Labor Day Weekend and Homestudy

Last week was so busy, I barely felt like I had time to breathe. But we had a great time! Last Wed. we had our homestudy. It took 5 hours. The girls were great. I was really worried about Annika saying something funny, but she actually only said two words, "Uh huh" and "Fine." Those were in response to "Are you excited about adopting?" and "How else do you feel about adopting?" The rest of the time she nervously flipped the pages of a very big book. I think she didn't know what to expect. Poor thing. After our homestudy, we packed for Little Rock.

We drove the next day and stopped in Texarkana to see my dad and step-mom. We planned to meet at the farm, but they finished up with the horses before we got there. Chuck E Cheese was the place to meet. We all had fun! We had the place to ourselves. Except for one older man who played the Bart Simpson pinball machine the whole time. Weird.



We met KK and Poppy at Izzy's for dinner. Girls (and I!) were so glad to get out of the car! We had a great time visiting. We made our usual trip to the mall- which included build a you know what, and some new shoes. I got the ones that everyone's had for two years. You know the ones. Ukks. :) And they were mismarked, so we saved $40!!! I love a deal!



My step-sister, her husband, and their 2 1/2 year old son visited too. It was fun to see them. Their son can already spell a lot of words. Crazy! We played outside a lot. The girls love to play outside. They also played in the hot tub and helped decorate for Halloween. It was a fun weekend. Travis surprised us by driving from Fayetteville. He met us in Perryville and took the girl's fishing at my aunt and uncle's barn. They each caught a big catfish! And we rode 4 wheelers. So fun! I love being outside and we don't have a lot to do here in TX outside because it is so hot!



We have everything turned in for adoption stuff. The next step is to get assigned a case worker from the agency. Then when they have everything ready, we are put in the sysytem. I have two Sat. classes from 9-5 left and then that is all for our classes! (for now) Yea! Hopefully I can stay awake. The girls have been sick, so I haven't gotten a full nights sleep in a few nights. I am not used to that. How quickly you forget!