Stressed out!

Well, thanks to my husband I am having a much needed quiet night at home. He took Tj, the girls and Tj's friend all to the YMCA for a while so the boys could swim, he could work out and the girls can get some playtime in at the daycare there. Haley is working tonight so its just me and Hieu here and he's playing his video games so I decided now was as good of time as any to update everyone. Things have been kind of crazy here lately. We are still trying to sell our house back in Sargent and although we have actually had a few people look its still not close to being sold. I made a trip back to Sargent last week to check on the house and also to show it to two different potential buyers. They showings went well and one of the people even came wanted a second look a few days later. Then Sunday my mom was nice enough to show it for us again to a couple and they too are coming back on Saturday to look again and share some of their concerns with us about the house. Scott is planning on going back to Sargent early Saturday morning to meet with that couple and is also showing it too another couple who haven't seen it. We are happy there is still some interest but just want to get it sold and are willing to consider any reasonable offers if someone would just make us an offer! There is someone living there and paying us rent so it's not like it's empty but we would just rather get it sold so we don't have to worry about it anymore. We have a blog also to hopefully help us sell our house if anyone is interested in taking a look the blog address is 81158roundvalleyroad.blogspot.com Also on Saturday our social worker who has done our private home studies is coming to Lincoln to do a home study for our friends. While she is in town we are suppose to meet with her too so we can get our home study updated as well since ours will expire in June. Hopefully this year we actually use the home study for an adoption of a baby boy but really who knows what will happen. There is a huge incentive now though to adopt. Usually there is just an adoption tax credit to help with adoption expenses but it was just passed that anyone who adopts between January 2010 and December 2011 will actually get back a refund for their adoption expenses up to 13K! That is such a huge help especially when money is what holds a lot of people back from adoption. So before Saturday Scott and I need to go get our finger prints done and also get to the court house to get our background checks done. I'm hoping tomorrow when Scott gets home we will have time to go since there is nothing planned right now. Last week things around here weren't too good and I was about to pull my hair out. On Tuesday Hieu got sent to a higher level of care for a while for not following his court orders and then was suppose to be sent somewhere else if we weren't willing to let him come back to our house. On Thursday our whole family talked and the decision to let him come back was unanimous, everyone wanted to give him another chance. I had the chance to talk to him almost everyday he was gone and was even able to go visit him on Saturday. We had a very good talk and I'm hoping that this second chance to prove he can do what he is suppose to will be enough for him to continue to do well. He really is a great kid and we love having him here. Too bad teenagers have to get that really horrible attitude that makes them say stuff they really don't mean! He was released to me Monday morning and things have been pretty good since he got back home. Even though we were very mad/disappointed in him it was strange having him gone and WAY quieter than usual. Now things are back to being loud and him and Haley fight just like brother and sister, getting along one minute and tattling on each other the next. I know I am counting down the days until they are all out of school and it can't come soon enough! Well now I'm off to relax a little more and watch American Idol. Hope everyone has a great Mother's Day this Sunday!