what's up with the color here?

Help! Can someone tell me what the heck I did and how to change it back so half my blog isn't darker than the other????
Thanks!

Very Thankful

I am not doing so good keeping up on this lately. Tis the season!
I have a lot to be grateful for this Thanksgiving.
1. Family! We had a lot of family visit Thanksgiving day and we had a lot of fun. Everyone from in-laws, Mom, Sis-in laws and family, cousins, aunts and uncles. I like having lots of family around.
2. Food! As long as the kids leave me alone in the kitchen I really enjoy making all the favorites.... Party Potatoes, Carrot Caserole, Pumpkin Pie with homemade whipped creme, stuffing with all the goodies in it and more! Mom made deviled eggs and scalloped oysters! Love them! And Sis and laws made fabulous Pies and sweet potatoes!
3. Kids! They sometimes completely wear me out but oh we have so much fun! They amaze me more and more each day.
4. Hubby! (didn't mean to put you at #4 babe!) He works very hard for his family. Actually everything he does is for his family. He is a very self-less person, it's all about us. (isn't that the way it's supposed to be!) I would live anywhere and do anything as long as I was with him! (thinking warm climate babe!)
5. My Chocolate business and all the girls there. It's my passion. The girls help so it's not my "everything". But oh to work in the world of fudge, truffles, white chocolate lattes, gourmet hot chocolate!!! Not a better job out there! Spoken by a true Chocoholic.
6. My friends including my online friends. I love my friends. I have all kinds, young, old, my age, crazy, sane, smart, fun, dingy, loud, interesting, creative, loving, kind, giving, caring. They keep me sane and make my life fun. My online friends are true supporters and teach me a lot about the world of international adoption.
7. God for blessing me with good health and a great life!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I'm very excited that a couple of friends from my agency get to travel to Vietnam for Christmas! So happy for them. What a great Christmas gift! Congrats Kelly and Sherri for getting to travel to get your sweeties this year! May you get your giving and receiving appointments soon!

Look what my Mama bought me!

My Mom is so sweet. Here she is in the hospital and I go to visit her and she has a present for me. She had the nurse take her down to the gift shop and buy this really pretty angel that looks like it's carved wood with a nativity seen on it. She heard me say how much I liked it last time I took her down there. I asked if it was an early Christmas present and she said no it is a gift for me for helping her. Funny thing is the same day I took her a Christmas Fairy to put in her room. We had fun sharing our gifts. Hopefully they let her out Thanksgiving week. She keeps asking me if I have my Thanksgiving menu started!!??? I just make all the favorites!

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree!

Can you tell I'm home with a sick girl today so I'm catching up on posting some?
Kelly's motivated me to post pictures of some Christmas Cheer I've put up. (Yeah! A link worked finally!!) Check out her awesome pictures. I love decorating for the Holidays and have a ton more to do. I love to decorate the railings but oh that takes some work. We have a family tree that the kids help with that has ornaments from different places we've vacationed to, and their homemade ornaments. And the kids each have a tree in their rooms that's not done yet. Plus a few things here and there to spice the house up. I also want to put lighted garland on the deck railing. And I put lighted trees in the planters out front. I want it all done for Thanksgiving since we have a lot of family coming then. Back to work!!

Oxygen anyone????

In Vegas Hubby and I decided to try this. It had three different kinds of aromatherpy to revitalize you, relieve pain and more. They give you a back massage and scalp massage while you're on the oxygen for 20 minutes. Honestly I couldn't tell any difference. But I can say it was an experience!

Picture of her bedding

Once we paint the walls, then I'm hanging long floor length curtains and a chandalier. I still have to find a rug and vintage dresser. I don't think I'll put a changing table in there. I never used the last one for either kids.

Baby update

There's supposed to be 1-boy referral this month and 2-3 girls! PLUS our agency just got approval for another orphanage in Ca Mau and there's supposed to be 50 kids there. Some are older and we have a lot of women using our agency that requested toddlers and older. Please pray that those that have been waiting get to see their kids pictures soon! We're still not supposed to start our dossier yet, but I need to get organized so I don't feel the mad rush or pressure during our busy time after Thanksgiving.
I have been buying a few things for baby girls room! Tee Hee! It's so fun. I finally ordered the crib bedding. I decided to so the shabby chic look so I can mix vintage pieces in her room. I'm looking for a pink vintage dresser with crystal knobs. Her stroller should be in any day. I had to order another one from ebay because the first one I ordered was discontinued. But I found the same one! AND I ordered a precious moments tree ornament and Vietnamese Christmas ornaments so I can put a little table top tree in her room! Sorry I can't get the link to work. check it out at www.mandysmoon.com Thanks Laurie! Great site! I'll post a picture when I have it done. I'm pretty sure we've decided on her name but we're not going to decide for sure until we see her picture. They are still saying the end of December of January.

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!

It's been almost a Month since I've posted! I got a little overwhelmed with our trip to Vegas and haven't caught up since. One of the disadvantages of owning your own business, you're NEVER caught up! Then the our kids have been sick on and off, and Mom is still in the hospital. Whew! (She feels great though)
Hubby and I really enjoyed the relaxing Lake of Las Vegas. We stayed at the Hyatt and it was beautiful. We went to a Custom Home Builders show there and had a great time. We toured homes there. Even saw a lot that was 30-million. Yes I said "lot"! 6-Acres of flat land on the lake. We drove past Celine Dion's house and Paula Abduals. Very pretty gated area.
Then the last night we stayed at the Venetian on the strip. It was hotter there and of course crazy busy even on a Sunday night. I actually got tired of the window shopping! Maybe it was the shopping with the hubby I wasn't used to. I could have really let go if it was just me or with the girls! We went to see the Phantom. It was unbelieveable. They built a 43 million dollar theatre just for this show.
Thanks to my dear friends including my sister-in law for watching the kids. They had a great time. Before we left little girl said "I have a feeling I'm going to be a little bit sad Mom!" But when I asked her how she did, she said good and kept telling us all the fun things they did.