Time keeps on slippin.....

I can't believe it's November 23rd already!

I also can't believe how busy I am being a temporary SAHM.  I told my husband the other day that I needed to get a job, because I'm way busier now than I was when I went to work every day, which to me is unexplainable.  He laughed.  I think secretly he would like me to stay home.  The house is clean, laundry is done, errands are run, kids are taken care of, and dinner is on the table most nights when he gets home.  (Sometimes he pushes me out of the kitchen, because he likes to cook as well).

This morning after I took the kids to school, I ran to Starbucks for a Caramel Brulee latte (YUM) and then off to the grocery store.  What. A. Nightmare.  I'm just thankful that I was able to get out of there in under an hour.  Came home, straightened up the house, did a few chores, got laundry done, made a few phone calls, and sat down for a minute and remembered I hadn't posted here in quite some time.

Things are going very well for us here in Northern California.  We all love it: the weather is mild, the people are genuine, and the community we live in is amazing.

Wyatt is settling in with his Tae Kwon Do classes.  Master Herb Perez, who owns the gym he attends, is the only American to ever bring home a gold medal in TKD from the Olympics!  He's a Gold Medal Olympian.  It's very inspiring.  He's also a no-nonsense guy who commands - and receives - respect from his students.  The other teachers are also very good.  It's a fun environment, and I like the philosophy that they have of partnering with parents to help teach life skills.

Jordan is registered for Spring softball and can't wait!  She's made a couple of close friends, and they are good girls from good families.  She's enjoying school; her teacher is amazing.

Today my kids are being filmed to be featured in a video for our adoption agency.  The video will focus on the need for families that are willing to adopt older children.  So many stigmas exist that older children are a 'lost cause', when in fact they want what any child wants: a good, nurturing, loving home. Our children have acclimated wonderfully, and I like to think that it is because they have an amazing support system.  They have grandparents that love them to pieces, aunts and uncles and cousins who all made them feel so welcome when we took them to Alton to introduce them.  They have an older brother who thinks that they are awesome.  And they have parents who love them fiercely, and who keep them in line.

This is not to say that every day in our house is puppies and rainbows.  Oh no.  Sometimes I joke that I wouldn't trade them for the world, but would sell them for a dollar.  There are trials, and there are moments.  At the end of the day, however, I look at those faces, and I know that they love us as much as we love them.  I hear it in their prayers to God, I see it in their responses to us, and I feel it in the death-grip hugs and face-smooshing kisses that we receive.

Last night Wyatt said grace, and his prayer to God was 'thank you for my family, I love my family'.

Melt my heart why don't ya??  Happy Thanksgiving y'all!!