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Homeschool International Fair 2011 ~ Mexico

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Hola!! This year my kids participated in the International Fair and we did the country Mexico. Since Chloe, Kenny and I went last year we couldn’t brought back lots of goodies to represent the country.
Chloe stayed with our display this year, which was nice so Kenny and I could browse and Camye, Blake and Paul were busy running around filling out their passports around the other countries.

Home Study!!!!

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Our home study was last night…I was a nervous wreck. We cleaned and cleaned. I was nervous. The kids were nervous. Kenny was fine…:)

It went soooo smoothly. Our social worker was very sweet. She asked us questions about ourselves, our families and each other. She looked around the house. And she interviewed the kids…who thought that was pretty cool.

It couldnt have gone any smoother if I could have planned it myself. We are thrilled.

She did give us one unexpected bit of information. She asked us if we realized that Korean adoption was rather quick. We told her we did, that we had read that it was 6-9 months wait after referral. She said she had just finished 3 Korean adoptions and each of them had taken…are you ready for this.

4 MONTHS!!!

Okay 4 months..I can handle that. I want her to come home in 4 months.I need to digest this. I know that it may not be that quick. But I am a planner and want to start preparing. But we do know that our daughter has been born and we need her to come home…as quick as possible.

A BIG Announcement….

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Well I havent put this on Facebook yet…and I know just a few select friends and familes read this blog. But here is our annoucement


**************************WE ARE ADOPTING************************************

Yes it is true!! Our homestudy is finished and we are now about to start reviewing a few children’s files. Our hearts are being pulled toward a Waiting Child from South Korea. But we will see what the Lord has in store for us. We do plan to adopt toddler that is waiting to be adopted.

We do have some pictures of the little ones we are about to review and we are sooooo excited! But of course I can not release pictures without saying yes!! But I will ASAP!!!

Some answers to some humerous questions I have been asked so far:

******Will you homeschool this one? Yes, Yes I will.
******Are you RICH? No and it isnt really that expensive Have YOU checked into all your options?…will blog on that later.
******Are you crazy? You already have 4 kids. Yes, Yes I am.
****** What about Paul? he wont be your baby? Paul was jumping for joy when he found out there would be a smaller person in the house than him.
******What does Kenny think? Kenny is the reason I am writing this paritcular blog at this time because Kenny couldnt wait to make the announcement and announced a ALL GUYS church card party at a good friend of mine’s house. And i felt I must make the announcement to my friends.:) So is Kenny excited?!! Yes, Yes he is.:)
I think these questions are rather humerous.

New Years Day!!!

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Happy New Year!! This year we headed down to my parents to celebrate Christmas with my parents, grandparents and my brothers! They were all finally better!!

I love this picture of my Mamaw Wells helping Paul open his gift..it is so loving.:)

My baby brother and I…goofing around!! I sure do love him!!!!

Christmas Day Fun!!!!

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Merry Christmas!! I know I know I am late with my blogging!! But all along in my blogging career..haha….I have been blogging with dial up!! yes DIAL UP!! Isn’t that prehistoric? But today I got satellite Internet!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!! SO I am going to update my blog..:) We are such a blessed family. We had a wonderful Christmas. Not just lots of presents but the joy of being with each other.

The kids were so excited!! They were pounding on our ceiling/their floor at 6 am….not how I like to be awaken. But it was Christmas morning…!!!! Of course they always want to do stockings this year…that is their favorite part!! All 4 kids prefer the stockings and want to take their time on them as well.

All the kids opening a DVD to all of them from Santa!!

After a fabulous morning of waking up to the smell of Wassail, opening gifts, playing with our toys, opening stockings, eating Ree Drummonds awesome cinnamon rolls, our family headed down to my parents and grandparents. Unfortunately, my parents were VERY sick and my mom had even went to ER. We only were able to visit at my Mamaw Wells house. But it was still great fun!! We did deliver presents to my other grandparents but they weren’t feeling well so we didn’t stay and open any more gifts.


Camye and our baby cousin Emma..who is as sweet as sweet can be!! This was her first Christmas and we go to spend it with her!

Merry Christmas!! Next year is going to be even more exciting!!