WOW! I started OUR first draft of a guest list this evening. I figured that is where I need to begin. We are planning our wedding in June and we are not having an actual wedding ceremony, but we are planning a big reception. I am trying to figure out whether or not our back yard is big enough and 'Can it be ready in four months'? There is so much too consider and I do not want to make myself crazy doing all the planning. Ya know what I mean? (I know, thats inevitable, right?) We pretty much have our cook ( thanks to Ron, James dad, he cooked for their wedding too) Really good food! We need to get together with him so we can make sure he's even available and to discuss the menu, which is going to mostly be buffet-hawaii style. I'm starting to get a bit nervous. I just don't see how in less than 4 months, we can have a graduation party (Becca is graduating high school the beginning of June and then our wedding reception shortly after....) It just seems like too much this year....What to do.....What to do?????
My youngest brother, Josh got out yesterday, ( the father of J & K that I am raising) He looks really good (as usual) and I really hope he can do better this time around. He will be staying mostly be staying with our mom which I hope works out Ok for a while......( We will see, I will pray everyday) Anyways, the kids were so excited to see him when he came in the door last night, it almost brings tears to your eyes.....They spent the evening playing and going throught all the letters and pictures I had sent to him and finally they fell asleep. 
And lastly.... I have been tucking a few extra dollars here and there, and I am tempted to go buy myslef a new camera. Yep, I think I deserve it but I still have a guilty side of me saying...'Oh you could use that money towards your reception or your daughters graduation....But then again, this extra $ is $ I set aside for, well, for wahtever we need it for I guess. I should just keep saving it up in my hiding spot and I'm sure something will come up, more important than a NEW camera FOR ME and I will be glad I saved it.....
Any how, it's getting late and Heather and I are getting up early tomorrow for church, so I will talk to ya'll agian soon...Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
2 comments:
you do have a hard decision to make, and normally you say the kids are first but this is your wedding its just not something that you push to the side, what about if you have it a little later or is everything already set for in June. With your brother being out now does he plan on taking the kids back. My sister has a god daughter that she raised from 6 weeks to 14 years old, the same situation kinda dad was a drug addict and the mom went to prison for 13 years and then when she got out she took her back and none of us were aloud to see her anymore, thank god when she turned 18 she was back in our lives, but that sucks to raise someone for so long and then have them go back, thats why i dont think i could do the foster care thing, cause i would hate to give the kids back and to a home that i know is not ok for a child.
debby- no no no...no chance of that happening. I have legal guardianship of J & K and if there were ever a chance either he or their mom tried to get them back, they would have to go back into court and prove to a judge that they had a decent living arrangement for them and were able to support them and not be out on parole for the time being, which neither of them have. I do worry about losing them, not that I would really ever totally lose them but I know that it won't be anytime soon at all.
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