spent the day laying on a chair with my feet in the pool, so relaxing! We we snorkeling a few times and saw some really great fish. We also did a Mayan tour where we went on 4 zip lines above the jungle it was amazing, little scary considering there were not really and standards that they equpiment had to meet but that was an after thought!