Lawlors On The Go

I have been way too busy to be writing a silly blog so you will just have to suck up the fact that I have a life and you. who have been checking every day for new entries, DO NOT ! But things are quiet tonight, Kaelin is asleep and there is NOTHING on TV worth watching. I have checked all my emails and still have a few minutes of life left in me so I will bring you up to date on what has been going on.

First and foremost, Kaelin is a trip and a half. She has entertained us for the past week and a half and kept grandma and grandpa laughing non stop. We have quiet days in the pool and fun days doing all sorts of things. Today's trip was to the West Palm Beach Zoo. For some reason this zoo is collecting a pitiful assortment of Australian animals. They used to have a whole herd (?) of kangaroos but now there are only 2 and all they do is sleep. The zoo has added an exhibit of Wallabys and is soon to add Koala bears. There are several monkey varieties and birds galore, along with turtles up the wahzoo. It really is sad excuse for a zoo but the two beautiful tigers that you can see up close and personal more than make up for what the zoo lacks. Kaelin loved it all, especially the water fountains that you can run through in the center of the zoo entrance. We could have skipped all the walking and just spent the 3 hours playing in the fountains. It has been a great 2 weeks with our little grand daughter and I am going to hate to see her and her mom leave on Saturday. But since Abby, Roman and Bridget will be here tomorrow through Tuesday we won't have the time to miss Kaelin.

Bridget has been living in her Atlanta house with the 2 kids and her sister since our return from England back on July 17. She sent in the paper work for Roman's US passport and that all came through in a matter of a week or so. Kyle returned to England and his job and Bridget then sent in Roman's paper work to get his Visa so he could go to England with Bridget and Abby to start their new lives as a family over in Windsor. Good Plan . . . too bad the UK never told K&B that they don't recognize the Ukraine as a valid country to adopt a child from. According to the English Roman is not adopted! K&B then had to apply to the US to REadopt Roman so the UK would accept him and grant him a visa to go to Britain WITH HIS NEW FAMILY ! Can you believe this crap??!! Bridget and Kyle were beside themselves. They are living on different continents for over a month now and they can't get their family together because of paper work ! Things are looking up though and Bridget has decided to fly to Florida for some R&R with the kids and hopefully this will all be settled by the time she returns next week with the possibility of the family being back together by the following weekend. We will pick them up at the airport tomorrow and they will take one of our cars to their condo for a few days of pool and family fun. They are just a mile from our house so Kaelin will get to play with her BIG cousins tomorrow and Abby and Roman will hopefully get to see their littlest cousin, Smith while they are in Florida.

Smith is doing super and his mom and dad are learning just how hard it is to be a parent. And this is the easy part! WE got to see Smith last Sunday and I couldn't believe how much he has changed in the week since we saw him.

Do you think the kids look at me and see how much I have aged in the time they are here? If this summer hasn't added 10 years to my life nothing will. Thank goodness for living in Florida, the tan covers the bags under my eyes and the "liver" spots. And Clairol covers the grey!