Andrea is Bloggin!

Due to my grand example, :) all the other McKay's have been sucked into the blogging world. The latest? Andrea is now blogging. To see her blog, use the URL below. Anytime you want to see what's going on with the other McKays, just go to our blog page (scroll down on the right), click the links I have provided, and they will take you directly to the other blogs. Don't forget, if you receive the posts via email, just click on the picture of John David next to the title to come directly to the blog page to view videos and slide shows. Enjoy!

http://www.amckayonline.blogspot.com/

Dawn's Moving Day

This weekend has been one of the most insanely busy weekends we have had in awhile, but we have survived! Every year our church holds an all day ladies meeting. It is a huge production, and requires tons of planning. Jeremy and I spent many hours decorating, and then participated in the music and skits. It was a lot of fun, but tons of work. In the midst of all that, social services called and said they found a placement for Dawn, and she was going for a visit over the weekend. Although I had already processed many of the emotions I have had regarding this situation, it all kind of hit me when the call came. I had to tell her, and that was extremely difficult. There were definitely some answered prayers though! She responded much better than I had anticipated, and her new foster mom is someone I already know! Her visit went well this weekend, and we are all going over there for dinner tonight. She will move on Wednesday, and I am praying hard that it will go smoothly. I know this is the right decision for Dawn, but it doesn't make it easier. We love her, and she will be missed. We are soon to be a four children home. :( On a happier note, we will still get to see her, and Corey will still see her every Tuesday at visitation. Corey is handling it all very well, and actually is enjoying the break from the tension due to her behaviors. Continue to keep us in your prayers. I've got some cute stories about Kylie to post tomorrow. Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Alll I Want For Christmas........

It looks to be a classic Christmas song for Caitlyn this year. Most likely she'll be missing her two front teeth for Christmas. One is extremely loose and the other is well on it's way to coming out as well. She's been wiggling with a fury! She also has another tooth loose on the bottom! I feel like we are the brink of a new era in our family. Having a child that's old enough to be loosing teeth means we have graduated to a new era of parenting. I have to admit that it is bittersweet. Notice Caitlyn's shirt: Girls Rule Boys Drool! :) Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

John David Says the New Testament Books

We took this video last night. He is too cute!! The poor little man had a bit of a rough day yesterday. It started out with him throwing up five times in two hours! He is so not dramatic when it comes to being sick. He's always the one that insist he's not sick, and will go throw up in the bathroom and not even tell you. He perked up as the day went on, and by bedtime was pretty much back to normal. Thankfully it seems that he just had a quick bug, and so far no one else is acting sickly. Please continue to pray for the situation with Dawn. Social Services is still planning on moving her soon. She has good days and bad days. Yesterday, thankfully, was a good one. I'm finally starting to work through all the emotions that have come with his situation. The hardest one to deal with is the heartbreak over not being able to help her. We love her very much and letting go is not easy. Thank you for all your prayers and encouraging words! On a happier note, we are heading to Tennessee for Thanksgiving. With all that we've been going through lately, I'm looking forward to going home. Nothing is ever as comforting as spending time with those you love the most. Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Matt's in Ecuador

I wanted to post an update on my cousin Matt. Matt Moss is in the air force and is based in Oklahoma. He was deployed to Ecuador awhile back to "fly around on the Awacs for a counter drug operation", in his own words. I'm not sure what an AWAC is, but it sounds cool. He says they "look for and track boats and planes who are running drugs to the states and Mexico". He is doing good, but looking forward to returning to the states. Here are a few pictures I stole off of his myspace page. Speaking of our troops, a friend of ours has a son that has just returned from a tour in Iraq. The kids and I sent boxes to him while he was overseas, and are looking forward to seeing him next weekend. We are praising God for his safe return!! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Spider-Mac

It always amazes me how funny John David can be. He says and does the funniest things. He's really obsessed with categorizing everything as a boy thing or a girl thing, from songs to TV show, toys to even words. This morning the kids were playing with some stickers that my mom sent them and Kylie said that hers was pretty. John David chimed in to say that his was handsome, not pretty, because "pretty is for girls, right mom?" When we're listening to music in the car, if the song is sung by a man John thinks it's only for boys to sing. The other night he discovered a pair of the girls' underwear in his hamper, and said "these don't go in here, they're for girls." He then proceeded to pick them up with his forefinger and his thumb, like they were toxic waste, and take them to the girls' room. the whole time he had this look of disgust on his face! :) Jeremy did some grocery shopping for me the other day, and came home with several boxes of Spiderman Mac-n-cheese. John David was so thrilled. He carried the boxes around with him, telling everyone that they were for the boys. Yesterday at nap time, he insisted on taking two of the boxes to bed with him for nap!! Later, when I had assumed the boys were asleep, I heard them talking so I went to check on them. They were both in John's bed, and had opened the boxes of mac-n-cheese. They were looking at all the different spiderman shapes!! It was a mess, and they did get in trouble, but I had to laugh at that! Last night Jeremy was saying the books of the New Testament with John at bedtime. This is a bedtime ritual that he has done with all the kids at that age. John was going along...."Hebrews, James, Peter Parker........" I don't think he can help himself. He just has to throw a little Spiderman into everything, even the Bible! Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.

Trick or Treat

Here's the Halloween pics I promised. What a night! We have way too much candy. The kids went trick or treating at church, and they got loads of candy! They wore their costumes last night of course, but we didn't do all the face painting and stuff we did for the church's Fall Festival. Caitlyn was a medieval princess, Kylie was a ballerina, Dawn was a fairy princess, John was supposed to be spiderman, and Corey at the last minute decided to be a tiger. John insisted on wearing his tie and vest with his spiderman costume! Corey has a spiderman costume too, but decided he wanted to wear the tiger costume the boys play in all the time. The kids had a good time though, and got lots of goodies. Love you all, and thank you to God Almighty who has for now blessed us with these.