Thankful!

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday!  I love the family gathering, the food, and the general attitude of being thankful. Of course I am the most thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ and his gospel, the plan of salvation given to us by a loving Father in heaven and the most important part of that plan, FAMILIES! I am so grateful for each member of my family. With mine, yours and our, we now have 9 and by Feb will have 10! Dawn and Michael, David's oldest live in Phoenix AZ. Desiree her husband and little girl Zoey live here in Nephi, It is such a blessing. Desiree help us out with Ilia and Lydia! ( we still can not leave them alone together for the fighting) Lydia and Des are becoming as closed as her BIO sisters. Denae is in her Senior year at Weber State University. Lydia loves to go visit her! Delanie is our Senior this year and is exceptional  to help out with  her crazy schedule and college classes. I will cry when she moves out next year! Derrick is turning  from a boy to a young man (except when he is teasing or being teased by his new siblings!) Dannalee is working hard to adjust to  more sibling who think she is too little for much of anything  especially to be included except for the teasing!     Lydia and Ilia  seem to be attaching well. They are affectionate and very open about their past. They are loving the missionary's' lesson and think they want to be baptized in December and as much as I want them to be I am not sure they understand enough YET!
We struggle with" It's not fair" or" it so and so turn to do that" Of course they where never taught to control frustration or anger but Ilia's is very easy to get to calm down.. I think other than the fighting with each other and Derrik the swearing is the worst problem. Of course I miss the swear word but my kids do not. We are doing better with disciplining the fighting but. The swearing is the biggest problem because I don't catch it  Any words of wisdom? On the practical side How do I get their SS# I have Ilia "green" card and  Lydia's finger print now what should I do?

November!

We have been home for 6 weeks WOW !I am getting used to my new crazy life! It is  great life . We must still be honeymooning because we still think life is great. Lydia and Ilia are so loving and open. Of course they have learn how to distract me during their English lesson by telling me  so much about their past. So we are learning more bout them than they learn about English some days!  I think what I learn from and about them is as important! I am  longing for the day I can explain so much more to them. We got to skype with Igor/ Daniel again this week. He is begging us to hurry and come get him. Lydia and Ilia are excited for him to come. I pray his transition to America is a good as these two.