The end of the pathetically long posting drought

All right, I admit I am a slacker and haven't posted, but the real problem has been writers block, or internet user block. Even now I struggle to complete a sentence, so you will have to just look at the pictures from the last little while...
Amy and Athena at Squaw Peak after the BYU vs. Wyoming football game.
Fiona, Conlan and Athena playing with virtual sand at the Arizona Science Center.
Athena and Conlan playing with the virtual sand. This exhibit is really cool.

Athena's First Day of Kindergarten

My baby is growing up. Athena started Kindergarten 2 weeks ago. I have had a little trouble with the whole thing, but mostly just feeling left out of this part of her life. The campus is closed, so I have to just drop her off on the curb and watch her walk through a fence and hope she has a good day. I miss being able to talk to her teacher everyday and meet the kids in her class like I could when she was in pre-school.

I also miss having a second person in the car, not being able to use the HOV lane is frustrating. I hate being stuck in traffic and watching cars zoom by in the HOV lane, it is like pouring lemon juice over my already tender wounds of separation from Athena.

The school is having an icecream social on Wed. and i can't wait to meet some of the kids in her class. The kindergarten classes are also having a recital, probably to increase the attendance at the ice-cream social and the book fair. I will try to post a short video clip of the recital.

New Phones

Tim finally bought my birthday present today!!! We are the proud new owners of iphones. Now I have to figure out how to import all my contacts, and take the time to type in email adresses.

Our Dear Birthmother Letters are done!!!

We have printed, glued photos and signed 102 Dear Birthmother letters and we are ready to send them to the agency office tomorrow. Our website should be linked on Friday! We are so excited to be done with this step in the adoption process, now we have to be patient as we wait to hear from birthparents.

Visit our website, and pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested.

Family Picture Atempt #4

Disneyland with the Daveys

Yo. This is Tim here to relate the great time we all had earlier this month at the Happiest Freaking Place on the Whole Planet (A.K.A. Disneyland).

So, we really did have a lot of fun. It was great because we went with Kendra, Sean and the kids, which made it way more fun for the kids as well as the adults.

Athena loves playing with Fiona and Conlan. As far as the adults, we all get along great together too. I know I love having Sean to pal around with. I think Kendra and Angela are more sane together, actually. They then have each other to help cope with what idiots their spouses are, or something like that... :-)


For Sean and I, things are more simple. Despite the price, we are just really happy they serve beer in California Adventure.










Seriously, we Lorenzens are incredibly lucky to have the Daveys. We always have fun. We have travelled together all over the place and we always seem to create great memories together.

Kendra and Sean, we love you guys and let's think of a new place to go soon, OK? :-)

Disneyland (of Course)

We went to Disneyland the weekend of June 7-8. We had a great time...

Thenes is pretty cute, huh? :-)