It has been a while....

and with a few gentle reminders I am finally updating my blog. Thank you to those who care enough to tell me to get on the ball!

Obviously things have been busy around here. Last week was the week before opening weekend of "Seussical" so I had rehearsal every night until 11-11:30pm which those of you who know me, is much past my bed time:) Opening weekend went so well! I had a great time and the kids came to the Sunday matinee, all three. My mother and my in-laws were there as well to help Steve. From what I hear or didn't hear, the kids were wonderful. If you know Della you know that says a lot. They loved the show and we have gotten so much good feedback on it. Still two more weekends so come on out and see it. Even if you don't have kids it is quite entertaining!

Let's see, Marlee has been with us for 4 months now and she is 9 months old. She is crawling and pulling up all over the place. She is so lovely! She knows exactly who Mom and Dad are and at times prefers us. She is still very social and content but will scream to tell you she is mad! We could not have been more blessed with her. God definitely matched us perfectly. I will say when we started we were told if she was 5 months when we got her it would most likely take us 5 months for her and us to feel like we are fully connected. Whoever that was, you were right. For us, adoption has been a learning process and we have had many hurdles to overcome but it is the most amazing experience. Adoption is a journey and I know that the hurdles are just starting and will continue to happen but I feel like this experience has changed our lives in many ways. Thank you God!

Noah and Della are also doing great! Noah starts school two weeks from today! I think both of us are excited! N and D are starting to get along better but still have some rough moments. A couple of cute quotes from them this weekend. First Noah, after my show we planned to go out to dinner with everyone and Noah whispers to me "Mom are you wearing that to dinner?" My costume is great but not dinner attire! Red, feathers and fishnets probably wouldn't fly at Red Robin, or would it, HA! I thought it was cute that he was so concerned, he is definitely growing. Now Della! Since Della was little I have always told her, "I love you more than the sun and the moon and the stars." Last night I hear Della telling Marlee, "Marlee I love you more than the moon and the stars, I think!" Very cute!

I will leave you with a few pics after the show! I promise to post some Marlee video and pics soon, I just have to download them. The pics are of the kids and I and Della with the "Cat" and I and then my Mom and I.

Summer fun!

I know it has been a while and I don't have much time to write but I did want to post a few pics of the kids in their new pool. Yes we went to Walmart and bought a big blow-up pool and it has kept all the kids occupied for hours, even Marlee. I can not believe Marlee wants to be in it. I had her in today and then stepped in the water to feel it and it was frigid. It was the best $30 I have spent all summer. I don't do our pool we belong to without Steve. It is more like a water park and there are to many places kids can go and not enough gates. Anyway enjoy the pics. Things are getting quite busy, opening night is in a week and a half!

The Fourth of July!

It has been a great long weekend, not quite long enough but great! We enjoyed the 4th of July. I was in the local parade for "Seussical" we had a float. There are some pics of before we got wet, really wet. It rained quite hard but I had fun. Then in the afternoon we went to our local festival and I worked at a booth and Steve took Noah and Della around to have some fair food and games! Marlee stayed at Nana's house to nap. We didn't do that much at night. We were going to have my cousin and her tribe over but one of her little indians got sick so we ended up postponing. We did sparklers and watched all the neighbor's fireworks. I know cheap, but I couldn't see keeping Marlee up until midnight to go see the big ones. We will have plenty of time for that. All in all, no complaints about the weekend. I had rehearsal this afternoon and am looking forward to the show!

The above pics are of the parade float and Horton the Elephant and I. Steve also took some pic of Della and Noah doing one of the fair games. They had a blast. I am surprised Della did it.