Catching up

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Since we last gathered together…

  • We cleaned out our garage…several trips to the dump involved! Ugh…how can we possibly have this much stuff after all that cleaning??
  • We went on a vacation to Lake Tahoe – specifically Incline Village, NV.  There we enjoyed Geocaching, a day trip to Virginia City, some time in the snow at a super high elevation and some veg time.  Unfortunately, for me, the internet issue was not great so I feel like I’m still behind at work!  Unfortunately, for Eric, his asthma was really bad at that altitude so we came home a day early.
  • I was able to finish one book and had some quiet knitting time so that was really nice.
  • After our return we started prepping our garage for the demolition job – there was a poorly built room out there that we wanted down.  Yeah for Pastor Andy’s help – we didn’t have a clue what we were doing!
  • Yesterday I took the puppies to the groomers….they came home SO cute!  (pics to follow – when there is time!)
  • We took our old freezer to Trina’s house and brought home an old refrigerator for our garage!
  • And, can I tell you – I have NO idea how I existed this long (with a family of this size!) and only one refrigerator!  Finally a place to put the extra gallons of milk, veggies and all that!!
  • Yikes!! Family arrived with donuts! There is much more to share…I’ll try again later! And photos! OH my!  I’ll be back!! 🙂

Cracking up

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Friday we drove up to Millville to Geocache with my Dad & stepmom and visit Brett, Christy, K1, K2 and baby-to-be-born 😉

Well, K1 is always SUCH a kick in the pants!  And, as usual she cracked me up. Hope you enjoy this too!

Traveling in our car she says “I smell dog poo!”

“Well, check your shoes!” I said

K1 replied, “My shoes ONLY have Sheep poo!”

and then later,

I asked K1 how old she’d be on her upcoming birthday.  She said she’d be 4.  I decided to tease her and said, “Well, you’d better watch out or your going to be an old lady!”

She said “No, I’m going to be a boy!”

“I don’t think so K1”

“You just wait and see, Aunt Amy!”

See why she’s so fun to hang out with?! lol

Meeting J2

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Many years ago we – ok, 12.5 years ago – we went to the Portland area to meet our 2nd son.  He was living with a wonderful family who were a blessing and neat example of a Christian, loving family.  When son #3 was born, Laurie came to meet and cuddle him too.

When we learned about Sissy, I wondered how Laurie and her family were doing.  I googled her a few times with no luck.  A few days ago I tried again on Facebook.  No luck, but there was a young lady with the same last name in Portland.  I decided, nothing ventured, nothing gained.  And, at first it looked like there was no connection.  On a whim, I looked in our photo album and realized I had messed up her first name!  I emailed the young lady again – thinking, if I’m still wrong, I’ll never bug her again!  And, I’m so glad I persevered – as Laurie is her mom!

Here are some pictures of our first meeting with J2 – in Laurie’s home – and a couple of her cutie daughters! (Next time I’ll know to take the protective sleeve off before scanning a photo!)

meetingj2J1 (21 mo old), Mommy & J2 (a few weeks old)

friantgirls2_j2friantgirls_j2friants_j21A visit when J2 was a bit older in The Dalles, OR.  (click images to make bigger)

Random Thoughts

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  • Hubs was home sick for 4 days.  That translates into: 4 days of distraction.  4 days of worrying about his asthma.  2 days of saying “yes, you still have to do school if dad is home” … 2 days of just giving up.  4 days of asking Hubs NOT to watch television in the morning.
  • He’s back to school today and now I’m worrying about his asthma at school!  I plan to call him periodically to say ‘sit down for awhile….don’t do too much….are you drinking water?”
  • Sissy has an ear infection.  ugh.  At least she is on antibiotics now and she’s return to happy child.
  • I frogged and restarted the baby blanket for Brett & Christy’s baby that’s due in less than a month.  Thank goodness we’ll be on vacation for a week soon so I can knit.
  • We are planning a vacation to Lake Tahoe area in late April.  We planned it thinking there would be no snow and lots of opportunity to check out historical stuff.  Now I hope there will be no snow!
  • Why is it Moms never really get vacations?  I’m still going to be cooking, cleaning and doing laundry.  Though I certainly plan to sit on my butt and knit as much as possible.  The Family will just have to deal with it!  They know how to cook some things!
  • As my dad and stepmom are in town, we went bowling yesterday and then came home and took a walk to find a couple of geocaches.  Our first!  J3 found the first one – I was ready to give up!  Both caches we found we only a 1 or 1.5 in difficulty (out of 5) and it was hard!  Came home and told Eric about how fun it was and he ordered me a GPS (some kind of etrex) that will arrive before our vacation! So I know we’ll be doing some geocaching on vacation!
  • Today we are taking Grandma & Grandpa to the zoo!  And, it is supposed to be in the mid 70s.  I really should go make the sandwiches for our picnic!
  • I need to get our puppies groomed.  I need to call Ruth again to find out who she uses.
  • Today I take Sissy to the orthopedist (is that right) to have her legs/hips checked.  Hoping it’s nothing.
  • We’ve been going around and around with our caseworker in Oregon.  We were supposed to finalize in March.  But there have been delays and a real lack of communication.  We just found out that she is leaving the position and we’ll have a new caseworker.  I have no idea how this will delay the adoption.  I have been calm about it but now I’m starting to fret!

Well, I’ve put off starting my day as long as possible. Life and picnic-making calls!