1 more to go!

Chris just found out he passed his 3rd CPA exam. Only 1 more to go!

Parade

Here are some pictures from the parade we were in. Actually, these are all from right before the parade started, we didn't get any during the parade. Thanks to all of you who came and watched & supported us! Above is Katie holding onto her hat - the wind was pretty fierce a couple hours before the parade started. And then it died down a bit and started raining. It was raining for a while. While Chris and others were getting the float ready, Katie and I took shelter in the truck cab. Luckily the rain died down right before the parade started.

Our float was sponsored by FSA (Families Supporting Adoption); an organization sponsored by our church to give support to adopting families and to help us support each other. Our float was called "We Are Mooooved by Adoption". The focus of our float was to let birth moms and dads know how much we love and thank them for their love and sacrifice for us and to try and let the community know that adoption is a good thing and that families are created through adoption. We especially want to thank our birth mother, Whitney. We love and appreciate you! Your gift of love and sacrifice has blessed our lives immeasurably!

Katie got first pick of the train cart she would ride in and of course she picked the pink one.

Chris in his cowboy attire.

Katie having fun blowing a train whistle.

Tamara in her cowgirl attire, trying to stay dry and warm - it was cold!

Here we are right before the parade started.

A local newschannel filmed the parade but when we watched a re-run of the parade we noticed that they did not show our entire float. They showed the truck with the big signs on it but skipped right over the kiddie train and families walking behind it. So - to those of you we told to watch the news channel to see us - so sorry they skipped over us. We were there.

Before and After

We liked Heather's idea of posting before and after pics of Jon. Here are Chris' before and after pics. Chris started Turbo Jam in May of last year.
Beginning weight: 170
Current weight: 135.5
He actually weighed up to about 175 prior to starting his workout routine in the beginning of May 2008. Which is probably what he weighed when the before pic was taken in Sept 2007. Which means he has lost almost 40 lbs. Great job Honey!

What are you doing?

Having a huge storm right now. It is mostly a bit of rain now. But about half an hour ago it was real windy. Katie was at the window yelling at the sky: "What are you doing?" over and over again. So I told her it was a storm. Then she started yelling: "What are you doing storm?". So funny! (So cute, I had to put this on facebook too).

Our little reader

Operation Ant Destruction or Rescue?

If you ask Daddy and Mommy it's destruction. If you ask Katie it's rescue. We just want to get rid of the ants. Vacuuming them up or sweeping them up and throwing them in the garbage or sink. But Katie wants to put them back outside because "they're cute". This morning I found her with a bunch of ants that she had put in the back of her little toy truck. I was wondering where she was getting all the ants from because we had gotten rid of most of them from the kitchen. Come to find out they have invaded our family room too. Why you may ask? Unseen crumbs on the side of the couch and behind the couch. They were even going for crumbs under the couch. So I took the hand vacuum and vacuumed the ants and crumbs up and dumped most of them outside (for Katie's benefit) and some in the garbage or sink. Hopefully they will stay out of the family room since I vacuumed up all the crumbs. We're trying the cornmeal idea in the kitchen, hopefully we won't have to do it in the family room too.