One Year Anniversary

This year has FLOWN!!! Without a doubt... this has been the most amazing year of our lives! I had NO IDEA how great life could be with your best friend by your side. Since Tim had a 3-day weekend available... we decided to celebrate our "Almost One Year Anniversary!"

On Friday, May 28th, My little bubba graduated high school!! I can't believe it! Words cannot describe how proud I am of him.

On Saturday morning we woke up and headed to Fredericksburg! We walked around a shopped the stores and stopped for lunch at The Auslander Beirgarten and Restaurant. It was a German experience... but we don't think we'll ever eat it again!








After Fredericksburg, we headed out to San Antonio! We stayed at the Historic Menger Hotel. When we were checking in they told us that there was a slight problem with our room. We had reserved a king size bed and they said that all they had was "a bed slightly smaller than a queen." I said, "you mean a full?" Hahaha... slightly smaller than a queen would be a full, you fool! :) No pun intended! I through a small fit... and we ended up in the $700/night General William T. Sherman Suite... and no extra charge to us! :)



We ate dinner at the Tower of Americas and really enjoyed our really expensive dinner! It was beautiful up there... eating steak and lobster 800 feet above ground! The restaurant section of the tower rotates one full turn every hour, so we got to see the entire city of San Antonio during our meal!







The next day we slept late, enjoyed a traditional Mexican breakfast on the Riverwalk, did the Riverwalk boat tour, shopped the Rivercenter Mall, visited the Alamo, and then at dinner at Hard Rock Cafe.... on the Riverwalk, of course! :)









We headed home the next day and enjoyed every second of our ride home together! :) Happy Anniversary, Timothy!!! You are my life and my love!!!!

Adoption

Well... we have officially started the adoption process! Whoop! Thursday night, we met with our social worker and got the ball rolling! We are adopting from the state/Child Protective Services. The meeting went really great! I was shaking like a leaf the whole time... Tim just held my hand and kept me calm. However... the second we left the CPS building... we both lost it... I mean LOST IT! :) In a good way, of course!

We will be certified Foster Parents by September. We have a LOT of work ahead of us. There are sooooooooo many things that we have to do, but we are ready and willing to do them. Among those things are fire inspections, physical exams, Tuberculosis tests, parenting tests, CPR certifications, First Aide certifications, etc. We also have to take 25 hours of PRIDE training courses. I can't remember what PRIDE stands for... but we will learn about the children that come through CPS and how to help these precious children who have fallen victim to emotional, sexual, mental, physical abuse and neglect.

There is a 2-year marriage requirement for adoption... and we've only been married 1 year. There is another law that says that any family who is adopting from the state has to wait 6 months from the day of placement to be able to adopt. Basically, after we get a child or children, we have to wait 6 months before we can legally adopt them (If parental rights have already been terminated). What this means for us:

*We will be certified Foster Parents by September.
*Hopefully we will be able to foster children who we would consider adopting. Our social worker said that it could be October or November before we get a placement.
*By the time June 13th, 2011 rolls around... we will have been married for 2 years and we will have had them in our home for 6 months and we will be able to adopt him/her/them! :)

At first, the "2 year marriage" was devastating and we cried!! But... it's not as bad as we thought!

So..... stay tuned!!

Fluvanna

Okay... I promise that I will get better at this blogging thing now that summer is here!! My last post was about Tim being laid-off. After six weeks of being laid-off and job hunting, Tim got a call from his former boss' in Sweetwater. They got a new contract and wanted him to come work... in Fluvanna. If you don't know where that is... it's 2 1/2 hours from Tuscola! So... my poor honey woke up at 3:50 every morning to make it to work every day... 6 days a week. It is usually 9 or 10 before he gets home every night. This has been going on for nearly 3 months.

Lesson we learned: Be careful what you pray for!!!! We prayed for employement... and boy howdy did we get it!!!! The overtime money was great... but absolutely torture for us... the couple that is joined at the hip and heart!!

This past Friday, Tim was told that he doesn't have to go to Fluvanna anymore!! He will not be doing 4 10-hour shifts... which means he will have 3-day weekends! I am teaching summer school and I also have 3-day weekends! Talk about a blessing! God is good!