LES MIS PICS

BRUJON

CONFEYRAC

LITTLE EPONINE

BAMATBROIS

THE BISHOP

LITTLE EPONINE and LITTLE COSETTE

(aka Rachel and her BFF Maggie Grace)

Great Show ! Great Experience!

One Proud Mama!

WOOHOOO!

The CCAA has just issued a notice to us of changes in the Waiting Child Program.
Things are going to get better for the children who wait the longest!!
The highlights are as follows:

The children who wait longer than 2 months on the list become Special Focus Children.
These children have more relaxed requirements.

Families now have 6 months instead of 3 to get a dossier together and to the CCAA after matching.

More children will be assigned to individual agency lists per request of the agency.

Families who adopt a Special Focus Child are allowed to adopt TWO children at the same time.

The other child can be healthy or special needs.

The children can be adopted at the same time OR the CCAA will allow the two separate adoptions as long as they occur within 12 months of each other.


AWESOME!!!!!

DEFINITION

Good Sports= Caleb

And His BFF, Benjamin

Playing the Tortoise and The Hare

For Vacation Bible School!

I really LOVE these kids!

A SIMPLE QUESTION

My children and I were having lunch after VBS on Monday and the daughter of some Asian friends walked up to me and said, " I bet it is REALLY REALLY hard for you to raise all of these CHINESE kids, huh?"

I thought for a few seconds and replied, " It's not any harder than raising all these WHITE kids."

"Really?", she said.

"Really, Really.",I said.

We both giggled and she continued to chit- chat with the kids until it was time to leave.

Later that evening it occurred to me...It is only "harder" or " different" raising our adopted children- if/when I allow it to be.

Things are better for me and my family when I give us all a break and shelf the "HOW TO RAISE AN ADOPTED CHILD" books and dust off the"DOCTOR SEUSS".

The single most important thing I can do for ALL of my children is ask the LORD to keep me FOCUSED on just being THE MAMA...not The Biological Mother or The Adoptive Mother...just THE MAMA.........

Something the "experts" never bother to mention.

I hope all of your summers are going well.

XOXO

DEAR BLOGGY FRIENDS

Caleb and his THEATRE GROUP are set to perform LES MISERABLES in AUGUST of 2010.

57 teens ages 13-19 are voluntarily giving up their summer to rehearse 5 days a week and work to raise the funds(around $15,000) to insue the success of this production.

What Dedication!

As a Fundraiser , we are having a drawing for a NIKON D90 & TRIPOD for those who donate a minumum of $10 to the Fundraiser.

For every $10 you donate you will receive 1 Chance to win

$20- 2 chances

$30- 3 chances

and so on.

Enter as many times as you like!

And if you REALLY want to help these kids get things off the ground.....

Copy this ChipIn to the Gadget section of the LAYOUT on YOUR BLOG- along with the MLT STAGE 2 FUNDRAISER link ( http://mltstage2.blogspot.com) -

and Tell your readers what they can win by posting the picture above.

I know it is alot to ask..but if you can take a few minutes to do this-

I would be grateful beyond words AND so would this great group of kids.

Please let me know if you plan to post it so that the kids can thank you properly for your support and encouragement.

Thank you so much.

Update of sorts

To My Dear Daddy, Jenna, and Rachel--
Thanks for giving me a nudge to sit still for 30 whole minutes..LOL! I needed it!
So HEEEERRRREEEEE WE GO!

We went to L.A.
Caleb and Ben played the part of FAMOUS ACTORS and visited old friends.


Bonnie is absolutely gorgeous and so is her MOM!

Conner and Caleb became BROTHERS in a matter of minutes -

Century City will never be the same!








Ben rode his first roller coaster in Santa Monica and LOVED it!!!




Caleb and Ben loved having lunch on the Santa Monica Pier. Ben and I spent so much time there, during Caleb's acting lessons, that the employees would wave and call us by name...no joke.

The boys made NEW Friends........

Caleb was really excited about this one!

Rachel has decided that she wants to be an actor, too.

Is it because she loves the arts ...or because Caleb and Ben got to go to L.A. and she didn't????

Your call!

Our little lady has started walking.....er..running!

Adam no longer dresses like a princess. He has graduated to the Indian who SHOOTS the princesses, fairies....basically whatever Mary and Rachel "are" at the moment.

We met Ellie and Miss Wendi at the zoo.

We had a great day.

It was hot , but the kids did not care.

COKE ICEES make everything better!

Big Man and Little Man......

makes my heart skip a beat...and Little Adam is lookin' good,too!

Adam is starting to gain weight and height! AWESOME-NESS!

Our church gave our family a TAILGATE PARTY to Honor our NEW ADDITION!

Guess who THE THAGGARDS root for!

Ben turned 9 years old with a triple decker, made by his sisters!

My husband and his Man BFF opened a Comic Book store!

Mid-life crisis...maybe..but it beats the heck out of fast cars , younger women, and booze...so there ya go!

And the kids are loving it!!!

My oldest son's theatre troop has decided to take on LES MISERABLES and if I have researched correctly...they are the FIRST troop to perform it in the STATE!

57 children will play 100 parts..way cool!

My best friend and I are hosting GRADUATION parties galore...NOPE! Not for our kids...but for kids of friends! lol!

We are having a great time!

And last but not least...OR youngest children were dedicated in front of friends and family...which makes everyone happy and thankful!

So there ya have it ..a few of the highlights..

Love you all and miss you..but the youngest 2 are kickin' my butt.........Really. ;)

MAMA(s) Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys!

A few shots from Caleb's L.A. Headshot Session
with Miss Robin .
http://www.robinlorraine.com/




Nothin' quite as handsome as a man in a hat................
A COWBOY HAT that is. :)

We will be in L.A.........

In 24 Hours!

Wooohoooo!

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT........

I could not love coffee MORE
.....then comes this!

Buy some really SMOKIN' Coffee AND help bring a child home.....

(Not to mention you get to see a picture of three of the sweetest little faces
EVER to wait for a Baby Sister).

This is my kinda fundraiser!!!
http://www.justlovecoffee.com/changeonechildslife

Please hop over and take a look and when you get a second...
tell your friends!


Congrats Lynn and Family!

Happiness Is..................

Your Best Friend..


Getting a New MACK-DADDY Lens...


For Her NIKON!

SUUUUH-WEET!