this last weekend

We visited with the boys this last weekend. We went up with the intention of having a visit on both saturday and sunday but had been told that they may consider doing a saturday visit only. We were all so tired during the sunday visit last week. It is hard to spend four hours in a park or even the mall. The boys have recently started therapy, they still have visits with the bio parents, people are in and out of the home and they are doing the visits with us. It is a lot! So, we were not surprised when they asked if we wanted to just do a saturday visit. To be quite honest, we were relieved! It is hard to make those trips up there and still have the energy to keep the boys busy for four hours two days in a row.........in a park. grand junction is HOT!
We were surprised they allowed all three boys to do a four hour visit. Sounds like the foster parents were surprised by that also. We did not see the foster mom this time. She came for both the drop off and pick up but did not get out of the car. I am really frustrated with this lady! She is so rude, uncooperative and cannot seem to put the boys needs before her own. It really surprises me to see a foster parent act this way. It makes me question if she understands her role as a foster parent. I sure hope she can get over herself and help these boys to deal with the emotions and questions they have about the visits.
We took the boys to the pool and they played in the splash park area. The youngest does not seem to like the water much. He cried for about the first 20 minutes, he was not interested in anything we were doing. The other two love the water and had a great time playing and eventually we were able to calm down the youngest and get him to put his hands and feet in the water. He was having a good time but then the water came up and sprayed him right in the face! He was done after that. We stayed at the pool for about and hour and half. We then took the boys out for dinner at texas roadhouse. It went really well. They have great manners and all three have wonderful appetites. The youngest of course wanted to touch everything. We went back to the park and took a walk till the foster family came to pick them up.
The caseworker told us that the foster family was thinking of getting a lawyer. We will see what will happen if they decide to get one. From what we were told, i don't think it will make a difference in the decision the judge makes, it will just drag the process out. Which will really suck! I am expecting a decision to be made on september 3rd, i will be very disappointed if we have to wait another month or so.
We don't have a visit this coming weekend, brian has to do his cpr on saturday. We won't see the boys again till the weekend of the 28th.