HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!

it is April 13

April blizzard

Weather forecasters up here annoy me. It seems like whenever they predict it to be warm and sunny they are ALWAYS wrong - it ends up being cool and rainy or something along those lines. BUT, when they predict a blizzard in April and I want them to be wrong they are right. Drives me nuts. Anyway, here are some pictures from before, during, and after the storm.I might try to get some pictures with us outside so you have more of a reference to how much snow is out there. On the last picture, the snow piled up on the right side of the driveway goes up to Aaron's shoulders.

It was SO windy during the blizzard - snow was plastered to most of our windows so it was hard to see out of them for most of the day. The wind also packed down the snow so much that we could walk on top of the freshly fallen snow - which, as you know, is usually impossible. We are very thankful that we had power during the storm and that no trees fell in our yard, although we did have a piece of siding blow of the very top part of our garage which we found in our yard. The good thing about the storm was that I got a day off of work due to the city basically being shut down for most of the day on Friday!

I'm hoping the snow melts this week - we're supposed to be around 50 degrees all week, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It is supposed to be SPRING for crying out loud!

Adoption update - we moved up a couple spots this week! I think an April referral is VERY unlikely, but it is nice to see some movement. Somebody below us on the list got a referral this week, so, I guess you never know when it is going to happen!

Is the end in sight?

On Thursday I emailed our contact person at CHSFS and asked her if it was a possibility that we would get a referral in April. To my surprise, she said that an April referral IS possible, although, it would be the end of April at the earliest. Her answer surprised me because I fully expected her to say "I just don't know!" Right now the people at the top of 'the list' submitted a dossier in mid July (reminder, we are August 8).

So far nobody to my knowledge has had to wait a full 9 months for a referral...but...who knows, maybe we'll be the first! And just to warn anyone out there, please don't say "Oh! It's just like a pregnancy! 9 months!" because it isn't AT ALL like a pregnancy. We started this process over a year ago, and when we get our referral we still have a few more months of waiting.

In summary, I think we can realistically say we can count down in weeks rather than months! Stay tuned!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today marks the 3 year anniversary of Aaron being the CEO of Macdaddy Music FULL TIME!! WAY TO GO, AARON! I am very proud of you. God has blessed us with Aaron's business, and we are very, very thankful. (Gary - nice job on the logo and web design! www.macdaddymusic.com and www.macdaddymusicstore.com)

I've been tagged!

I got tagged a couple weeks back by the Parker Family! My responsibility is to write 10 random facts about myself and then tag 5 people...so...here goes!

1. I got bit by an ostrich at a zoo when I was in elementary school. Beaks hurt!

2. I love 24. Jack Bauer is my hero.

3. When I was in elementary school I got sent to the speech teacher one day for ONE session. Apparently they thought there was something wrong with my speech because I was so quiet in school. The truth is I have nothing wrong with my speech AND I tend to have no volume control on my voice so I suppose they fixed that.

4. Growing up, I always wanted to marry a black guy and have twin children. Turns out I married a twin and I will have a black child!

5. I could never, ever live in a town smaller than Duluth. Never.

6. The best desert ever: half a peanut butter brownie from Pizza Luce slightly warmed, a scoop of Moose Tracks ice cream and a scoop of Caribou Coffee Java Chunk ice cream. And a cup of coffee. While watching a chick flick. OH YEAH! My favorite.

7. I am an introvert and I HATE large groups of people. It stresses me out. Which is easy to do, because I'm kind of high-strung. Which causes high blood pressure. But I take medication for that. :)

8. If Aaron ever dies I'm going to get a cat.

9. I love Christmas.

10. This post has stressed me out!!!

Ok, so I'm tagging:
Jo and Anna, because I'm curious what you'll post
Aimee because I think you'll do it
Jenny because I bet you'll have some fun things to post
and
Amy because I miss you!

And this is probably illegal, but Aaron, I tag you too, even though we share this blog. :)

a few more california pics..and....

The seals say "hello!"
A sunset. Obviously.

This was the view from our balcony. We were on "Mission Bay," which is why this doesn't exactly look like the ocean. Actually, we were reminded a lot of Duluth....there are large rocks lining the shore of the bay and a hill in the background (which you can't really see in this picture). We saw a lady running with her dog and they stopped and BOTH drank out of a drinking fountain. That seemed really strange, until we realized the dog couldn't drink the water from the bay because it is salty! The mind really plays tricks on you...or something!
This was on our balcony.
Ahh, to go back....

Also, we wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA LYNN! We love you!