Two Weeks

OK, so I've been lazy and it's been like two weeks since I last blogged!  Hey, busy living the life with the Fab 5!  I'm gone during the weekdays and 4 of the 5 weekday evenings out either with the boys at karate class, or on "dance mom" duty bringing Alyssa or Kayleigh home from dance.  Wednesday night is our one quiet night family weeknight, depending on whether Bekah is working, or any mix of our kids go to a church youth group that night.  I'm doing a lot of running in preparation for my first marathon in February.  Kids are going through their schooling, Kayleigh & Michael are both continuing to progress very well in their english, and Alyssa has started learning Russian (I'm going to as well but haven't gotten off the ground yet...).   It's nice to have those moments when you pause and take a look, and life seems rather normal after all the time that was spent in the adoption process.

We continue to enjoy our larger family and still bask in the amazement of how good God is.  We so truly enjoy how well the post-adoption life has gone and how well K & M have become a natural part of our family.  Any issues we've had have been minor, and usually far more attributable to the simple fact that they are just normal teenagers.  It is very natural to hold them and tell them we love them, to hang out and watch a movie or play games, have tickle and tag wars, or chat with them.  We still know very little of their background, and presume that there has to be not good stuff there, otherwise they wouldn't have ended up in an orphanage in the first place.  We continue to just pour on the love, so that the time comes when the layers of the onions begin to peel away, they will know they are in a safe and loving home with a family that cares so deeply for them.