1. I am on a roll, right? I try to blog at least weekly. With Catie's adoption under our belt, there is nothing to report in the fostering or adoption fronts. While our life is anything but quiet...my blogging mind is at rest a bit.
2. Camping. I have signed up our family for a camping trip. The idea of our whole family in one tent is a bit terrifying. My husband and I have always camped. We camped at least annually with our daughter. Last year we camped for the first time with our son (and had Catie in respite care). So...it should be an adventure. Stories to follow in July. Though we plan a practice round on the
Great American Backyard Camping Day - Saturday June 23rd.
3. Speaking of our backyard. We are hosting a party. A outdoor "drive in"movie. This is the 25th anniversary for The Princess Bride and (almost) 70th anniversary of the drive in movie. So, we are inviting our freinds to join us on the lawn. I am so excited!
4. Food. My tummy is grumbling. I have been struggling to find the motivation & food to feed our family lately. I hate grocery shopping. I hate preparing a meal only to have the kids refuse, complain or worse (spit it all over themselves, the floor, etc). <---- the event that had me praying "Body of Christ, Save Me! this week. If anyone has simple lunch or dinner ideas, sites or pins, share them! I know the garden harvest will help soon.
5. The Garden.
Okay. We have had a garden for years and can never seem to get it right. Every year is more and more tweaking. THIS is the year of "let no bird, nor rabit, nor squirel, nor deer feast upon our garden." We have fencing surrounding and have now netted the top. Hopefully this message goes to the moles and snakes too. This is our first year letting go of the squares and tilling the ground. We have invading grass and I have to figure out that. Next year the change needs to be soil testing and more composting.
6. Adoption! Please join me in praying for a fellow blogger,
Grace in My Heart. They are
a super family and any child would be so very lucky to be theirs. If you know of a potential birth family or adoption opportunity please keep them in mind.
And, please consider supporting my friends in fundraising for the adoption of a special little girl due in July with Spina Bifida.
Thier story is so incredible (hello God!). Alison has created an adoption botique "
Nestling In: Adopting Love" with beautiful necklaces, so supporting them can be as simple as purchasing a gift for yourself or someone special.
7. Dance Recital weekend. As of this weekend I am a dance mom. I am not entirely sure that I will be embracing this role for long - if you could only have seen some of those little girls at the rehersal shake their little hips, you would know what I mean. Rosie has promised to not "do her own thing" and to try to be a part of her team. I had to talk her down when she told me she was going to be the star. She accepted that she would not be the star, then asked if she could still be a princess. Yes, Rosie. You will always be a princess. <---and yes, I am that mom.
