Long time, No post

Since the last time I posted so many things have happened.  I went to California twice to visit my oldest brother and his adorable family. His wife had twins! They are so adorable! She had her hands full, so I offered to go down for eight days to help. It was so much fun to be there and catch up with my sister in law. The second time was just a couple days later when the whole family took a road trip down to San Diego to go to the twins baby blessings. I would personally like to send a shout out to Apple for providing constant entertainment for us while in the car for what seemed to be a million hours! 

While driving down our sweet van started to act up and began to do something crazy. I don't know what it was because I don't speak car, at all. We got into Las Vegas and we stopped at this car place and this sweet man helped us out. We all got booted out of the car and we sat in the hot Las Vegas sun for almost and hour while he checked out the car. Its funny because there is never a dull moment in our family! 

My second oldest brother and his wife had a new baby! She is beautiful and growing up so fast! Just days later they moved from Idaho to Kansas to start a new job, and they are loving it so much!!

My younger brother Michael participated in a CrossFit competition in Cedar City Utah this past month! He dominated it! He got first in overall for men and first in the obstacle course. I am so proud of him! He has found something that he loves and is becoming amazing at it! He was the youngest of all the men there. At 17, he was able to compete against 30 year olds and win! I am so proud of him! 

My other younger brother Paul went to Hawaii with his basketball team to play in the Maui Invitational! They had a team full of 14 and 15 year olds, and they won the tournament for their division! I am so proud of him and all of his hard work! Plus, he got to go to Maui with all of his best friends for a week and a half! I am sure he loved having the freedom there. I called him late one night and wanted to talk, after a few minutes he said "Stac what do you need? I am in the middle of a FIFA tournament with my coaches!" He loved it and can't wait to go back next year! 

Those are the really big things that have happened since the beginning of July.

Being part of a big family is so fun because we each have something new happening and we love keeping up with each other! We have a family thread on our phones, and you can bet that during any given weekend we are constantly messaging, because everyone loves to talk! 

I am my parents nanny, because my mom runs her own business and my dad has his full time job in Salt Lake City. I am home for all the big events that happen at our house. This past week school has started up again for us and the kids are all growing up so fast! I can not believe that it was almost 10 years ago that we started down the adoption road. I think back on it and I am flabbergasted at how much love we have in the family. I wish that I could just film my family all the time to show how much love is in our home. Don't get me wrong, just like every other normal family we have our moments where we can't stand something another person is doing, but for the most part, we all get along so well. I can't imagine my life any different. I would do it all over again if I could. 

Joseph is going to a completely different school than the other kids. He was given the chance to go to a charter school and we couldn't pass up that opportunity for him! He is loving it there! 

I love writing about my family and sharing just some of our many stories!

xoxo

Stacey