Thanksgiving 2010

The 3 musketeers in the Sheehan backyard. Braving the cold for the unexpected fireworks display. It was great having Thanksgiving with our favorite Welches Family for the second year in a row.I love that there is an adult table and a kids table. It reminds me of big family gatherings when I was growing up. My little evangelist (Joshi) always suggests grace before a meal .. even if its not at our house. I wish I had her bravery.
We had much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Good friends to spend the holiday with. Troubled friendships that will withstand the test of time. Health problems that tapped into our fears and insisted we rely on our faith. Surprisingly instant joy, like our foster son delivered to us within 4 hrs. notice, and he has brought immense joy to our family for over a month now. Blessed our we.

3 weeks - not enough

We all love Jaylan. Surprisingly, I have become fond of his birth parents, and their extremely complicated case. Friday they petition for he's immediate return. And I have promised to be there in court with him to support them. Of course, the selfish part of me wants to keep him for Thanksgiving and Christmas too!

-update- we get Jaylan for a little bit longer. The judge is very much in favor of putting birth families back together no matter what. So, they just have to follow the steps to get there. But it will be at least 2-3 weeks more. The birth moms visits will be stepped up. Right now, I drive him in to Gresham once a week. I'm not sure what that will increase to.

Life with Jaylan

We got an emergency certification to foster parent a boy over the weekend. A 2o month old sweet heart. I love this guy. I thought it was just going to be the weekend so I'm super happy I got him the whole week... but I'd really like him for a long time. His Aunt is in the process of getting certified to foster him, if that works out he may be gone next week. The girls have a lot of fun with him. Well, Billi is EXTREMELY jealous of "the baby". But they still have fun.