*Insight?*

I wouldn't mind some thoughts or comments on this post I wrote over on our adoption blog. Really tried to put my thoughts into words in this one... Hope it came out okay!?

http://waitingforourlilcowboyorcowgirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/they-belong-together.html

Thank you :)

*I Am Me*

I am me when I...

take borderline cold showers

sauté onions and eat them by themselves

go get a professional manicure because it takes me hours to do my nails myself

forget my camera and end up taking mental pictures all day long

only drink milk if it's 2%, cold and in a glass

would rather spend time with animals than with a bunch of people

prefer rivers & streams over lakes & oceans

love to plan trips but my favorite trips are spur of the moment

want my daughter to have the same middle name as me... joyonne

will do anything to get out of talking on the phone

melt for a man wearing chaps & cinch jeans

love to write but could never be forced to or have a deadline

don't enjoy cuddling all that much

think i could be a good painter if i tried

whine a little about the cold but would never want to leave the north west states

have to sleep in the middle of the bed but cannot sleep if i'm being touched... poor joey

enjoy science but could never manage anything higher than a b- in it

would take in every stray i found if Joey would let me

love watching lady and the tramp over and over again

am always chewing cinnamon flavored gum

say the word "cool" way too much

have candy obsessions, right now it's reeses peanut butter sticks

already have a baby nursery planned out... for a boy or a girl

miss having a non-touch screen phone, actual buttons, remember those?

am not patient enough to learn computer related skills, like photoshop... help!

am always kissing my husbands shoulder blades, his shoulders are huge! mmm mmm

am a "mother hen" when it comes to my family, my husband and my animals. do not mess with them ;)

am always watching the food network and dreaming of being a chef. sometimes i even pretend i have my own cooking show hehe

like to people watch

think redheads are adorable. maybe we'll get to adopt a redheaded baby!

dont give up on something i feel strongly about my husband says i am "so your mothers daughter" :)

start yawning as it gets late, i know im starting to crash and better get to a bed soon

listen basically just to classic rock... def leppard {italian fingers kiss}

only sing around joey

enjoy books set in midevil times

get frustrated because i have a hard time focusing

can't sleep without a fan going

would rather watch an action movie than a romance

wear blue and brown more than any other color

am on facebook more than i want to be just because i can

think scottish accents are kinda sexy :)

am passionate about very few things, but those things i am very passionate about

am constantly changing my mind on which jane austin movie is my favorite

*Our Adoption Story*

Check out (and share!) our adoption blog at:

http://waitingforourlilcowboyorcowgirl.blogspot.com/

to read about the events that lead up to our adoption decision! Thanks! Love you all!

*Update: Adoption & Our New Ranch*

We've been a ball of stress/excitement/exhaustion around here lately because... wait for it...

1. We bought another ranch

and...

2. We are all ready to start our application process for adoption!

I get giddy and/or more like panicked just thinking about it all! This time next year we could possibly have a child, in a brand new house, on our very own Idaho ranch! Joey, his older brother Brett his dad (Monty) all decided to expand our ranching business, and even though this new ranch (Winecup Land & Livestock) will be a "separate" operation from the Winecup Cattle Co. here in UT, we will still just be "The Winecup Bunch". Joey will still continue to work for the WC Co. and someday, however it all works out, it will all be one big operation. But, for the sake of not losing our minds with the particulars they will be considered 2 different ranching operations run by the same 3 guys... Make sense? As for The WC L&L ranch.... It's located on the northern side of Bear Lake, in a beautiful location. It is smaller than the WC Co., it has 450 acres and can run around 300 head of cows and we also have a summer forest permit close by for the same amount of cattle. It has a super nice shop, barn, bunk house, scales, corrals and outdoor arena. AND... it comes with about 1000 head of cats... They run the place. We're in love with it. As for the cattle, Joey has applied for a 1st time Ag. loan and we have already bought 5 bulls and are looking at about 90 head of cows at the moment and are in the market for around 100-200 more before they start to calve and prices sky-rocket more than they already have (so, if anyone knows anyone with bred, nice looking, Angus cows who calve around the end of March/early April for sale PLEASE let us know!). And wish us luck... this is a big step for us all!

As for our adoption process, I'm glad to say we have decided on one adoption agency for now. We decided to go through LDS Family Services and we are working with a couple different offices here in UT. The wait has been because of 2 things... the first was the decision of which adoption agency(ies) to go with and second was when we decided on LDSFS we had to have our LDS Bishop fill out a letter of recommendation and he must have been pretty busy because it took him quite a while to get them that letter. But, as of this past Friday we are now in the LDSFS adoption system and working on getting all of our paperwork started, finished and turned in! We also have to take some classes before we are all ready to be eligible to adopt! I will keep this blog and also the blog we made for our adoption updated on how this process is going and when exactly we are "up" for adoption! Hopefully it will only take a couple months and then when all of our paperwork and classes are done with it can take anywhere from that next week to... well, a long time. So here's to prayer and faith and hoping that we are meant to adopt a beautiful little person into our family someday (soon we hope!).

Here is the blog we made specifically for our adoption process. We would love it if you would share this blog with others. It will be a little less about our personal everyday going ons and more about us and our adoption journey. I will be working on it more and more (right now it isn't anything special and I have hardly written anything on it...). If anyone has any suggestions for this blog or would like to help "spruce" it up a little please, let us know! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers we have gotten this far, we appreciate every little bit!

http://waitingforourlilcowboyorcowgirl.blogspot.com/