Easter

Easter was quite different in our house this year! We took the kids to church this morning where they met a TON of people. It was nice but I don't expect that they will remember many names! After church we had lunch and then I hid their Easter baskets outside. They all had fun searching for them and before I knew it Laci had her mouth stuffed full of jelly beans. She looked like a little chipmunk. While they were going through their baskets I went into the kitchen and started making the deviled eggs for our Easter meal. Jenavi came and asked if she could help. My first instinct was to say no because I always make sure to make them beautiful. I even use my pampered chef easy accent decorater to squirt the filling back into the eggs in a nice design. But thankfully I thought twice and told her I would love her help. She peeled a ton of eggs with me, helped me mix the filling and squirted it back into the shells. The egg whites had chunks missing out of it, the filling was lumpy, it was blobbed into the shells, and their was way too much paprika sprinkled on top of the eggs.....but they were the most beautiful deviled eggs I have ever seen. She was so proud of them. At grandma and grandpas we had our big Easter meal and then had a scavenger hunt for little Easter treats. Then we hid all the eggs and let the kids find them. The bottom fell out of Johnny's basket and scattered eggs everywhere. We picked them up and he dropped them again and grandpa stepped on one and squished it. Johnny of course thought that was cool. So other then some minor mishaps everything went well and the kids had a blast. They were so sugared up it was hard to get them to sleep! It was fun though. I will try to put up some Easter pictures tomorrow. I am already laying in bed and didn't bring the camera up with me so I'm not doing it tonight. Tomorrow we celebrate Laci's 6th birthday and tour their new schools.

Finally an update....

Well it has been a crazy blur since picking up the kids on Wednesday. It has been a good crazy though! My alone times seems to be all but gone right now, my house is much messier, my sleep time is much shorter, but my heart seems to have expanded enough in these past few days to overlook all of that. These kids are truely a great bunch of kids. Yes, they have their problems but they are loving, helpful, and really want to please us and be a part of the family. I can't remember the last time I sat on th couch without one of them piling onto my lap or saying "mama, come look at this" or "mama will you play with me?". No way would I trade them for my clean house or extra sleep!
We have spent the last few days mostly hanging out and having fun. They love playing the Wii. They have never really had any video games. Jenavi has already taken away my title of hula hoop champion on Wii fit. She will tell you that she was able to hula 1,732 times and she likes to remind me of that. Yulissa loves to help in the kitchen and helped me make spaghetti for dinner tonight. Yulissa also said she wants to play guitar and was happy to find out her grandpa can teach her. I don't think he minded too much when she called and asked him for a lesson. Laci can hardly stand to walk anywhere and wants to be carried all over the place. She does however like to hold Charlie's leash on walks. It is quite comical watching her try to walk a 70lb dog. Good thing he listens well and is easy going. Johnny is adjusting remarkably well and is doing much better at this stage then we thought he would. He likes to help out and gives some of the best goodnight hugs and kisses.
We had fun coloring Easter eggs today with Aunt Kristen, cousin Emmie and Lucie. The kids had never colored Easter eggs before and had a lot of fun. Laci's fingers are still a bit green. They are all excited about Easter at grandma and grandpa's tomorrow. Monday is Laci's 6th birthday and she is looking forward to that. She keeps reminding us to make sure we know. Then Tuesday real life starts and they will have their first day of school. It will be interesting to see how that goes!

Our babies are home!

Hey everybody! It's been a while since we updated this blog. Not alot to report on in the last few weeks except for the ongoing anticipation of our kiddos arrival. They landed at 1:14p.m. yesterday and it was a beautiful sight! We will update with pictures over the weekend but wanted to make sure we let you all know that they arrived and we are very thankful for all of your prayers during this incredible journey in our lives. Sorry....got to get back to playing "shopping" with my baby girl! Chris

The kids are coming home!

We finally got word today that the kids' social worker bought their plane tickets. They will be coming HOME Wednesday at 1:14pm! God is good! Stay tuned for updates on how they are doing at home whenever I get a chance to slow down and type!