Adoption: we are 1/2 way done with our wait according to the agency, so three people are ahead of us, she said we should be getting a referral early fall, thats soon!
We went up to the mountains yesterday to a natural hotsprings, it seemed really creepy driving four miles out on a dirt road with it nearly dusk, we hiked in to the springs, a man was sitting there soaking his feet and drinking Coors light, he was “awfully” friendly, I looked up and saw a memorial I asked him what happened, he looked at me rather funny and said he couldn’t say what happened with the small kids around, I inquired a little further using slight terms, it turns out he was mur -dered there very recently , it really took the joy out of the place, as did the resent land- slide through the springs, then 4 80’s punk rockers walked by they made it feel a little safer.
The water felt really good, then we completely got attacked by mosquitos it was baaaad, we ran and ran back to the car and threw everyone in so we could get dressed without getting eaten, the drive home was nice even though we all reeked like sewer/ sulfur, I had brought fresh apples, gudda, chocolate flax muffins, crackers and water=dinner, today I called my dad Steve, we talked about 30 minutes about: film, falling off of ladders, falling down stairs, bottled water, siding, u-tube, madoonna, “sundanse” film fest, It was good real good!

D started in on the interior painting.. ya!

Anna is at girls camp with the nuns… lucky!
Recently I have been talking to my older brother, he lives in Boston, he’s lonely and single, also my oldest brother in Denver is expecting sometime in March their little one is 7 months old.

I made my sister a blanket, Basil can whistle now, Hope says kitty, Sage, doggy, mommy, serene, Corban, she is getting more and more teeth, as well as non stop babble, she loves baby dolls, throwing things away, playing with Symeon, talking to Jude, dancing to music, sticking out her tongue, feeding me, petting the kittens, petting sage, being outside, eating blueberries, reading books, and getting into everything!!!!!
the two little boys are playing daddy non stop, they have three babies “Kaden, Hope, and Samuel” they tuck them into their cribs every-night as well as sliding them in their cribs all over the house, they were even breast-feeding them under their shirts… HA!!!

D got a really really really great portfolio job for someone realty really famous, I don’t want to say who yet, not until he is done!!!

I have been praying to the saints more and more, its pretty different, its really cute to see the kids pray to their saints, Basil said tonight as he was schoolin Jude on how to pray that you say ” Oh holy saint Jude well pleasing to God please love me” …heeeehee its ” “please pray for me “