Parent Profiles

Yeah!! We are finally online at Parentprofiles.com!!! I can't even begin to say what a relief it is that our profile is finally on another website that hopefully will give us more exposure to birthparents. The hurdles that we have gone through with this adoption have been so different than Peyton and Connor's. We have been so frustrated with lost paperwork, lost mail, individuals unwilling to help us out, I could go on. However in talking with a friend of ours who has two adopted children from Ethiopia, I know that there is a reason for the delays, the frustrations, and the "doors" that seems to be closed to us. I am not sure the reason for the stumbling blocks we have faced thus far, and there will probably be more, but at least there was a door opened today. A big thank-you for everyone that has been encouraging us and keeping us in your prayers! Keep the prayers coming that a birthmom will find our family and that we can be guided to her as well. Thanks!!!

embarassing photos

so ya know when someone (er-your cute sister) does a really nice post on her blog to say happy birthday, and the intent was so sweet, and thoughtful, but she posted a picture of you and her with your mom and other sister trying to be nice and cute, but you look HIDEOUS and FAT in that picture. Yeah-that just happened to me. So in defence of bad angles in a picture I decided to post a more flattering picture of myself in the hopes that a few people that read her blog actually will read mine too and be like "Oh-Rochie's not as fat as that other picture made her look". Ok, I feel better now.


(this is Shaner and I at the Richard Marx concert, and it rocked!!! We had a blast!)

In other news here are some things I am loving and not loving so much

Loving:

1-Mama Mia soundtrack-love it!!! Shane is diggin' it too.
2-my new calling in Primary. Surprisingly- I love it!!!
3-The Pioneer Woman-blog, love the story "From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" a fun read!
4-Facebook-ok seriously this is fun and addicting!
5-Jason Mraz-Loving with Colby Calliat (see new additions to my play list below)

Not Loving:

1-Summer heat-alright, already, can we be back into the 80's please?
2-Watering flowers-it is the end of the summer and I have had it with watering flower pots. Whose bright idea was it to plant 16 flower pots this year?
3-Migraines-I got one yesterday and had to leave church right after the sacrament (not the meeting, but the actual sacrament) the whole flashing lights, followed by a pounding headache. It's been about 6 months since my last one and honestly I could wait at least that long again before my body decides to pull that again. Ouch.
4-changing clothes-Connor feels it is his duty to test my patience by putting on long pants and long sleeves when it's 100 degrees and then he proceeds to change about 3-4 times throughout the day. Stop changing clothes and will you please wear shorts and a t-shirt?

Happy 7th Peyton

Peyton turned 7 on Aug. 9th. We had a great time this year for his birthday. The night before his b-day was Friday and he had some friends over for a "late-night" party. They watched a movie in our backyard (Ben10: Race Against Time). We borrowed our neighbor's popcorn cart and had popcorn, movie candy and snowcones for the kids. You would have thought they were in heaven!!! For a small thank-you I got the boys Spiderman watches at the dollar store and they were a huge hit! This is probably the most low-key party we have ever done with the best results! We heard from a few parents that their boys came home saying "that party was awesome!". Score one for Mom!

This is the boys at the party....

I wanted to share 7 things about Peyton:

1-He is very sweet and caring. He still will give us the biggest and best hugs and isn't afraid to kiss us on the lips. He and I "touch noses" each night before bed. It's something that started when he was just little and he still loves it!

2-He is a rough and tumble boy. He loves to wrestle and fight. He loves to play with light sabers, guns, and swords.

3-He is a great reader! Honestly he really had no problems learning to read. It came very naturally to him and he is just really good at it.

4-He is a great artist! Peyton loves to draw on clean, white, never-been-written-on paper. He draws very intricately and is quite a perfectionist when it comes to art work.

5-He is developing a testimony of Jesus Christ. He is really understanding what is going on at church and knows right from wrong. He is a great friend and doesn't want to hurt others' feelings.

6-He loves Connor! Peyton is a great big brother and would probably rather play with Connor than anyone else. He is quick to include Connor in anything that we have going on, and is very sensitive towards his "big brother" role.

7-He is our Peytino, the great bambino, the monsterino, the one that we know, the cappachino and all those thingo's. We love him so much!!!

Happy Birthday Peyton!!!

tagged

My sister Jenni tagged me...

Ten years ago....
1. Living in West Des Moines, IA. working for Principal Financial Group
2. Trying to get pregnant!!!!
3. Missing my family and being very lonely
4. Driving the missionaries to Winterset, IA so they could save gas money
5. ending a hot, humid summer in Des Moines.


Tomorrow's to do list...
1. Finish sharing time for Sunday (my 1st...eek!)
2. clean the bathrooms
3. go to a couple of the Parade of Homes houses with Hollie
4. water my flower pots
5. probably another load of laundry


Places I have lived...
1. Sandy, UT
2. Ephraim, UT
3. SLC, UT
4. West Des Moines, IA
5. Midvale, UT
6. Riverton, UT


If I were a millionarie.....
1. I would pay off our house and student loans
2. Pay off all of our siblings mortgages
3. Put money in the bank
4. Take our whole family to Hawaii
5. Hopefully do a bunch of philanthropic stuff to help out other people
6. Travel... I would visit all my friends that live outside of Utah and I would go to all the fun places in the world that seem impossible to see because it's too expensive to get there.

Snacks I love
1. String Cheese
2. Jello Pudding Sugar Free Chocolate pudding...only 60 calories!!!
3. Pringles
4. almonds
5. Yoplait yougurt
6. frozen grapes


I tag: Shana, Kim G, Jacy, Holly, Kara, Sandee, and Elisa.....anyone that wants to.