Snow is falling...

Santa Clause is coming to town...

Kids are here!

David and Jordan have joined us in our home FINALLY! They were dropped off on Thursday morning and fastly made themselves very comfortable. We are taking our trip today to see Santa Clause. All 3 boys are excited! They have seen the present wrapped under the tree and you can just tell they are ready to get the show on the road! (Christmas that is). I will be posting many, many pictures! We are so happy and blessed they are with us. It was 6 months in the making and we are just glad they are here!

Teacher! Teacher!

Shon and I both have a new calling! We are now going to be teaching Sunday School to 11 and 12 year olds (I believe is the age group we will have). We are really excited, especially since we will still be able to go to Priesthood or Relief Society. And we really haven't had a chance to work with older kids, so this will be something very new to us and something we will be able to learn from. We love our time in Primary, but knew we needed something new. So this will be great as we certainly do love teaching the kids in our ward. We have an awesome ward and we love everyone!

Foster Care Update and More...

Kinda of a boring post, but I am getting lots of emails, texts, IM's from friends and family asking what the status is.
We FINALLY has our home inspection after rescheduling about 3-4 times. Everything went very well. There was nothing in the home we had to adjust or fix, other than a screen that was coming off the corner in the kids room. But a little tap back in to place and it was done.
We have been contacted by the attorney general's office for court hearings. We haven't been subpoened yet, but it could be coming.
We were hoping to get the boys before Thanksgiving, but it doesn't seem as though that will happen. We are planning on Christmas for sure though.

Ashton has been doing a lot better in school. He got his report card and is doing very well and has improved. He will be playing basketball after the holidays.

We are planning on Thanksgiving with a lot of family. My parents and sister are flying in for the holiday this year.

We are really excited for Christmas this year! we have high hopes for the boys being here and making it a great holiday for them.

We have started watching our collection of Christmas movies already!

Look to some pictures from Thanksgiving to be posted here next week!

Cristinaa

Here a pig, there a pig, everywhere a PIG PIG!

So us girls in the office FINALLY got our H1N1 shots! We have seen SO many people who have had it, thought they had it or are just plain scared of getting it.

So as a healthcare worker (note I am not licensed, but I have been in the biz for over 10 years now, I kinda know what I am doing) here are some things you should or shouldn't worry about to all my friends and family.

YES! You should get the H1N1 vaccine if offered. This is free of charge as the government has issued the vaccine this year. You may still be billed for the administration (i.e. the nurse giving you the shot, which is legal).

"I am throwing up! I have the Swine!" Uh--wrong-o! Like the seasonal flu, the swine flu has different symptoms and vomitting isn't necessarily one of them.

How can you prevent getting the Swine? Well, if we lived in a perfect world and if people stayed home when they were sick the virus wouldn't spread. Or if people didn't cough on others and coughed in their arm rather than their hand and then shaking a person's hand. Typical prevention would resolve this. Now I am not saying walk around with a mask on your face, but certainly be aware of your surroundings. Shon went to the store the other night and just drenched the shopping cart with sanitizer. All he got was funny looks. But atleast he knows the cart was clean!

If you think you have the H1N1, call your doctor to discuss your symptoms. Symptoms of the H1N1 could be a different viral infection.

If I get the H1N1, what do you do? STAY HOME! Lots of rest and push tons of fluids..mostly water.

There ya go. It's out there.

Love y'all!

Cristina

Bambi isn't dead....

So today was the end of the deer hunt. It lasted one week. And no deer. Yay for me! But boo for Shon. Ironically, each year we have been married he hasn't been able to shoot a deer. Maybe my praying that he doesn't bring one home is work! Just kidding honey! Shon enjoyed his time with his family and he took Ashton out with him for his first time observing the hunt. Ashton had a blast. I know Shon was able to take some pics, so I will try to get those up soon.

Shon is 30!!!

So, as we all know, I still have camera issues. Shon turned 30 years old on the 14th of this month! We kinda had a day planned, then it rained and I wound up having to work later...so we played games at his sister's house and hung out. Ashton and I were compiling a list of 30 reasons why we loved him. I had to stop at number 5 cause it was just too darn cute. You will see why.

Me: "Ashton, let's make a list of things we love about daddy!"
Ash: "ok, I can start. He hunts!"
Me: "ok, I have one. He loves his family with all his heart"
Ash: "Yeah...oh! He loves broccoli"
Me: "Yes, he sure does huh? But what else can you think of"
Ash: "He can work on cars."
Me: "ok"
Ash: "I love him cause I am his son".

Can you really go on after that? I can't...

So we can't really come up with 30 reasons cause there are things words can't describe. We love you Shon! Happy Birthday!

Warming the bench today, tomorrow the NFL...

Ashton is in his 4th year of playing flag football. His team name is the Steelers. He LOVES it. He gets upset when isn't the quarterback all the time. So we always have to tell him that a football TEAM consists of more than just the quarterback. But he always corrects us and tells us that the quarterback makes the most money. And....well we can't argue with that one!

From our neck of the woods...

Hello there family and friends! Just thought we would give y'all a little update before the chaos runs mad in our home.
First and foremost...we have the best family and friends one could ever ask for right now!
Shon's aunt in Ogden, Utah (about 2 hour drive north of us) had a bunk bed that we really needed. Well Shon's truck is dependable, but not 2 hour drive dependable! So Shon's uncle drove through that and picked up the bunkbed for us and delivered it right to our front door! It was totally cool! So that was a total blessing because we were totally stressing about it. The original plan was to drive up there, but we had to go get new tires on our car and that took longer than necessary so he just went up and did it for us! We love our Uncle Mikey!
Then....we had found a crib that we thought would be ok for our little 2 year old, but we really aren't sure how long he would last in there...if at all. So one of my friends sold me her toddler bed for super cheap and it is practically brand new! I love my friends!
There are still some little odds and ends things we need. And we still need to get some safety things like our first aid kits and another smoke detector. Our biggest thing is car seats. I am still working on that one!
Our caseworker was thinking the end of this month, but Shon and I have been so busy with classes, work and Ashton's football that WE are actually behind on schedule and not the state...imagine that!
A lot of our friends and family have asked us numerously if there is anything they can do...so we have created a little wish list...by all means, we aren't asking for these things, but to put some peace out there on those who keep asking, here it is:

1. Booster seat(high back-David is kinda petite) and a 5 point harness carseat
2. twin, full and toddler mattress sheets for boys (obviously).
3. clothes, clothes and more clothes...boys are messy...they can never have enough clothes!
4. sippy cups
5. any toddler toys...Ashton's toddler toys were given away, so we have very little.
6. first aid kits (3 total)
7. fire estinguisher (we need a specific one required by the state).
8. Plug in safe's....the little plastic things you put in your socket for little kids.
9. A lifetime supple of spray and wash (I am kinda kidding, but not really!) lol

Anywho, the sooner we get things taken care of on our end the better, so we are just chuggin a long trying to get the little things done to get it ready. Thank you all for your calls, emails, thoughts and prayers. We love you all!