We had a great Christmas. The kids got a trampoline this year and luckily it came with a net :) No injuries so far :) Alot has been going on since we got back from SLC. Poor Sarah had one of her new baby rats die. Sadness. But life goes on...we got a stud for Daisy and Penny. Daisy I am 100% sure she will have puppies but Penny on the other hand is a little brat and she was totally not interested in the boy dog. He tried but didn't have any luck (that I saw anyway) so we will be expecting some doxie-poo puppies some time the end of February. Also our bunny who I thought was breed apparently wasn't. She should have had kits on Christmas Eve. So we got her re-breed and she should have kits towards the end of January. As always we have extra kids at our house. Yesterday I made wafflers for lunch and I had to take pictures of them all! It was pretty cute.

Butter, Cameron, Sarah and Mari

Cameron, Sarah and Mari

Logan and Dustin



Butter and Cameron



I got a new turbo strength waffle maker from Dave and Lynda. It was super cool and fast. I was able to keep up with these little bottomless pits and was even able to sit down and eat with the stragglers!

There is so much more on my mind but I will just leave this post as it is. Maybe tomorrow I will be able to find time to do another post.

Merry Christmas!!!!

I am going to be picking my pomegranates this weekend and hopefully making some jelly :) I have only made pomegranate jelly once but the kids call it my "famous pomegranate jelly".

Well I guess we will have little D for at least another month or so. Sounds like the parents are going to willingly relinquish rights but they haven't done anything yet. So in other words nothing was resolved at the mediation meeting on Monday. The next step is pre-trial. That will happen the end of September. The case worker has not heard from the family that adopted the other siblings so it is still up in the air as to where he is going to be placed permanently.
He is such a cuttie! He is a super good baby. He sleeps mostly through the night and is a good eater. The kids all love him to death! It would be great if everyone could remember him in their prayers.

We have a new little baby to play with. He was born on the 5th so he is one week old today. We were able to pick him up from the hospital on the 8th. I wish I could post a picture of him so you could see how cute he is but it is against DCFS's rules. I think I texted a picture to everyone that I knew could receive texts so some of you got to see him. I am not sure how long we get to keep him yet. He is most likely going to a family that has previously adopted his three older siblings. The state is requiring the family to get relicenced and approved to be foster parents before they will place him there so it may take a few months. We will just love him and squeeze him for as long as we have him.

We had a rather quiet 4th of July celebration. Troy went over to Ryan's (his brother) house and helped him shingle his roof. The boys and I just stayed home and hung out inside the nice air conditioned house. Troy came home around 1:00 and we all took a nap :) At about 6 we went to the Dixie Sunbowl for a free concert and fireworks. The Sunbowl is basically a rodeo arena. They had free food, a bounce house and water wheels for the kids to play in. Troy and I just listened to the country music and relaxed while the kids played around. Sarah is still up and her Grandparents house so we missed having her there, but I know she is having tonz of fun up on the mountain. 

 Cameron and Dustin have been playing baseball for the last few weeks. The first three games we sat in the rain and then the rest we roasted in the sun...go figure. It has been nice to get out of the house and go watch their games. They are both pretty darn good players and have really enjoyed learning how to play ball and to just hang out with friends. O and of course treats after every game was also a major highlight!

Cameron

Dustin

Today was Dustin's last day of kindergarten! He is now officially a first grader. His class had a cute program followed by a commencement ceremony. They were all adorable! I just can't believe my baby is now a full time student. Time has sure flown.