Yeah, I came back home. For those of you into details, I’ll satisfy your curiosity. Mud wrap= Oven roasted Thanksgiving turkey in a bag. At least that’s the thought that came to mind after my body was slathered with a paint brush in minty smelling, luscious looking (yes, I peeked) mud the color of milk [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 27, 2009
Spa Day
Tomorrow is a day I have been looking forward to for a long time. My dear friend who lives in Michigan is flying out here with her husband for a few days while he attends a conference for work. She is treating me to 3 1/2 hours at a day spa. Oh yeah!
I’ve had massages. [...]
January 17, 2009
In the hospital
Our newest little guy is in the hospital and has been there since yesterday due to a serious respiratory illness. They were removed from their home due to medical neglect. He is a sweetheart and a trooper, however, giving smiles and coos whenever he isn’t being poked, prodded or woken up from finally being [...]
January 15, 2009
Our First Placement
We got a call for an emergency placement tonight of two very young siblings: a baby and a toddler. Child Protective Services called 5 hours ago and should be here within the hour. I know the kids will be frightened, so any and all prayers and positive thoughts sent this way that the kids [...]
January 4, 2009
Missing my missionary
We really love the missionaries we have serving here in Arizona, but sometimes being around them makes me miss my son who is serving a mission in Texas. I wiped continuous tears during a baptism on Saturday just thinking of my son doing the same work.
I write him every week and we share our [...]
January 2, 2009
Foster License Approved
Well, after 9 long months, I am happy to announce that our state finally approved our foster license effective today. Our licensing worker submitted it two weeks ago and we received notice on Christmas eve that they wanted more information that they deemed our homestudy was lacking.
Our worker was out of town from [...]
