Easter

Easter seemed to come really fast...it was just Christmas the other day. We attended the Ward's Easter party the Primary put on. It was a lot of fun. It is obvious that Josie and JJ had a great time.

A neighbor gave us a bike for Josie that her daughter had outgrown. I was really excited because the Easter Bunny could give a huge gift this year. As Jason and I discussed JJ not having a gift yet, I thought it would be great not having to buy 2. Well, the Easter Bunny was coming on Saturday morning and the gift was not purchased yet...I was ready to jump in the van and run to Wal-Mart for either a bike or scooter for JJ. Jason wanted to come with so we got a babysitter. While shopping I was talked into 2 scooters...instead of just one bike. We got home and to make the story really short...Josie and JJ saw them in the back of the van Friday evening and the surprise was ruined!

Eagle Scouts

We were honored to attend the ceremony as Andrew and Scott received their Eagle Scout Awards.

Count down to Home Study...

Irma will be here to inspect our home on Thursday. I had these grand plans of my schedule working out perfectly and the house being completly ready when she arrives, but Josie and JJ have had other ideas. It seems that I am just following behind Josie and JJ as they destroy what little had been cleaned up before they got there. They have even found the garage and our food storage has been a great place to find something to occupy their over energetic minds and bodies.

The Dentist

Today was our semi-annual trip to the dentist. Josie and JJ did a great job holding still during the cleaning! Josie was the attending big sister and held JJ's hand as he received his cleaning. She was so cute while she took care of him.

After the cleaning, they were the dentists and brushed an alligators teeth. It was fun to watch them get so involved with the care of something else.

JJ wasn't to happy to have the dentist start his poking around and kind of gave up at that point. Over all...the dentist was the highlight of our day! Before that my little scoundrels dumped all my sugar on the kitchen floor. After the dentist, we ran over to Wal-Mart to get the egg coloring stuff so the Easter Bunny will have something to hide tomorrow morning!

Highlights from our trip to Boise for Allison's baptism.

We had a great time visiting with cousins at Allison's baptism this weekend. Josie and JJ decided to "clean" the bathroom in the nursery with Macy and Jayda. They worked really hard and got soaking wet!

On our way home, we were stopped near LaGrande, OR for over an hour while the freeway was closed. (we heard it was an accident)

We are fingerprinted!

Woo Hoo!!! We have one more thing done. I have 1/2 of my TB test done, the Dr. still needs to read it. Jason had more work that he thought yesterday so he couldn't get the TB test done yet.

We got a call from Irma yesterday asking if she could come do the home study today about 3...I said sure, then found out she was just trying to figure out who the appointment was with and wasn't coming here. That was good, because we didn't have all the beds we needed to be licensed yet and the house is a disaster. She would have had to make another trip over to see the bed we received from a co-worker of Jason. Now, we are loaning our toddler bed to Jason's dispatcher because he is getting 4 kids this weekend and needed beds for them. (They have already adopted 2 kids through this system and plan to adopt 1 more...they are brave to take in 4 at this time!) We are going to borrow their crib so we can have 4 beds in the house and be licensed for an infant too. The home study is the last thing we need to be licensed.

The fingerprints will take 2 weeks to 2 months to get to Irma. The home study is the only thing left...hopefully we are in compliance with everything they require to license our home. When Irma receives the results of the fingerprint check...we could have kids in our home within 3 months. Wow! That is kind of fast!

It's springtime!

I love seeing the beginnings of our flowers coming up! I was about to believe that spring would never arrive. Josie and JJ have been outside for most of the last 2 days and I have a sunburn to show for it. My dad would ask if I am bragging or complaining...I am bragging! I am so happy the sun is out and we can be outside a lot. I have been out pulling up more of our lawn for a flower bed I began last fall. Jason has talked about getting a flag pole to put near the fire hydrant.

The kids wouldn't come in yesterday to eat, sleep or go to the bathroom...all they wanted was to be outside with the neighbor children. It is so much fun to play all day. We are looking forward to playing in the water and our little pools. Josie has been putting her bathing suit on the last couple of weeks asking to go swimming. (20 degree weather doesn't permit that) Today it his close to 70 degrees and I am loving it!