Weeks 4-7 and Awsome News

I have now lost count of the weeks that we are in on this process. I think it is week 7. But when you leave things in God’s hands things can change ever so quickly. And for us that has happened. I will explain in week 7. I do not know where to even start. We will start on were we left off on weeks 4 and 5 were almost the same with filling out paper work and talking with agencies making sure all paperwork is being filled out correctly.
Then on the last weekend of May we went on a wonderful mini vacation from Thursday to Sunday. We all pilled in our truck and trailer and went with our friends to Bass Lake. Now talk about fun! We had some of the funniest moments on the lake. Larry and my best friend Krystal jumped in the lake fully clothed to swim when we went on a hike on that Friday afternoon. Then on Saturday morning Larry and Jason went fishing and came back with the whooping fish story of the one that got away. Then later that afternoon we rented a large pontoon boat for 5 hours and tried our hands at wakeboarding and tubing. LOL However, the big kid (meaning Larry) was the first one to jump in the lake and go on the tube. I will have to add photos when I get them from Krystal. She was the only one prepared with a camera to capture the funny moments. And trust me there were many of them. I think if you were to ask the kids they would say it was when Krystal and I fell off the tube without even moving and then had to try to flip it back over and climb back on. And at this point we already were cold and could not stop laughing at how stupid we must of look. Just imagine two women in ice cold water struggling to turn over a 6 foot round raft and then pulling each other back on. Just to fall off not much later. No matter what we had a great time. Except we all came back sore, sun burnt, and sick.
Week 6 was just crazy with the boys finishing school and baseball coming to an end. Then it happened God intervened on June 3 during JZ’s baseball game when another adoptive mom came to us with a situation of a disruption. This is the same friend that has been helping us with all of the paperwork for getting the girls from Russia. And helping us review contracts with different agencies for the last few weeks. So to let you know a disruption means that someone whom has adopted wants to find another home for the child because they are unable to handle the situation. It was a bleak situation they were ready to place him in foster care in the next few weeks. So after several emails with our friend Christine we were given the story of what was happening with the young man. So on Friday June 6 at 3:00 P.M. we picked up Viktor from Visalia. He is originally from Ivanovo, Russia; the same area that we were looking at to get the girls. So now we are a family of 5, 4 boys and 1 girl (me). 2 girls if we can count our dog Lady Dane. Still I am out numbered. Sunday June 8 as a family we made a decision to ask Viktor if he would like to join our family. So now the process has changed. The other family has contacted a Licensed Social Worker to start the paperwork and this Thursday June 13 they will be signing him over to us temporally until it get all paperwork filed in court. So now we start a different process all together. So we will keep you all posted. I am now worrying about how much money we need to have now. Before it was all in installments; a little here and a little there. Now all the money is to be placed up front. And no one can tell us how much and how soon. So we ask for everyone to pray for us and our new family that God will provide what is needed. I will see you in a couple of days. Take care all of our friends and family. We love you all.