I Just Don't Get It

What's up with facebook? Never heard of it 'til last week and now everyone thinks it is awesome. Is this new??? I guess I am missing the point....

I Am Full

What a Sunday! Kori was baptized then we had some tasty vittles with my parents and our neighbors, the Beams, to celebrate. Kori chose fajitas for lunch then when it was time to eat found some left over tuna in the fridge and wanted a sandwich instead! To top it off we got to eat some "I belong to Jesus" cake and open a few gifts and cards. She got a bible from us with her name and today's date engraved on it, a James Avery charm bracelet with a baptism seashell engraved with the date on it from my parents and a beautiful card from the Beams.
After a feast like that I got to take a nap too!
And then we went to the church festival and had a great time. My heart is full and my cup runeth over!

Pictures of our Sunday!

Thank for the Prayers

Thanks for all the prayers you have sent our way as my dad was in the hopsital. It was found he had a mild stroke and is now at home and resting. The out pouring of prayer and support from our family and friends was such a blessing! And we thank our God for each of you!

I Might Be Sick

I am thinking of taking up running...might just lie down until it passes.

Randomness from McDaniel Land

Here is a quick list of happenings in our little part of the world we call McDaniel Land:

School is fine.

Joined the church and Kori is getting baptized on Sunday!

Kami has some serious talent in drawing we found out this week. Particularly anime. Plus she is the only 11 year old girl I know who uses the word "montage" in her everyday language. ("Hello, Mr. Spielberg? Kami McDaniel will see you in her office.") Smart cookie. She is going to be a pirate for Halloween.

Kori starts Judo this week. I know. I know. Like she doesn't do enough but she has been dying to start an MMA career so we compromised on Judo. Plus it is self-defense. She is going to use her Judo uniform for Halloween. And she starts basketball for city league week after next and Upwards Basketball in the next couple weeks. (I know shoot me now.)

Mo is anxiously awaiting deer season.

And I just finished painting the kitchen, halls, living room and dining room. Sultan Sand was the color of choice. Looks great.

Mo and I are going to a foster/adoption parent conference this Saturday at Irving Bible. Really looking forward to it.

Half way finished with Sunset by Kingsbury. Great book!

No news on the baby front. Other than now that we are busier than a one legged man in a booty kickin' contest, we should get one any day.:) Heck, what's another log on the fire!

Plus, I am starting to wonder if I have adult ADD...

And there are only 65 days until Christmas.

Deep Thoughts By Shelly McD

Haven't had much to time to write lately. When school starts everything else that is "extra" just gets dumped. Sorry! BUT, I have made time to read being the nerd that I am. So here is a quick recap of a couple books that were recommended reading from other families doing foster care that I have finished in the last few months since school started:

The Connected Child: Great but gets a bit wordy. My advice to authors is when it can be said in 100 pages instead of 200, do so.

The Lost Boy: This is the sequal to The Boy Called It that came out a few years ago. AWESOME book!

Hope's Boy: This book chronicles Andrew Bridge's journey of 11 years in the Los Angles foster care system including a stay at the notorious Mac Laren hall which the city used to "warehouse" foster kids at the time 15-20 years ago. You may have heard about it on the news back then and possibly even today as adults who survived have formed an advocacy group for children in foster care. Great story about a boy who really beat some amazing odds. There is one sentence that still haunts me:
"Some kids are born for battle".

And God bless their souls for fighting for their lives everyday.

On a lighter note, I also just got Karen Kingsbury's newest one Sunset. And I didn't mind buying it since Mardel had it for 7 bucks!

Heavenly ZZZZ's

Do you think we get to sleep when we get to Heaven? 'Cause I am really tired and I always tell myself, "You can sleep when your dead." Then tonight I had a thought..."What if we don't sleep in Heaven?" All I know is I'm not going to be happy about that. I mean I would rather sleep than eat. Maybe we sleep in our coffins??? And you can't say you will sleep when you get old 'cause when you are old, you just have a bunch of hospital people buggin' you to get up and go to therapy cause the aging process is at a double time and for every day of bedrest it takes 3 days of physical activity to get back to your baseline fitness level. Just curious. Thought if it isn't true than I need to stop kidding myself.