Trip to Texas

So we made the long 14 hour journey to Texas last week. I think I need a vacation from a vacation. :) We had such a wonderful time. It is so good to see family and just be able to spend quality time with them. Of course we spent lots of quality time with the fam. We helped Bernie (Shawn's dad) take down the old fence and put up a brand new one. Now that was an experience. As some of you know I am not really big into manual labor, but boy did I put in my hours of manual labor. I did not do as much as Shawn, Bernie, Susun or Deigh but I did more than I usually do! On Monday we started to pull the fence down. Well guess what It rained the whole entire day. Did that stop us, NOPE we trudged through the rain. We got all of the fence down on Monday! On Tuesday Bernie and Shawn dug holes to set the new poles. We started to work on Wednesday but it stormed and the guys were going to be usuing electrical tools so that wasn't really that wise. So instead we worked on Thursday putting up the new fence. We got most of it done except for the two gates and the sides of the two gates. OH and we did not stick around to help out cut the tops off of the poles and put a border around the fence. Let me just say that my muscles ached in places that I did not know I had muscles.

So the fun part of our trip was the surprise party for Bernie. Bernie turned 50 this year!!!!!!! So we tried to keep him out of the house all day on Saturaday but do you know how hard it is too keep men from wanting to come home. Let's just say men don't shop as well as women. Chad and Shawn had a hard time keeping Bernie busy for the afternoon. But come to find out Bernie all ready knew about the party. A few people slipped up and spilled the beans. But he was a good sport about it all!

On Tuesday we did spend some time with some friends and we had a blast. It is just good to catch up with old friends!

Of course one of the highlights is getting to spoil our neice Megan. She is such a good baby. Chad and Rachel have done an amazing job with her. The picture of her is posing for Uncle Shawn at
On the Border Sunday at lunch. She just has an infectious giggle and a very loving spirit. I don't see how anyone can't fall in love with her right away!!! She is just adorable.

Of course our time with Chad and Rachel was good. We enjoyed our time together. We all played Uno Attack and boy are the Moores competitive. I see a rematch at Christmas guys!!!!!

So on the adoption side of things right before we left we got a phone call for a group of 3. Come to find out it was for a foster only placement. On our way back Friday we had a call again for another placement. This placement was also for foster only. So when we spoke with our caseworker yesterday she explained to us that they had an influx of kids in the last week and were needing homes to place them. So we are still waiting.

So here is a recent update on Shawn. He will be doing Honor Gaurd September 15 through November. It is a great opprotunity for Shawn. He is excited about this opprotunity. So Shawn will be really busy for the next few months. He will be gone alot so I am hoping that my Pampered Chef will take off and that will keep me busy.

The update on our Adoption process is still.......waiting. We are just waiting for the call. We are also still going doing fertility treatments or I should say we were. We are going to take a break on that so I can loose the rest of my weight. I had a rough visit with my doctor this week. He was not helpful nor encouraging. So we are in the process of changing doctor's. We know that God is in control and in His time he will bless us with a child.

Other than that there is not much to report. We are going to be in Dallas next week and we are so excited. I am just ready for a break. I have not had a vacation this year and I can tell it. Dealing with babies and toddlers will where you out.

Here is a picture of the 8th month old that I watch. He is crawling, pulling up and is trying to walk.

I will add pictures of my other little ones. I just don't have those downloaded yet.