tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601557032395514572024-02-06T21:48:56.247-08:00Family of 5Our crazy wonderful adventures!Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-66170001357045585702009-07-11T13:30:00.000-07:002009-07-11T15:52:46.966-07:00Update!I haven't been on this blog for a while now and I just saw that I had 20 comments waiting to be read. I don't know why they were not sent to my email to let me know people have commented. When I didn't get any after I last posted, I thought no one really reads this anymore, but I was wrong! Thank you guys for commenting and for keeping up with us! It was such a blessing to read everyones Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-65446571735322905852009-04-21T18:56:00.000-07:002009-04-21T19:12:38.465-07:00Gottcha Day!Wow! It has been a year today since we got the kids. What a wonderful journey this has been. The kids are doing so much better then we ever expected and we have been so blessed. Juliana and Jim and I just got back yesterday from a mission trip to Guatemala. We had an amazing time working at an orphanage of about 400 kids. One of the days we went out to a village where 12 people prayed to accept Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-35629857334424274992009-01-11T13:00:00.001-08:002009-01-11T14:34:21.073-08:00Happy New Year!And I guess Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas too! These last few months have gone by so fast. I keep thinking we forgot to celebrate Christmas even though I know we did. So, we went to Florida and had Thanksgiving with my(Jaime)family. It is a lot of fun celebrating the holidays with kids. The kids got to experience the Beach for the first time and loved it! Juliana turned 9 on the 11th ofBoyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-26695530891984130662008-10-31T19:17:00.000-07:002008-10-31T19:49:18.863-07:00Happy Halloween!The kids have been sooooo excited for Halloween, and I think they had a good night!We went to Trunk or Treat at church and then went around with some friends in their mothers neighborhood. It was fun to see the kids so excited and dressed up. Jaysa was so cute as after about 4-5 times of seeing people put candy in her bucket she started to get the hang of it and put it out for them herself. AndBoyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-61453206958498060412008-10-23T18:45:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:05:46.864-07:00OK, OK, OKI have been receiving many emails requesting an update :) I am so sorry to our faithful readers, that there has been no update for so long. So where to start? Juliana has been doing really well in school. She is surprising everyone at how fast she is learning and catching up to other students. She really is a very smart girl. On her report card she had 1 A 2 B's and a C. And she has continued to Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-8191008081581763192008-08-08T18:19:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:52:09.675-07:00First Day of School!Friday was Juliana's first day of school and she was SO excited. The night before she could not sleep and was up at 5:30 in the morning ready to go. She wanted to ride the bus but I had to talk with the bus driver to see where and when she would pick her her up so we all took her. It was a little strange being at home with just the younger 2. It felt like I had more free time but I didn't really.Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-90394915054455128002008-08-02T19:01:00.000-07:002008-08-02T19:30:28.875-07:00Maybe we are doing something right.......I know we have only been parents for 3 months now, but we often get hard on ourselves and wonder if we are doing anything right. Well tonight was a special night as Juliana said she wanted to ask Jesus into her heart! A few days ago I was having lunch with the kiddos and was talking to them more about Jesus and asked them why he died and where He lives. They didn't seem to know so we talked Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-5924757054244656252008-07-30T19:51:00.000-07:002008-07-30T20:07:29.017-07:002 posts in 1 night!There is just to much to share! So there has been a name change. 2 weeks ago Catalina came to Jim and told him she wants to be called Juliana. So we have been going back and forth with the 2 names. We finally told her she needed to decide which one she wanted and stick with it. So she said she wanted to be called Juliana! Of course we love the name and we all have names that start with a J so Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-74127236574506292832008-07-28T07:36:00.000-07:002008-07-30T19:49:01.853-07:00Road Trip # 2!Can you believe we are at it again?! Jim had to work in Canada this last week so we decided to take another road trip and visit the other half of the family. We had a great time visiting with lots of cousins and aunts and uncles. The kids did great again in the car as we drove through the night they slept almost the whole time and then when we got to my In-laws we slept a bit while they watchedBoyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-21917123221446728912008-07-06T19:18:00.000-07:002008-07-06T20:21:40.465-07:00Road Trip!Man, I can't believe it has been this long since I posted last. I have been getting emails from friends telling me I better update or else.... :) So, I took the 3 kids and the dog on an 11 hour road trip to Orlando to see my family. Everyone kept telling me I was crazy, but the kids did so good! Jim was very busy traveling to 5 different states in the 1 week, so I thought it was a good time toBoyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-69045212642366491952008-06-14T14:18:00.000-07:002008-06-14T14:47:33.244-07:00Happy B-day John!Yesterday was John's Birthday! He is 4 yrs old now!! We started off the day by picking up my brother who has come in town for the weekend to meet the kids and then to the Doctors in Huntsville for Jaysa. We are really glad to hear that he thinks she will not need surgery. He wants her to stay in her brace at night and come back for more x-rays in 3 months. He said usually they see good Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-69655893434594665052008-06-12T06:47:00.000-07:002008-06-12T07:30:33.519-07:00Kids rooms!OK, so I know it has taken me a bit to post the pics of the kids rooms. I know a few of you have been asking me to do it. This is a much over due thank you that really needs to be said. When we were getting things ready after getting the referral, we got a very unexpected surprise. My Tia Norma bought the kids their bedroom suites and I mean they are awesome! Thank you Aunt Norma for everything!Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-60782616735967715442008-06-08T20:06:00.000-07:002008-06-09T07:04:44.278-07:00It has been A week...So, Monday morning Jim left for a business trip and was supposed to come home Wednesday night but ended up coming home Tuesday night and I am glad he did. It has been a week of testing limits especially for Catalina. Monday morning she had been picking on John all morning and they continued to fight in the pool so I finally said that was enough and they had to get out of the pool. Well Catalina Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-51113802775817905332008-06-01T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-02T07:37:32.689-07:00First week on my own...Well, this last week Jim has been in full swing at work and both of our parents went back home. Things went better then I thought they would. I have discovered that Catalina loves to help me in the kitchen! She pulls up a chair and wants to help do whatever needs to be done to make the food and even enjoys washing a few dishes :) We have been trying to work on english and a few times I have Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-56810770115830386082008-05-23T06:20:00.000-07:002008-05-23T07:03:13.052-07:00Sweet Home AlabamaIt has been quite an emotional week. Since arriving home Saturday night, we have been non-stop with the kids. They are so happy. Our house is full of laughter and fun, fun, fun! The kids are really adjusting well and are very well behaved. We took them by Jim's work on Tuesday and they had a ball giving out candy and hugs. They were a little overwhelmed by all the people but love giving Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-85293762314022262642008-05-20T05:22:00.001-07:002008-05-20T06:07:03.649-07:00WERE BACK!!OH it feels great to be back home! The kids did pretty good on the way back. They didn't like the fact that we had to wait to get on the plane. They wanted to get on right a way! They were so excited and kept pointing out all the planes they saw. It was a long day and on the last little flight from Atlanta they all fell asleep. Our parents and some sweet friends of ours met us at the Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-88946921226112821152008-05-17T14:15:00.000-07:002008-05-17T14:18:14.361-07:00ArrivalWell, we were able to change our flight so we get into Huntsville at 6:30pm!!! Hope to see whoever can make it. Everything has gone great today and the United States has 3 more citizens now! Can't wait until we get home!Love you all!!!Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-25895222893737411802008-05-15T14:01:00.000-07:002008-05-15T22:06:51.723-07:00The US EmbassySo things went better then excepted today at the Embassy. We were there for only about 2 hours. The visas were approved and I have to return tomorrow at 3:30 to pick them up. There were a lot of people there waiting. The kids got restless, but I am so glad we didn't have to stay another 2 hours. All morning Jaysa was very fussy and then just sat in the stroller the whole 2 hours, which is Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-56435164982493691752008-05-14T19:58:00.000-07:002008-05-14T20:20:44.492-07:00We are coming Home!!!!!!!What a busy day. I left at 7:30am and we had to go to 2 different Notary places to get the kids birth certificates. Usually you request it 1 day and then pick it up the next so we were hoping to get it done today. Well 4 an a half hours later we were able to get it done!! We then came back to the B&B to get the kids and had a quick bite and left to go get them passports. We picked up another Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-9962855942776018872008-05-13T19:10:00.000-07:002008-05-13T19:38:27.585-07:00Sentencia!!So today was the day that we got the final signiture! I had been waiting around all day and everytime the phone rang here I got nervous. It was about 3:45 when the phone was finally for me! The office closed at 5 and the taxi came for me about 4:15. I got there at 4:45 and My lawyer met me there. They had spelt Johns name wrong and had to fix it and after the place was almost dead at 5:40 we Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-66050013232527600762008-05-12T16:48:00.000-07:002008-05-12T19:20:58.912-07:00May 12thMay 12th... Today was fun. We all slept in and had a great breakfast at the hotel here. We talked to our agency first thing and they think it could be tomorrow when we get our signature but unfortunately that doesn't guarantee we can come home this weekend. I am still holding out hope about it though...So, we packed up Jim's things and got him ready to leave as he leaves at 6am tomorrow. We Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-2111577701204127232008-05-11T12:20:00.001-07:002008-05-11T13:01:03.878-07:00Happy Mothers DayHey all. I'm giving my wife the day off - or at least I'm trying. The kids are a handful today. We are trying to take the day off but with three kids, it all seems impossible. I am getting a babysitter for tonight so I can take Jaime out for a nice meal... A luxury we are looking forward to.It looks like our paperwork is delayed a few more days. Hopefully we will hear something on Tuesday Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-5438152015769564562008-05-09T19:17:00.000-07:002008-05-09T20:06:00.074-07:00May 9th 2008Well, it was another unproductive day. The kids stayed in the tub again for a long time while Jim worked. I got a lot of one on one with Jaysa Stefani today which was really nice. She is such a cutie! She deffinatly loves attention. We didn't want to go out because we were waiting for a phone call today and didn't want to miss it, but unfortunatly it never came. We have been told that all of Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-49485592148532681672008-05-08T18:35:00.000-07:002008-05-08T20:28:43.619-07:00Our little prunes and a nice Surprise!Well today was another one of those days we didn't do a whole lot. We were hoping to hear from our Rep. today and didn't want to be gone for long. After breakfast the kids wanted to go in the pool (bathtub)again. So about 10:30 they got in. Stefani was only in for about 10 min and at 12 Leidy got out but then rejoined John about 2:30 as he had stayed for the entire time. He loves to show off Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960155703239551457.post-18226727032062067232008-05-07T18:12:00.000-07:002008-05-07T19:25:28.428-07:00Not much going on...Well today didn't go as I had planed but that's how it goes sometimes. Jim and I both had taken something like night time thera-flu to help our achy bodies and sinus issues last night and for some reason we were both up and wide awake until about 3am. That has never happened before And yes it was for night time. So, today we were both so tired and still haven't felt well. Jaysa Stefani was Boyachekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978137306425873393noreply@blogger.com7