Let's Play Catch Up!

Yes, I now need to play catch up on blogging! Since our internet is STILL down, we don't often get a chance to be at a place that has decent wi-fi. But today we made sure we got to Kara's so that we could skype with mom and dad and get the 401 on everything. Basically, court went wonderfully, they weren't able to break Kole out (or apply for his visa) because of all the time the paperwork took up. So tomorrow morning (around 2am time) Kole will be out of that orphanage for good! And we will than know when they are going to be coming home, and if dad needs to come back earlier. But the most exciting thing of all, is that I now legally have five brothers!!!!! Yes, I said FIVE. Kole is an orphan NO more and now has an official name, with "House" at the end of it! Introducing...............................................................................

 Kole Luka House

Since Jude, Zane, and I all have middle names after a family member, Luka is a mixture of our two uncles Adam and Luke. Kole's birth-given name is Mykola (pronounced mi-cola) so that is what we are keeping as his first name on his birth certificate. But we will call him Kole.


Now an update on us here in the US!

Sunday- We got all the boys ready and out (on time!) to slum church. Afterwords, Jude and Zane both went to the Buchanan's and I went with my friends Emilee and Kaylee to their house. That night, we all met back up at The Coffee Barn for The Barn worship service. It was great, very powerful worship and testimony. We hung out there till around 8:30 then headed home and climbed in bed.

Monday- Our wonderful babysitter, miss Cindy Boyer, comes from a large family (including her eight bio kids and her little one they are in the process of bringing home from EE!). So since her son and daughter in-law are in town, they all met up at our house for dinner. There were 18 people, total, in our house that night. I just love big families! Reminded a lot of the family get-togethers we have! That night, around nine o'clock when everyone started heading out, a couple of the guys were wrestling in the living room. It was quite interesting to watch. Of course Jude and Zane had to try afterwords. We ended up all sitting on the couches, watching Jude and Zane wrestle each other while they were given pointers and new tricks to try out....oh joy.

Tuesday- We went to The Coffee Barn around 10:30am for breakfast. It was any boys' heaven. They each got a ginormous cinnamon roll and played MineCraft. What could be better for a 5 and 7 year old right? Miss Lisa and her daughters, Kaylee and Emilee met us there around 12 and we talked and hung out for about an hour. Kaylee and Emilee both came home with us afterwords. On the way home, we stopped by miss Cindy's daughter, Jennifer's house. We were there for about half an hour or so before we headed home. We were all crazy hungry, as it was about 3:30 and we still hadn't had lunch. So as soon as we got home we rushed to the kitchen. I had promised Kaylee and Emilee pressed turkey and cheese sandwiches but after we got everything out and ready, we found the provolone cheese was molded. Why? I have no idea, since the expiration date was set for December this year. But we were all looking forward to those sandwiches. So I found a brand new block of sharp cheddar cheese and sliced those up. They turned out amazing, and I think we all wanted more ;) Later that night, miss Cindy took Gabe and Levi to therapy.

Wednesday- Well I already explained most of our morning. So basically, we left for Kara's around 12:30, stopped at Dollar General so I could run in and pick up something for miss Cindy, then got to Kara's and skyped with mom and dad. And now, we are just getting ready to go to church.


We love you mom and dad! And Kole Luka! See you all SOON! <3