Busy, busy, busy!

I have been wanting to blog but we have been soooo busy! So I am going to "back blog" a little, ok a lot.

March 14th - STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT!
Austin did AWESOME!!! We are so proud of him. He won his 1st match 11-0, 2nd match he lost by 1 point in overtime (should have won that one!), 3rd match won by pin, 4th match won by pin, 5th match lost by in points!!! Wow what a day. He had a huge crowd of family cheering him on. It was such and intense and long day. I just love watching him wrestle. By that 5th match he was exhausted. He was so close to making it to the finals which would have landed him at least 3rd place. Nick and I were so excited to see how well he did. This is only his first year wrestling. What an accomplishment. Of course Austin was upset after that last match but after explaining to him how awesome he did and how cool it was he even made it to State his first year he finally starting perking up. By his last match it was only him and the coaches son left out of our entire team. How cool is that! The coaches son ended up placing first in his weight class. I will post a match or 2 on the blog soon.



BASEBALL is in full swing!
It seems we are now at the ball field every single night. Olivia did great at her first game. She got a great hit and did well playing short stop. She stopped a ground ball and held the runners at one point. She did just as well as the boys on her team. She was always "baseball ready" while the others were busy kicking dirt. I am wondering if she will do a little better hitting with her glasses on. I honestly don't care if they are broken. They are insured and I really want to get her a new pair to match her spring outfits. :) I got the cutest pictures of her.

Look at that awesome swing!



Yes, that is as far as it went...



Austin's team has now had 3 games. Poor boys, they try so hard and just can't get a win under their belt. They lost the last game by one stinkin point. They are really starting to play as a team now and I think they will win the next game. They are such a great group of boys! Even when they lose big they are still smiling and having a good time, that is what it is all about. They deserve a win though... Austin is playing great and getting good hits. He has made a couple goofy errors, not sure what he was thinking at one point, but I think his girlfriend was a mental distraction at the last game.





Yes, I said girlfriend! Little Isabelle is cute as can be. Her and Austin met at the baseball field last year, Austin was not even playing he was watching his uncle play. Since then they have been boyfriend/girlfriend even through the long time frames of not seeing each other. I have never seen 2 kids their age act like they do together. They will walk around the baseball field for hours just talking, what about I have no clue. It is sweet though.

ADOPTION UPDATE
We are getting close! Only 6 weeks left until our court date on May 8th. As of now our tentative travel dates have actually moved up one week, we are currently scheduled to leave May 24th and return home June 3rd. We won't know for sure though until May 8th. There is a chance that our travel dates could get pushed back to the second week of June. Even further if we don't pass court on May 8th. All of the families recently have been passing court the first time so that is very encouraging that hopefully we will have a successful court date and will be bringing Nathen home very soon. Wow, I really have a lot to do to get ready. The past few days they have been without power in in Ethiopia. I did get an email from our social worker a couple days ago saying that Nathen is doing well, no actual updated info or pics though. I have a wonderful family traveling next week, to bring home their 2 little girls, that are going to take pics of Nathen for us. I can't wait to see how much he has grown and changed! I really hope she will be able to hold him and play with him to give me more info about his personality and development.

We really want to have a good amount of supplies to take to the orphanage and our agencies transition home. Here is a list of supplies needed if any friends/family would like to donate items for the orphanage:

Childrens Tylenol/Advil
Infant Tylenol/Advil
Childrens Benadryl
Infant Bendaryl
Vitamins-Chewable or Liquid Drops
Ambesol
Lice shampoo
Anti-itch creams
Cloth Diapers
Onesies
Blankets
Socks