WANTED...New Family

Here's a real gem for all of you. When I broke the news to my children that they may not be spending the night at Nana and Pa's house Emma freaked out. Joseph had a cold and I didn't know if he would be better by then. She couldn't believe that I could do that to them. This being the final days of my children's spring break, I've turned into a beast of a mother. When she wouldn't drop it, I told her to make a little sign, go stand out on the street and look for a new mom that would treat her a little bit better. Imagine my surprise when this little note was placed before me at the table. Here's a translation of my six year old's plea..."Help, please. Emma Manning needs new family. School is Rio Vista. A family with no dogs. A family who is a member of the church." It made my morning! This wasn't a joke. Emma notified me that she would call often and come back to say good bye to Daddy. I told Emma to remind her new mommy about dance class and the recital fees. She even packed a bag, complete with dance outfit, school outfit, church outfit, MP3 player and a few random toys. When I told Audrey she could probably take a friend with her to our annual camping trip at Hume Lake, Emma looked a little sick. The real kicker was when I told her she should probably start calling me Kara instead of Mom (we wouldn't want her new mom to feel gypped). After her goodbyes with Grandma Wyatt, she told me that maybe I should just post the note on my blog and see if we got any hits because she was a little nervous standing out on the street (I'm not kidding). So finally...if there are any takers please let us know immediately.
The good news is that they are currently with my parents!!! When Sonny and I were leaving Costco today (how wonderful to shop with one baby that can't ask for anything or eat any samples) he was missing them. He Asked, "Kara, don't you miss the kids?" My only response was, "Do I really have to answer that?"
Here's a couple more photos. I finally had to transfer almost 900 pics from my camera onto the computer because my memory card was full. Given my recent download and free time I can do a new post! Hope you all are well and are surviving the spring break.

Hiking with the kids on New Years. Yes, it's been that long. I'm not even posting Christmas pics.

We probably shouldn't have gone when a mountain lion was in the neighborhood.

Joe's first trip to the dentist. Even though he had to lay back with his shoes off, he did awesome...no cavities!!!



Our growing baby girl.

The cheapest pony ride ever! She doesn't quite

meet the height requirement for the real ones.

In her Sunday best.

Sticky...my new gecko

Audrey as the photographer...Emma the model (Does Emma think her new mom would let her kids play with her camera?)

A typical picture when all the kids are in it.