~Birthday Fun and Update~

So it has been a while since I've posted so I'll have to do a quick update. A few weeks ago, Randy got some free tickets to a play, and with it being very last minute, I had to skip work to go with him. It was good though. We ended up going out to dinner and then to Hale Theatre to see Curtains. Since Randy's work sponsored it, almost everyone who works there got free tickets. It was pretty sweet. Free date night...what more can you ask for? The play was pretty good, and we had a good time spending some time together (since those moments have been few and far in between lately). For those of you who don't know, I did finally close my brother's condo (yippee!) and what a relief that was. This was seriously the hardest deal I've ever had as far as trying to get it to close...it was just one road block after another. But he likes the place and all that jazz so in the end it was worth the wait.

Last week was Randy's birthday. yay! So on Sunday we went over to my parents house and had our family dinner and then Randy's family party. It was fun, even though Randy doesn't really like the spotlight being on him. :) Since his birthday was on Saturday and he can't take Saturday's off, I decided that we should take Friday off and spend the day together. It was a lot of fun. We ended up going to see New Moon...what a good husband, taking me to the movie I wanted to see on his birthday. ha! Randy had finally watched Twilight like 2 weeks ago, and said it wasn't that bad (say what? it was awful!) so I didn't feel too bad dragging him to New Moon...I think he was actually excited about it. Or maybe he's just a good pretender. ha! After the movie we went home and played Soccer on his new PS3...Yeah...I bought the soccer game for me and the football game for him so imagine my surprise when he liked the soccer game better. :) Anyway...that's what's been going on in the life of Laura and Randy. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!

~Adoption~

One of my best friends found out a little while ago that she wouldn't be able to have children. Although this completely devastated her for a time, her and her husband have pushed forward. They have quickly done everything that they needed to do in order to adopt a child. I am so excited for them. Although I haven't been adopted myself, I have a strong belief in adoption. It allows those who can't have children themselves be able to still enjoy parenthood. I know a few people who have been adopted and I've seen how it has changed their lives. I know that Julie and Lance will change the lives of the children that they adopt. Right now they are in the process of just advertising, so they can hopefully find a child in need soon. If anyone who reads this blog knows of anyone who is thinking about giving up their baby, please let me know so I can pass the info off to my friend. You can also take a look at their adoption blog at
http://lanceandjulieadopt.blogspot.com/


Lance and Julie are also having an awesome giveaway to promote their adoption cause! Make sure to enter their giveaway http://lanceandjulie.blogspot.com and thanks for helping their cause!!!