Tonight went pretty good. We loaded up and hit a couple houses in the development then I decided to head on home and hand candy out. I enjoyed some time alone.

As we were rounding the troops up to bed I asked Paul where Marissa was; given he's Paul AND a man he didn't know. Well there sat Marissa in front of our bucket of candy (that we handed out) EATING it! I figure she had about 3 pieces in her mouth. We tried unsuccessfully to get the candy out (she bit me) so instead we rushed her up to bed...we have a bet if she sleeps all night!

Brittany was a Southern Belle

Andrew was a Karate Kid

Dominick was Batman

Marissa was a witch

She's in heaven!

Chocolate anyone???

Long time

Gosh it's been a LONG time since I've posted last! A lot has been happening but then not a lot! Dominick started Preschool and he LOVES it! He also goes to Sunday School, Swimming on Mondays and Wednesdays he has Church Choir! Busy 3 yr old. Below is Dominick's first day of school.

Look at that smile!

Today we took the kids to an apple orchard. The kids had fun, they ran around, played on the straw bails and went through the maze of bails! They also petted the animals and rode the John Deere tractors.

Schools in session!

Brittany and Andrew are back to school. They both were a little nervous going but when they got off the bus, they were excited to tell us about their day.

Dominick goes to his school to meet his teacher and see his class. He's excited, keeps asking if Marissa can go with him. He will start class on Tuesday. He will go Tuesday's and Thursdays for 2 hours.

I will post pictures later.

Wyoming Pic's

A little mad to be in the car so long
Telling mommy what road to take
Big Teeth
Dirt Biking Brittany, Andrew, Marissa, Dominik, Ye Yen and Sam
Yi Yen eating :-)

Jailed!
1800's Jail-

Marissa's Original Documents

We received Marissa's original adoption documents today! It's amazing to actually see the "stamps" that each adoption needs in order to go through the process. In the documents there are 2 pictures of Marissa we haven't seen, and 1 picture of Marissa's birth mother. Other than the pictures nothing is "new" to us, we've read or seen it already, it's just the originals.

We still have to complete the form for Dominick's original documents. We'll probably do that this week, but it will most likely take 3-6 months to get them.

Leaving for Wyoming

We are off to Paul's brother's home in Laramie, WY. We are driving...13 hours!! Paul's brother (Mark) and his wife welcomed a new addition to their family, Ye Yeng. She arrived to the US from China about a month ago and is doing wonderfully! We are extremely excited to meet Ye Yeng (sorry Kristen and Mark if I misspelled) and to see Sam again! Brittany and Andrew are excited, but already have been asking "how long will it take?". We haven't traveled this far with 4 kids as of yet, I'm hoping it will go good.

Things around home are good, busy. Brittany, Andrew and Dominick are getting ready for school, and I'm really surprised but they all are excited, but they aren't in Jr. High or High School yet.

DOMINICK'S 3RD BIRTHDAY

Dominick turned 3 on Friday!!! We had a relaxing Friday night; it was just Paul, myself and the kids, we had pizza-his favorite and he wanted a frog cake!! When it came time to cut the cake he said "No eat my frog". It took him a little bit to blow not spit out the candles!

Dominick & his Frog Cake

He LOVES his new backpack we got him for preschool!

Saturday we had a birthday party with a "cars" theme. He loved all the attention, presents and pinata. At first he backed off when the pinata broke, but he quickly realized that it was treats and toys inside and made his way! Dominick had a huge smile on his face all day. Everything was so new but it didn't take him long to learn the tricks.

Dominicks LOVES Cars Movie!