Photo Update

Rainbow over our house.
I thought of you Aimee when I took this.

Quick photo update on our past few weeks activities.

Labor Day: Family, Friends, BBQ and most importantly...Guns. God Bless America :)

We had some friends and some of my family over for a fun afternoon BBQ on Labor Day. Yes...Steve even got off work. Although the phone did ring at 7:00 am for Steve. It was his boss asking him to help him upload pictures from his vacation onto his computer. The only day Steve can sleep in. No rest for the slaves of this world :)

Abi, Suzy Q and Isaac being there usual crazy selves

The men folk brought all of the heavy firearms to shoot

Isaac and Cuzin Mags!! These two are definitely two peas in a pod!

All of the kiddos enjoyed a game of baseball

Aimee and her demon huntin' hubby loading up Aimee's pink 007 gun to shoot
Doesn't she look thrilled :)

At one point Steve got so frustrated shooting skeet that he just waited until it was on the ground and shot it where it fell :) Gotta love my redneck hubby !

Isaac started his first season of city league soccer this year. He is on the Lazers and has a great team and coach. So far we have one a game and lost a game!!

Ethan is attempting a 8 week tennis camp. We thought this was a great way to expose him to the sport without having to shell out the big bucks for a coach. So far he has had two lessons and is showing some impressive skill! This may be a keeper for us~

Be A Family

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Last night began our inspiring journey to becoming foster parents. We were a little nervous but a whole lotta excited too. We will have 8 - 3hr. sessions that will cover everything from what is fostering to disciplining foster children to dealing with birth families. A lot of information to cover and a lot of emotion already.

Steve and I are so anxious to get started. We have felt the tug for so many years to add another child to our family. Whether that be temporary or permanent. We both have put the calling off for some reason or another and now we are so ready, I wish we could start tomorrow.

Our foster and adoption specialists at Buckner already think we are crazy and were laughing at us last night. I have a good friend who is a fantastic foster mom! She is such the recruiter for this cause (btw Kara.... I put a plug in for you to be a "paid" recruiter for Buckner :) and she is helping us expedite our certification. Because of my inside source, I found out about a class that was offered last week that only comes around every 4 or 5 months. If we were to skip last weeks class, we would not have been able to be certified until February. So, I called Debbie at Buckner and asked if we could take this Psychotropic Meds class before the PRIDE training classes so that we would have a jump start on the process. She was quiet for a moment and said "Well.... sure. Nobody has every done that before but..... Okay!" So needless to say, we are the over anxious ones in our group!

So all we need is a First Aid/CPR class and one other class and if we get all of our paperwork in first, we will get the first home study! Meaning, we could be certified within the next few months! Hopefully before Christmas!!

We know God is going to take us on an amazing journey over the next year! Extreme highs and extreme lows will be a new normal for us! But we are ready! The boys are excited and anxious for a new little one in the home. Isaac even was a little sad when I told him that we are just beginning classes last night. He thought that we were bringing home a baby :) Soon...hopefully...soon

Obsessed Much?

Here is the newest addition to our family !! To say that I have been a little obsessed about getting a camper is not an exaggeration!! My cousin came down last weekend for Labor Day and said he thinks he heard me say "Pop-up Camper" about 100 times a day !!

But..... we love to camp as a family and with our friends. Now we are doing it in a little more style :)

My sweet hubby spoils me rotten!!

From the Mouth of Isaac -

Okay...this kid has been on a roll lately...making us roll on the floor laughing.

This year we have been studying Apologia Exploring Creation with Anatomy and Physiology in our homeschool co-op classes. This weeks topic was on DNA and so that spurred on a conversation at bed about what they learned in class today.

Ethan speaking to Steve- "Why do you say that I am sometimes like mom and sometimes like you?"

Steve - "You know about DNA and genes." When you take 1/2 of my genes and 1/2 of your mother's genes you have...."

Isaac interrupting - "You have a really weird pair of pants."

That's my boy!

Entitlements

This is a must read post from a blog I read..... HERE.

I know I can relate to it with my kids and with the way I act myself!!