Our Fourth celebration

Hello everyone.  I almost didn't want to post anything because it has been so long since I've done so.  An email I received gave me the incentive to post.  Everything here is going well.  It has been record breaking HOT!  To have temps over 100 in Georgia in June is unheard of.  Kids have been spending time swimming, bowling, and skating.  I hate the B word.  BORED.  I do try and keep them busy, but they need some down time too.

I think of all these great post I am going to write.  I think of all this at night, when I'm by myself.  Sometimes when I can't sleep, or sometimes when I'm just thinking.  I have all kind of stuff floating around in  my head.  Topics on older adoptions verses babies,  grown children,  Adopted kids and the way they deal with loss, RAD,  birth family's and more.  I just never make it to the computer with the posts I think up in my head.  After 18 years of parenting adopted kids plus the other 14 of birth parenting, I can really tell some tales.  So one day, I'm going to get up in the middle of the night and do one of those post.  One day soon.  But for now I'll leave you with pictures. Some of which we were celebrating the 4th!

Time keeps on slipping into the future

I don't know why I can't keep up anymore.  Grand kids maybe.   I'm so lucky to have mine living close by.  Theres never an outing with out them involved.  I love it, memories we will never forget.  We've been up the the mountains for a fishing trip, to the strawberry patch for strawberries, and to the park several times.  And that's just with school being out for 2 weeks.  We have lots more planned along with several camps for the kids. Everything is so easy lately.  Maybe I should watch out, the calm before the storm? 

 I have this long serious post planned out.  As soon as I have take time to write it.  We've had 2 birthdays this month.  Staisha turned 23, and Doreese turned 20.  WOW!  That's 9 kids graduated high school.  9 kids moving on with their lives.  I'm looking forward the the next 20, or 40 years with them.

more pictures

pictures from easter

MORE TO COME...........

grandkids birthdays

April has both Andrew and Laurens birthday.  It's our only birthdays for the month.  Andrew turned 11 and Lauren turned 6.  Nana sure does love her grand babies.

Spring!

I love spring.   I'm not sure it's my favorite time of year, but it's a close second if it's not.  Fall and spring tie for first place.  All my flowers are blooming, kids play outside until dark, kids at soccer fields, and glorious weather.  Our spring break is this next week, ugh! and joy!  It's so much easier when the kids are out of school, no stress.  But the kids get so bored.  We live in a world of entertainment.  Society tells us we can't just sit and reflect, we have to be busy.  I'm sure one of the first things the kids will do when they go back to school is write about what they did over spring break.  They think it's unacceptable to say OH we slept in, stayed up late, watch movies, and played outside.  Nope, they want to say we went to the beach or the lake house or on some dramatic trip.  Oh well,  guess they'll be disappointed.  I'll be happy to say we slept in, stayed up late, watched movies, and enjoyed the sunshine.  AND, we didn't have to do baths every night, no homework, no worries about what someone is going to wear and, no teenage arguing over borrowing clothes.  Now that's a break!    

Black Cloud

Well it's been so long since I posted I'm sure I've lost some of my readers.  It seems like we were under a black cloud for a while.  BUT Thank you Jesus it's been lifted.  The junk we went through finally ended.  All came out right as it should have (blessing # 1).  It was just the devil I'm sure but it's hard to keep on going as if nothing has happened.  We have been blessed, blessed, this month.   My son in law just completed his on the job training.  He has a bachelors in criminology and waited a year and a half for a job.  He finished in the top 5 of his class and got the shift and hours he wanted.  Way to go Josh!  Blessing #2.  Marvin and Doreese both got jobs. Good jobs. Blessing #3.  We got enough back on taxes to pay off some debt, and we did. Blessing #4.  Krishawanda, who had moved to another state with her boyfriend, (BAD situation) came back home. Blessing #5.  We are truly blessed daily, these were just big time prayers answered. 

Everyone is healthy and doing well.  We did have a few injuries this month, Hannah fell in the back yard and broke her arm.  The same arm and same place she fell and broke in 2010 when we were skating.  It is healing very well, and she gets her cast off in a couple more weeks.  John was playing football at school and broke his finger.  They didn't even call me, just sent him home on the bus as usual.  He had to have surgery to put in a screw.  He is doing great! So much better than I would have done I'm sure.

Everyone is looking forward to Easter.  We have a big dinner here as usual.  Lots of fun and family.  And SONSHINE.



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