Today was a momentous day. Mom and dad were picking me up at 1030am so I finally got out of bed at 10. They are usually 15 minutes early so I got dressed quickly in my sleeveless blue floral print dress with my boots since I thought it might rain and I didn't want to wear sandals in the rain. But mom and did didn't show up until 1030! A first for them! But I saw them pull up and went right out.
Their van was warm and they have windows that roll down on the sliding doors so I rolled it down but had to roll it up again when mom started talking to me. I caught up with the happenings of the bulldog club members and the stuff going on to get ready for their show in Pueblo in November. Then we got to the courthouse and drove around looking for the parking garage. The one that dad remembered wasn't there anymore so I told him how to get to the regular garage. It was several blocks away from the courthouse but where you park if you had court. And we were there for my sister to adopt her son.
We got parked and walked down to the courthouse. They moved the entrance to the far side of the building for the public so we walked all the way around. I found out from Laura where we were supposed to go then looked up the room. It was on the 3rd floor in Division V, room 301. We were the first to arrive then dad remembered he left the camera in the car and had to go back. Mom and I went on up and then I left her there and went down to the cafeteria do get a bottle of something to drink. I ended up getting some grapefruit juice and some pink lemonade.
When I got back up to the courtroom, Laura had just arrived with all her kids. Adopting Juan was going to make him her 11th child. She had 5 biologicals and 5 adopteds, all through this court system. She used to be married when she had all the children, Juan was to be the first she was adopting on her own. He is 6 years old and has been with Laura for over a year full time and on and off for a couple of years.
When it was our turn, we went into the courtroom. We all sat in the jury seating because the kids wanted to, and dad took lots of pictures of the proceedings. The judge called Juan up to the bench and let him bang the gavel when the adoption was concluded. Then we all went up onto the bench for pictures.
We left and met at Chuck E Cheese for lunch and for the kids to play. We ordered pizza, salad bars and drinks. Then we ate and the kids got their tokens and went to play. The grown ups stayed at the table and talked. After about 2 hours, the staff turned the music up so loud it was really hard to hear so mom and dad gave Juan the quilt that mom made as his adoption present and we left.
By the time we got home, my ears stopped ringing and I was enjoying the peace and quiet. There was several hours before Frank would get home and moree hours after that before hubby would get home since he was in Denver for the afternoon and evening.
Hubby called me at 720pm to tell me that he was leaving Denver and would be home in about an hour so I got the pork chops ready to put in the oven. It's been a while since I have cooked pork so I asked Frank and hubby how to cook them and they both had different times. I put them in 30 minutes before hubby was due to be home. When it was 15 minutes until he was due, I started the rice and spinach. When hubby got home, I told him what Frank had said about cooking the pork and he told me that Frank didn't know what he was talking about so he jumped in and started spicing the pork and draining it, then started messing with the rice I was cooking, so I told him I was leaving it up to him to finish. That way he could cook it the way he wanted to. I was having soup for dinner because pork just doesn't taste good to me anymore.
He finished cooking and then I made my soup and we all sat down to eat at the same time. We talked about our day, Frank gave me another $30 and I added it to his total. So far he has given us $235.
Frank cleaned up after dinner and I can to write more on my letter to my nephew in prison. Catch him up on my day. Now hubby and I are going upstairs to see about watching a movie.
Tomorrow I will be making the dining menu for the rest of the month and the grocery list. I will be using the money that Frank gave us for the grocery budget. The rest of it will go in the bank.
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