Even Cowboys Take Their Boots Off For Bed...Don't They?

Nati and Kidus are totally into the whole cowboy thing!! It has been hilarious and after wearing their boots for several days they finally decided that they really are NOT that comfortable.

It has been a good month. School starts next week on the 25th and I really feel like summer is over. The girls have been home for a couple of weeks and seem to be settling back in and busy with friends and shopping for school.
The Yuma County Fair was such a blast and my camera battery was out of juice and I forgot to bring my charger. So this is the best picture that my sister happen to snap of Nati eating watermelon. So funny....

I entered it in the "Adoptive Families Photo Contest" along with one of Kidus that I had taken earlier this summer. These little boys are so precious!!

The girls are ready for school and have their class schedules all figured out. Sierra took Bailey for a tour of the school and showed her where all her classes are. I think they are both excited to be together at the high school this year.

We still have a bit of a dilemma with Nati and where he will end up this year. He did not get accepted at Indian Paintbrush this year. We had to fill out an application for "Boundary Exception" this year because we live in the country and Harmony Elementary is actually our school. We did not get accepted so now we are trying to figure out at the last hour which school has room in the 2nd grade and would be able to offer Nati all the resources he needs for reading and language development. He may end up changing schools several times before we get him where we want him. We will see...

The Olympics have been amazing to watch. We have enjoyed them and the boys have really gotten into it. The have been gymnasts, swimmers, boxers, divers and sprinters!! We have our nightly show along with "watch me mommy" or "watch this daddy" as they try the different sport highlighted that night. Hilarious!

Here is a video of the boys at the river in complete cowboy attire!!

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ENJOYING OUR SUMMER!!!!

Help! As we see our summer sarting to go by very fast! Remember here in Laramie our summer is not very long. I think the boys are actually ready for the "white stuff". SNOW is truly a four letter word at our house. It will come soon enough. Since my last post we have had our 3 month post adoption visit with our social worker. I think she is going to let us keep them!! Just kidding! Things are going really well with the boys and we are working on all those little discipline problems and things are getting better. Nati is becoming a very affectionate little guy and he is so funny!! What would we do without these little boys in our life? Congratulations to you Karen and Bill, they will be traveling to Ethiopia at the end of the month to bring home their two new sons! We are so excited for you! It brings back such great memories of Ethiopia and our travel. Best of luck to you!
We had a great time at Water World in Denver with Aunt Karla and most of the cousins and Bailey and Sierra. See photos..Luckily there were NO photos of the Wave Pool when we were in it with the boys. This is an inside joke for Karla and I..still laughing sister!! How is your knee?
We all attended Cheyenne Fronteir Days and went to see a great concert. Clint, Bailey, Sierra, Nati, Kidus, friend Krista and myself all went to see Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift. It was a fun concert and the girls enjoyed every minute of it. The boys were a little bored at times but really were very good! Nati and Kidus each got a cowboy hat and have hardly taken them off since. Thanks daddy! See photos..
The boys started swim lessons the next week and had such a good time. They finish today with 2 weeks of instruction and I think they are doing very well considering they had never been in a pool before. See photos...
I also have to share my picture of the young bull moose that I was able to capture a few quick pictures of through the telescope. They are not very clear but you can tell that it is a moose!! We don't get to see much wildlife other then antelope at the river, just a half mile from the house.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Grandma Caley!! Virginia had her 79th birthday on the 23rd of July. We love you mom and grandma!! See photos...thanks David for sending them to us!!

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Happy July 2008!
Here comes August!!!

Honestly I tried to download a Rascal Flatts song to use on the video and I could not get it to work. Maybe next time!