Thankful Thursday

On this day, I am remembering all the things for which I am thankful.

I am thankful for Sam. He was in my belly on this day, seven years ago. His energy keeps me on my toes and reminds me to keep moving everyday and his smile melts my heart.

I am thankful for Alice. Her sensitivity and love are endless and her hugs stay around my neck long after she is gone.

I am thankful for Paige. We believe she is pure sweetness and her cuddles are always welcome.

I am thankful for my husband, Scott. He loves me no matter my mood or how many activities I join :)

I am thankful that I live in America.

There are so many more things in which I am thankful.

My parents and Scott parents who travel so far to spend time with us. We are thankful!

Our siblings and their spouses and nieces and nephews! Close or far, we love them and are thankful.

Family and our friends who remain our family away from home.


I am thankful we are through renewing our adoption paperwork! I am thankful that we continue to be one day closer to meeting our precious child.

I am thankful the monthly cleaning lady came today!



I am thankful Scott made it home safely from Chicago!



I am thankful Sam and Alice love running!



I could continue all afternoon but then who would cook dinner?


Not me! I am definitely thankful to my neighbor, Diane, who cooked dinner for us this evening. I am thankful for our neighborhood supper swap and to Jenn for organizing it!



What are you thankful for?

Preschool, soccer, bike riding....busy week at the Wescott house!

This week we were all really busy. Paige started preschool on Tuesday. She will be attending two times a week. Please, don't ask me what I will do with all my time! I can't tell you how many times I have heard that this week. Three hours, twice a week. Just enough time to volunteer in Sam and Alice's classrooms, grocery shop, clean the house, laundry, errands, etc. etc. Let's just say, I haven't enjoyed any bon bons yet! However, on the first day, I did keep looking in my rear view mirror with the feeling that something was missing. Oh yeah! My three kids. Then I had to ask myself, why am I still listening to kid songs? I digress.

Anyway, she loves it and her teachers. I can't believe my baby started school. That went way too fast!




My nephew, E, showing me his scary tiger before school starts. He goes to the same school on the same days as Paige.
Okay, on to Wednesday. Alice had her first soccer game. Her team name is the Cyber Rays. The Cyber Rays??? What exactly is a cyber ray?. Not sure. What I do know is she is an adorable one with her neon green/yellow shirt hanging down over her knees. Please don't get me going on the color of the shirt. No kidding, I am pretty sure it glows in the dark. Don't look at it too long, your eyes might burn. Go Alice, Go! 5 year old soccer is so much fun to watch!



Thursday. It seemed like a pretty okay day until I got a flat tire. I was on my way to a meeting/dinner with friends. Good thing it was right in front of Chef's Catalog. Just another excuse to shop. Thanks to Scott and the kids for coming and changing my tire and pretty quickly sending me off on my way.

In the middle of all this mayhem, Sam started karate in the evenings and Scott was home sick. Wow! On to next week. In all our free time, LOL, the kids have been practicing riding their bikes. As mentioned in an earlier blog, Sam started riding his two wheeler, sans training wheels. The minute Alice got her training wheels off, Sam decided he could ride his bike. Amazing how that works! Paige has now inherited Alice's pink "big girl" bike with training wheels and a basket. She is very excited to give her tricycle to Baby Stella. I have a video of Sam riding his bike for the first time, but I am having trouble posting. Stay tuned.

I did it!

I ran my first half-marathon this morning. Yeah! My friend Laura and I really wanted to run the Pike's Peak Ascent this year but we found out too late that we had to qualify so our goal was to run a half marathon and qualify so that we could run the Ascent next summer (if we decide to be so crazy!). We both finished well. 2:12:57 Yeah! Lucky for us, we had our own cheering section. Laura's family and Scott and the kids stopped at the half way point to cheer us on and then scooted down to the finish to catch us there as well. Have a great Labor Day! We are off to a picnic!

BTW, Sam learned to ride his two wheeler bike yesterday afternoon. I am working on editing that video and it should be posted very soon! Scott took off Alice's training wheels so she will probably be chasing after him in no time :)

Still looking happy at the halfway point....

It's official! I finished.

My cheering section!

MIA and camping

If you are a regular here, sorry that I haven't posted in a while. If you just started reading, welcome! Life has been more than a little busy trying to work out two in school, homework, soccer, karate, etc. etc. etc....

We have just returned from our church camping retreat at John Wesley Ranch in Divide. We headed up Friday evening and just got home! What a weekend. The weather could not have been nicer. The kids stayed busy with the many planned activities including rock hounding, ice-cream making, a scavenger hunt, crafts, and smores. They also had fun just running around with their friends. The big news of the weekend was that Sam caught his first fish, all on his own! We played a friendly (and not so friendly) game of Wiffle Ball that really kept us laughing. This morning, we ended our time together with a short service at the outdoor sanctuary. Enjoy the pictures!

Sunset over our campsite...Beautiful!

Sam caught his first fish!

Hiking to the pond

Alice and Paige making ice-cream!

Sam enjoying his creation! Yum!

Paige loves Smores!

To Our Baby

Tonight Paige found some jammies that Scott bought for her in China. He bought them a few trips ago but they were too big for her so I put them in the back of her drawer. When she came out wearing them, Sam and Alice decided to follow suit and wear theirs as well. They all looked so cute that I had to snap some pictures. This post is dedicated to our baby in China.

We can't wait to someday cuddle and love you!

One week down....almost.

Well, the kids have been back to school for 4 days. They are still pretty excited and they LOVE their teachers. Today was a really warm day so after school we went directly to the pool. We were the only family there until 3 o'clock. It was awesome. We love the pool and will be sad when it closes for the year.

Sipping a drink next to the pool....

Getting ready for a very serious volleyball game....

Hanging out with friends............

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