BUSY JULY

                                      We enjoyed  Independence day     !!

                                     Waiting for the parade to start.

                                     Also enjoyed  a  family cookout later that day.

                                              We had 2 birthdays in July !!

                                                     
                                                                 Rebekah turned 4

                                                           
                                                                 And Gabriel turned 12

                                  We took our annual trip to Funtown / Splashtown, USA

                                            Gabriel driving dad.

                                           Hrutuja and dad on bumper boats.

                                                Ava driving Rohana.

GOD IS GOOD

Not ready to go public yet, not all hurdles are jumped

But I can say GOD IS GOOD !!!

RIVER ROCK

Dad and I went to River Rock @ Sunday River (July 1 & 2)

                                          Schedule

                                          Selfie

                                          There is the stage.

Later in the after noon it rained off and on... uggg.
before the last band was to play we were told " we can do lots of things but
lightning is not one of them. We need to go inside for shelter...
So we missed Mercy Me because we went to our hotel before the storm came.
The next day we took a walk up the mountain and I was not feeling to well.

GONE

What a month..
 The week right after school ended the littles went to VBS.

 They had a great time !      Ocean Commotion..... Noah's Ark

And the week after that we had eye doctor and dentist appointments.
And during this very busy month we delt with PPRs for Rebekah and Gabriel.
Along with the once again NEW agency and their inability to NOT work with us.
We had to let the beautiful siblings file go....#*@?....ouch,....heart break !
I am at a loss for words.

JUNE ?

forgetting to blog lately........
I keep saying "I'll do it later "...

 Nathan's Desert squid (science project)


Pictures from the science center

 Kids in front of a blue screen

 

Rohana sailing a boat

                                                     
                                                      Nate and Gabriel

Gabriel playing in the submarine

Very windy at the beach

2 beautiful girls

The kids are growing and school is coming to a end.. yay !!
Summer fun here we come.

 It has been an over whelming day, Prayers will be welcome.
PRAY FOR US, GOD KNOWS OUR NEED.  thank you

CARDIAC EVENTS

On the 8th got a phone call that no one wants to get.
My father drove himself to the hospital (early am) because of chest
pains. They checked him out and were going to release him when
his heart just stopped, he fell to the floor. They got his heart beating
again and sent him to Maine Medical Center. Where 24 hours later
his heart stopped again. A very emotional and stressful time.
He is currently in Rehab.

Rebekah's IEP meeting with Child Developmental Services was full
of we are short staffed, I'm not sure about equipment from inventory
or purchasing it ??  She has a lot of  unmet needs.

Met with yet another home study agency because we need an agency to
write the 2 year Post Placement  Reports for Rebekah and Gabriel.

We were suppose to go away for a week,  ha,ha   Cancelled !
We did get our deck fixed and stained ! And the shed cleaned out.

Took the kids to The Children's Museum in NH.

And at the end of the month my mom had a stroke.

SHE HAS LISS

LOVE THIS GIRL  !!

                                             She is developing a personality and she
                                       lets you know when she does not like something.

                                        And she smiles so much when I talk to her.

                                           She loves to be outside and go bye-bye.

                 Little one usually get down to her level and hug, kiss or talk to her.
Our grand daughter calls her "KAKA" because she can't say bekah yet.
So when Rebekah coughs she says  " kaka ok, kaka, ok ?"

This blessing has really opened our eyes to what we thought we could not handle.
Had we known that she had Lissencephaly (honestly) we would of turned her
file down.
This roller coaster is slowing down. In a couple months she will have lived with us
 for the same amount of time that she lived in China. I am still amazed by her daily !!
I am always trying to be brave and pick her up with all the wires and tubes that end up
attached to her. Well the other night during her dinner feed she was fussing so I
picked her up and accidentally pulled her mic-key button out. Amazingly we stayed
calm and put a new one in ... :)
Because of her Lissencephaly she feeds by g-tube and it can get messy,
6 times a day,she has airway therapy at least 3 times a day, she has a nebulizer
at least 2 times a day,she takes seizure meds twice a day to which they say her
seizures will never be controlled. This leaves her very scheduled !!!!
Doctors, we see a Cardioligist, Neurologist, ENT, Pulmonary doctor, GI doctor,
Primary care doctor, Aerodigestive clinic, and a dentist.
All of which I was scared to death of  before bringing her into our family.

 " LIFE BEGINS WHEN YOU STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE"

Here I am God, ready to serve the least of theses again.