Family Time!

Here is Auntie Christine, Cephus and Ashley with Jack earlier today.

Hola, Maya

Two great surprises today...the first is we received a call from our agency that they had a disposable camera for us to pick up containing pics of Maya taken by her foster mom. I just returned from the 1-Hour Photo at Target and can hardly wait to share them with you. I think they were taken very recently. The second bit of good news came while I was at the agency. They'd just received a call from our attorney that Maya's new birth certificate and pertinent information have been submitted to the US Embassy to request our appointment date! I'm hoping we'll be traveling around July 23rd. Keep your good thoughts coming. We are so thankful that all is going well with the adoption and that Maya is healthy and happy. (Pardon the sideways picture, I didn't rotate and can't figure out how to delete!)

From the Archives

This family picture was taken in 2004 on one of the many visits of aunt BJ and uncle Norm. I came across it this morning and thought I would share. Uncle Norm passed away in December and we miss him dearly.

Happy Father's Day!

We started out with a plan to attend the pirate festival in Vallejo, but traffic heading toward the bay area was bad and so we made up a plan b and went to the new family park at the Nut Tree in Vacaville. We then had a yummy dinner at Mary's Pizza Shack in Dixon!

Graduation

All the preschoolers (25 from Mrs. Brown's morning class) and 25 from Ms. Renee's afternoon class, performed the "Three Piggy Opera" at graduation. They were adorable and did a terrific job! This year was extra special because it is the only year that Jack, Hal and Ryan will be in a class together. The 3 cousins had a really fun year together. Here are some pics from the event.

Last Day of Preschool

Two years of preschool in the book! Jack was so young when he started and now his definitely looks like a Kindergartner! Here is a pic of Jack with Ms. Renee - his awesome teacher for the past 2 years. Also a pic of Jack's favorite girls - Hailey, Charlee and Rachel.

I am a Guatemama!

We learned this afternoon that the Guatemala Attorney General's office has signed off on our adoption and so Maya is officially ours! 13 longs weeks of waiting in this final process. Very tough time emotionally, wondering if it would ever happen. We are so thankful and overjoyed. Of course, we'll be celebrating tonight at Chipotle for dinner and we'll have to follow-up with dinner at Ernesto's this weekend! The next step is for our attorney to get a new birth certificate listing us as parents and then we'll resquest an appointment with the US Embassy to obtain her travel visa. We hope to be in Guatemala, meeting Maya, in 4 to 6 weeks from now. I don't have any new pics of Maya to share, but I wanted to put one up anyway!

Fun with Friends

Last night, Jack played with his good friends, Tommy and Charlee and they had so much fun...and kept me busy! First, we took the car through the car wash...then it was on to McDonald's for McFlurry's...over to the park to play for about an hour and a half...a stop by Grammy and Papa's to say 'hello' and then home to our house to play with sidewalk chalk and ride scooters and big wheels. All that in 3 hours!