I have a few ideas that some may like for making your dollar stretch as far as meals are concerned. One thing I like to do is buy a whole chicken and use it for a couple of meals. The obvious is chicken salad for lunch but I also cut up the extra chicken and make BBQ chicken pizza (BBQ sauce, montery jack cheese), chicken puffs (cresent rolls made into a square, cream cheese, and herbs of my choice), and then I will freeze the bones and boil them in water to make a stock for soup. There are tons of other ideas that I have but as I make them I will let you know.

Since Jude loves the drums, Daryn went on utube so they could both look at some really good drum solos. Jude couldn't just sit and watch he wanted to go get his drums and play along. This was the result.

Beautiful weather!

It has been warm the past several days so Daryn was able to take the day off and we went to the beach. This time of year is why people move to Florida. If you are thinking of moving here, you should visit in August and then make a decision.
We had a great time. We went to a beautiful beach that has a really great place for breakfast outside. Unfortunately, there were a ton of seagulls that frequent the same place (imagine that). Turned out to be a bonus though, because we brought our very own gull-chaser. We don't have any pictures of that but he was running up and down and all around the beach keeping them all away from Mommy. What a sweet boy.

Thanks again Watson's for taking such good care of Jude while we are doing the MAPP classes. You treat him like he is your own! It seems like you really have fun with him.

Jude love's the drums

We have had a great new year so far. Jude is 19 months old and is growing by leaps and bounds. We are so enjoying watching him grow. To see him reasoning and problem solving us amazing. We have just finished reading, "Don't make me Count to Three" by Ginger Plowman. It is a really good resource as we seek to train up this little boy in the way that he should go. What an honor God would give to us.

The past couple of weeks Daryn and I have been taking MAPP classes in order to take steps toward adoption. These classes make us eligible to foster as well as adopt. Many know of our desire to adopt. The Lord chose to give us Jude first. Well, now we are revisiting and waiting to see who the Lord would bring to our home.

We went to Sunken Gardens and Great Explorations the other day. It was really fun! The three kids were able to see parrots (that said "Hello"), Kook-a-burra's, and flamingos. Heath was driving home from a ski trip so he wasn't able to come with us. The one in the tree is from the park in the afternoon.

A few new updates

I haven't really been posting. Now, I am really wanting to keep up. Here are a few new pictures of the Kinney's!