Okay so I just wanted to update our friends and family on what has been happening lately.

So Chassidy and her 2 brothers are officially moved to Utah. That opens a door for us to be able to start the adoption process!! What a long haul this has been. We have been very blessed to have had some experience so that we don't go into this totally blind.
On the 11Th of this month my sister was sentenced to 6 months in prison with no more then 7yrs max. It was a very sad day for all of us. The story has recently been in the news and also in the papers. I guess that we're all just waiting for things to die down a bit. Coming up in Feb on the 11Th my ex-bro-in law will be sentenced as well. He will be going to prison for a minimum of 25yrs. Hopefully this will bring some peace to Chassidy, Daniel and Paetton. We have been praying so hard that they will be able to move on and not have to look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives.
We did have a wonderful Christmas and had lots of family over. We had a lot of family get togethers and it was great to see everybody. I'm glad to be able to put the holidays behind us and move on with life. I was definitely spoiled by my hubby and by his family. It was totally great and I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband by my side.
As for Brian and I, well we're keeping busy with 2 paper routes and managing a Storage Facility. We've been trying to spend some time with all of the nieces and nephews. I guess that the last 6 months we've kind of neglected some things. We are still in nursery and it's been a blessing to now have 12 kids. We used to have anywhere from 24 to 26 kids on any given Sunday!!! It's definitely an added breather. Sorry that I don't have any new pics to post, but just wanted to update our blog. I know that it's been a little while, I guess that with Facebook things stay more updated that way.

Thanksgiving Time

So for those who have not met our foster daughter her name is Chassidy and she is 13yrs old. Here are some pics now that the trial has ended. We recently recieved a guilty verdict against the adoptive father for abusing the children, more so with her. He will be spending a minimum of 25yrs in prison before he can be paroled. We are so grateful to know that these children will no longer have to look over their shoulders and be watching.
Right now Chassidy and her two brothers are in Utah with my brother and sis-inlaw their 6
children for Thanksgiving. They plan to adopt all three, and we're hoping that by Christmas time or the first of Jan. they will actually be able to move down to Utah.
Brian and I have finished up our Foster Parenting Classes. We are unsure at this time if we want to continue doing foster care, or if we want to just be put on the waiting list for adoption. We're still staying busy managing the storage facility and doing 2 paper routes. Anyways we hope that all of our family and friends have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

Chassidy with her brother Paetton

And her brother Daniel

Chassidy at the 4th of July in Melba

Just a summer pic

First day of 8th grade


Playing Volleyball for Jefferson Middle School

Carving Pumpkins for Family Home Evening

Trick-Or-Treating with her brother's

Paetton, and Daniel, Tiana Patterson, and

Kelsey Durham

UPDATE

So I haven't done a very good job of keeping my blog updated. Right now we are in the middle of a criminal trial and trial prep with one of our foster kids. It has definately been an eye opener for us. We are looking forward to the holidays and all that we will be able to share.
Brian is staying busy with doing both paper routes while I sleep and then get up and the kids off to school, and then I get the office running while he gets some sleep. Bless his heart, he gets up at 3 in the morning.
Recently we were called to be Nursery workers at church. There are anywhere between 13-15 kids each Sunday. I've been keeping busy with running the office, meeting all of the court dates, and going to school functions. Our most recent news is the beginning of our Foster Parenting Classes in November. They run Nov. 2-20th every other day. After we complete those classes our social workier wants to start placing 0-3yrs children with us. We are looking forward to starting our family and the adventures it will bring.

Up-Date On Our Family

I know that it's been a really long time since I updated our family blog. We thought that we would catch everybody up on what the McKay's have been doing.
Right now we are getting ready to start the foster parenting/adoption course. We have decided that Brian and I are ready to start our family. There is so much to do, so much to get ready for. We have already had 2 home studies done, and in November we start 6wks of foster parenting classes. It's definately has been keeping us busy. We actually have a social worker and she is just wonderful and we love her. She is helping us to get set up to have children 0-3yrs placed in our home. Hopefully we'll be matched with a child that needs to be adopted.
In the midst of getting ready we thought that we would take a break and do something fun. So a couple of wknds ago we took my nephew Shawn out to see a movie and then out to lunch at McDondalds. He had a really great time!!! We don't see him very often so we thought it would be good for him to get out of the house. He actually lives in Nampa in a group home. We sure love the guy!!!

Goofing Around Time

Here's Shawn Just Being Goofy In The Car


This Is Me Being Goof At McDonalds!!

Here's Shawn Just Being Him!! We Sure Do Love Him!!!

Update

Sorry, but I don't have any new pics to post this time. Brian and I have been keeping really busy this past week. My niece lives with us and started her first day of school on Thursday. She absolutely loves it, and loves getting to see her friends again.
The storage and U-haul business has been slow going, and we hope and pray that it picks up again. We really are enjoying our job and what we do. However, we need to get more people to start renting from us. We are definately able to stay busy with all of the running around that it takes to make things work.
We hope that this update finds all of our family and friends doing well.