Easter

Well, at first Julia thought Easter was about candy and chocolate... So we talked and now she says it is because Jesus loves her and she can go to heaven and play the drums. :-)
Saturday we went to an egg hunt. They drop candy from a helicopter onto the field, then when we have the go ahead it is a mad dash to grab as much candy as you can. It was more funny to watch and listen to some of the parents cheering their kids to "go get it" and "over there is a lot more" For myself, I am glad Julia took her time, picked up a few eggs, and watched others around her.
Ryan did it too. He had spent the night at a friend's house and went up there with them; then we met up after the hunt. I think they both had a lot of fun, and got WAY TOO MUCH candy!
Here are a few pictures:

Music

Well, I put some of Julia's favorite songs on my mp3 player and let her use it. She has never been so quiet for so long!! She really loves music!
She got a duplicate present for her birthday so we exchanged it, used some birthday $$, and got a toy guitar for her. (Thanks Clems and Todds!) You can see her jamming out with brother to David Crowder's "Glorious" in the slide show below. It's funny how she wants to play along with the music just like Ryan does. :-)

Birthday Week!!!

Well, we survived Birthday week for the kids. Julia's was last Wednesday, Ryan's was Saturday. We celebrated Julia's on Wednesday at home, she took cupcakes to church that night and to MDO on Thursday. Friday night Ryan had 3 friends over for a sleepover and they had a great time hanging out and playing Wii. They did play outside until it was too dark, so it was not all gaming ;-)Saturday was taken up with 2 soccer games. That made for a very busy and tiring day. Then we went to McDonald's in the evening and met up with friends (our San Angelo "family") and had a little party for Julia. Here's some pictures for you to see.We have definitely had enough cake for a LONG time. :-)

HOORAY!! On with life.

Praise God that Rob's Corporate Finance course is OVER!!! This has been one of the most difficult courses he has EVER taken and we are ALL so glad to have it over. Now the bathroom can take priority and hopefully be finished by the end of the week.

Julia is sleeping in and I am so glad. She did not get enough sleep all weekend due to a lot of different factors and it was beginning to be a problem. She just gets more wound up and crazy the more tired she is and it turns into not listening, or obeying, and we all just generally have it rough when that happens.

Two birthdays this week, can I handle it?! Two equally delicious cakes being planned, and Two parties within two days of each other!!! AHHHH!!!! SUGAR ALL WEEKEND!!!! I think I'll get me and Robby a hotel room and just let the kids finish the cake and crazies without us... Ha Ha!! Just kidding. :-)

Cold and Cloudy...

Today it is cold and sleeting. It makes me want to be a lazy bum all day and just lie around doing nothing. So, I am just sitting here answering e-mails and I thought I'd blog too.
Not much is new. We had to take down one of the walls we had pout up in the bathroom last night so we could get the tub in. A little frustrating, but at least it wasn't more than that. I can't wait for this project to be finished!!!!!
Rob has to finish all the work for his finance class and take his final by Sunday night. Pray that he does not get too stressed out. We will just be so relieved when it is over and we can spend more time doing all the little projects around the house that need doing.
Don't you just LOVE the verse of the day!? God is awesome.

Pictures. Ummm, I realized I need to take more

Why I am moving the blog...

Well, quite simply because this address will be easier to give out to people. :-) I am not cancelling the other blog. I will leave it there for you if you ever want to read through our adoption journey again. There is a subscribe feature at the bottom of the page. I may add a different one later.
I have not blogged in quite a while. Life has been a bit crazy. Just when I thought life would have a new normal, I got sick with the dreaded flu. Four days in bed with a fever... From then on, well, when it rains it pours.
But we are all well, Julia was the only one that didn't get sick. My master bathroom has sheet rock again (long story).
And now we must get ready for birthdays... Both kids in the same week.
I called around today for Ryan's present. ALL he wanted was a Nintendo Wii. After spending quite a large amount of time on the phone and internet we found one (of the only 3 in the store) in town!!! Hooray!!!! So he got his present today. Thanks to those of you family who sent him money. He has been saving since Christmas for this. Unfortunately he didn't even get to play it tonight as he is working on a book report for school. Such is life.
I am going to work on some new pictures to put on here now. This blog site is so much easier to work with, maybe you will hear from me more often now. :-)