TGIF~

Wow..the first week home has been a busy one! Nothing like jumping back into real life while recovering from Siberian Jet Lag! I spent the better part of 2 days recovering from the nasty cough my sweet, most loving husband passed my way. Not fun at all! Once I regained human-ness, I kept busy at the school catching up on what I missed. I have awesome volunteers who kept things moving and organized while I was gone...You ladies rock! Bronco Tales would not work without all of you!!

It has been a fairly "normal" Walden week. We have just been playing catch up on things, and happily showing off Hope's pictures to anyone who passes. I miss her so much. We have watched her video a couple of times this week. It is nice to hear her giggle.

We had a scare earlier this week. My grandma had surgery last week, and had a complication a few days later. She had to be rushed in for another surgery, but thankfully, she is ok. She will be in the hospital until Monday...and is not happy about that! I don't blame her, but at least she is ok.

It looks like our documents are all in order. We need to re-do Vince's employment letter with a new 2009 date, and print out our 2008 taxes, but that is it. (so far) Looks like we could have a court date in about 5-6 weeks.....PRAY! I really hope it is quick. I would love it to be when the boys are still in school. It makes it easier for whoever is taking care of them to have them in school still. We will not be staying in Russia for the 10 day wait, so we also need childcare for trip 3! My mom said she will be here to take care of her boys while we are gone. Her employer is willing to let her work from home (my home) and be here with the boys. We are so thankful for that. That means, she will be here when Hope comes home!! I can't wait for her to meet her. I really can't wait for all of our family to meet her.

I might have purchased a few adorable dresses this week. I just might have. I found an adorable little on at Janie and Jack that I had to buy. It was on way marked down clearance and is so adorable! I think I am going to be in big trouble with all of the cute girl's clothes. I used to go nuts for the boys when they were little. They used to have the cutest clothes, always coordinated. Now, they just don't care what Mom buys or if it even matches! Girl clothes are going to be fun~~

Looks like we are going to have a quiet weekend. We may start painting the boys' rooms and Hope's room....then again, we may just enjoy doing NOTHING. We have to finish our Flat Stanley project....FUN!! The boys want to go see Monster's V/S Aliens, so that may be on the agenda. It is just going to be a normal kind of weekend in Walden World.

Now that I have officially rambled, I am going to stop. When there is nothing to report on Hope, I just end up talking about nothing...Mission Accomplished again~ :)

~~Kellie