We made it!

"I am officially a Coloradian" is what is coming out of Kami's mouth but don't worry my fine Texans. I am quick to correct her that we are still obnoxiously proud Texans at heart! The move itself was uneventful but the packing up needed a 911 call. Mo lost consciousness but is better now. EMS thinks it was heat exhaustion due to playing 8 rounds of golf in the last 5 days in the Texas heat mixed with coming home and doing the lawn then moving straight to loading the Uhaul. We had tons of help loading, he just tries to do do too much! In his mind, he is still 18 years old.
We got in last night and God has already blessed us! The rental is in pretty good shape and I think will do nicely. You never know when you look at something on the Internet and the price was great. Mo was a bit leery (he is such a girl when it comes to living in less than desirable places) but all is good! Thank ya, Jesus!
We will unload it all today in this brisk 70 degree weather!!! I know, don't hate us. Then we register the girls for school tomorrow and school starts Thursday. As one of my patients used to say, "No rest for the wicked and the righteous don't need none!".
Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. We will be doubly blessed if we find friends as great as our Texas friends here.
Will keep you posted!!!

Update

Met the new foster parents for Julius and Ariel yesterday. Seem like a good fit! They will move on Wed am. God has just taken care of everything just as He always does. Met them at Grapevine Mills Mall, their request. Never taken the babies to the mall just because I hate shopping. And the other reason, Julius is throwing up this morning. Stupid carousel! Stupid me for not hand sanitizing after!
Still packing when we can. Things are off the wall and the kitchen is about a 1/4 packed. Hard to pack when you still live it. Plus, not as motivating when you know your packing to move to a rental until your house sells so you know you will be packing/unpacking double in the next 2 years. But trying to organize as I go so we won't unpack everything at the rental, only the necessities.
Which brings me to my pondering...we have a lot of stuff that isn't a necessity. Not that we live extravagantly but there is just stuff! Things that you really don't use in 2 years. What could you box up and never know it was gone??? Bamboo salad tossers? Zester? Soup tureen? Your Bible?

Make Plans and Make God Laugh

So it's been awhile. Been kinda busy but wanted to write a quick couple of lines on how things are going in McDaniel Land. Here's a quick update with the long story made short:
We are moving to Colorado in 3 weeks.
The babies are being placed with another foster/adoption family in 2 weeks.
We are sad and happy. But mostly happy.

Kinda crazy, huh? We are super excited as we have always wanted to live in Colorado so when the opportunity "officially" fell in our laps last week, we prayed on it and have accepted it. So we are off to Monument, Colorado on the north side of Colorado Springs.
Gotta run! Lots to do!

Results of the Family Group Conference

Well, after 3 hours of meeting and discussion, there are 2 sets of aunts/uncles who want the babies. As we understand it, 1 set will be home studied and if they pass, then the babies will move to their house. Now if they don't, the second set will be home studied and if approved, the babies will be moved to them. All of this will go on in a matter of months while mom and dad still try and get it together. I am sure at least one of the sets will be approved. From the meeting, we gathered it will take about a month to get the paperwork moving. So, looks like we will maybe have the babies for the summer at most.
The family was so gracious to us for caring for them and told us so many times thank you. And although we are saddened, it is our prayer that every child in foster care would have the chance to be with family.
We are at peace with it despite our love for the kids and know the day they leave will be so hard. But we are confident in God's plans for us to prosper and know that He is in control of all things. This was not a surprise to Him nor a mistake. Thanks for the prayers!

Shout out to the Conns!

We have the best friends in the world! Our church family rocks. The Conn's watched the youngest 3 last night for us so we could attend some foster parent training. Now, this is great in and of itself, but they already have 4 kids of their own who are under the age of like 7 years old. They said it went well, but they might just be too nice to tell us otherwise. We love you guys and are blessed by you in so many ways. Can't wait to hear you preach on Sunday, Robert!

And Levi, you are now the coolest friend Julius has. He was very impressed with that motorized jeep that he got to ride in and the Cars pjs you let him borrow. You boys have to stick together. The estrogen in each of your families will out number you forever. The anatomy lesson was priceless!
Clair, you are a stunning artist.
And sweet Ashlin, you were my favorite kindergarten student ever!
And to Carly, you are the only girl that can out do Ariel's hair. You are Rapunzel!

I want you guys over for dinner sometime in June. Have your people call my people.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIEL!

Ariel's 1st birthday was May 13th. Of course with a name like Ariel we HAD to have a princess party with Ariel, the Little Mermaid, on everything. We had a great time and the hit of the party was the wrapping paper as usual. This girl is a true DIVA and we love her like crazy. Never having chubby babies myself, I love to snuggle with our Ariel and squish her! Only on a baby are fat thighs cute.
Ariel, we love you and you are a blessing to us!
The gifts I see in you are a spunky personality, happiness, a great hearty belly laugh, a love for music and affection for others.
The angels dance for you, baby girl!

Hi, My name is Shelly and I have Netflixitis.

As my friends, I feel I need to disclose my recent illness. Now it is not contagiouse but it is such a relief to finally have a diagnosis to my recent bout of symptoms. I found out yeaterday from a specialist that I have Netflixitis.
It is a disease that is not without cure but can get progressively worse. It starts out when you join Netflix then watch a few movies then decided to add a movie or two to your queue. The final progession of the disase is when you find yourself adding movies at an alarming rate that even if you watched a movie everyday for the next year, you would not finish the queue. I am not to that point. I currently have 125 movies in my queue so the doctors are hopful for a full recovery.
Many thanks for your concerns and meals over the last few months. They have meant the world to me.