Saturday, September 3, 2011


Adoption day! (L-R) Brittany (our Villages case worker), Tabitha (our DCS case worker before parental rights were terminated), Me, Abby, Zac, Shawn, Chris (our DCS case worker through the adoption process), and our Attorney Abigail Huffer.

Chris brought these for the kids the Adoption Day at the Courthouse.

My cuties!
My 3 kids!


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tuesday

That means tomorrow is Wednesday. Then I work Thursday and then I have a 4 day weekend this weekend! I am taking Friday off of work for a doctor appointment in Indy. Just 2 more days of work! I plan on living in my pool Saturday! We don't have plans until that evening. Its supposed to be 90° Thursday. Recess duty isn't going to be fun...

Pretty boring around here tonight. I swept the pool and signed Abby up for cheerleading. Now we're watching TV. We're so exciting.... Hahahaha!


Did you know I have the world's cutest kids?



Look at those smiles!



Love the dimple!



Check out those muscles!



Goodnight Everyone!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Kittens

Lindsey, oh Lindsey! You need to show Robert this pic and convince him you need a couple mousers! 2 boys 2 girls.


Saturday, August 27, 2011

Pics to go with previous post!


The black eye...


The kitty on the left is Thor. This was taken today. Look at the way he's sitting.



First Day of School!


Achoo!

I need a Kleenex! Gah! Allergies are driving me insane! I envy people who don't have them! If it weren't for Mucinex, I don't think I'd sleep at night!

I just watched half of Ever After. Too bad I didn't know it was on sooner. I love that movie! I'm in a sappy mood too, so its perfect! What's another good chick flick to watch?

I've been busy today.
All the dishes are washed and put away.
4 loads of laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away.
I fixed the pool pump. Darn bugs were trying to plug it up. I guess that's what you get when you live between woods and a corn field.
I cleaned my pond filter so it would actually pump water again. The fish are happy now.
I made up some sugar/water syrup for my hummingbirds. I think they spy on me. As soon as I hung it up and walked away, they attacked it. Better it than me. The hummingbirds let me know when they are out. They fly by zooming past my head. I think they like to see me duck and cover. They're mean, but oh so pretty. They must have a sugar addiction.
I scrubbed to stove top and supper is cooking.

Last night I posted on Facebook: I have the world's best and cutest kids! They played on the computer and read in my classroom while I got things ready to go for next week. When we got home, they brought the trash can up, got the mail and paper, AND fed and watered the cats.! How did I get so lucky?

After that, one of my super awesome kids gave the other one a black eye. They were playing softball when Zac threw a ball and Abby tried to catch it with here eye. Her glasses are a little bent, but not too bad. We'll just have to have them adjusted after school Monday. The funny part was Abby's reaction. I was inside cooking supper when I heard her crying. I rushed out the door to see what was wrong. She stopped crying and looked at me and said she wasn't really crying. She just wanted to make Zac feel bad for hitting her with the ball. She got a black eye and didn't really cry! She's one tough kiddo!

Oh! And something else happened last night. One of the kittens (around 14 weeks old) showed back up. We took a walk about 9-10 days ago. The cat was following us until the neighbor dogs started barking. Thor (yes, that's his name) took off running. I assumed he was eated by a coyote or a fox when he didn't show up back at home. Guess not! I was in the garage when the kids started yelling. The cat was under the deck and came running to them when he saw them. Of course he wanted picked up and some attention. He wasn't skinny and hungry though. I'm assuming he decided to hang out at the neighbors for a while.

The washer just stopped, so its back to the real world for me!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Say What?!?!?!

My baby brother is 19 today! Happy birthday Mike!!!!!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Rambles



*I'm trying to make a list of everything for the adoption party. Can't wait!

* School starts August 12th. I'm already ready to go school shopping. I love buying the kiddos new clothes and supplies.

* We recently worked on some landscaping. Here is a pic of the kids working on digging out the pond:

* Shawn bought a trailer on craigslist recently and fixed it up. He's proud of it.





Why do the pictures go to the top of my post where I don't want them? Is there a way to fix that? Well, I'll ramble more later!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Is it really July already?!?!

Where does time go? I am excited for our upcoming adoption! Less than a month! It's exciting and a little scary. Oh my goodness! I will be their mom for the rest of their lives... I'm ready for it though. We went the the Cass County Fair yesterday and the Carroll County Fair today. We have had so much junk food I'm surprised the kids could sleep tonight. We've had a blast though. It's been a fun summer! I'll have to post more about it later...

Friday, February 25, 2011

Life is Amazing


I'm excited to announce that we are in the process of adopting our two foster kids! I feel so lucky that these two amazing kids were placed in our home and that we get to adopt them. They were our first placement and our last. Shawn and I got into fostering to adopt, and that is just what we get to do! I feel so blessed. Many couples get into fostering and have many many children come in and out of there home before the right kids come along. My life revolves around these two rug-rats. Their birthdays were January 30th and February 3rd. Zach is now 7 and Abby is 6. We finally made it to celebrate their birthdays at Chuck E. Cheese last Friday. We had is originally scheduled during a heavy snow. The kids had a blast! Abby's face is priceless when Chuck E. Cheese brought out the cake.

Aren't they adorable?