Last day of KEEN classes.

We had our las day of Keen co-op on Friday. It was a little sad but now we can do fun stuff and not have to carry tons of stuff with us ;) More field trips to come!!!

School Pictures

I took school pictures for our co-op and here are the boys.....

Diesel was invited to a birthday party....

Diesel got invited to a very cool birthday party!! Well everyone who was invited was asked to bring their pet :) We were a little nervous about having Diesel around all the other dogs because he is very dominant with other dogs. But he did fine and we even let him off his leash for a bit at the dog park. He did try to chase one very little dog we just put him back on his leash and he was fine. We all had a very good time and Diesel was wiped out the rest of the night....he didn't even ask for is walk!!


The birthday girl.

Michael taking Diesel through the obstacle course.

All the dogs at the party. There were 12 dogs of all sizes there.

Jacob and Jupiter. A friend of ours fosters dogs and Jacob really enjoys the puppies :)

Another great day at Salato

We had a field trip on the 16th to the Salato Center. They gave us a presentation about mammals and even brought out a skunk for us to see. We took a hike in search of a geocache that we didn't find. We had a good time hanging out with our friends and we all went to Sonic for ice cream.

Anthony, Riley and Brice

Jacob and Maya on the trail.

Climbing trees.

The skunk, so cute. We all had to control ourselves because we weren't allowed to touch it.

Learning about what animals eat and how you can tell by their teeth.

Dinosaurs in Danville......

We took a fieldtrip to a dinosaur exhibit in Danville. They are replicas made by a father and son team from Danville. I think all the boys enjoyed it but Jacob was in Heaven. Especially when he was the Therizinosaurus claw!!!

After the exhibit we went to a little green area with log cabins. The kids enjoyed playing together and being out in the sunshine.

Anthony with an Apatosaurus femur!!!

WOW.... rocks that glow in the dark!!!

Touching a real dinosaur bone!!!!

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Anthony and Mark, he is so good with little kids :)

Birthday for Jacob

Yesterday the beautiful tiny baby that we brought home from the hospital turned 11. I find myself getting teary eyed thinking about the adventure we have been on. I remember the feeling of complete awe when I saw him, how could we be so lucky to be given this gift. I couldn't believe they just let us walk out of the hospital with him. I remember the first night with him....he cried most of the night. David got up at 5 and let me go to sleep for a while. Turns out I just needed to be still with him and not try so hard. I remember the day I found out his birthmother died. I was broken hearted. My wish was that one day she would want to meet him and he could know where he came from. He was the reason I got out of bed every morning when I was going through chemo. I remember when I almost died from the chemo and had to be in the hospital for 9 days. I called home the last night to tell David they were letting me come home and he put Jacob on the phone. He was only 2 and didn't speak very clear but when I asked him if he wanted me to come home he said "aye" (his word for yes) and laughed. Then when we got home he was waiting at the storm door watching for us.

I remember so much more, the love and pride he gives us and the smart mouth that he is starting to get while he learns to be more self sufficient. He is growing up and in some ways growing away but in my heart he will always be my baby. And once I asked him if he would still want to snuggle with me when he was 14, he said "mommy I will still snuggle with you when I am 24!" So here is to many more years of snuggles, I am going to hold you to it Jacob.