Its been a fantastic weekend. There is so much to do in Cali, that every weekend we try to do something new. I'm the queen of being able to do fun things, and still save money. Last weekend we went to Universal Studios. I had a coupon for 15 dollars off each ticket, and if you buy a days pass, you get 2012 free! So we are now season pass holders to Universal for less than the price of a one day pass. Our local Costco sells movie passes for nearly 5 dollars off normal price. Killer deal since movies are me and the hubby's favorite date night activity. I also heard that the Queen Mary is now offering kids free passes. That may be on the docket for next weekend, Mondo is dying to go see it! In two weeks we are going to take a weekend trip down to San Diego. With Jax Make a Wish, we got a passport that gets us into some places for free. So we will go to Legoland and the San Diego zoo for absolutely nothing!
Friday we went to Disneyland. Of course that's not new for us, but always a treat. The best part of the day was not getting hassled at needing a wheelchair pass for seven people. Six is the max, and I'm always arguing over the fact that we have seven people in our immediate family! Trust me, I'd rather not need the wheelchair pass. I'd rather my son be able to run around play like his little sister.
Speaking of little sister, I let Arina out of her stroller to run around, and she attracted crowds of people. Its the funniest thing, she's like seeing a famous person. People were offering her popcorn, they were wanting her in their pictures, and just stopping to watch the adorable girl!
Tanner was shooting both guns. He wanted Jax to beat his big brothers!
More than likely we are going to commit to Ruth this week. After a nice weekend of thinking, its what we are supposed to do. This time it will be a little different. Ray will be traveling without me. We will be doing married adopting individually. Many people have done it, but it is something that can make the process harder. We need to make sure he takes lots of pictures of the family, and he wants to take some video of Arina, so they can see the amazing little person she has become. But you just never know what kind of judge you are going to get.Now its time to start thinking of some great fundraising ideas!
yay for Ruth!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats..This is so neat..Our son adopted from Africa we named Jaxson.We just committed to a 2yr old sweetie in Africa and her name is Ruth!
ReplyDeleteI hope you get Ruth, these little ones re so lucky.
ReplyDeleteYAY! YAY! YAY! Sending you an email about the watermark and rt click protection for you pics!
ReplyDeleteover on kelly's kornor blog she had a post friday with ideas for adoption fundraisers. she also had to watermark her pictures might be able to help you. congrats to the whole family!!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you committed to Ruth. She couldn't have a better family to adopt her! :-)
ReplyDeleteWOW! Ruth is going to be one blessed little girl! Hope you can get her home quickly! Cute pics of Miss Arina! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! So happy for your family! And the pictures of Arina are so cute! No wonder people wanted to have pictures with her.
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I have been a lurker for awhile. Just love the mom that your are. I grew up living with a special needs cousin that was given a life expectancy of 2 years old. He died 15 years ago on Christmas Eve at the age of 24. I have always said that he lived a wonderful life because my aunt was his eyes, ears and ultimate spokesperson. Most importantly she loved him unconditionally. Because of my auntie and Johnny I was given a very early impression of how to care for, truly care for, people of all shapes and sizes. As my aunt and uncle aged they had to hire people to help with the daily care of their son. Bathing, dressing, changing, feeding, lifting, etc. I was given the opportunity to be one of those people for countless summers beginning when I 12. They were the most gratifying times of my life. Such experiences led me to become a nurse. You might be asking why I am relaying this all to you. Well......you mention the commitment to Ruth coming up and thinking of fundraisers. I believe everyone has much to learn from walking in other people's shoes. What about a weekend walking in your life. You have such a following on your blog...auction off a weekend with your kids!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! Lucky Ruth! She's a cutie ! So does married adoption individually mean only Ray will be listed as the adoptive parent? If so, can you be added on later?
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome about Ruth! Good luck, we will be right there with you. I love seeing Arina strut her stuff in Disneyland. She is a celebrity in our world!
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