Jeremiah and Joshua

A quick update about Jeremiah and Joshua. We had our court date Sept. 29th. It wasn't great news but it wasn't horrible news either. We still have them....for now. Somehow the birth parents lawyer was able to pull some strings and get a 45 day extension. So, we will be going back to court November 24th (which happens to be 2 days before Thanksgiving...so hopefully, we will have a lot to be greatful for). We have spoken with our social worker and she still believes strongly that we will be able to keep the boys. The parents have as of right now not completed anything on their list of requirements, including missing the last two months of visits with their kids. (Just a side note.....the saddest part of the court hearing was that they didn't even ask us how the boys were doing.) We are hopeful that we will be able to keep them and adopt them, but we know that Heavenly Father is watching and he will make sure that Josh and Jeremiah end up where they are supposed to. We Thank You for all your prayers!!

Another first

Sophie said her first prayer all on her own the other day. It was short, sweet and concise. She simply thanked Heavenly Father for chocolate milk. So cute!! :)

Finger painting and Hiking

Good thing it's washable finger paint!

For Labor Day we went to the local National Forest and went hiking.

Sorry

I have to apologize for not posting anything recently. I have been completely addicted to Facebook. So, then I feel like I'm posting things twice. I know though that some of you aren't on FB so I am going to attempt to be better at updating my blog. Also, since I want to publish my blog at some point to save for years to come.

Here are some things we've been up to in the last couple of months (I will add some random pics in a future post)

-we had a FANTASTIC family trip to Wisconsin

-my cousin came to visit, and she schooled us on Rockband

-Sophie is now 100% paci free

-awesome date nights out to eat Sushi and play pool

-attempting (and what I really mean is FAILING---Katie I could really use your help!!) to organize my house

-chasing after 3 VERY active 'lil munchkins

-cleaning up poop that Joshua has smeared all over himself and the room (4 times)

-getting ready to attempt potty training my daughter (I'm SCARED!)

-and now currently we are getting ready for the boys court hearing on Tuesday (as of right now the social worker is recommending they stay with us.. YAH!)

Mainly we live a pretty mundane life so there hasn't been much to blog about. We love and miss all of you!!!!

funny, funny daughter

Sophie is so funny. She's really into this mode where she is starting to grasp the idea of taking turns. Ofcourse this really only applies to when someone else has a toy she wants, and she thinks THEY should take turns. Lately, now she has expanded on this concept. She will bring a toy (usually a toy she does NOT want) and give that to the boys and then promptly take the toy they have (which is the toy she wants, until they start having fun with the toy she gave them, which then promptly starts this WHOLE process over again.)

Jon and Franna plus 3--day 2 of vacay

Jon and Franna plus 3 drive to Wisconsin