Did you know Brad speaks Germanese?

He said something at the dinner table in Spanish and Kassi asked him if that was Germanese.  I just love the things they say sometimes.  We are trying to get settled back in after our Florida trip, but I totally lack motivation to really clean and put everything away...thus I am posting a blog today and trying to make up lots of other things to do this past week like make scrabble tiles with all our names on it for the family room wall and do silhouette drawings of all the girls...(I saw some at Disney and thought I would try my hand at it).  I think the ones I did look a little like cavemen or the evolutionary drawings, so maybe I should have purchased them at Disney...any other ideas?...quick...I need some more creative thoughts...anyone care to assist me in my avoidance measures?!!!  OK, tonight I will clean...I have to.  I have now promised the blogosphere!

Usually I post on all the great things that are happening, but this week has been hard.  I think everyone is tired and cranky, but with that and all the transitions that have and will be happening soon as the girls will be moving in with us for good have come some difficult questions about the future and we have had to define some boundaries that have not been met with much satisfaction... I guess that is the best way to put it.  Some decisions cannot be understood overnight, so it is our prayer that over time Danelle and Savanah will understand why certain decisions were made for them and they will be able to, with God's help, forgive and overcome. 

We talked to them during our trip to Florida and asked them if they would allow us to give them middle names that would be meaningful...something Brad and I would chose as a gift for them and as our prayer for them and their future.  Both girls have agreed to let us do this and so we have chosen Nicole (meaning, victorious) for Savanah and Sophia (meaning, wisdom) for Danelle.

Please join us in praying for them in these ways.  When I try to step into their shoes I wonder how I would have dealt with their circumstances at their ages.  Thank you again for your prayers!  I am off to start cleaning...where do I begin!?