There will be a whole lot more wedding stuff coming, but this was probably the highlight…or at least one of them! I wasn’t sure I’d be able to pull it off because of my recent surgery, but I wasn’t about to miss this opportunity for anything! A big thank you to Bboo for choreographing it for us!
Enjoy!
Apparently I need to update my blog!
In the past year, we gained two new children and had many changes in our family.
And there are many more to come!
It amazes me that in just a few short weeks, the Good Looking One will be married to this angel!
And that these two are turning 20 and 13 this year!
The Talented One is almost half-way through college studying music….and she’s half way thru middle school!
(And the Drama, oh the Drama!)
And then, there’s the Smart One and Bboo….the Smart One almost finishing his first year of HIGH SCHOOL and Bboo…sniff sniff…finishing up high school forever. She’ll be 18 in just a few days…and he’ll be 16 this year!
I wrote my first blog, four years ago this past week, Whatever in the Whole Wide World. As I sat and read it this morning, I was taken back. It’s amazing how time flies by so fast you can barely keep up. It seems it wasn’t so long ago that I was the one preparing for my wedding to the love of my life, and now we’re getting ready for our son’s wedding. Where did the time go? What happened? I’m not sure, but I do know that it is true; the older you get the more you remember the past. The Smart One and I sat at lunch the other day and talked about, “Remember When?” I realize I did most of the remembering, but we had some great laughs.
Don’t get me wrong! I am so looking forward to the memories to come. I love the new relationships that we continue to build and look forward to where we are going. I just can’t believe how fast we are getting there!
We waited a long time for today; it’s been over 10 long years. There were times when we gave up. And then, God would bring them back. There’s a story to tell…another day.
Today, I want to share with you the joy of our adoption.
It is with the deepest, heartfelt gratitude, that we thank you all. Thank you for praying for us throughout the years. For holding us when we lost them again and again…and for rejoicing with us each time we got them back. I can’t imagine going through this without our “prayer warriors.”
For those of you who share “Thankful Thursday” with me…this is mine! (I love you, sisters!)
It’s sinking in…it’s real…I guess we’d better figure out how to add some more rooms to this house!
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in Hope
Be Patient in Tribulation
Be Faithful in Prayer
It’s my girl’s birthday today, and I can’t believe how much she has grown up!
In our family, the birthday member gets to choose family dinner. Tonight, it was Cafe Rio.
As I sat there looking around the restaurant, I wanted to shout out,
“This is my family….all 10 of them. Yup, they belong to me, and I love them.”
I love celebrating special occasions because I know that we will all make an effort to be there together! It’s what makes our family special.
Ok…and a little weird. This picture says it all…one son with gold foil things folded up into his new “earrings’ and the other son making faces behind him while I snap a picture.
Yeah, It’s just a Vivas Thing!
Sunday, May 27
The Princess woke up croupy. No church for us today. By the end of the day, it was obvious she was only getting worse, so off to urgent care we went. We pulled in just in the nick of time. As soon as the doors opened, the parking lot was covered in regurgitated food. Yuk! Not long after, armed with steroids and an inhaler, we headed home.
Monday, May 28
Memorial Day 2012 – Spend six hours at an appointment with the two younger ones for an evaluation. All a necessary part of the adoption as we move forward, but none the less, emotionally exhausting as well. We made it home to grilled salmon and grilled zucchini…awesome meal! The Good Looking One came over for a visit later, which always makes my day!
Tuesday, May 29
It was the Princesses birthday…ten years old. My how the time flies! I remember the day she was born and the first time we ever brought her home with us. She was just a few months old and I didn’t have any real idea of what her needs were. Several back and forth trips and now, hopefully, the adoption will be final before the summer is over! She requested grilled cheeese sandwiches and tomatoe soup. Home made tomatoe soup. (There are three foods I really don’t care to ever eat…lima beans, black eyed peas and tomato soup), but I made the soup and dipped the sandwich in it and smiled the whole time, because she was so happy that we had made her special request for her birthday! (Bboo shares my sentiment and forced the liquid down, too!)
Wednesday, May 30
Happy 20th anniversary to hubby and I! I spent some time this week sitting and remembering…I honestly can’t believe twenty years have gone by so fast! I also never would have imagined this wonderful, amazing life that we have spent together. And it’s a good thing we celebrated on the weekend, because there would be no celebrating on the actual day! Between work, court and dance, all he got was a text message. He, on the other hand, sent me a beautiful note, so he won the most romantic award for the day.
Thursday, May 31
I honestly don’t remember it. I think it was because I slept through it.
Friday, June 1
Another busy day of work, appointments, various sport events for the kids, etc. A quiet moment with the Talented One while we watched a movie ended the day nicely! It’s not often we get to spend one on one time together!
Saturday, June 2
Errands, cleaning, grooming dogs, etc! Finally, a houseful of people and a game of Hearts and Mexican train with good friends, because after all…there will ALWAYS be time for a game of Hearts!
But the best part of the week?
The Drama Queen found out last minute she is singing tonight. She is usually pretty confident, but was completely unsure of herself last night. The Talented One called her downstairs to the piano to work with her.
Sometimes, certain memories just stick…you know it’s going to be one you won’t ever forget. As I sat there playing the game, I was able to completely keep my composure. But inside, I was choked up and melting as I listened to him playing the piano and encouraging her while she sang, “Lead Me to the Cross.”
It was beautiful.
My family. My life.
God is good.