My little genuis....

Don't we all think our kids are genius's????

Aadric carved his own Pumpkin
Oh and he's really handsome too.

Michael Christopher Ross..

A couple of weeks ago we got a call from our foster care placement specialist. She said they had a boy for us. We were pretty excited. We have been licensed for 2 months now, and we were not use to waiting for a child. In Tennessee we were very needed. But we are also whats called "therapeutic foster parents",which means we get the 'hard to place' youth. In Arizona, they try to keep kids with their own families as much as they can. For example, they will put a therapist in the home if they can. But Meth is a huge problem here, so in that circumstance they come into foster homes.

Michael is 4,we have had him for a week and we have seen huge improvements in him already! It has been a long and tiresome week. But the consistency, structure, routine, and food to count on, seem to be positives for Michael. We only had teenage daughters in TN, so this is different. Michael (husband) says he likes the fact that we don't have to make sure he's not sneaking to use "My Space".

Here is a pic I took this week of him and his Mom at the dentist.

This is a Lady from a new program called "Meet me where I am team"
She will be coming in daily for a while to see first hand behaviors,etc and we'll come up with a plan together on how to help him. Also in the picture is Libbie,Aadric,Ellie,Logan and Ryder(2 boys I watch). You can imagine I was grateful for the extra help:)

Marley...

What a dog!
I love the story about how we got Marley... About 2 years ago, Michael went on splits with the missionaries. Marley was a young pup but only 2 months old. He was inside a crate in a small apartment. Michael commented on the handsome dog to which the owner proceeded to plead with him to take him off his hands, because it was a source of contention between he and the misses. Keeping his own misses in mind, he explained that if he took the dog then he would have a similar problem. But being a man who follows his feelings, he couldn't let the dog starve in the apartment. Michael was very nervous to come home and explain why we now had care over yet another. Knowing we were full at our house with 4 kids,1 dog,1 German exchange student.......
Long story short we found out he was the best dog ever!