Hey Everyone!

Hey! It's Sami! Just checking in! Well, I have been up to a lot!! As Chad said, I was in the hospital for a while there and I have fully recovered! Very glad for that! I have gotten back in school, still doing singing, and I finally got back into dance! Back in January I did NYCDA Portland which was defiantly the highlight of my year so far! NYCDA (New York City Dance Alliance) is a dance tour company that tours and you have to make it in and then you spend the weekend at a huge hotel (It was the Red Lion Jantzen Beach Hotel) and take dance classes back to back from some of the best teachers around! And next year I am going to compete and hopefully make it to Nationals so that I can tour with them! I am also planning to try out for American Idol when I turn 16! Everyone who I sing for tells me to try out so I might as well! I am taking a video camera to my next voice lesson and I will record my voice and try to remember to post the video here! Anyways, im just glad to be alive right now!

And I am soon becoming and aunt! Chelsie is officially having a little girl! She's due in the beginning of July and she is naming the baby Beahtrix (Beah or B-B for short!) Sarah is having a little boy! She is due in mid August and she is going to name her baby Trey! So we are all very excited for the summer! Not much else is happening so far! Chad is getting married, Taylor is going well! Reading up a storm and becoming very tan and in shape! It has really been a hectic year! Well, I should get back to homework because spring break doesn't last forever! I'll try to blog soon! Here's just some recent pics! The first one is Quin talking to her little sister! Then its Sarah's recent ultra sound! And then me! I get those darn braces off in about a month so im trying to get lots of pictures with them!

Mike & Debi are Proud to Announce

 The adoption of Sasha and Rose. 

 Yes, we have 2 new member of the McGinness family.  Sasha and Rose were adopted by  us  from the Oregon Humane Society  (OHS)  this past weekend.   

Since the passing of our beloved Misha, I have been occasionally perusing various kitty sites - Humane societies, rescue places, etc.  I looked at a lot of kitties, but never any that really made me go  - Wow, that's the one.  Well, last Saturday evening, I happened to go to OHS's website and there they were -  Rose and Sophie.  They were in foster care and they were looking for someone who would adopt both.  So, I sent an e-mail to their foster mom, telling her a little about Mike and me and our situation with loosing Misha.  

I didn't hear anything that night and Sunday morning when I went on the website, they were gone.  I was like OH NO!  So, I immediately e-mailed the foster mom asking her if they had been adopted. - oh, while I think Michael looked at one of their pictures, he didn't know I had done this.   Two hours later, I got a call from Laura, the foster mom.  She said that she had pulled the pictures because she got 10 inquiries on the first day.  BUT out of all of them, she thought we would be the perfect fit, and would we like to meet them.  I told Michael and of course his response was 'TODAY?' (he was actually not working for a change).  I told him we either went and looked at the today or we not get another chance.  So, at 4 pm, we walked into OHS.  I went to the reception desk to ask for the Foster Care department and Michael made a beeline for the kitty cages and stared petting one of them. 

A few minutes later, we were in an exam room and in comes Laura with a kitty carrier which she sets on the table, opens the door and this little gray and white fluff ball walks out.  Michael picked her up immediately, sits down and start petting her.  This was Rose.  Sophie followed and immediately we could tell she was going to be a little spitfire.  She wanted to walk all over us, inspect everything, and pick on her sister.

Needless to say, when we left OHS that night, we weren't alone.  Rose and Sophie were ours.

So, a little about them.  They are approximately 2 months old (and right now Rose is climbing up my arm and sitting on my shoulder).  They are a both torte point Siamese mix, though Rose has longer hair that make her look more like a Burmese.,  Rose is the fluffy one, who's very gentle and cautious and has a very fragile look about her and Sasha (Michael renamed her  because he just didn't think Sophie quite fit. This one is definitely a sassy Sasha) is the inquisitive looking one - rambunctious and impish Apparently they were brought in to OHS as strays, though I can't imagine anyone dumping such little babies.  They couldn't have been more than a couple 3 weeks old.  They were underweight and had respitory infections, though during the 5 weeks they were in foster care, they flourished and are now healthy babies. 

They are adapting very well to their new home - love the kitty condo we have and are getting used to our routine.  They already know they get fed when we get up and when we get home.

Mike and I are doing well.  Business is keeping him busy, but I know he's enjoying it.

I hope this finds all of you in good health and enjoying life.  Would love to hear from more of you.

BTW, Rose is still sitting on my shoulder - weird typing this way.

All our love,

Mike & Debi, the proud parents