This and that...

Kaylee's personality is really flourishing. She is a very independent young girl. She loves to play for hours with her magna-doodle, and also her dolls. Kaylee gives them kisses and feeds them so gently. This week, she has decided that she likes to get on the back of the sofa and lie down. 

Kaylee, Aunt Ya Ya , and I went to Virginia Beach to return Aunt Beeee's dog, Tobey, to her. She had been in Atlanta, Ga. with a couple of friends. Ya Ya and I decided to spend the night and have a  "sister night." We had a good time! 

Grandpa George came over Thursday and helped Mark finish building our new deck. It looks great! We plan on having a cookout in the next few weeks to celebrate.

Our next projects are- patio, front porch with swing, split rail fence in front yard.....I could keep going, lol.

We have a busy weekend coming up. Today, I going to do a little gardening, I am also going to clean the church with Trudy, and then we are going next door to the parsonage to organize the newest items for the auction we are having on June 6. 

Here are some pics of our new deck and patio furniture. I had to put the pics of Gus on here also. He sat right down next to my lilac bush and was begging to have his picture taken...lol

May is flying by...

I have been quite busy this month with helping my sister, Peggy pack and move in Virginia Beach.  Kaylee and I spent the better part of 2 weeks there helping pack, move, unpack and decorate. Peggy and I had great "sister time" even though, by the end of the day, we were very sore from all the work.Mother's Day was very nice, even though we could not celebrate it until the Wednesday evening after. Mark and Kaylee gave me a HUGE card that Mark made for me and also a beautiful Lilac bush. Dylan made me a wonderful card and gave me Barnes and Noble gift card. I also got a massage from Mark which was much needed!My good friend, Jennifer and her son Myles, came for a visit this week. Kaylee did not like Myles at first. She clung to me for dear life and screamed "mama" the ENTIRE way to town. Just so you know, it takes us about 35 minutes or so, to get there! She would only quiet down when I would sing. I DO NOT sing good, so I apologized to Jennifer, and kept right on singing. It was really nothing new to Jennifer, we worked together for almost 13 years, so she knows my singing "abilities" LOL. Kaylee was fine as soon as we got to Cracker Barrell and we ended up having a nice lunch.  Myles is so cute- He giggles over everything!Kaylee has really enjoyed spending time outside, but we are thinking she is very sensitive, possibly allergic to mosquitos. She has been bitten about five or six times on her legs and they were really swollen.  I bought some medicine and they seem to look better now. We have finshed our homestudy and the required meetings with the social worker. Now all we do is wait for them to call us with a baby/child, and then we go in to the office and look over the file and decide if that child will fit into our family. I will let everyone know when we get the call.Here are some pics to enjoy...

Spring 2009

 Well Spring is definitly here. Mark and I have been working very hard out in the front yard, planting tree's, bushes, flowers, and anything else we can get our hands on. We are almost done with the mulch, and decided to transfer a bunch of Honeysuckle to the fence around the backyard, since we love the way it looks and smells. I guess that is not totally true, since I am the one that really wanted this done...lol

We had our homestudy visit with the social worker on Thursday. It went very well. She asked us about our values, and how we met and so on. We are so excited about adding to our family! 

Dylan is doing great. He only has about 30 days or so left of school and then summer. He will also be getting a summer job, so he can save up for a car. My goodness, where has the time gone?!?!?! It seems just yesterday he was this little chubby cheek baby following me around the house...Now he is getting ready to become a JUNIOR in high school! We are in the process of ordering his class ring. He is very excited about this.

It has been a while since I posted. Have been busy taking care of all the paper work for our homestudy and also lots of running around.

Dylan, Kaylee, and I had a great time together in the mountains. The safari was fun as usual. Kaylee enjoyed it most of the time. She ended up sitting in between Dylan and me in the front seat.  The next day, we went to Natural Bridge Zoo. At first, Kaylee would not touch any animals, after a while, she actually reached out to pet a baby camel. 

On Friday night, my nephew, Michael was hit by another car near where he lives in Prince George. He is fine but did hurt his left arm. Please keep him in your prayers as he goes through this rough time in his life.

Peggy came for a visit on Saturday. She brought Kaylee a Yo Gabba Gabba book and a very cute pair of pajamas with bumble bee's on them. (Kaylee calls her Beeeeeeee, lol)

Peggy, Trudy, Kaylee and I went shopping and afterwards picked up Michael and had a great dinner at Outback. 

Mark's dad and Jane came to church today and after service, we all went to Arnest seafood restaurant.

I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!