Preparing for the weekend…and it’s only Tuesday

I am so excited to be heading up (or over) to my daddy’s house for the long weekend. I am praying for a joyful, restful, relaxing time of renewal for our whole family. My perfect weekend would include a husband detached from his laptop  and two boys running out to play outside in the woods and fishing to their hearts’ content. Kaleb needs a rest so badly. He is in much too high demand at work and his body is really feeling the stress. I’m also praying for spiritual renewal for our whole family, bus especially Kaleb.

I spoke to Jeremiah’s caseworker again a few moments ago and she has been trying to get a hold of the tribal court all morning. Lord, I pray for favor and speed in that situation. I pray that the right people will be reached and that the paper work will go through smoothly. Who knew it would be so complicated to take a little boy to Grandpa’s house. I am also hoping we can get a hold of everyone we need to on our end to arrange pick-up and such. The group homes are out at camp this week, and people are hard to get a hold of.

Sad news is that Rachel can’t come with us. She is very disappointed, as are we.  The adult group home where she works has been in some turmoil lately and they can’t spare her. POOEY!!!! Well, at least we don’t have to pay a dog-sitter. It still royally SUCKS!

Gabe’s behaviors have been erratic the past couple of days. His attitude has been fine, but his behaviors just aren’t making much sense. It’s very possible this is just because he hasn’t had his morning med in a couple of days because the prescription was written for Monday. My Mom-Radar was going nuts last night, but, as far as I can tell, he was telling the truth and didn’t get into anything he shouldn’t have. I know that this trip is going to bring out a lot of mixed feelings for him, and I am trying to prepare him now. He keeps assuring me that he will be fine, but I know his tells, especially when it comes to social situations. The biggest things we are going to have to work on are conversation skills. Thankfully, my daddy ROCKS and has lots of experience with all kinds of kids, so he will be fine. I know my step-mom is probably a little nervous, but she is so good at just lovin’ on people. We will go over what skills the boys (mainly Gabe) are working on with both Dad and Laraine so they at least know what to report back to us. Again, the biggie is going to be conversation skills, including telling tall tales, taking over a conversation, interrupting, asking inappropriate questions etc… The biggie with Miah will be controlling his treasure hunting. He has an incredible ability of finding things that aren’t his and utilizing them in his adventures. He’s not stealing them, he simply doesn’t think to ask before he uses them. It looks cool, so why not play with it? My dad has a lot of very cool things, especially that a little boy would like, so I can already anticipate this coming up a few times.

The boys have been chatting about this trip relentlessly for the past week and these are some of the activities they are most looking forward too:

• Swimming (My dad’s back porch is about 50 yards from a very nice lake.)
• Fishing (Jeremiah is especially stoked about this.)
• Fort building in the woods next to the house.
• Star gazing (Both boys have shown incredible interest in the stars, and this is one of my dad’s favorite hobbies. Awesome!)
• Getting to know Grandma and Grandpa.

Dad, since you are one of my most avid readers, can’t wait to see you!

Blessings!

Hannah

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