MARRIAGE AND BABIES

Blake: Dotttie, after you go to China and get Mimi's little sister, is that the end of having babies for you?

Dottie: You got that right babe.

Blake: My mom says that she is through too (Blake has a baby sis by the name of Bailey).

Mimi: Guess what mom? Me and Blake are married.

Blake: Only Mimi, I'm married to Emery (his school chum).

Mimi: No, I'm married to you.

GOOD NEWS

Mama just found out that we don't have to go to Yakima for the fingerprints! YIPEE!! We can just do it here at Sea-Tac. She really was not looking forward to the 2-3 hour drive. What it come down to is this. Going the Yakima route and having it done would mean that the whole process would take a shorter time. Going to Sea-Tac route is easier but longer in time. Since we are way back in the waiting line of groups to go to China, mama opted to do the Sea-Tac route.

FUN WITH GRANDMA

Today we all went to grandma's. Mimi started a tradition last year with her cousin Mari (who is now in Japan). They made gingerbread house together. This year grandma, Blake, Mimi and mama are doing it together. We worked on it for a little while but we are not able to finish it today. We will go back to grandma's again on Wednesday.

Mama brought over some hot dogs, baked beans and BBQ chicken for everyone to eat at lunchtime. Mimi really loves anything BBQ, especially chicken and ribs. She can really chow down on those.

When lunch was over, we all sat down for a game of cards. Then it was time for school.

Tomorrow we will definitely go to Yakima to update our homestudy. Everytime we had made plans to go, something would pop up to prevent us from going. Today papa had a meeting at work that he absolutely couldn't get out of. Hopefully the weather will be good tomorrow. The weather station says that it will be clear with a few clouds.