Quick visit with cousins

Here are some pix of the quick overnight visit with Cheyenne and Wade. My parents made it to our house around 7pm yesterday and left around 9:30 this morning reaching their final destination around 3 pm. You could tell they are very excited to start this newest adventure in life! Christopher went with them to spend time with Wade...hopefully, they'll keep each other occupied and out of trouble! As I mentioned on my blog Cat and Cheyenne were like two long lost friends! They both even had pink dresses on!

Cheyenne was too wound up to actually go to sleep with Cat so we had to move one of them!
Hangin' the kitty from the bunk bed
The boys after playing outside!
Anyone know a good Orthodontist? I'm sure both boys will be in braces soon!
Cheyenne had to drink her milk through a straw...thank goodness Mom-mom had a stash here

Here she looks just like Roni! With that grin!

Tracy's Wedding

THE MR. AND MRS. HORACIO A. SANCHEZ

Tracy and Art were married yesterday (June 5,2008) at the Mays Landing Court house.

At 6 o'clock we went over to a house (The McMullen Mansion) across from Dr. Combs office to have pictures taken in the gardens there.

They are now a family of TEN. The girls at the office say they are the new "Sanchez Bunch"

SANCHEZ PARTY OF TEN.....

CONGRATULATIONS AND THE BEST OF EVERYTHING to them (ALL)

adoption?

I spoke with a woman from "Loving Alternatives", a christian adoption agency the other day. She felt that given the situation/past with this birth mother that there were many red flags-which Calixto and I had already discussed with one another. I still have not talked with a friend who is a lawyer-they're on vacation-but she has talked with a lawyer she knows. His recommendation was to go ahead and do a private adoption since it is less expensive. But, we feel that she needs the support/information/counseling that an agency can provide. I spoke with her last night and gave her the number to call and speak with the agency. We feel she really needs to have an adoption plan before we sit down with her and talk more. There are 7 months before the baby is born and that leaves a lot of time for things to happen, or for her to re-think the emotional decision she is making now.
So, I think at this point we are going to continue to pray about this and see how God leads all of us! My thought is that we can't be her "savior" in this ordeal and I feel that is how she is viewing us. I can't even think through the situation fully, there is just so much to consider...like teaching in the fall...oh my, thank the Lord that he is in control...not me!

Adoption?

I'm posting this on this blog and not the "arces" since I don't want my friends in Longview to know about this situation just yet. (if any friends from Longview read this just don't pass along the info...thanks)
Here is the situation...I received a phone call from someone we know asking if we would adopt her baby that is due in January!! Ok, I practically fell off my chair in shock at that question. She is a 40 year old woman and has not been stable since we have known her. As a church we reached out to her and helped her through many a traumatic situation...and here she is again in another predicament. She understands that she can not take care of another child, the father wanted her to abort but, she chose to cancel the appointment. She is desperately looking for a solution and thought about us.
I told her I would make some calls, get some information and get back to her today-not with an answer but with some direction. I spoke with our friend Glennis who runs a maternity home last night and she told me to contact a lawyer and a local christian adoption agency. I'm waiting to hear back from a Lawyer friend and I did speak with someone at Loving Alternatives. The woman was very sweet and offered some wise counsel.
There are a bunch of red flags with this situation...please pray for us, the birth mom and the baby...that God's will would prevail! We certainly don't want to jump into anything that would be unwise but we also don't want to say no to something that God potentially "brought" to us.
Thanks for your prayer and I'll keep you posted on what direction we are headed.