Monday, January 29, 2007

Updates on Stuff....

I wanted to post some updates on some of the old posts I have done.

My cousin Travis is OUT of Cottonwood Correctional Facility!!! He served 1 year for Aggravated Battery etc. stemming from an accidental shooting at a party a couple of years ago. The guy he shot is alive and well and holds no ill will toward Travis and they have made amends....he even spoke out for Travis at his court hearing. While in Jail Travis found God. He was saved and since release has been attending a church near his home! I am so glad to not only hear him talk the talk, but walk the walk as well!

The new kids are bonding well to all of us. Hunter and Demi Roo are learning more Creole and Kai and Nikaya are learning more English...good for everyone involved. Of course, I have learned more Creole being immersed all day in it, but have been known to make a mistake or two.
About a week after the kids came home I was calming down Nik before dinner. I wanted to tell them "sit here, mama is going to make dinner" In Creole I should have said "Chita la, Mama fe manje" BUT instead I said " Chita la, Mama fe bagay" SO, I actually told my children "Sit here, mama is going to have sex" NICE!!!! If the world wont corrupt them, I will! ;-)
Kai, our 5.5 year old giggled and quickly corrected me "Mama, manjay, manjay!" Yes, MANJAY!! Glad to know I can't get anything past him! ;-P

Tomorrow is a big day for Hunter. Hunter is going in to get braces! He is in need of braces on his top 4 teeth as well as a few in the back. The front ones will help with his 'open bite', 'pulling his canine up where it should be', and the back are to help 'pull his 6 year molars out of his gums and where they should be'. Nice little gift that should cost about $2100...YIKES! This will include braces, office visits, retainer etc. for his first phase. He may need to have a 2nd phase when he is an older teen...we may have to auction him off for yard labor to help pay for it all! ;-P

Demi Roo has been continuing with her cheer leading and doing well...pretty much can do the splits now...OUCH! Hunter is continuing his basketball career (hehe) with 1 loss and 1 win so far. The big draw is to win 2 games in a row so the coach will take them for a milkshake! ;-)

Kai and Nik spend their days torturing me and playing with the toys and getting into things. Much to Hunter's chagrin, Nik insists on breastfeeding his action figures like they are her babies...not what is supposed to happen to a John Cena doll if you ask him. hehe

Curtis has started school again, this will mean that he has this block of classes and the next then he will be a Sophomore.....ooohhhh. 8 more blocks and he will graduate with an Associates Degree in Business. Me, I work from home with Heritage, several families in the process of a new longer process for Haitian children, and watch Kai and Nik run around like little crazies while driving everyone to their activities!!!

Off to check e mail for now....

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Whose Activity Are We Going To Now???

Our lives are about to get busier....not that we get to lay around a lot with 4 kids, but soon we will have 3 in activities to go to....Saturday will be Demi Roo's cheerleading at 10am and Hunter has his first Basketball game at 1 pm. He is very excited to PLAY in an ACTUAL game!!! ;-)
I will post some pic's from the game afterwards so you can all see the superstar in action.hehe
Hunter has practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8pm. Games are every Saturday until the season ends. Demi Roo practices every Saturday from 10-11am....forever, since there isn't a cheerleading season with the city. Wednesdays are AWANA's from 6:15-8:15pm. Somewhere in there we fit eating, homework, reading and bathing....I am getting tired just talking about it. We try to reserve Monday and Fridays as nights to just veg...at least for now. ;-P
Starting in late March, Kai will do his first activity...SOCCER! In Haiti they refer to it as football....in Haiti, football is BIG! I notice that in the US soccer isn't the fantastic sport that other countries believe it is...Kai will change all of that. I have watched that kid with a ball, a can, anything he can kick...he has some serious moves!! He is so excited to start he asks me EVERYDAY if it is time for soccer games...I remind him no, not for a couple of more months, and dread the fact that I even told him I was signing him up...stupid mom moment #156.... hehehe

Friday, January 12, 2007

Winter Weather

Our weather has been something else lately. Today we are lucky to have a high of 30* with a low of 4* this morning. Tomorrow we are looking at high of 25* with a low of 0* and have had the wind chill of -10 below.
So, for my parents sake, I dressed for the weather....
HEHEHEHHEHE!! THANKS FOR THE COAT MOM AND DAD!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Outside Play







Hunter the Skater boy















Demi Roo on her bike













Kai and the Scooter

















What are you looking at?

My Family



The 4 Amigos showing some attitude!!














Nikaya enjoying the fromage (butter) on her toast...she can sure eat!












Nikaya and he 'machin' with her bud's Demi Roo, Annie and Kai






Kai, Demi Roo and Annie on the horsie...the bucking bronc













Our whole crazy family!!! (minus some of the pets we cannot get to sit still for a photo.)







Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Our First Complete Family Christmas

I feel bad for saying that this is our first complete Christmas. I do not want to make Hunter and Demi Roo feel like we were not happy with our family until Kai and Nik came home, that was not the case. We all knew that we were not finished yet, and that the Lord was not finished as well. We as a family feel happy with where our family is now. We do not plan on adopting again, but you never know what the good Lord has in store for you as a person or family. Below I wanted to post some pic's of the kids. Some of the new kids that are home smiling so everyone can see that they are happy, adjusting well and living life to the fullest...I will be sending copies to Haiti for the Orphanage and their birth families, we hope they are as happy with the pictures as we are.


Hunter and his cheesy grin!














Nikaya doing what she is usually doing...giggling














Kai and that smile!

Demi Roo is never camera shy...

All the kids having a blast














Demi Roo and her new camera














Nikaya and her new hat...aint it great!















Kai and Nik enjoying their new family

Thursday, January 04, 2007

My Thoughts...Kinda Deep. :-)

The story below always hits a spot for me. I am often asked why I work with Haiti, why we adopted from Haiti etc. Below is the only thing I can think of to tell people....My starfish are the children of Haiti.


The Starfish Story -Unknown Author
A well-known author was vacationing on a beautiful coast. One morning, very early, he was walking along the beach. In the distance he saw a long figure dancing.
Fascinated by this celebration of dawn, he moved closer. It was then he realized that the young man was not dancing, but picking objects up from the beach and tossing them out into the sea in one graceful movement.
As he approached the young man, he saw that he was throwing starfish.
"Why in the world are you throwing starfish into the water?" He asked. "If the starfish are still on the beach when the tide goes out and the sun rises higher in the sky, they will die", the young man replied as he continued to toss them out to sea.
"That's ridiculous! There thousands of miles of beach and millions of starfish! You can't really believe that what you're doing could possibly make a difference", The observer countered.
The young man picked up another starfish, paused thoughtfully and remarked as he tossed it out into the waves, "It makes a difference to this one!"

Found a wonderful website for those interested in Missionaries in Haiti. www.providenceinhaiti.blogspot.com Amazing work with some stirring pictures and stories. In my next life I will be a full time missionary in Haiti.....

Haitian Proverb:
Lespwa Fe Viv: Hope makes us live.

Have some photos sent to me from another adoption agency in Utah. WOW. They are pictures from Africa. If you are interested in them and can look outside your bubble of wealth and life, let me know and I will send them to you!




God Bless

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Tagging.....

Ok. I have never been tagged until now. I am not sure what I supposed to do. I guess, if you read this, copy and past in an email or your blog and let me know and we can get to know each other better!!!
Thanks Ange... :-)



A - Available or Taken: TAKEN
B - Best Friend: TRACEY...RESERVE EXTRA SPECIAL SPACES FOR FAR AWAY FRIENDS
LIKE ANGE, KARLA, JANA AND AMY
C - Cake or Pie: GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE
D - Drink of Choice: ICE TEA
E-Essential Item You Use Everyday: ANTIBACTERIAL HAND SOAP
F - Favorite Color: SEVERAL...BLUE, GREEN...DEPENDS ON MY MOOD
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: NEITHER..THEY GROSS ME OUT
H - Hometown: CALDWELL, IDAHO
I - Indulgence: CHOCOLATE
J - January or February: JANUARY...I PREFER EARLY JUNE TO BE HONEST
K-Kids and Names: HUNTER JAYMES 9.5, DEMOYA ROOSELANDE 7, KAI CEUS 5.5,
NIKAYA MITCHELLE 2.5
L - Life Incomplete Without: MY LORD AND SAVIOR, MY HUSBAND, AND MY CHILDREN
M - Marriage Date: APRIL 20, 1991
N- Number of Siblings: 1 BROTHER SAME MOM; 1 BROTHER AND 1 SISTER SAME
DAD...NO WE ARE NOT REDNECKS HEHE
O - Oranges or Apples: APPLES
P - Phobias or Fears: DARK (BIGGEST), SNAKES, ANYTHING CREEPY CRAWLY
Q - Favorite Quote: NOT SURE.
R - Reason to Smile: MY FAMILY, MY CALLING AS ADOPTION COORDINATOR AND MY
KIDS ARE HOME FINALLY
S - Season: LATE SPRING EARLY SUMMER
T - Tag 3 People: NOT SURE WHO TO TAG.....
U - Unknown Fact About Me: I WAS AN EMT FOR 10.5 YEARS AND AN INSTRUCTOR FOR
5 OF THOSE YEARS. I NOW SIT RING SIDE MEDIC AT
MIXED MARTIAL ART FIGHTS FOR SIDEKICKS FIGHTERS
AND LOVE IT!!!
V - Veggie You Don't Like: LIMA BEANS
W - Worst Habit: BOREDOM EATER....
X - X-rays: FOOT, CHEST, DO COLONOSCOPIES COUNT?HEHE
Y - Your Favorite Food: ANYTHING WITH CHOCOLATE. OR THE RED ROBIN CHICKEN
BURGER WITH NO BUN!!
Z - Zodiac: SAGITTARIUS