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.

1st Meeting with our Caseworker

So we finally had our first meeting with the caseworker. It all went well. We got our manual and we were able to ask our hundreds of questions. Now we understand the process alot more. As of this moment we are waiting for a placement. We are on the list and once a child comes available they will contact us. In August all of the caseworkers throughout Georgia get together and have a "matching meeting". This means that our profile is passed around to other caseworkers and they see if they have a child in their county that needs a placement. So we are praying that maybe we will be a match for a child.

We are just excited to be moving on to our next step.

The First Blog

So we have been asked to start another blog journaling our life and all that happens while we are on this road with the military.

So the picture above is of Shawn's ALS graduation. ALS is a school that he has to attend to make his next rank of Staff Sergant. For some of y'all you know the long journey Shawn has had to endure just to make his next rank. So since we have been at Robins Air Force base life has been complicated. Let's see Shawn was suppose to pin on for Staff in January but the higher ups here held his stripe because of some paperwork that had fallen through the cracks and it took a really long time to get it cleared up. It kind of helps when people do their jobs. After that, they told Shawn he was too fat. So he had to loose like 30 pounds in 90 days. So Shawn did everything under the sun to loose that weight. It was so hard to watch him go through that but he did loose the 30 pounds and was the one person that lost the most weight on the BMI program!!!! Shawn was even interviewed for the base paper!!!! So now he is famous.

Now his new job duties starting in September is the Honor Gaurd. He will be doing that for 3 months. So that should be a new experience for us all.

As for me, I am still doing home daycare! I am loving it, well except for my FCC coordinator but she is retiring at the end of the year and I hope things will get better. Right now I have an 8th month old, 9th month old, and a 2 year old. So my days are pretty busy. But I am loving it!

Shawn and I have started back on the road to starting our family. We are trying the fertility treatments again and we have finally completed the adoption process. We are hoping that we will have a placement within the next 6 months. But God is in control and He knows what is best for us.

So I think that catches up and I will try and be good about blogging as much as I can. I will even make Shawn do it every once in awhile.