Well we made it back home. We went to DCFS at 10:30 a.m. and had a meeting with the case worker, investigator and her supervisor, nurse, medicaid specialist and a licensing specialist. Mom was there also with Troy and me. We went over options for Alexis and her parents and tried to discuss what has happened and what will happen both if Matt and Deanne straighten up and if they don't. I am not so sure they have been that impressed with Matt's efforts so far. He was invited to the meeting but didn't come. He was supposed to contact DCFS as soon as he got out of jail and didn't until yesterday. He is also supposed to be drug testing twice a week and hasn't started that yet either. I was also told he currently hasn't checked in with AP&P and because of that he now has a warrant out for his arrest.
There is a court date on Tuesday the 27th that he needs to attend but I don't know if he will because if he does show up he will most likely be arrested and go to jail again.
Deanne has been sentenced for 5 months but because of over crowding she could be released at any time. She still has convictions that she hasn't been sentenced for so it may be longer than that.
We were also told they both have 8 months from the date Alexis was taken away to show reasonable effort in the requirements set by DCFS or she will be adopted out. Even if they are in jail the whole time the clock is still ticking.
Some requirement are: Stable housing, steady income, drug free, some kind of rehab for drugs and possibly domestic violence.
These will be set in stone on Tuesday the 27th.

We are going to Salt Lake City to get Alexis. We are meeting with the social worker at 10:30 in the morning and picking her up. Yeah!!!! We are soooo excited!!! Hopefully everything will go smoothly for all that are involved. We are staying at moms tonight and will probably stop at Tracy's house to pick up some stuff for Sarah tomorrow then back in the van for the long drive home with every seat belt FULL. Call us crazy. ;)

Just got told by the Salt Lake County Jail that Deanne received a sentence of 90 days so far for some of the charges she has against her. A few more are open and she has to go to court for them but most of them have been processed and she has a 90 day sentence as of now.

No home inspection yet :(

Well alot has been running through my brain lately and I feel it may explode! We have been approved to take Alexis into our home. For those of you who don't know, she is my niece and my brother Matthews daughter.
She is 3 years old and is super cute and way to smart! We are so happy to be able to have her with us. We have been making several preparations for her to come and we are all just ready for her to be here. I am hoping we can go and get her some time this week. Maybe Wednesday.? We are waiting for one last detail. Someone needs to come to our house and do a safety inspection. We are all ready and have been for almost a week. I just want it done so we can move on and get here here!
All of the kids are way excited but mostly Sarah. She is going out of her mind with excitement. She has made sure her room is perfect for Alexis to share with her. She has made Alexis's bed and put stuffed animals and dolls on it for her. She has painted several pictures for her and made sure all art supplies are well out of reach for me :) I hear Alexis has a thing for painting with nail polish :)
I haven't heard anything about Deanne or Matthew really, other than Matthew is out of jail and Deanne isn't and probably won't be out for at least 6 months. I will try to keep everyone up to date on the info I have but some I am unable to share for the protection of Alexis. I have spent so little time with her in her short three years of life but I love her so much and will do anything for her. She is definitely one of Heavenly Fathers choice spirits and we are blesses to be able to have her in our home.
Thank you for all of your prayers recently. I know they were heard because we have felt them.

Life is good......we had a nice visit from Michele and her family this weekend. It was cool to see them. We went hiking on the Dixie rock. A must when you visit. :) Free and fun! I love to go up there. It has such beautiful views and lots of fun places for the kids to climb into.

I am not working out of the home any more. :( It was fun while it lasted but I can make more money staying home! Nuts! I currently have four kids I am tending. Three are brothers. They are 6, 2 1/2 and 9 weeks old. They are all super cute and very good kids. Which makes my life easy. Then I have another little boy who is almost 3. He is a ball of energy! He is super cute and lots of fun! He keeps us all on our toes. The other day we were all sitting on the couch and he came and was trying to lick our feet! I was yucky and hilarious at the same time!

Our garden is coming along good to. We have tomato plants growing and cauliflower. The beans, beets, onions and radishes are just poking out of the ground. It is cool to see them come up. Cameron is really getting into gardening. He likes to go out and water and see if anything new has come up.

So it has been a while since I have posted.
Yesterday I learned about "Love Language". I was very interesting. Apparently Troy and I speak different languages. He speaks French and I speak .......? Well any way.... he speaks French. It was kinda cool to think of it in that term because then you focus on the language your partner speaks instead of focusing on why they don't speak your language. Hum...does any body else have this problem in their marriage or do you all speak the same language? Well this week we are planning a "date night" and I want it to be like the lame dates you have in high school where everything is planned and you do corney things. I guess they aren't really lame. But definitely corney... and a whole lot of fun!!! So I have been thinking of things for us to do and places for us to go.....it is harder than I remember but I guess that is the point. If you are thinking about fun things to do together then you are thinking less about how to murder your spouse. Some kind of reverse psychology or something. If anyone has any ideas on a date night let me know or any good hit men j/k.