So we went to SLC this weekend for Kevin and Alisha's wedding. It was nice and the kids had fun. Everything was kinda crazy and confusing but it turned out good. Jimmy, Cameron and Dustin took almost all of the pictures I have on my camera from the wedding and most of them turned out pretty cool. I was impressed!
I think we got to visit with everyone for a short time and the kids loved to see their cousins again. I am so happy to be back home in the sunshine again though. My fans are running and we are in shorts and T-shirts. :) One of my tomato plants must have gotten blown over though because when I went out to check on it this morning I had to very gently stand it back up and smash the cage back down into the ground. I think it will be ok but we will see I guess.
Sue is coming to our house tomorrow and I need to do some cleaning so I guess I will stop procrastinating......

For some reason my cauliflower went funky. It was growing good and then the tops of them went kinda a purple color and almost looked like they had gone to seed. They were all spread out instead of tight together. Any way I pulled the worst one out and left the rest to see what will happen. My tomato plants are doing amazing and same with the beets. The peas have seemed to slow down and we haven't seen any peas on the plants yet. I have been so busy with kids and paperwork I have kinda neglected the garden for the last few days. I do know it is getting watered because I have seen Sarah out there doing it. She is amazing! She even did the dishes and picked up the house last night. I love it!!!! We planted corn in our front yard. I hope it grows just so the neighbors WILL think we are weird. Kuz we are. :)

The weather has been so nice for the last few days the kids have been constantly outside. I have my windows and back door open cuz it feels so nice! I think I will take the kids to the splash pad this afternoon when I pick Sarah up from school. They have been begging all week!

Cameron won some races on field day at school.

I think he is blinded by the sun in this picture :(

Sarah on crazy hair day!

Alexis on the day we brought her home. :)

Alexis being a goof ball!

Well court came and went. It was Tuesday the 27th. I guess not much happened because Matthew didn't go. I was rather surprised to hear that because they drove home so far to get him there. I am not really sure what is going through his head at this point. Mom said he "isn't going to play their game" but I don't know if he understands the consequences of not complying to what they are asking him to do. There will be another court date on May 10th and at that point they will make some major decisions for Alexis' future if he doesn't show up again. They told mom and Dad on Tuesday if he didn't show up he would loose his rights to Alexis and she would be placed up for adoption. Sadness....I just don't know what to think.

On a happier note we are all doing great! Our garden is in full swing and we have been able to harvest our radishes. The kids were so excited they just popped them in their mouths and ate them up. :) We will soon have tomatoes, peas and cauliflower to eat to! I have a cucumber and a green bean plant that just sprouted. Sarah said the green bean plant looks like Shreck because it has horns like him. Kinda funny. :)

Alexis is doing great. She is one amazing little girl! We love her so much. She has brought a special spirit to our home. It is amazing! Her belly is always poking out because she eats so much! Yesterday after dinner she held her shirt up and was rubbing her belly. It was so funny. She was looking at it like...hum this is weird why is my stomach poking out so far?

We are getting used to having another little body hear full time. Things are calming down slightly and Alexis is feeling pretty comfortable. A few more dishes and a little more laundry never killed anyone. She has had a ton of fun playing with the kids and running around in the back yard. She is such a cutie!
We went yard saleing today and found some great treasures. I found several (50) books all in new condition mostly from Deseret Book. There are some really great authors! I am so excited to get reading! The first one we are going to read is "The Secret of Nyhm" I love this story and I am sure Sarah will like the part about the rats :) We also found some pants for Sarah and Jimmy and of course a few toys for the rest of the kids. I love to find great deals at yard sales!!
We are having a block party tonight and then our ward is having a parking lot junk swap and serving desert. Yum!

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.