5 Weeks

June 1st is 5 weeks from today. I hope we get the referral call that day (if not sooner) :)

I have tried very hard to not wish time away. I catch myself saying I can't wait until we get the referral, I can't wait until we travel, etc. What I really mean is I'm really looking forward to it but I don't want to wish this day away or this month or certainly not the rest of the year.

Having children makes me want to bottle up the day and live it forever...sometimes. And sometimes, I want to send them to bed at 3:15 (right after school). LOL but truly, my kids are great and I love this age (and I say that at every age) and love spending time with them.

When we first starting seriously talking about adoption it was Dec 2005. We were looking at China. The wait times were starting to become longer but we decided the timing wasn't right for us. I think we thought we were too old. HA - look at us now!!! If we had gone that route, we'd just now be getting a referral - 3 years later. How's that for God's version of "You can make a plan but He will decide when things happen or don't happen." I can hardly say that timing scenario was a coincidence. I just hope He realizes I want to travel quickly and could somehow work that into His timing!!! LOL No disrespect - I do pray for quick travel approval.

First Communion

Today was a very special day in our lives. We celebrated Mark's First Eucharist. He looked so handsome in his suit and did a great job. We followed it up with a party at our house. It was great to spend the day with family.

They are getting so tall!!!

With Nana and Papa - Lots of other family joined us - but we got lazy with the camera once we got back to the house. Oops.

And a sidebar -

Today is also Chris' 37th birthday. I asked him this morning how does it feel? He replied it feels a lot closer to 40. UGH - that is true. We are getting up there in age. I gave him Coldplay tickets so we may be getting old but we still like cool music.

Busy Spring

Time for some catchup blogging!

Spring Break was spent at home this year with some really crappy weather but we had a day here or there that was nice. Go-carts, Zoo and an autograph session were the highlights. Here's a picture of Matt and Mark with Edgar Sosa - they also met Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith from UofL's basketball team.

Matt and I spent an entire Friday night building a Mars Rover. It had several moving parts and was Matt's design - I helped with the assembly and spray painting. Although my car is the same color, I didn't want to know if the spray paint was an exact match. This was mainly crafted by things ordinary people have at home. I'm not ordinary so we had to actually buy some of the items. My rule is if I'm not using it, get rid of it. Spray paint and a glue gun are incredible items. Here are some pictures of our finished Rover.

Easter was a great weekend of family fun. My parents convinced 9 teenagers or 20 somethings to hunt eggs. I thought that was brilliant. It was fun to see them running around again looking for the "big" eggs. We didn't see many of the Bells but got to catch up with family we rarely see. All in all a good weekend. Here's a picture of half the kids.