Some fun with friends!

Me and the girls took off to Jacksonville for the weekend!!! My best friend Cindy lives there and we hadn't seen each other in a while and she hadn't met Kate yet...so off we went. We took all the kids to the zoo and played a little Wii while we were there. Here are a couple of pictures! Kate is doing well and starting to speak quite a bit more English now! Check out her "Don't take a picture of me mom" picture...notice the Wii controller in hand! She loves to play and is pretty good at it. She is getting along good with her sisters, but Kayli has attached herself to Kate's hip and Kate's does not like that AT ALL! So, Kayli is backing off a bit! Keira got to feed a bird and it even got on her arm to eat! That was cool! I'll post again soon!!! Sorry I am a little lame with the info, but soooo much going on right now...vacations are over for the summer and mom goes back to work tomorrow :(

Tracy

Alright already....so it's been a month or so...

Hi everyone! Sorry I am so lame! I am just a tad bit busy with three girls and a 16 year old boy! SOORRRRRY!!! I thought I could do this hands down...NOT! It is much easier said than done. I am running around crazy trying to control eveything, and in turn....life is out of control! In a good way though. Kate is doing well. Her broken English sentences crack me up. She is sad that school is out for the summer. She didn't know that mommy actually has a paid full time job so that bums her out a bit. Like it isn't enough to just take care of all the kids. But, at least my job is Starbucks!!!! Can you say Caffeine? I need it! All is well...typical kids fighting, trying to decide who gets moms attention and trying to get through the summer with no casualties! You know, Chaos as Steph puts it! Life with Chaos...that is exactly right Steph! I am joining your club!
I love every minute! Life is good (and chaotic!)
:)

These steps are empty now!

These amazing 11 girls are all with their families now!!! Hai Ping (the one with the yellow shirt on the far left, middle row, in the picture!)was placed in mamas arms today at 2:30pm China time. She was the last of the 11 to go home! We are hopeful that they will all see eachother again later this year or early next year! We know these girls are forever sisters and I cannot wait to share our memories with eachother!!! God has blessed all of us and we will live up to the challenges ahead!!! What a great day!!!

Tracy

A Tribute to Directv!!!

I love my new daughter...she loves WWE! For those of you that are not familiar with WWE...it is a Pay per view wrestling channel that costs ALLOT of money! Yes...my adorable 13 year old learned how to order 200 dollars worth of WWE pay per view from Directv! It is funny now, but when I got a 300 dollar bill for what normally is 100, I nearly had a heart attack! Thank goodness they believed my story! We have had Directv for years and never ordered these shows before, so they laughed when I told them what happened!!! My account was credited, Kate felt bad because she didn't know it costs money and she knows never to order it again!!! Very funny! We watched wrestling in China, but it was free!!!
Yes...to have another teenager in the house!!!
Gotta love it!
:)
Tracy

My girls!!!

So we have been having a little fun in the Scheet house for the past couple of weeks! The girls are getting to know each other, and know what to do and NOT to do. Kate loves school thanks to Mackie and Haley. Kayli and Keira like having an older sister, but they each have to find their place in the mix! All is good! We have an occasional spat and then things settle down and we move on. I am so happy things have been so smooth! I will see what the next couple of weeks bring and hope for the best! Kate has started to open up and speak in full English sentences!!! That is great! I'll keep you all posted!

Bye for now from the Chaos at the scheet home!

:)

Tracy

The Honeymoon period!

The girls are bonding well...all is good so far. It took us three days to get Kate out of her "scared of the dogs" stage...I am so glad because I don't like to keep them tied up!!! The trip home was good and tomorrow Kate will meet all of our friends at a park party. We are so happy that things are going well. I'll write more later, but poor Kate has already been to the doctors, a meeting at school and next week has the dentist and eye doctor. For those who have older adopted children make sure you bring them to the eye doctor!!!! Talk with you all soon!! Thanks for all of the support during my trip!
Love from home with Kate!!
Tracy