Lately

What we've been up to lately-
-I started my practicum for my MSW degree a few weeks back. I work with FamilyStart at the OU Children Hospital and like it so far. (It is really really sad though to see all those sick children. I don't know if I wanna be at kids hospital forever)
-Norm just got a job at Academy. He is still hopeful to get into law enforcement when the economy gets a little better.
-We just celebrated five years of marriage! (another post about that to soon come)
-On the adoption front, well....its going at a snails pace. Apparently the lady who was supposed to mail off our background checks changed jobs before she got them sent off and forgot about them. Which means for us, another 4-6 weeks of waiting for those to clear. *sigh*. LDS family services is currently looking to contract out with a social worker to do our homestudy since they are very short handed, so we're waiting on that too right now. Lots and lots of waiting. But I am keeping faithful that all things will fall into place and happen when they need to! Night all

Grandpa Hollingsworth

Norms grandfather Howard Hollingsworth passed away a few weeks ago, so they headed to Las Vegas for the funeral. (I had to stay behind because I started my practicum and couldn't get away). He was an awesome man with lots of spunk. Any time I'd ask him how he was, he would always say, "ugly, mean and nasty". He was pretty funny too. He will be missed! But we are so grateful for the knowledge of eternal families and that we will see him again! (sorry for blurry pic, this snapshot at our wedding is the only one I could find of him.)

Memorial Day

So we have been super busy it seems lately. Over memorial day, we went to Woodward to be with my family. Sadly no pics to post. I always forget my camera. Norm bought me a nice one about two years ago and gets irritated cause I'm always forgetting it. Anyways, we went to my house and spent time with the nephews. It was a blast as usual. We got to do tons of swimming and had a bbq at my aunt petras. On Monday before we left town, we stopped at my dads graveside. My mom and aunts had it decorated for the holiday, and it was beautiful. I sure miss that guy.

Cruisin

So in January we went with Norms family on a 7-day cruise. It was so much fun! We stopped in Costa Maya, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Cozumel. It really was such a fun trip. Our good friends the Castillos went with us. I hope that we can go again next year when I graduate! Heres just a few pics and highlights of our trip. There are tons more, but I didn't feel like putting them all on here, plus I don't know how to make it look all organized. Probably the best thing about the trip was the parasailing. I LOVED it, I sooo wanna go again. Thanks Norm and Jo for an awesome trip!!!! We love you!