Getting antsy.

Yesterday Stephen and I decided to go look at open houses with my grandma. :) It was a really good time. Some of the houses were awful looking though! We are not buying a house right now, we are waiting to buy a house in Blue Springs next summer probably. However, it is nice to see what we can get for the price. I am really hoping for a four bedroom house so we don't have to build on. :P Anyway.. we will just wait and see what happens. Looking at houses makes me so excited for the future. I cannot wait to have a house that we own, and a baby.

One Small Victory Won :)

So yesterday my husband and I made a trip to Warrensburg for a court date over our sister Sarah's guardianship. It was an emotional roller coaster, that's for sure. It started off with a sick to your stomach wanting to just roll over dead feeling. We had no hope. Sarah's lawyer had never called us back, we had no idea if we were going to testify, no idea what Sarah wanted. No real information at all.
The ride down was filled with talk of what could happen, what we hopped would happen, and what we really wish wouldn't happen. When we got there it was nerve-racking. The family had sarah on a leash. She had to wave behind her back so she didn't get in trouble. It was a sad situation and that in itself made me want to cry. I really have come to love Sarah like my own sister and it's such bullshit that the "Love family" does this to her.
Once we were in the court room it was hard to deal with Pam and Monty. I don't believe they deserve to be parent's at all, let alone to be parents to seven children, four of which are AMAZING children that they take for granted and don't love. I used to hold out some respect for Pam. I thought she was just a victim of a mentally and emotionally abusive husband. This turns out was just me trying to think the best of her. She holds as much hate for her children as he does. I just hope she really regrets it when she wakes up one day with no children at all. Monty has this awful "God-complex" that makes me want to vomit, luckily I think this had the same effect on the judge. His rude demenor and sarcastic attitude not only made him look like a complete idiot, but it showed his true colors and bit him in the ass later.
After a couple hours of the sperm and egg donors lying after swearing on the bible and degrading the only decent daughter they have... Stephen finally got to go up and testify. Stephen loves his sister completely, and although he was super nervous he told the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and it worked out in Sarah's favor! After a few more questions being asked the judge basically ruled that the parent's were denied all rights, they lacked evidence and that Sarah had no need for a guardian of any kind!
This is especially exciting because it gives Sarah the freedom to get away from them in the future, if that is what she wants. Which I will confidently say right now... it is what she wants!
After court, Monty was so outraged that his presence as God didn't sway the judge into believing his bullshit, that he attempted to start verbally attacking my brother-in-law John, and made himself look a fool once again! Needless to say, he got esscorted out and we will probably never have to see him again unless something crazy comes over us and we feel the need to go to his funeral.

A small victory was won; our next step is figuring out how to get Sarah moved out. :)


Sidenote:: After court, John, Stephen and I went to the mall and met up with John's daughters, Kaitlyn and Dakota. I love those girls so so much! I am so glad to be able to call them my neices. :)

Opening Blog:: Life on my mind.

Well this is my first blog on this website. It is July 19th, 2010. I recently celebrated my nineteenth birthday with friends and family. It was a great time. With the summer nearing an end, I have a lot on my mind. Next month I will begin my last semester of college. In December I will graduate! I am so excited, but this also comes with fears. When you graduate college, so much more is expeceted of you. It's almost assured that I will take a pay cut when I get a job in Early Childhood, but it should be a more enjoyable job that I can stick with for a long time. Stephen and I plan to move to the Kansas City area in a year or so. Also this fall, there is a high chance that Stephen will leave for bootcamp for the Air Force. This is a new chapter of our lives. He will be gone for a total of about six months including skill school. And... we are strongly considering to start trying for a baby right before he leaves. Chances are slim it will work, but it's worth a try. So crazyness is bound to happen. :P
On a more current note: Tomorrow Stephen, John (my brother-in-law) and I are going to court in Warrensburg for our Sister, Sarah. Her parents are trying to get guardianship over her, even though she is 23 years old and perfectly capable of living a normal life. She has a mild disablity, but that is not the issure for these controling parents. They simply do not want another child to move out, and they do not want poor Sarah to be able to talk to her brothers. It is ridiculous, and not morally right for them to do this to her... So wish us luck and pray hard for our courtdate tomorrow at 1:30pm.

--Mackenzie Love