new playground

Summer groups have started. This week there is a group here from Columbus, Mississippi and they had bought a playground in the states and sent it down on a container. Well they had some delays with getting the container out and then they were held up a whole day because they lost the box of screws to assemble the playground.
Well after all of that being said today there is lots of laughter and excitement coming from outside as the kids play on their new playground. Thank you Columbus, Mississippi group!!!!!!!!

Visitation

Rosy and Sisi had quite a suprise waiting for them today. Rosy is off all week for student week, and Sisi I told her I needed her to stay home from school today. After getting all of the kids off to school. I took both of the girls aside and told them that there was a possibility that today their parents were coming to visit them. Something that they both have waited for the 5 years they have lived here.

Sisi has really struggled with not having a mother and father in her life. Rosy doesn't communicate much to us about her needing or wanting her parents in her life. Sisi has cried many days asking, "Why her mom didn't love her and why did she never come to visit her and Rosy." Every month when the other kids look foward to their parents coming to visit they always have their heads hung low and wondering why no one comes to see them.

This past year IHNFA (children's services) were going through all of the children's homes and making a list of all of the children who have no one to visit them. They are working on trying to put these kids up for adoption. Well Sisi and Rosy were some of those kids. They started getting paper work together and such and working to see if they could adopt them. Well part of the process is putting in the newspaper their pictures and a little blurp stating that if there is any family memeber wanting these kids to report to the judges office.

Well that is exactly what happened. Their aunt saw their pictures in the paper and called their dad to tell him he needed to go to the judges office. INHFA called me yesterday telling me that Sisi and Rosy's parents were there in the office and that they would be here tomorrow to see the girls. We usually don't make any exceptions for visitation. We have our set day for all of the parents to come every month. Although IHNFA told me that I needed to let them see the girls today.

So today was the big day! There were lots of smiles. Sisi told me tonight it feels like it was a dream. Their dad told them that he hopes to continue to visit them every month. Their mom is not too sure how often she will be able to make it to visitation. Although she hugged the girls tight and told them how much she loved them. I really hope that their parents stick to their word and come to visit them every month.

 

 

Happy family!!!!

Trip to town with the twins

Nicole and Terri usually do all of the appointments with the kids. They both have made many trips to town with the twins along with Nicole's little Emma. So they very well know what it is like to have to take care of three babies. Well this week it was my turn. We had an appt with the dr and psychologist at IHNFA (children's services). I decided to take Mirian (the house mom for the twins) with me.

The babies just don't do well with change. They are getting better but really get nervous and get tense when around new places and people. They did so so with the psychologist but they both did horrible with the dr. By the time we got in the car and were on our way back home I had a headache from all of the screaming and crying.

 

Olman and Korbin fell fast asleep on our way home. They were worn out. I couldn't get all three of them in the picture but little Jouse was fast asleep too on Mirian's lap too.

Katy

Our fearless Katy Lourdes!!! She is afraid of nothing. She is for sure our so called "tomboy." She is slowly growing. She is still so little for her size. She is in 4th grade. She is as sharp as can be but very hyper active and can't seem to sit still for very long. Right now we are being diligent with her about learning her times tables.