So busy !

I realized 2 weeks have went by since my last blog !  Wow, it has been crazy around here.  Fawns have started to come and Russie is bottle feeding about 20 right now, with more coming every day.  There have been spring sports, end of school activities, lots of cakes to bake, parties, and Heather and Torey's wedding is this Friday !!!!  It is hard to believe the wedding is finally here, we are all so excited ! I have had to rely on daily lists and constantly looking at my kitchen calendar to be able to remember everything we need to do in a day.  I remember a day last month, when it was just Madie and I here one morning.  I was folding some clothes and Madie was playing, so I thought.  I walked out in the kitchen and she had taken down my dry erase calendar and was just wiping off the last day of writing !  She was so happy that she cleaned it off for me, that I couldn't get mad at her, but my goodness, I instantly became panicked because our whole month of events had been erased.  I get school papers coming from 6 different ways and just write the dates on the calendar and throw the papers away.  So there was a few things I forgot last month, but all the kids got strict instructions not to mess with Mom's calendar.

We have had several things to celebrate since I last blogged.  Last weekend we celebrated my little brother, Dema's, first birthday in America.  He turned 10.  This was the first birthday party he has ever had, so it was pretty special.  The rain held off and the kids were able to have a camp fire, and play outside.

The kids also had a spring musical at school.  The theme was "God bless America."  I think it was their best program yet.  All the kids sang their songs so good.  They had a slide show during one of the songs with veterans who were all family members of the school, it was really touching.  Vika surprised us when her class got up to sing.  She is usually shy and backward, but she got up there and sang and smiled the whole time.  We were so excited to see her having a good time and feeling confident enough to sing all her songs while she is still learning english.

We also had a mother daughter dinner with our church this week.  It was special for me to be able to take all my girls with me.  I think it was meaningful for the girls as well to be able to attend a mother daughter dinner as well.  They enjoyed being there and participating very much.  We had several gift baskets that you could have the chance to win, and they are so excited to try to win them.  One of the things we said everyone could do to win tickets for the baskets was, if they sang a song, they would win 10 tickets.  Right away Anslee, asked me if the song had to be sung in English.  She said she wanted to sing one in Russian if she was allowed to. So her and Vika got up and sang a song in Russian together. I wish I would have recorded it, but I didn't, it was beautiful and I was so surprised at how good they sounded together.  It was a great moment and once again, I sat there in awe that they would feel comfortable enough to do that.  They have come so far in just a few short months, we all have...

Please continue to pray for all the families that have came through this process, or who are still going through it. There are so many emotions along the way and so many things that you cannot be prepared for or predicted.  There are a lot of families that NEED your prayers right now to be able to get through this process.  Hope you have a great week.