Ice Breakers!!!

I got the kiddos (well, Reagan and Greyson, anyways) to do ICe Breaker with me this year!  What a fun introduction to the crazy world of racing!  We woke up to several inches of snow...but if a gal had to have snow in April....admittedly, it was rather purty.  It was the Charlie Brown snow...the kind you'd see in a snow globe, and luckily it quit before the race.  Greyson and Reago were totaly champs!  They ran the majority of the way and I only had to carry Greyson a little way.  They got trophies and were tickled with themselves for running a whole mile.  Greyson was a little disappointed that he didn't get any Ice Breakers candy...but there was a bag of Cheetos in his snack lunch, so he quickly forgave.  Soo proud of my turkeys!!!  Brooks had a birthday party so he was off the hook this year!  Happy Ice Breakers everyone!

Saturday Swingset

Just kidding. This post really has nothing to do with swingsets.  I just couldn't think of a title. 

We did have our first 'orientation call' with 'All God's Children'  (our adoption agency) yesterday.  Pretty exciting.  We were going over general information, including the time line of this process.  We will receive a 'referral' (meaning that we'll know the child we'll be matched with) in probably a little over a year.  My main concern with the time line is as follows:  We get the referral...we travel to Bulgaria to meet said child.  We then come back home WITHOUT said child for FIVE TO EIGHT months until the adoption can be finalized and we travel back to Bulgaria to bring little boo boo home.  I got very teary when I was talking to the coordinator regarding this.  She said to me, "Kristin, the difficulty will only be on your end...this child will be fine with her living conditions.  She doesn't know any better.  You will see where she's living and want to pluck her out of there but she is going to be frightened and miss her orphanage and care givers."  Ouch.  I'm already emotional and we're barely rounding lap one of 500.  Meanwhile, I figure this little girl (or boy...but in my mind it's a girl) is probably just being born.  Perhaps today. 

I best get to praying for her!

The Latest:

Visit from mom and dad, stomach bug, spring banquet w Bobby Bowden as speaker, house cleaning, sheets changed, Bible Study (amazing, by the way), stomach bug for Geoff, supper is already made (lasagne
..just needs to go in the oven), piano lessons, semi back on Facebook, ready for spring, Weight Watchers, cat still outside/garage dweller, met a great lady whose daughter is to have open heart surgery, friends are moving away, (wah, Anne and DAve!)  friends are moving here!  (hooray, Kenneth and Bryn) missing Iowa spring, need to clean my car, inside and out, Easter's on it's way, haven't worked out this week (see stomach bug), tomorrow is trash day, autobiography is written for adoption paperwork.  I have a pretty mundane autobiography.  Almost time to go get kids!!!