Horses are a little overrated!

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Our cousins, Lindsay and Ashley, are in town visiting from Portland, OR. We decided to take them horseback riding. It sounded like such a good idea until we were an hour in. The horses were very much in charge and the kiddos were done. At one point, I thought that we were all going to end up in the lake or be stuck in a field while the horses ate. We eventually made in back and now we are sore. All-in-all we had fun and it was well worth it. We do have some great stories from this day. We will always remember this wonderful day of riding. Stay tuned for more updates while the girls are here.

House and kid update

So, we were suppose to close today and it didn't happen. We are having some AC issue that we just happen to find out about. It all seems rather fishy to us because we are pretty sure that the seller knew about it. Luckily, we stuck to our guns and had our own AC inspector out and he found all sorts of stuff that weren't right. I would go into what all is wrong, but I don't think that I could explain it all in a post...it is that much info. Needless to say we are now hoping to close on Tuesday and hoping that the sellers will work with us on lowering the price of the house. We should have some news by tomorrow.

On a better note... Dakota is CRAWLING! It's about time-ha! As a Mom of a second child I actually would rather him not move at all. But since he is I will be excited for him! The same day that he started crawling, I also noticed that his bottom right tooth was in. So, two milestones in one day. This boy sure is busy all of a sudden.

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We took the kids swimming today. Coco is getting more brave evertime we go out. Today she jumped off the diving board, several times. She also swam with her face in the water. She kept saying "Mom, teach me something!" It is so great that she wants to learn. I think that we are going to have to put her in competitive swim when she is a little older. The girl is pretty good. I will have to take the camera next time and post some video.

In other news...

Our new house:

So, we have just recently purchased a duplex with Troy's sis and bro-i-law(Brian and Sharon). It is all going rather fast so that is why not much has been mentioned about it. We close on July 24th. We are all really excited about this new adventure. Our side is the left side (Right side if you are looking at it from the street. It is about 3400 sq/ft total. So roughly 1700 each. I will try to post more pics soon. The inside needs a little modernizing, but other than that it is in pretty good condition. Now we just need to sell our house (pray we can do that soon)!

Adoption update: Troy and I had our info meeting today. We are both really excited about all of this now. We learned a lot more about the adoption "process" and it still hasn't scared us away! So we are looking at starting all of this first to middle of 2009. Please be praying for our decision and that God will lead us to the country and child that needs our family. Now we just have to get Collette to understand that we are not going to trade in Dakota and we will be set. (She thinks that if we get a new baby then baby Kota has to leave. It is so hard for a 3 year old to understand!) I love how her mind works and that she loves Dakota that much.

Adoption? For real?

So, Troy and I have some friends who have just recently adopted kids from other countries. Troy's old college roomate is also in the process of adopting a child. Well, we have been following their stories and have been touched by all of them. We started discussing how nice it would be to be able to raise a child that is in need of a loving family. Then it was like, why not? Why not look into adoption? We have been blessed with two wonderful healthy children. We would like to be blessed with more, but I really don't know if my body can take another pregnancy. Dakota was pretty hard on my body or maybe I'm just getting older, who knows. Anyway, we are going to an information meeting today to find out how we can start this wonderful, hard, long adoption process. So, be praying for our family and this decision that we feel that God has laid before us. We probably won't start the official adoption until beginning to middle of 2009. That way Dakota and the new baby will at least be a year to two years apart. I will keep this updated on where we are in the process and what conutry that we will decide to adopt from.
More pics to come soon!

Our Fourth

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We had such a wonderful Fourth of July. We got to spend the evening with my Dad's side of the family. It's been a while since we have all gotten together. We had so much fun setting off fireworks and playing games.

Thank you!

The kids recieved gift from my Aunt Carmeleta a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to say a big thanks for the toys! The kids love playing with the toys. Here is a video to show you how much they like them.

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Puppies and fireworks

As you can probably tell, we have adopted a puppy. We went to a Fourth of July party last night and came home with this cute puppy. Our friends breed these schnoodle puppies and sell them online at http://www.okiepupstoo.com/ Well, Collette got a hold of them and did not let them go the entire night. We were about to leave and she asked our friend for a box to take him home in. Somehow, Collette suckered us into bringing one home. On the way home we were trying to come up with a name that Collette would agree to. We tried Bear, Micah, Whitey, etc. She just kept saying that those were not dog names. Finally she says "How about Yoyo?" Troy and I weren't to keen at first, but now it is growing on us. I think that it is cute that she gave him his name. So far he is a really good puppy. He has had a few accidents, but his puddles are like drops of water because he is so small. Cleaning up hasn't been too bad. Enjoy the pics. If you are interested in getting a puppy, there is still one that needs a good home!

Troy and Collette went yesterday to pick out fireworks. Coco has had the best time lighting the sparklers and throwing the poppers on the ground. Tonight we are going to shot off the bigger fireworks at my Grandparents acrage in Mulhall. We are looking forward to letting the kids have fun on the fourth. I will upload pics of our big night as soon as I get a chance.