I have TWINS!!!

Eight years ago when Hayley was in the 4th grade. I picked her up from school and on the way home she was telling me about a boy in her class that was really funny. She began to talk about him and said she feels bad for him a lot. I proceeded to ask her why. She told me that he always gets in trouble and he doesn't even do anything! She said it reminds her of her brother Kolby who would often get in trouble and everything was always blamed on him! I listened to her and told her that was sweet of her to be nice to him despite how other people treated him.

Hayley continued to come home talking about this boy. I didn't even know his name. So after a week of hearing her talk about him I felt like maybe there was something we could do to help him and maybe ease Hayley's heart!

One of our traditions every single Friday was to go to Braums for ice cream. Hayley and Kolby always looked forward to this and they knew having a great week at school earned the Braums trip. So I told Hayley to tell the little boy at school that if he could do good for a whole week and not get his name on the board that I would talk to his parents and see if he could come with us for ice cream.

Hayley was so excited to go back to school to tell him! She came home that day and reported that he was soooo excited and was gonna be good. Well, it was a success! He didn't get in trouble!!! Friday came and as I walked up to the school Hayley , Kolby and two boys run up to me. The boy from Hayley's class is smiling from ear to ear and he says, "HI, I'm LaMorie and this is my twin brother Morie." I respond, "Oh!!! Well, did you do good this week?" He said, "YES" So I told him well then you get to come too!

And it all started from that day! Everyday after that Morie and LaMorie came over to our house after school. They played and ate dinner and even began to bathe and get homework done at our house. Shay would load up their bikes in the back of his truck and take them home every night. For the rest of the year that was what we did.

The coolest thing was they had the same exact birthday as Hayley...September 22! So we celebrated three birthdays on that day!

Then one day their dad came to our doorstep and said that they were moving and where he was going the boys could not go. He asked if they could stay with us for a week or so and then when he was settled that he would come get them. THREE YEARS LATER...... The twins were still apart of our family and living with us!

I had been their legal guardian (they called me mom)  for three years while they lived with us and we were going to adopt them. Then out of the blue their mom was trying to get them back. She succeeded and they have lived around with her for the last several years.

We still got to have them on Christmas, Thanksgiving and in the summer through the years!

There is quite a bit that I am leaving out just for the sake of other peoples privacy...But the bottom line is they are my boys and we have loved them like our own since they were in 4th grade! I'll never forget that Friday and their smiles...We love them and always have!

They are now almost 19 and they still call me mom and Kolby and Hayley call them their brothers.
Sometimes you don't have to be blood to be family!

LOVE MY BOYS!

Find JOY in loving others! You never know who is meant to be in your life!