Sunday, May 11, 2008

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

First, I have to say that it has been a wonderful Mother's Day. We went to church, went out to eat and just hung out at the house(which I almost never do). OK, I did do work on the computer while watching TV with the kids but it was still a relaxing day.

Brian, Guess what was the first song we sang in church today? You guessed it, Rock of Ages! God's timing is just so good.

Things are moving along quite well and much of the copying of papers and writing down phone numbers is done. DD and I completed about half the photo albums for the kids tonight, they look so good. We are actually making 4 incase the ones we leave get lost.

A little over 4 days to go and I have done some packing, which mainly consists of tossing things into the suitcases - but hey, at least they are in the right place.

Plan for the week(If the Lord wills - James 4:15):
Monday: Complete the things on the TO DO list,  show Mom the ropes when she comes over, bake brownies for the kids birthday at school, pick up a few things at the store, get car serviced for Mom before we leave, go to DS 1st baseball game.(Is that too much?)

Tuesday: Finish what did not get done on Monday, go to the store and purchase the rest of the things we need, do laundry, start packing, have lunch with kids at school,celebrate because the visas arrived.

Wednesday: pick up medical papers, get notarized, verified and appostilled, send copies to CHI, pay bills, pack some more.

Thursday: Finish packing, sign up DS for football in the fall(so soon?) have a great dinner and evening with the kids.

Friday: Leave to meet our precious gifts( in 3 days)

Again, thanks for all the comments and keep us in your prayers!

1 comment:

Lynn Swonger said...

Russ & Monica- Pam sent me your blog site so now I am able to keep up on all that's going on...what a blessing...I am tearing up just reading it. I want to encourage you in what you are doing and praise God for people like you who know what a blessing children are and who desire to follow the Lord no matter what. I am so excited for you all and can't wait to meet the newest Canestraros!! Will be praying for you during this first trip! Love, Lynn