JAM IN TEXAS

Friday, April 25, 2008

Post Placement Report

SO...on Monday it will be our TWO year anniversary of Ana's Adoption Day (Ana's court day when she was "legally" ours). We still have to do paperwork for Russia, called a post placement report, where a social worker comes to our house to interview us and assess our family. We had our paperwork completed, but then we have to have it apostilled before we send it to our agency. You can only have things apostilled at a states capital. Yes, you can mail it...but Austin is only 1.5 hrs. away and it is aways fun to visit. (Plus, it just makes me feel better to KNOW it's getting done in front of me!) SO, we took a road trip to the capital!

Ana at the capital. I wish I would have brought a picnic! It was an amazing day and we would have had a blast playing in the grass...NEXT YEAR! :) (We only have ONE MORE post placement left!)

Afterwards, we went to a REALLY NEAT Russian market and cafe. I had heard about it from a friend but hadn't been able to make it there yet. SO we found it and got some fun things to eat! Can you believe it's almost been two years??

This Place is a ZOO!!

Ana and I took a break in unpacking boxes to play at the zoo with our friends the Starver's! Jennifer and I knew each other when we were 8 (I think) back in Germany days! Her parents and my parents were good friends. Now, Jennifer and her family live in SA.

Both our girls were not sure about feeding the Lori's...but I loved it! :)

I had asked Ana what she wanted to see at the zoo that day...her answer, "A sleepy sloth!" Gotta love Diego! Anyway, the only sleep sloth we found was this one!

I have great childhood memories of the SA Zoo from going with my grandparents and uncles and it was fun taking Ana. With our love for animals, I'm SURE this will be a regular activity for us!!

Moving Fun

When I was growing up as an Army brat, with every move, my sister and I knew we had a job to do once we received all our boxes....it was to STOMP STOMP STOMP the paper down in the boxes as mom and dad unwrapped our things. SOOO, like the good Air Force brat Ana has become...she is now carrying on the STOMPING TRADITION!!

Also, with every move, Marc has projects. This particular project here is building shelves for the garage to store all my many many boxes of holiday decor as well as "things we can't part with yet". Ana being our monkey...thinks it is FUN to be on the tippy top of anything and everything!!! YIKES!! (Marc put her up there!!)

As of last weekend we are pretty close to being settled. Still need the curtains up and pictures on the walls though. We DID get our Korea shipment and everything was great. It's so nice to have all our things under one roof again!!

Monday, April 21, 2008

What Dog Breed Are YOU?

I thought this was fun! Enjoy!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Every Birdie Welcomed

We have a bird! She welcomed us to our new home and has been here everyday since. They asked me if I wanted to have her nest removed when they gave me the keys and I said, "no she needs a home to"! She's very shy and flies away everytime we open the door. We say good morning and good night to her everyday...through the door of course! :)

Just today I saw 3 other birds in her nest with her! She had babies!!! How do they all fit?

Texas Bluebonnets

One of the MANY wonderful reasons to live in Texas are the BLUEBONNETS!!! This time of year the country side looks like an ocean... full of bluebonnets! However, this year there aren't TONS of them. But we did find a pretty place to plop Ana down and she thought it was pretty neat!

Bluebonnet Beauty

Just precious!

It really is the simple things in life!

Please take time to stop and enjoy God's creation He has made for you...and smell the flowers. :)

Cooky Cousins!

National Bridge Caverns Wildlife Ranch

One morning Ana and I took a break organizing and unpacking our boxes to go with Matt, Ang, and the girls to National Bridge Caverns Wildlife Ranch! SOOOO glad we did! It was a blast!