hijacking a porter potty

Monday we took the children to the Zoo.
This visit the stroller was more for carting our supplies than children.
We did it all this visit. I especially enjoyed the reptile house.
So did Regan. Kid was fascinated.
The children oohed and ahhed at the condors. Those guys are massive.
Picnic lunch. Before ridding the zoo “train.”
On the train I had this nice couple take a few pictures of our first zoo train ride.
My camera scared them. 🙂
But it’s o.k. Any picture is better than no picture. Right?
Off to Sting Ray Bay.
Kaylee is doing amazing these last few weeks overcoming her fear of all living things.
She willingly and happily stuck her hand in the water to pet the sting rays. One even splashed us. Scared me, but Kaylee just laughed.
Regan got a bit wet in some unfortunate places at the bay. Ended up looking like some MAJOR pit sweat was happening.
To the carrousel. As you can see Regan was not pleased AT ALL to be on the carrousel. 
It was such a super SHORT ride. The kids were all bummed out about how fast it went.
 
This is how Regan made it through the ride. He was the only one happy to get off the thing.
“Hey Cassie look at me for a picture.”
HAHAHA! She did have fun. Promise.
Then we hit up one of the splash pads to cool off.
They all had snacks for the drive home. They all had fun, and were worn out. And they needed to pee half way home. Poor Cassie was in tears. And when one says they need to go all suddenly realize that they need to goo too. In our desperation to find her (Cassie) a toilet we stumbled upon a porter potty. Shannon asked if we should use it. I said I would and that desperate times called for desperate measures.
Behold the hijacked potty. Where Cassie refused to go (held it until she got home), but Kaylee, and Nathan happily went. When I got back to the car after taking Kaylee, Rebekah was telling me ALL about the construction workers that drove by, and asking if we were going to get into trouble.  I told her they wouldn’t get mad a tiny children with overfull bladders. 

Good times people. Good times. And thank Heaven for hand sanitizer!

Kayleeisms about adoption. Plus an update.

So this last Wednesday morning the children and I were sitting at the table eating breakfast. Regan had just blessed our food and we were just chatting about nonsensical things. You know, what if the sky was purple? Things like that.

Then Kaylee started talking about her favorite episode of any show of all time EVER! Arthur’s Big Brother Binky. And then she announced that she needed to pray. So Regan and I folded our arms. I had NOT a clue where my girl was headed. I was not expecting what came out of her mouth. I was trying not to cry and laugh at the same time. When she finished I gave her a hug and a kiss then grabbed a note pad and paper to jot it all down.

“Dear Heavenly Father,
Just do it please. Bring my sisters and brothers so we can adopt them and be a happy family. We can go to the temple and we will take pictures with all my brothers and sisters and be a family. Jesus can do it all.  Make our family.  Name Jesus Christ, amen.” – Kaylee Isabella, age 4.

She prays for our missing family members lots. She has even with the generosity of Uncle Josh started filling a sister’s piggy bank and a brother’s piggy bank. She says they will need spending money when they come home.
 

And because every post needs a picture. Kaylee found herself some stickers. Jon brought her in to show me and to get a photo before peeling the stamps off of her and explaining that they were not in fact stickers.

***Adoption update:

About two weeks ago we turned in the LAST of our paperwork! We have three more hours of interviews to do then everything gets sent to the courts for a Judge to look over before certifying us.
WOOFREAKINGHOOO!!!!!! We are ridiculously excited about it!

A few days after getting all our paperwork in the children and I were walking back home from a library run. Kaylee was asking if our baby was coming home since our paper work was all in. I had to tell her that, “No. We still have our interviews, and then lots of waiting for a special lady to pick us.”

Her response, “WHAT! Mas waaaaingt?!?!”

Me, “Sorry kid. I know how you feel. But yes more waiting.”

And so we wait.

***Please spread the word to everyone you know/meet that our family is hoping to adopt. We are told that most matches happen because a friend of a friend knows someone who is placing their baby. So please just keep our family in mind if you hear anything. Much appreciation and love to you all.***

Temple

 So we FINALLY (been to the St. George Temple lots since moving to AZ.) made to the Mesa Temple. It’s such a beautiful Temple. We had the opportunity to see one of our ward members go through. He is leaving soon to serve a mission in Billings Montana.
 We have such an AMAZING ward. There were so many people who came to support Greg.  This goup photo is missing many who were not able to stay for the pic.
 We went out to eat after. 
 Jon and I had dinner before the session, so we got these awesome desserts.
What were the children up to while we were gone?  Playing, swimming(ish), general merriment, and mayhem. The children had a great sleep over at the cousins house.
 I of course grabbed some pics of them passed out this morning when I arrived to pick them up.
It was a fabulous Thursday night for all of us.