Merrill and Roberta Simon and Family

Today we have decided to just write down what we are thankful for, each one of us expressing ourselves. So here we go. LisaMarie: I am thankful for Mom and Dad and for my sissy, Mallory and all of my 16 brothers. I am also thankful for my dogs. Joseph: LisaMarie helped him and she feels he is thankful for Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Ranft, those are his teachers at school. He is thankful that he has a great sister :o) and a family that loves him. Jeremy: I am thankful for the family we have and that we get to do a lot as a family and we celebrate together. I am thankful that I am the first one of the kids that is going to graduate from Dayton High School. I am thankful for my friends. Jericho: Jeremy is helping Jericho and he feels that Jericho is thankful that he finally has a forever family that loves him and wanted him. Jeremy added that he really loves Jericho. He feels that Jericho is thankful for the stuffing that we are going to have today. Jesse: I am thankful for my family and I am tha...

What a day that was!!! It was beyond exciting. The only downside is at this moment, I do not have any pictures. We are waiting as many were taken, but none by us. This was ADOPTION DAY for two of our boys....Jericho Jeremiah-Wade and MacGyver Jamison-Lee Simon. Welcome to your forever family boys. You are forever home. Now, I have to say, this was a class act. This was like no other adoption day that we have ever experienced. We want to say a huge thank you to Cile Cogburn and all of Washoe County Social Services for making this a day to always remember. The festivities actually started Friday night. We went to a party/dinner in Reno. The food included wonderful kids food and even better grown-up food. They made the most wonderful cupcakes, big and covered with the best frosting. The children were in hog heaven that is for sure. There was so much for the children to do that we were having to pry them away to eat and then to later leave. They had face painting, balloons, a wonderful mag...

Hi All: As I write, life has a way of passing by and sometime it is just too busy to get things posted. I hate getting behind because our families follow us here and so I feel like I let them down. Lets just play catch up first. LisaMarie went on to become a 9 year old while I was not even watching....well, that is not totally true. Her birthday was in the middle of the week so we opted to have her party on the 11 of October. Thank goodness the presents were wrapped, the cake and ice cream taken care of and everything ready, because that morning I woke up to a horrid feeling in my stomach. Lets just say that before the day turned into the evening, I had a bed at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center and was being watched to decide if I was going to have surgery. As things would go, I had surgery on that Monday and was in the hospital for 11 days. I not only missed her party, but Merrill's birthday also. It was a very sad time for me. The up side of it all was that after my three mon...