Life has changed once more at our house

As some of you may or may not know the girl's are living with us once more. The adoptive placement did not work out and the foster home they were in was not much better. Well I just could not stay away I had to keep pulling us back into what was going on. People would tell me its not your problem anymore so let it go. Well me being a control freak could just not do it. Plus I just love these girls so much it was breaking my heart to see them all so unhappy.

There is a family in Kentucky that had met the girls and they were planing on adopting them but they were having some trepidations due to the fact that Autumn did not want to go. LOL silly teen girl wanting to stay with your friends?! What's up with that?? Any way the foster home they were in the family really had no idea how to handel the girls and they were running the place it was a mad house and I'm not exaggerating. (not that I ever had...) anyway, there was no bedtime and the girls were staying up every night until 3 and 4 in the morning. It didn't help that the foster parents were on the strange side and did not sleep at night so they were up and thus led the girls to wanting to be up as well. (I wonder if they sparkled in the sun light?). Well the state wanted them out of there asap but they did not want to split them up. so they called and called and then I said ok. Just make certain that it is only temparary. They told me that all they were waiting on with that other family is to have their home studdy compleated and that it would be two months at the longest. so they moved back in with us.

The house is a mess. We have been remodeling the room above our garage and so everything that was in that room is now stacked in all of the bedrooms. I felt no prob two could sleep in our newly created guest room there is a wonderful full size bed in there and the other two could be in the other room. Poor Ben and Josh they would have to bunk up once more. Well the state said no way they all need their own beds. OK...what ever. Well then we put Autumn in the guest bedroom and had the other three sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor until we could buy some bunk beds. How hard could it be to find bunk beds? Well let me tell you its hard. Most places no longer sell them they told me that it was a liability problems. What?? Oh brother people today can't even sleep in a bunk-bed without getting hurt and suing someone.

Ok two weeks latter we realized that we would just buy three frames and mattress sets. Ta-da. everyone is now sleeping in their own little beds.

So now we are once more getting into the mode of having a house full and we were letting that family call the girls anytime they wanted and things were moving forward. Autumn was even getting on board when the unthinkably happened. Will and I began to have the feeling that the girls just needed to stay with us. And so we called and I told the Case worker that if things did not work out with that other family we would keep the girls and adopt them. She said what do you mean. do you want the girls or not. I said yes we want the girls but I don't want to interfere with that other family because they were wanting adopt the girls. The case worker informed me that the other family did not have the bond with the girls we did and if we wanted to adopt then to just say so. And so I said so.

That got some excitement going for about an hour when I was called back and told that we needed to follow protocol and that we would have to be put in with the other family and they would have to meet and decide who would be the best fit for the girls. So here we are we can't tell the girls what we want to do and its so frustrating especially when they say how much they were going to miss us and that they wished they could just stay with us. Autumn even said the other night that once she is 18 she is going to be unadopted and move back to Florida. It made me sad.

I don't know how long we will have to wait and i hope they let us keep the girls. If we do we are planing to come to Utah and have them sealed to us in the Salt Lake Temple; because that is where this family started an it just would not seam right for it to happen any place else.

Here are some pitchers I took recently of them at the splash park.

Life is full and believe it or not I feel so much better having them in our house even when they are being pesty!! LOL