What we've been up to...

OK, I’m finally getting a chance to post a message, yay! We have been soo busy around here, to say that we’ve been going nonstop is an understatement.
So, what have we been up to? Well, we’ve been seeing a lot of Cackie’s Chinese sisters. We enjoy being with them so much, it’s been wonderful seeing them so often.
On Saturday the 14th we went to Sara Grace’s birthday party. The weather was still quite cool here and then it was raining, so it was a pretty yucky day. Sara Grace’s mom was definitely making lemonade out of lemons that day! On top of the cool rainy weather, the parking lot of the park where the party was being held was completely torn up for rebuilding. Essentially it was a huge muddy mess. Then there was also a horse show at the same park that day! The girls had a ton of fun, though and that’s the important thing.
Last Wednesday my sister came into town and Cackie had a blast with her Aunt Caryn. On Thursday night we all went out for pizza to meet Cackie’s Chinese sisters and welcome the newest sister home from China. We basically took over a corner of the restaurant while we all mingled, ate and the girls ran around. Before we knew it the clock struck 8 and we all had to get home. It’s so easy to loose track of time when we’re all together!
Friday night we took Caryn out for sushi and the best dessert ever, deep fried cheesecake with ice cream! We had a good time and Cackie discovered the soy sauce bottles on the table. She kept pouring it in her rice until it was rice in a puddle of sauce.
On Saturday we went to the zoo to celebrate Gleny’s birthday. It was a lot of fun and the weather was just awesome! The girls got to ride the carousel and see their favorite animals. I kept trying to leave so that I could get home to study for the GMAT, but it was such a good time that we didn’t leave until Cackie crashed in her stroller.
Sunday we spent a much needed day around the house working on projects and I was studying.
This week we have been trying real hard to get out of the house before 8 in the morning. I’m feeling some pressure at work with our year end fast approaching, so getting in a little early helps. Three days down and each day we were out of the house by 7:45! We had been getting out around 8:15, so this is a major improvement.
Let’s see, what else has been going on? Well, a couple of weeks ago we bought a travel trailer for camping! We’ve had a pop-up camper for about 3 years now and we love using it, but we have been quite cramped and with another child on the way we knew that eventually we would need a travel trailer. The GSA is auctioning off used trailers from different disaster recovery efforts (Hurricane Katrina, Rita, etc.) and a friend had already bought one with good success, so we decided to go for it. It looks like a nice trailer, even has a slide out (it may be broken, but Michael is confident he can fix it). We figure it will need some work, but we’re hopeful that we got a good deal. Michael goes to pick it up tomorrow and we can’t wait to get it home and check it all out.
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time lately saying my prayers for different things... one friend was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks, another is a single adopting from China who sent her dossier to China, but does not yet have her LID. She needs to be LID before May 1, which I’m sure she is but not knowing is very hard. Then last week the stepson started causing problems again. Same story different day with him… no job, you can tell he’s lying simply because his lips are moving… yada yada yada… I pray that Michael can make it through, it’s always so tough on him and I worry about his blood pressure, etc.
I guess that’s just about everything exciting that we’ve been up to. Saturday we have a birthday party for Hallie and I need to get some major studying done this weekend. Only 2 ½ weeks until I take the GMAT (I also pray that I PASS!).
Will try to write more later!