Bret has had several surgeries this winter, but feeling very blessed to have a great doctor and great insurance!









After Bret was taken back to surgery Boone was hungry.  Since, Bret couldn't eat we made him wait. 









When kids get bored at the hospital things get a little weird. 

Remi shared her birthday with her biological sister.  

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Watch how God brought them together and then listen to these lyrics!  : - )

I tried to fit you in the walls inside my mind
I try to keep you safely in between the lines
I try to put you in the box that I've designed
I try to pull you down so we are eye to eye

When did I forget that you've always been the king of the world?
I try to take life back right out of the hands of the king of the world
How could I make you so small
When you're the one who holds it all
When did I forget that you've always been the king of the world

Just a whisper of your voice can tame the seas
So who am I to try to take the lead
Still I run ahead and think I'm strong enough
When you're the one who made me from the dust

When did I forget that you've always been the king of the world?

The night before the big inauguration the kids were finishing homework, getting baths and watching all the buzz leading up of the great day.  Yes, I voted for him.  

Well, I think Stafan must think Melania is BEAUTIFUL.  Not that he ever said it.  Stafan isn't the type.   




This wasn't the first time though that I noticed a serious, puzzled look on Stafan's face when he saw Donald and Melania together.  This time, he looked at them and then looked at me with that same puzzled look and asked,  "Does she really love him?"



After Stafan's question:  the conversation went like this:

Me:  "She is older than she looks.  She is like 36." (turns out she is 47)

Lyric:  "Seriously!  He is like 67!  He is an old man!" (he is 70) 

Me (finally coming clean):  "Well...she married him for his money."




Lyric completely shocked:  "Does Trump know that?!!!!"















Stunning!  She was full of class inside and out. 










OMGosh!  That is just what I was thinking (except for getting Melania's name wrong). 





And this from Harper's Bazaar:  Some say she “stunned” in the belted red dress, but have we ever seen Michelle look so matronly? Especially when it comes to live television events as huge as this? Perhaps your elementary school librarian comes to mind? Wonder what the game plan was with this dress choice?

Maybe it was kind of like the bride who chooses ugly bridesmaid dresses so as not to be shown up on her special day? Yeah, let’s go with that. Sure, sure, it’s winter in Washington. It’s cold. But can’t a belted red dress be a little less... flat? The silver lining? A gift. 

That's what I was thinking too.

Gosh, this kid is easy to love.  That's what my Aunt Marion used to say.  Some kids are easy to love.  Guess that means some aren't. 














I found this picture of Stafan the other day on the web.  He was in the orphanage.  I don't even know who put it on the web, but I was thrilled to find it!







And, after we got him.  Be still my heart. 

So Darby wanted me to cook with her today.  She pulled her birthday card thing.  Today was a good day for it.  There was no  school because of Martin Luther King Day.  Her big sister dropped her off at 9:00 am.  She had her Christmas cookbook in  hand and off to the grocery we went. 



So, if I make them do all the work it isn't going to be that bad at all. 










Darby says, "This is so exciting!  For everyone."

Me:  "Oh yeah!" 



When Stafan talks he kind of talks like Rocky--low, slow and dry.

Stafan:  "What is that? Is that real cheese?"

Me:  "Yes, it's real cheese, Shut up." 

It was Velveeta.  Ha... That is probably not real cheese.




















Darby:  "I can cook!!"






Me:  "Are they good Boone?"

Boone:  "Yeah, I guess-th." 











Shepard ate two.



Then came dinner.  Don't mind the old pizza pan.  It is the one thing Mike brought to our marriage 33 years ago (and he is as fond of it today, as the day we got married).  However, he did go from a sack boy to an attorney.  : - ))))  Anyway, I about killed the pizza pan last Thanksgiving.  I put  an over 30 pound turkey on it to defrost.  It bent it pretty good.  Then I about died laughing when I got out the turkey.  Shepard said he told his teacher we had a 60 pound turkey for Thanksgiving.   His teacher responded, "A 60 pound turkey?!!!"   Shepard told me, "well I thought it was."   LOL