I lerv our kid.

He's great and nice and fits in perfectly strange. But all I gotta say is I'm totally not liking his old foster mom and some of her friends, they are making this whole situation a lot harder than it should be and will be pulling these boys through some tough shit for a few months. Let me tell you if I ever run into her face to face, I will have words for her.

She made it very apparent that they were income to her and her ranch-hands. It makes me very disappointed and angry plus making me want to hug and protect this kid. Grrrrr!!!! let me tell you!

Ok, aside from that... we are well, happy and doing just fine. We'll see you soon.

hooray!

So we met the kid yesterday. He's 16, tall, looks like a 16 year old boy, plays basketball, quarter back for the football team, "A" student, a drummer (with his own set), on the equestrian team does all sorts of pattern things, drossage(?spelling?), and herding contests and he owns two goats. He's sarcastic and funny and will fit right in. Just an all around good kid as far as I can tell.

So, we are kind of excited. He's staying with us tonight and will be moving in tomorrow after court, unless he decides not to do the court thing, which is totally up to him. But he asked us last night if he could move his stereo in and that is a good sign. Now we kind of have to schedule our going out, play time, and all that but he is a very independant kid and we were told needs very little supervision. So, possibly in a week or two we'll just try that out.

Ok, that's the update... we won't know about the other kid for a couple of weeks. We haven't met him or talked to his caseworker at all. But so far, so good!

okluyabuhbye!

No kids yet!

It is this crazy game... the system that is supposed to help them also allows them to get their hopes up in a losing battle. Inevitably the boys current foster care provider will lose her license and all this fighting the boys are doing to stay with her will all be for nothing. It's a cruel game. And while Dan and I are feeling a little bit like yo-yos being told they will be moving in tomorrow night and the next minute a couple of weeks and then the next call we get says monday and last heard it will now be wednesday. Ultimately, we have prepared to pour ourselves into them for the next few weeks until they realize they can trust us and get comfortable. We are willing to invest everything we can in them. It will all be worth it in the end. The best part is I finally learned their last names and called the high-school counselor with whom I'm friends with as she was my counselor also and she told me they couldn't have picked two better boys for us. They both are 'A' students, great in the sports they are involved with and just all around good kids. That was a relief to find out.

Aside from this soap opera we have had beautiful inches of snow and dog crisis. Our poor yellow lab Sadie has had an operation to push back in a hernia that had ripped through the muscles in her vagina and was hanging out the back of her like a softball... and I'm still trying to maintain my normal 8am-to 5pm work schedule. (yes that has suffered a bit, but my bosses are so wonderful!)

So, this next week is filled with more unsteadiness and craze but we made it through last week and I'm looking forward to this week. Hope all you all are well and happy although after reading some of your entries... I've a different hunch about that but you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Luvyabuhbye!