New game plan

Katy and I are really enjoying Lake Tahoe together.  Katy told me that she "loves this trip - it is fantastic"!  Of course, that made me happy.  She's having so much fun with her cousins, aunt, grandma and great grandpa that she's probably not going to want to go home.  I'm enjoying spending time with everyone too and LT is so beautiful this time of year.  But, of course, I'm thinking of the twins and continuing to get bad news from Ekat.  

Olga gave dates as to when we could visit Ekat and I went back on line to find tickets but it is cost prohibitive.    Since last week the tickets have gone up $900 each.  The trip would allow two days with the girls - probably 6 hours total - and would cost around $5,000 to $6,000 with drivers, translators, etc.  I could save a little by leaving Katy at home but I can't do that to her - again.   

I've received another email regarding rejections by the judge.  It may be host families back East that I had heard of before but I don't know.  That's the problem with the internet chat groups - at times the information can be invaluable but others, it can be incomplete and cause unnecessary fear - I hope that is the case now.

My new game plan is to bombard the judge with letters from family and friends upon her return as to why she should allow me to adopt the girls.  Hopefully, these will get her attention and make her see past her own fears as to placing the girls so far away.   I'll start working on them when we return home from LT.    I don't know what else I can do at this point.