the ADOPTION is FINALIZED !

The most exciting part of our week was Friday the 8th. We are happy to announce that the adoption of Joseph and Joshua has been FINALIZED ! The judge was very kind. They took us as the very first court case, so we did not have to wait. Our attorney was brilliant and filed a petition for both boys to be designated special needs by the court, which the judge GRANTED ! This means we won't have any tax liability at least next year. Every little bit helps. It was very nice. The court even took pictures for us. What a GREAT gift for Mother's Day !

Earlier this week, we had our third flat tire. I think that is about 3 within a week or so of each other. Uggggh! We called AAA because we could not for the life of us get one of the lugnuts off. AAA said they could not get it off either and towed the car to Pep Boys who refused to loosen ONE single lugnut. No, they wanted to charge us $80.00. We absolutely had no $80.00 to be found. So, we had a long day of trying to get the lugnut loose ourselves. Finally, they loosened it for us after a lot of pleading with the manager to have some mercy. By then, we had five hungry cranky thirsty kids. AND, it was on Michael's birthday. Well, needless to say, we were glad to finally get home on the spare. What a day !

Healthwise, all the kids are doing okay. Shawna and Joshua are healthy. Gabriela is making progress. Joseph and Michael are hanging in there, not too bad.


Please continue to pray for us , and Happy Mother's Day to all you moms.

May God Bless Your Journey,
The Richardson’s
Scott, Jennifer, Michael, Gabriela, Joseph, Joshua, and Shawna
3 dogs, Apricot, Chip and Kojo, 3 fish and 1 frog
We are blessed and favored says the Lord !

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