Day 2 was awesome and wonderful and relaxing...well...ya know...as relaxing as it can be with 5 littles......here's our fam: here's our friend's The Greenes staying across from us with their 5 littles:
we did too much stuff to even explain ever picture...enjoy the pics and i'll write more when we return...I need to get back to family time:
my 5 yr. old hal sees a friend from his kindergarten class back home...lots of friends come down here:
table for 14 please:
and this is my george at dinner....he represents HOW the rest of feel by the end of the day:
the weather is perfect, warm, sunny and the kids are having the time of their life.....be back soon, happy sunday to you all, kj
I'm so jealous! We go to Rosemary each year during the summer, Fall looks so lovely and not crowded! Hopefully you have the found the restaurant "George's" at Alys Beach and the candy store in Rosemary. Enjoy yourselves!!
I'm a blessed Momma of 6 that's out to share our adoption experience and to encourage others to CARE FOR THE ORPHANS of our world!!
"...once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."(Proverbs 24:12)
June 19th, 2009- We'll be arriving back home with Lucy Lane in our arms...Super yeah!!!
June 13th, 2009 - We'll be flying out to get our baby girl..yeah!!!
May 26th, 2009 - Received call that WE PASSED COURT..she's ours!!
April 20th, 2009 - Received NEW COURT DATE for May 25th.
March 30th, 2009- Received re-referral for Baby "M".
March 10th, 2009 - Julie, our caseworker, calls and delivers the sad news: We lost our referral. Baby Kalkidan's birth mother came back for her.
March 6th, 2009 - Julie calls and gives us court date of May 13th.
February 16th, 2009 - AGCI receives referral packet at 10 am.
February 13th, 2009 - Finish all paperwork and over night referral packet back to AGCI.
February 12th, 2009 - Receive packet and start small paper chase.
February 11th, 2009 - AGCI overnights referral packet to us.
February 10, 2009 - Received "the call" our referral came for our precious 9 month old baby girl. Yeah!!!
February 5th, 2009- Received email stating we're #2 on the wait list...Which meant we were really #1!
January 6th, 2009 - Received call that we're officially #6 on wait list, but really #3.
December 5th, 2008 - Received call that we're officially #9 but really #6 on the wait list!!
November 7th, 2008 - Received email that we're #13 on the wait list.
October 8th, 2008 - Received email that we're #19 on the wait list.
September 4th, 2008 - Received call that we're #23 on the wait list.
July 25th, 2008 - Received notice that we're #27 on the wait list!!
July 22nd, 2008 - Mailed off our Dossier!!! Yeah!!!
July 12th, 2008 - received final completed copy of homestudy
June 18th, 2008 - Fingerprints were taken.
June 17th, 2008 - received dossier packet
May 29th, 2008 - Phone Conference with AGCI (our adoption agency)
May 27th, 2008 - Had final Home Study where Julie walked through our home and met all our kids.
May 13th, 2008- Had 2nd Home Study appt. with Julie B. and scheduled final meeting at our home.
April 22nd, 2008 - Had first Home Study Appt. with Julie B., our homestudy person.
April 14th, 2008 - We mail application to All God's Children International for an adoption from Ethiopia.
April 2008 - We decide to adopt from Ethiopia.
March 18th, 2008 - My sisters and I have lunch with Tracy and her family and ask lots of ethiopian adoption questions
February 29th, 2008- I email Tracy M. from the Utube video and ask to meet her and Levi sometime.
February 26th, 2008 - Nicole G. sends me Utube Video about local adoption
We live right outside Seaside! :) You guys visted on a beautiful week too!
ReplyDeleteAww looks like you all had a blast! It getting cold out here in Northern Cali.
ReplyDeletePics were great! Thanks for sharing!
I'm so jealous! We go to Rosemary each year during the summer, Fall looks so lovely and not crowded! Hopefully you have the found the restaurant "George's" at Alys Beach and the candy store in Rosemary. Enjoy yourselves!!
ReplyDeletegreat photos kristin! love them! looks like your having a great time!
ReplyDeleteLooks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun- there is nothing better than kids and the ocean : ) Havi has the same bathing suit as Lucy, too cute.
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