We are rockin’ the Toyota Sienna. That's how we role. We were rocking the Ford Windstar but it decided to drop a transmission. It was a lemon. We just bought it and it fell apart on us. We do a lot of driving around here, in the first three or so months we put 7,000 miles on each of our vehicles. So we decided we needed to get a more quality vehicle. I never thought I would like a minivan but we have been enjoying this one.In other news…It’s a boy! No we did not have a baby. We did get our first male foster kid…well…our first male foster kid that can say more than blibble blabble da da da. It has been a nice change for me. He's a good kid. He was actually in another foster home here when we first arrived back in January. He was one of the first kids we met and he helped us unpack. He was able to leave foster care for awhile but now he is back. It's unfortunate that he had to return but I am glad to have him in our house.
In our last blog I was a little rough on our girls. Please understand it was mostly in jest. Yes, it’s a little hard to be surrounded by girl drama all the time but the girls that we have are really amazing. It is awesome to see who they have become considering what they have come from. They are fighters.
We actually have six kids in total now. We are normally only supposed to have five but due to an on campus situation we ended up with another girl. It’s a very full house and adds an interesting dynamic but we have been having a lot of fun with our kids. Since it is now the summer we have been trying to think of interesting things to do. I got my North Carolina fishing license and an Ugly Stick fishing rod so we have been going on a couple late night fishing trips. So far we have only caught a couple of small ones but it has been a lot of fun. A couple nights ago we were out on the lake until after 3:00 am fishing. It's very peaceful. And last weekend we went to sliding rock. Here is a picture of me sliding down the rock.
Okay that's not really me. It was actually really busy the day we went. We had to wait for 20 minutes for a 30 second ride. It's kind of lame waiting in line for nature. We'll have to go back on a weekday.
We are heading back to Portland at the end of July/early August. We have our tickets all set and everything. Now that all the details are coming together we are getting more and more anxious to head home. We are working on lists of things to do and people to see.
1 comment:
First of all, Toyota Sienna's rock. We've had ours for almost 4 years and still love it. It's a quality vehicle - smooth ride - lotsa power and room for everyone and a dog. Good choice! Sadly our American brand minivans have not been as impressive and we've owned several of them during our child-rearing years.
We'll step up the prayers for you both as you have such a full house and I'm sure more complex issues to deal with than before. Looking forward to seeing you both in a month or so! :-)
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