Merry Christmas- China babies

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Made me laugh

Changes

Lots and lots of changes happening around here. Some of you have emailed me to see how we are doing Thank you so much! The quick answer to that would be "ok". I am working on an update to post soon. I can't believe it has been a month since I posted.

I suck at this kinda!

Holy crap! Turn my music off

He is fantastic and makes me smile!
Loved it!

Thank you and I'm going private

Hey everyone,

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. I so very much appreciate them. As you know much has happened and I have so much I want to say. I feel best if I keep it some what safe. I have met many of you in person and some of you I have not met but feel like I know you. I am going to go private please please leave me an email if you want to and I will add you.

I have lots on my mind these days and want to keep it real.

Crystal

Struggling

Yes me for many many different reasons. I don't know how much I want to share or should share so I am still working through things. If I get the guts to share I will. My faith is all over the place and I hate that I feel this way. My days are filled with so many ups and downs that my kids are feeling it most days and I feel guilty for that. Everyone says "this to shall pass" I sure hope so.

Chickenpox

You have got to be kidding me!!! Yes he has them.

More later when I can catch my breath.

Thank you Haiti Ha!

We are home

K that sounds good "Home" but the trip was totally exhausting really. I left on Wed flew to Fll, then on Thurs I flew into Haiti in the morning and out of Haiti that afternoon. I stayed in Fll then flew home on Fri.

For anyone traveling soon I don't know if I would recommend traveling in and out of Haiti in one day. I will write more on this later as I don't want to forget anything. I was by myself and it was just hard but so much had happened that day to add to all the emotions going through me. However, I don't know that I would of wanted to stay overnight either. So I am just glad its over and we are home.

More coming...

We have Visa!!!!!!!

Traveling tomorrow be home Fri

THANK YOU all so much for your comments and well wishes they mean the world to me.

Please pray for safe travel and my friends that are just a couple days behind me. So wish I could be meeting them in person.

Maybe someday

See this face! I get to kiss it soon!!!

My little boy is coming home!!! HOME did you hear that!!!
He looks so big in this picture

Love This! Way cute for his Daughter

Make sure to turn my playlist off at the bottom and the whole thing is way cool!





Read the KSL story here huge hits on You Tube- http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=6629666

After reading the story I'm sure it will be on his next album.

You don't just quit!!!

These are the words spoken to me so loud and clear by my 12 year old. I will admit I sometimes want to quit and run the other way as fast as I can BUT in our home we have taught our kids to never quit on anything they are doing. You might not be the best at what you are doing and you might find out that you don't love what you are doing but you at least finish it out and try.


If you choose to play a sport and you sign up, then you finish the season.

If you choose to take dance and you sign up, you have to go through recital.

If you want to play piano then you practice.

And the list goes on. I don't mind if they change their little minds which of course happens when you are trying to find what you love but you don't just quit.



So with that, how can I just quit "I CAN'T" I have to finish this season in my life.

Today is the day and I couldn't be more happy

Isn't this a great picture? I think it says it all and maybe this is the reason for my journey.



Two years ago as I sat at Sarah's while she waxed my brows I was telling her that we were adopting again. She asked me about it and I showed her a picture I had with me. That was the extent of this conversation. Well a few weeks had gone by and she calls me and this is kindof what I remember- she says something like "so I have to tell you something, when you were here getting your brows done and told me you were adopting I thought it was great. Then you showed me the picture and I of course thought he was cute." But after you left that day I said to myself "how on earth can you really fall in love with a picture and I really had a good laugh about you" seriously she was like "I laughed when you told me you fell in love with a picture." Well then she saw something on a TV show during those few weeks since she saw me and really felt like it was something she was suppose to do. So she called me and started asking lots of questions and I shared where we were adopting from and told her they had a website she could look at. Well this is the next call I get "there is a little boy on the website and I know we are suppose to adopt him" I haven't told Russ yet but I was up all night and I couldn't sleep and she went on and on. I told her who to contact and the rest is history and TODAY is the day that my friend is bringing this sweet little boy home.

Today is the day she starts her journey to go get her little boy. I can't wait till Monday to see them home and will be praying for their safe return.



To Sarah and Family

I am so excited for your journey this weekend. It is the culmination of a very long wait and a lot of emotions. I know we have talked about the different things people have said to me and to you "I hope this wait is short for Sarah's sake" or "Sarah will have a nervous breakdown before this is over" but you know what, you have done it with Determination and with Grace. You are a great mother who knew this was your child and went for it with all your Heart. I am so proud of you and I hope and pray that you will enjoy this last leg of the journey, take it all in and be grateful for all that is to come. I pray that you will know that your Heavenly Father is by your side and is aware of all your needs. I love you and I am grateful that I could be a small part of this journey with you. All of your family is so excited and they will Love on him with all that they are. Thank you for all you do for me and our friendship. Remember that picture you fell in Love with, now I can laugh at you and smile that you fell in Love.

Love
Crystal

Going to Haiti

Yes I am writing this post in haste. However apparently I need to go and take care of things myself or at least be in someones face. I will not wait weeks for the lawyer to come in again. So I am checking flights. We have discussed me going a couple different times and I feel like it is now. When I calm down I will try and get my thoughts together better. I have written very little about this journey and there have been many times I just want to scream , cry, pull out someones hair, cry and scream some more. I feel I am running low on strengh these days. We have been on three little Baseball trips in the last two months all of which my little guy was to be home for and now I am just a momma bear pissed.

Grant me patience to deal with my blessings

For Sale

Our home- I love our home very much and it was truly our dream home that when we built it we thought our grandkids would be spending the night here someday. I have learned so much about myself these last 2 years by living here.

More on this to come.

Chinese New Year Pics

We had a great afternoon and it was a pleasure to meet some new families. We did have another dinner and I forgot my camera dang!

Highest of highs to the Lowest of lows

All in the same day within an hour. I was really
feeling good this morning and then I received that
long awaited email I have been waiting for.
However, it was not at all the kind of email I wanted to open.
Please pray for us and our little one in Haiti. Please bless those
that need to get the mistake fixed that it will be figured out in the
morning. I am trying to stay positive but through the tears it
if so very hard. We have friends that could also use your prayers.
I keep telling myself this will all work out and I pray that
it does, tomorrow would be great.

80+

This is a season that I love so much. It all starts this weekend and Gage will embark on another 80+ game season. We travel alot for baseball and the family loves it. The girls love to come because there are other little sisters that also travel and so they love to stay in different hotels, swim, eat out, and just plain run like crazy. Personally I could sit and watch Gage play all day and we do. On tap this year a couple places are Vegas, Omaha for the College World Series for a second year, and a whole lot more. The baseball lamp in the picture we got 2 years ago when we traveled to New York for a chance to play in Cooperstown. Yes I brought it on the plane home. Out of 96 teams we came in 3rd our boys rocked. That same year we played in the USSSA World Series in Kansas and came in 3rd also. Fun times and memories Thank you son I love you.

So if you need me in the next few months I will be at the ball park soaking up the sun, with my cooler dishing out sandwiches and gatorade and yelling at the girls to stay close where I can see them. I wish Sael was home to come with us this weekend maybe next tournament.

Yuck this weekend where we are headed is not suppose to be very warm. Bring out the sweatshirts, handwarmers and the portable heater.

Refresh

How many times can one refresh their email in one day? I'm not sure but I think a gazillion. Please send me an email already. Yes I am waiting for an adoption related email that should be here any day, any second, should of come already type of email.

If you are the prayerful type will you please pray for all the little ones in Haiti waiting for their Moms and Dads for so long to come and get them. Please pray for files to move more smoothly and efficiently. Thank you so very much

Funny and some Truth to this

A friend sent this to me and I ran it by my husband which has found this a little helpful. *Nine words women use.

1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to be quiet.

2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments the begin with 'nothing' usually end in 'fine'.

4. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. DON'T DO IT!

5. Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing)

6. That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. 'That's Okay' means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question or faint. Just say 'you're welcome.' (I want to add a clause here - this is true unless she says 'thanks a lot' - that is pure sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'. That will bring on a 'whatever')

8. Whatever: This is a woman's way of saying (insert your own thoughts).

9. Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something a woman has asked a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' - for the woman's response refer to #3.

I used one of these already this morning lol
Run them by your significant other and see if they find them helpful.
*edited a little

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My mind is racing

and really I don't even know where to begin. I haven't felt like blogging with so much on my mind, then I think maybe if I blog it will help with some of the things on my mind but I really don't want to and back and forth I go. sheesh get a grip girl!


So I am going to have fun with this today and finish a tag I received a while back from my friend L. However my blog has not been so fabulous lately.






You have to list 5 of your fabulous addictions in the post. Most are not fabulous or good for me and my mental well being.

• Pepsi- sadly always have been and probably always will be addicted. Heaven forbid there is not any pepsi in my house. I feel unsafe and agitated if there is none in the house. No one wants to be around me then. The only way this will ever have a chance of getting better is if they simply quit making this crap. Please don't do that. I know it's crap and not good for me, empty calories, yada yada yada. Pathetic as it is I love the first sip and all that comes with it.
• Purses and/or tots/bags- Yes I have entirely to many, who needs to many, certainly not me but I keep purchasing more. Some cheap, some um not so cheap. My husband cringes but loves me anyway. Sometimes I feel bad and sometimes I don't. I just love a great new bag any bag.
• Computer- Ugh I don't even want to comment on this right now it's embarrassing.
• Currently-the Bachelor-oh people I know but I truly get a kick out of these girls. I laugh alot. I sadly am not embarrassed by this. If you need a good laugh tune in and you will laugh to. Laughing is good for your well being right?
• Sleep- OOOHHHH I love it so. I used to be able to fuction on very little sleep but I just can't anymore or maybe its that I don't want to anymore. Which ever it is I love it. We just bought a new king bed which I love but the jury is still out on the new mattress. It might have to be going back.

so there you have it a few addictions wow when you start thinking of this stuff you find out you have alot more. Sorry I think most of you have done this tag so I will just leave it at that. I have another one to do so I will tag you then.

Thank you L this was fun

Look what came today

my very first order from Amazon. I was really excited to get my books. A few of them are books I have wanted to read for a while now so I can't wait to get reading. Some of them are about Haiti, one is for Gage he has to read it for Chinese and some are for Chloe so we can read them to her. A few I have wanted for Chinese New Year which will be here shortly. I love when the doorbell rings and I have a delivery. Sometimes I have even forgot that I ordered a specific thing. I love that surprise. What's crazy, at least to me is that I ordered 10 books in the same order, they where all in stock, they gave me one confirmation and one shipping price. Why are the coming in three different orders on three different days? Sounds like more work for them to me but whatever. My UPS guy probably thinks all I do is shop all day cause he is here so dang much. "Hey guy in the brown outfit it was really only one order. I promise." Six came today and two more shipments of two. Oh well!

SUGAR BOWL CHAMPIONS 13-0

GO UTES!!!!!!!!!!!!! 31-17 over Alabama

BALLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Getting closer to coming home soon!!!!!!!!!!!!