Cousins Galore

We had a family reunion for Steve's mom's side of the family last week in Helen, GA. We had an absolute blast and Lauren could not get enough of her cousins, she is actually in cousin withdrawal I think. There were 8 cousins there I think and they had the best time playing with each other. We went tubing on the Chattahoochee 2 times, did putt putt golf,panned for gold,went to the water park and did some shopping. We cannot wait for 2 years for another one.

Pizza !!!

For six years now we have tried to get Lauren to try pizza, she always refused and said she knew she wouldn't like it. At church a few weeks ago they had pizza rolls as a snack and one of her friends told her it was really good so she tasted it and LOVED it.A few weeks went by with no mention of pizza or pizza rolls and then her class had an end of year party and served pizza for lunch, I sent a lunchable just in case she wouldn't eat it, well, her teacher said she refused the lunchable and ate 2 pieces of pizza instead. Not a major deal by any means but six years later she is finally trying new foods. Now, let's see how long it takes her to try vegetables ?

Kindergarten Graduation

Lauren has now graduated from Kindergarten, she starts First Grade on August 10th and she couldn't be more excited about it. She has already decided on a backpack and lunchbox for next school year, she likes Summer but she cannot wait to go back to school already.

Field Day

Lauren's school had field day a few days ago, they had it set up like the olympics and the kids had a great day with it all.

Swinging In The Rain

Tonight we had a quick rain shower here in South Georgia but Lauren was determined to go play in it even though she already had her pajamas on so she threw her raincoat over them and headed out to play in the rain, sometimes I think we could be a little more like kids, when the mood strikes and play in the rain with no reservations :) While she was swinging she noticed we had a rainbow behind our house and thought that was the best thing ever.

Georgia Music Hall of Fame

Lauren's school had a field trip yesterday to the Music Hall of Fame, it was a cool place that was all about the music that has come from Georgia. They had a lady come and do a demonstration on African instruments and she was wonderful, I have contacted her to see if she would come to our church kids program because she was so good . Everyone had a great time. (Sorry the pictures are dark, the room was really dark and these are with flash)

Handmade Mother's Day Gifts

Lauren presented me with her gifts that she made at school for Mother's Day this year, I thought they were creative and adorable and she was so proud of them too which made them even better :)

A Bad Blogger

The first step to recovery is admission of a problem right ? well, I said it. I am a bad blogger now. I opened a home daycare on April 4Th and I now have two 17 month olds during the day and 2 more babies coming, 1 in September a newborn, and 1 in November another newborn so by the end of the year I will have 4 babies in my house all day long and Lauren will be here when she's not in school also. I honestly think this daycare has helped me with my frustrations of another adoption, I am so busy that I forget to think about the waiting and the non answered emails from DFACS.We are STILL trying to figure out what to do since our profile book and last homestudy have now expired with the attorney in SC, We just don't know which way we should go and are aging out with some countries for getting a younger child. Lauren says she no longer wants a sister or brother because of the daycare kids which is funny to me because for years she wanted a baby in the house and now that they are here all day she is not interested because they are into EVERYTHING. I will try and do better but can't promise anything :)

Great News For Lauren

Lauren has been attending a Christian private school since January but because of the rate increases we thought she would have to leave in 2011-2012 but we got our financial aid packet and she got a scholarship so she gets to go back for 1st grade. Yippeee...She doesn't adapt well to change so we were concerned about moving her to a new school but thankfully it won't happen. She is excited to be going to Trinity again and we are happy that she loves it there so much.

First T Ball Game

We signed Lauren up to play in a local t ball league this year and Saturday was the first game. There are 10 teams in this league, Lauren plays on the LSU tigers. She had a great time out there and did a great job for a first timer.

Spring Break 2011 ( Picture Heavy)

We had a great Spring Break this year, we went to Atlanta with some church friends. We stayed at the same hotel we stayed in 2008 for our Atlanta reunion and it was such a nice place. We went to the Georgia aquarium and the Zoo and of course the outlet mall :)


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