snowmobiling !!!!!

What a fantastic day snowmobiling in the back country in Utah! It was just so majestic. We passed so many families driving in to cut down their Christmas trees. It was a beautiful scene.

I feel so blessed to have had such a great week with Jeff and the kids at our ranch!! I am very thankful indeed!!

A sweet Thanksgiving dinner...

Such a sweet little thanksgiving with just the 6 of us and Bennett's friend Scott. We have been loving the snow and the sunshine! We are so thankful for this wonderful life!!

SNOW @ the Ranch!!!

How lucky are we??? The day we arrived at our ranch in Utah they had just gotten 2 feet of fresh snow!! We are in for a great week!!! I'm giving thanks already!!

Halloween 2010

the latest pictures from Acacia Village

We just got some new updated pictures from Acacia Village. Children have been moved in and it is so sweet to see our paintings making these rooms look happy and loving!! Brings a smile to my face!!

Surprise- Tess is 11 !!!

Tess with her 3rd grade classmates
Tess and her 12 year old brother
Tess with her classmates and teacher.

Well- that's the thing with international adoptions...you just never know. We have been suspecting that Tess was older for quite some time. We finally repeated her bone-age scan of her hand and wrist and guess what??? She is 11 and not 9 !! I was actually relieved to have this confirmed since it is what I knew to be true in my heart. She was just out of place with younger kids we thought were her age. The problem now is that she is in 3rd grade and we need to bump her up. We will be putting together a plan for the year to be able to move her to 5th next year. We had a bone age scan done when she came and it confirmed her age- that just shows what happens after 2 years of good nutrition!! She has just grown off the charts! She outweighs her 12 year old brother!!

She has taken the news well even though it was a bit confusing at first...it's just the beginning! I'll keep you posted.

SOOO Busy!!

Wow! have not had a minute to update! Such a busy month...in a nutshell...Cameron turned 12 and is loving Middle School! He is such a Junior High kid and loves his new cell phone (we finally gave in!). Christine is happy in Dallas-loving being a junior and very busy with classes and Mylo!!...Bennett is being recruited by several colleges for lacrosse and we are busy traveling to the various campuses to make our decision...Tess is loving 3rd grade and soccer and it Bennett's biggest cheerleader at all his football games!!

Jeff and I are hanging on tight during this wild ride that is our life!!!