Dumb Quesstion 1

Okay so over the years we have been asked numerous questions some viable most dumb. I don't want to sound arrogant or something but really do people think before asking or even listen when they asked a previous question that totally answered the other question (HUH?)..
For example.... We have the 3 girls, you ask how cute,....where are they from? (good question) Elaina is from Cambodia....Phoebe is from Uzbekistan....and Ava is from Vietnam.

Ohhh how cute the lady says.... then it comes ,hold on here it comes....

"were they sisters before you adopted them?" HUH? did you not just hear me?

Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam not even a possibility.
Oh wait I know .... Yes their Mother was a traveling saleswoman.....

End of Summer

well here we are at the end of summer. 3 of the kids start back to school next week and then the other 2 a week later. We have tried to enjoy this summer to the best of our ability....;)

Aaron will be home over Labor Day weekend. we are very excited to be having him home even for a few days. He comes in Sat. and leaves Tuesday. All the kids are anxious to see him. (we are too)

CrAzY LoVe Challenge

Linny over at A Place Called Simplicity is doing Crazy Love Challenge #5 and The Countless Conklins is getting involved. Thank you Linny for this opportunity.

Well, here we again. Our family is in the process of adopting our 10th, a little girl from the Philippines, Joy. Our family affectionately calls this "Operation Joy" as it is proving to be the most challenging of the adoptions thus far. In order to keep the process moving, we are raffling a Queen Size quilt that I made and had quilted. The proceeds from this will help our family bring hom Joy!

Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. If you would like to buy tickets or donate please e-mail me at

mag7lamont@yahoo.com The drawing will take place on Monday August 23. We will notify the winner at that time.

Thank you for your help with Operation JOY!!!

It's that time of year again...

Well I have officially started canning season. Today my kitchen was HOT I did some salsa and dilly beans. Last week I did pickled beets (YUCK) But I love my husband so I do them for him.

Bethany is also running for fair queen so we have been trying to get her stuff around for that. i will post pictures when it starts.

Have a wonderful summer day!!!

Medicals

so this week I had my physical and last week I went in for the blood work. One of the things that we tested was my vision... well one eye tested 20/70 yikes and the other eye 20/50 better but when I read the eye chart with both eyes I tested 20/40.... how can that be? Again another medical mystery, but that would explain why when I wear glasses I get a headache. Who knew.
Also I had to get a TB test and she comes in with a needle and I ask where is the thing with like 4 prongs that you poke us with? The nurse looks at me and says"if that's what they used on your last test it has been way toooo long since you needed one" hmmm fancy that they were surprised by how long it had been (obviuosly they don't know me). Any how when she put the needle in my lower arm it did just what it was supposed to do (yeah me) but then when she pulled it out something happened and she sprayed the stuff in the syringe out and it squirted my face, huh!! yuck I was thourghly grossed out. She told me not to worry obviously I didn't have TB yeah well it was still gross!!! Now I'm off to have it read. And I am done with physicals for awhile.

Philippians 4 :13

"I can do all things through Christ who strenghthens me."

This would sum up how I feel about the dossier for a Philippine adoption. Now any one who knows us knows that we have adopted 3 times already. We are very familiar with paperwork. But the requirements for this country are quite particular, actually I'm being nice they are completely over the top. I wanted to quit. The other night when I went to bed I was very frustrated and thought" in the morning I'm going to talk to Dan about switching countries and agencies," I had had my fill. When I woke up the next morning this verse was right there ,my first thought, so I knew the lord was speaking to me to not give up. So we will keep plugging away and what a day of rejoicing there will be when I finally have this dossier done and ready to send in.

Summer

Well summer is chugging right along. This past week we have had the hottest weather...holy cow!!! I do not do well with heat. But like everything wait ...it will change. Today we are getting some much needed rain. So I will recap some of what is going on...

Elaina has been away at camp she also turned 10 years old at the begining of the month, this picture of her is 3 years old but I really like it . And we haven't downloaded any new pictures in awhile.

we have summer soccer 4 nights of the week

we have VBS this next week at night 6-8 pm for ages 2 and up so if you are in the area bring your kids

I have sold one of my quilts YEAH!!!

We have started selling raffle tickets on the queen size quilt so if you are intersted let me know

And drum roll please.... we mailed out another set of paperwork and will be getting the next set to start. This adoption is very different from either of the other 3. The agency we are using Children of all Nations does it very different. You only get the next step as you pay and send in the paperwork. Our other agency sent you all the paperwork requirements up front so you could be doing multiple things. So I am trying to stay patient with the new system. I am hoping to send out all the rest of the dossier by the end of August, but I need to see what exactly we need to do.