Spring has come to Texas!

It's beautiful outside. Leaves have come back; warmth has returned. The first of the wildflowers have appeared - bluebonnets. The lawn and the volleyball court are greening up nicely. Daddy's been out on the tractor all weekend grading and elongating the drop off at the edge of the court so nobody breaks their neck shagging a ball. We'll be able to start our weekly neighborhood volleyball games soon! With any luck we'll get some rain and it'll fill up the river and we can teach Tolido to swim and waterski this summer. In the meantime we wander the yard to see what's about to bloom and revel in the newness all around us. There are four bluebird eggs in one of our bird houses and a mockingbird nest tucked safely beneath a big cactus in the front yard. The territorial hummingbird battles have begun at the feeders just outside the dining room. Tolido calls them "ducks" as his eyes dart trying to track them whizzing in circles. Daddy bought us an avocado tree, a blood orange tree and a lime tree this past weekend. We'll plant those this week and then pray for rain. :) Ah, Spring, is there anything better in the world?

Waiting for a Referral

Current wait times have again been revised. :( Looks like eight months for a referral now which slides us into the end of September. BUT... everything stops for two months (August 8 - September 25) for the rainy season. So maybe we'll get our referral before Christmas!! :) Within three months after receiving our referral, we should receive notification of our court date and we should travel about 12 weeks later. By May of 2010, we'll have four smiling faces in the house!