From May 20th to 29th, Jon and I became the adoptive parents to three kids. A family in our ward (the Biggs family) was moving back to the U.S. and the parents needed to go there first for work and to find a house. We had three kids: Josh (16), Nikki (14) and Joe (9). We lived with them at their house. It was a lot of fun and a good wake up call to us for what reality will be like one day. It made us appreciate the simplicity of life with just two of us. This was our usual schedule:
4:45 AM Wake up Josh for Seminary
5:25 AM One “parent” takes Josh to Seminary at the church
6:10 AM Wake up Nikki and Joe for school
6:30 AM Drive Josh from Seminary to school
6:45 AM Put Nikki and Joe on the bus for school
WORK
2:00 PM One “parent” pick up Josh from school
3:15 PM Nikki and Joe get home from school
5:00ish Make dinner—after dinner make sure homework is done and bags are packed for the next day. 
8:15 PM Joe goes to bed
9:00 PM Nikki and Josh go to bed
9:05 Jon and Emily pass out
We also had to schedule in swimming lessons, music lessons, school concerts, Primary activities, and a project on Ellis Island. The kids were good and easy to take care of, but Jon and I realized that we are not quite ready to be the parents of older kids. It will be good to start with babies and learn as we go.
The pictures are of Jon and the boys making an apple pie and Nikki dressed up for her Ellis Island report.
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