we can feel it in the air. Tonight the sun went away quietly and it was dark by 7:30. Cool weather, falling leaves, pumpkins, caramel apple cider from Starbucks, costumes, trick-or-treating, Thanksgiving, shopping, Christmas trees, lights, and colors! The Children's Christmas musical, Christmas Eve Service.... Santa, the new year.. 2010... those things will be here before you know it and we are ready! We are planning early so that this holiday season there is no stress, only good times creating memories that will last a life-time!
M is having a blast in 5th grade! Not sure why this starts to underline and in blue! She loves it!
Having your mom for your teacher is not so bad after all! And she loves Mrs. Yadon just as much! I must say we are an awesome pair!
This is how you will find J most days... no, silly, not strapped in- but smiling and playing and just so happy-go-lucky! He loves outside, inside, anywhere he can play.
Friday night was the Big J's big debut on the Varsity team! He played quite a bit and scored his first (67 yard) touchdown! We were screaming and yelling! Gosh we were so proud of him! We were also praying... please don't drop the ball, please don't fall down! It was fantastic, and when we got home it was all worth hearing how HE felt when he saw the ball coming, and when he took off running!
Little J even got to run on the field after the game! He was so excited.
I taught Adam in 3rd grade (he is now a freshman!), and J just loves him!! He came to the Parker game with us and was J's buddy the entire game!
Can you find B? We were outside for our school's first Reading Celebration kick-off! It was great! 
Doesn't everyone eat cheerios and watermelon for breakfast?
Sometimes when things don't work out the way we planned we often become frustrated, depressed, moody, angry... get the picture??? This week we learned that "as of right now" we will not be getting J's siblings... At first I was so angry .. at several people in no particular order.. the social workers (AC and LO in Citrus County), the State, God, just to name a few.. It really knocked the wind out of our sails. I mean really do you tell someone when they are driving down the road, oh by the way... right now there will be no movement of the siblings, and did I forget to tell you there was a petition against the adoption... REALLY?????? The petition was a non-issue from what we understand, the non-placement of the siblings UGGHHHHH... It was totally defeating to say the least. A lot of tears and anger... but then just as the sun sets, it also rises. We really prayed that night that God would give us peace, that he would allow us to let go of those boys for now, and that we would be able to trust that he knows their placement. It is certainly not what we wanted, and it is certainly not something that we are able to clearly understand, but we have been given that peace over their well being, and we know that God knows exactly what he is doing. We never wanted J to come back to us and ask us why we didn't take his brothers. Thursday was a much better day. It allowed us time to see and be thankful for what we do have. J is absolutely perfect, he fits into our family as if he has never not been here. We love him, and he loves us :-) It makes sense to question God, and it also makes sense to us that he knows what our life plan is. He gives, and he takes away. We are confident that what he has in store for us is more than we ever could have imagined.
Doesn't everyone eat cheerios and watermelon for breakfast?
Sometimes when things don't work out the way we planned we often become frustrated, depressed, moody, angry... get the picture??? This week we learned that "as of right now" we will not be getting J's siblings... At first I was so angry .. at several people in no particular order.. the social workers (AC and LO in Citrus County), the State, God, just to name a few.. It really knocked the wind out of our sails. I mean really do you tell someone when they are driving down the road, oh by the way... right now there will be no movement of the siblings, and did I forget to tell you there was a petition against the adoption... REALLY?????? The petition was a non-issue from what we understand, the non-placement of the siblings UGGHHHHH... It was totally defeating to say the least. A lot of tears and anger... but then just as the sun sets, it also rises. We really prayed that night that God would give us peace, that he would allow us to let go of those boys for now, and that we would be able to trust that he knows their placement. It is certainly not what we wanted, and it is certainly not something that we are able to clearly understand, but we have been given that peace over their well being, and we know that God knows exactly what he is doing. We never wanted J to come back to us and ask us why we didn't take his brothers. Thursday was a much better day. It allowed us time to see and be thankful for what we do have. J is absolutely perfect, he fits into our family as if he has never not been here. We love him, and he loves us :-) It makes sense to question God, and it also makes sense to us that he knows what our life plan is. He gives, and he takes away. We are confident that what he has in store for us is more than we ever could have imagined.We start our 4th week of school tomorrow. Where does the time go? It is crazy jam packed every week! Football season is in full swing at the high school, so games are every Thursday and Friday. The girls are dancing every night except Friday, and M is getting to participate in choir and Club 56 this year! Yeah...
Enjoy your week.. it's late, we are tired, and school comes early on Mondays!
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