Heading out and an update

I'm all done packing for our weekend camping trip and we're just waiting for Jay to get home from work in about a half hour. I figured I'd take a few minutes to update our adoption process.
We are all done with the dossier requirements that are our responsibility. However, we are now waiting only on the immigration paperwork to get processed so we can send everything on to the next step. Unfortunately, when you're waiting on a Gov. agency, the time frame is anyone's guess. I'm really hoping that we get it back in the next 2 weeks. We were originally supposed to get our prints done on July 13th, but we walked in last week and got them done instead. We were pretty excited about being able to get in so much earlier than our appt. but then we found out we needed to call our case worker there to let them know what we had done or else they wouldn't process them until after our July 13th date. Sooo...that was a week wasted, but I did call on Tues. and let her know. She wasn't very receptive to it and said that she could not do ours 'out of order'. So, who knows.....it's out of my hands at this point and I need to be okay with that. I'm getting very antsy though. Seems like we've been doing this forever.
I'll be home on Monday and have some camping pics.

Computer problems

I am without a computer this week before we go out of town camping for the 4th. It's got some weird thing going on that has caused porn icons to show up on my desktop among other things....nice. I'm thinking we need to take care of that.

My kids make me laugh!

I keep forgetting to post this and I want to be sure to since I don't want to ever forget it. Tanner, among the rest of them, just cracks me up with some of the stuff he says.
Last week we were at a screening for him for kindergarten. He gets very quiet and serious when he's doing stuff like this with someone he's never met. There was one point where the woman asked him to name some things in categories. Like, can you name some colors for me? Can you name some letters for me? Then she asked, can you name some animals for me? Very quietly, he says..."a tiger..a leprechaun...a lion.." I'm like, HUH?? Leprechaun?? Where the heck did that come from? I started chuckling under my breath cuz he was so serious. I felt myself getting the 'church giggles'. I had to stop looking at him cuz I would just keep shaking my shoulders and laughing and I didn't want the lady doing it to see me. Mom's are supposed to be quiet during these things, ya know.
At one point, she gave him some time to get up and stretch and take a short break. Out of the blue, Tanner says...."we're eating healthy now". The lady was impressed and asked him what that meant. "well, mom's making healthy snacks...and healthy dinners..." She asked him if eating healthy meant he got to eat at McDonald's every day. "no!...that's not healthy". She said, yep, you're right. It's a treat, but you shouldn't eat there all the time.
So, conversation and stretch time ended and it was time to get back to business. About a few minutes into more questions, she was asking him the definitions of words...
What does castle mean....
What does umbrella mean....
Then she asked....what does the word double mean....
Tanner, totally serious and without missing a beat said...."um, can I have a McDouble please?" Oh my Lord! This time, I did not hold back, I cracked up! So did the woman doing the test. I looked at her and said "hence the reason we're eating more healthy now". I mean, this would have been funny enough on it's own...but the fact that we had JUST had the conversation about healthy eating and not going to McDonald's. I could not wait to tell that one to Jason. Good humor!!!
I swear, it's worth all the chaos that kids put you through just to get those moments where they say the best things and make you laugh.

Help out

Over at Ni Hao Y'All, Stefanie is doing a promotion where she will donate $1 for every comment left on this post. I just did and it's already up to over 600. Hmm......wonder if she knows that yet. LOL I'm sure she does, she's got a heart of gold and a real heart for kiddos with special needs over in China. Specifically to an organization called An Orphan's Wish (it's where we met the baby girl we sponsor and got to name, Grace) So, if you go there and leave a comment you too can help out. Plus...link it up to your blog and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a prize. Bonus!
Okay, go...go now.

Father's Day

Yesterday was Father's Day and we had some good family time together. We had considered going bowling, but then we ended up taking advantage of the nice weather and playing some mini golf. I guess every other family in the city had the same idea because it was soooo packed. We had to wait about 20 minutes to start the first hole and then about 10 minutes at every hole after that....plus, it was not just a nice day, it was scorching!
We actually ended up leaving after 15 holes that took almost 3 hours. It was fun, but I think next time we'll definitely take the crowd into consideration before starting. It was just too much waiting and plus, we felt pressured to go pretty quick at each hole yourself cuz others are also waiting for us. So, all in all it was fine and it's always good to have some family time.

A Ramp....why not.

This past Christmas, Santa decided it would be a good idea to give the boys a ramp for outside. Something they could ride their bikes or skateboards or rollerblades over. I'm embarrassed to say that it got put in the garage until winter was over and we just got it out today. I completely forgot about it. Timmy came in today asking if they could take it out and set it up. Yah, sure...but please be careful. Famous last words. I couldn't help but think about what happened almost a year ago to the day. I believe I said "please be careful" then too.
They were beyond excited to go get the box out of the garage and get it outside. When they were done, they came in to get me and actually, it was pretty fun looking.....a bit dangerous, but fun. I had to go get the camera and get some pics of the fun.
I think they make some great action shots. :)
Timmy....

Trae-Dogg.....

Tony.....

Tanner.....


The post about our trip to the ER with some version of broken bone is coming later.......or not, hopefully. Fingers crossed and gaurdian angels beckoned.

My new blog

I finally did it. My new blog about my attempt at healthier eating and living is up and running. I make no promises except to say that I promise to give a try. I've never really been able to stick with any sort of diet/excersize plan before and I'm not quite sure how I think this will be different....but what the heck.
The link is on the side and will magically bring you there. Try it out.
See you lighter....I hope.