July-Half over??

This month started out with our "Re-Adoption" court appointment on the first day of the month. It was really a very quick ceremony with Judge Donnell and our lawyer. He asked a few questions and signed some documents and that was it. Nati was more intrigued with the Big Horn Sheep on the judges office wall then anything else. When the judge asked if they understood what was happening, they both just said "NO". HA! It really is hard thing to understand. We still have a 6 month waiting period which will end in October and then we can apply for US Birth Certificates. We are hoping that will happen very fast because we need to apply for US Passports so we can travel to Mexico for Christmas for mom and dad's anniversary. We will keep our fingers crossed. Thank goodness for trip insurance!!
We then traveled to Yuma for the 4th of July weekend. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and went to Aunt Karla's house where we jumped on the tramp, ate a wonderful meal and met new friends and family. Uncle Bryan introduced us to a new family pet...the turtle. Thanks Uncle Bryan!!! The fireworks were in town later that night and Nati loved every minute of it. Kidus however...kept his head buried under the blanket and kept saying "too loud"!!!

The next morning Nati ran out to see if his turtle was still there and what?...there was another turtle in the box. Thanks Grandpa!!!! The boys each have one now! If you can tell there are a lot of turtles in farm country. They are now happy in the garage in Laramie Wyoming. Nati has really kept very good care of them. Kidus doesn't like them very much, he is still a little apprehensive about picking them up. Nati..not a care in the world! I am waiting for one of them to take a hold of his finger and not let go. He probably will not like them so much then!
We spent the 4th at Grandma and Grandpa's house and the boys enjoyed riding on all the tractors with grandpa. Grandpa let Nati steer the big tractor and they ended up in the ditch pretty quickly!! The big tire tracks were pretty telling! The neighbors will think Fred has really lost it!! We had wonderful food and company and fireworks after dark. It was really a great time. I think the best thing for me is seeing my family interact with the boys and how natural it really is. It seems like they have always been a part of our family and it warms my heart. Thank you family!!

We did leave on Saturday to head back to Laramie. After all we needed to get the turtle condo set up and get those turtles out of that box! HA!

Monday came around quickly and back to the same old routine. Clint off to work, Nati to school and I worked on Monday and Wednesday and Bailey watched Kidus while Nati was at school. My birthday was on the 8th and we had a great celebration. It was more for the boys then it was for me. I would like to forget about my birthdays!!! I received some beautiful pottery, a beautiful necklace from Sierra, a candle from the boys and a platter that reads" The Roots of a Family Tree Begins with the Love of Two Hearts"! A real tear jerker, it doesn't take much for me to shed a few tears these days! Thanks Clinty, I Love You!
On Wednesday evening we took the boys and Bailey to the "Mr. T Extreme Bull Riding here in Laramie. The event is part of Laramie's Jubilee Days Celebration for the 4th. The boys went crazy!! The cotton candy and snow cones helped top off the evening. I will include pictures!
Bailey helped me stain the garage this week. That was a huge project. Now I know why those people charge so much! We did get it done and it looks great. While we were staining one day the boys were no where around and I walked up the hill to see if I could see them and they were up to the corner with a rope and Nati said "we were hunting antelope". I thought I was going to die laughing. They were both so serious!! Yesterday, the boys were clear down the ridge from our house "hunting antelope". It is so funny! I really needed a close up to show you their outfits. Picture this....Nati with a "welding mask" from Clint's workshop, garden gloves, basketball shorts and of course, the spiderman shoes and a rope! Kidus had his spiderman sunglasses and shoes , garden gloves and basketball shorts. Hilarious! I took a picture of them in the middle of our 40 acres. They spent hours "hunting antelope".

All the other kids are doing great. Aaron is on his way home from Oregon where he attended the Olympic trials the last few weeks. Erica is busy with her job in Boulder and Bailey is busy being a fifteen year old here in Laramie. She will be going back to Yuma with Sierra after the 19th of this month. Sierra still is in Yuma with her dad and I miss her very much. I know she needs to spend some time there with her dad and other friends, but I do miss her so!! To think she will be a senior this year and in less then a year she will be getting ready to go off to school and planning her future. Where does the time go?
The boys have been home three months on the 1st of July and we have our three month post adoption home study this next week. The boys finally were moved up on the waiting list at the daycare "Basic Beginnings". They will be going just two days a week. This will get our foot in the door for preschool in the fall for Kidus and afterschool care for Nati.
We are busy but really do not know how else to BE? We love our life with our children, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM!!!!

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