Rodents

Guess what!?!? The boys want Guinea Pigs! Yep, you heard right... Guinea Pigs! We have a friend from church who had a pregnant pig, and offered two of the babes to us. We can pick them up in a month. There is so much to do to get ready for them... Oh man, what am I getting into? I'm not sure who wants them more.... Brian or the boys!!! I think we need to pack up and move to a farm... How do I let them talk me into these things??? God Love my guys (all of them)! They can talk me into anything.... Just don't tell them that, please. I think it's good to let the kids have pets... JUST NOT CATS!!! I'm allergic to them. My eyes itch just looking at pictures of them.

On a more fun note... Only 4 more days of school, then I'll have a 3rd grader, a 2nd grader, and a big Kindergartner. Time flies by. We will be homeschooling again next year! We'll let you know when or if we ever stop! We are all pretty excited about SUMMER BREAK!!!

Zach's First Holy Communion

Our oldest son made his First Holy Communion on Mother's Day! What a gift on Mother's Day! I was a little saddened by how it was handled. We didn't get to sit with him, and we didn't get a good picture of it. They were kind of herded up there. I got a great picture of him recieving The Blood of Christ, but not the Body. Anyway, Fr. Danny (kneeling) and Fr. Thul (standing) are Priests at our church. Fr. Danny is our Parish priest, and Fr. Thul is the priest for the hispanic community at our church. Our friends got an awesome picture of Zach recieving Jesus' Body. I cried when I saw the picture. Perfect!!! Thanks to Jen and John for the picture. We had lots of family in. Only a couple of family members couldn't make it due to working. A very stressful yet funfilled weekend!

Adoption News!!!

Ok... We are on our way now. We had a visit from the social worker for the adoption. Of course a couple of the bedrooms were a mess, because we decided that day to start moving them around to make room for a sister! We aren't close to getting her yet, we just wanted to get things moved around. Did we have to pick the day the social worker was coming? Probably not, but we apparently like chaos in our lives. She interviewed Brian and I together, then separate. She then interviewed each of the boys. They were pretty nervous to be interviewed by themselves, but they did a great job. We just told them to be honest, and respectful. What else could I tell them... I didn't know what kind of questions she was going to ask. They came at me with the big question... "Mom, what if we don't know the answers?" I told them what I thought she would ask... how old are you? do you want a sister? what's your favorite subject in school? (She did ask this one, and I just knew Owen was going to say... lunch and recess, but he didn't. He said Spelling and Science!) So I roll played with Zach while Owen and Jacob looked on.
Me (playing SW): How old are you?
Zach: ummm 8?
Me (playing me): Babe, are you 8?
Zach: yeah!
Me (playing me): Then tell me like you know you're 8! Ok, let's try this again...
Me (playing SW): How old are you?
Zach: I'M 8!!!
It went on like this for a while. I had to convince them that she wasn't going to ask questions like what is 234/32 you have 10 seconds.... go.... Anyway, they did great, and we are one step closer to a sister... A sister that Jacob informed the Social Worker he wants to name Bugsy after the guinea pig in Bedtime Stories... I can see it now... "Hi everyone... I'd like you to meet my sister, Bugsy... Bugsy Wentz!