What Have We Been Up To?

Sheesh! I am falling down on the job here! I wish I could say that we have been busily settling in with a new little one BUT not even a call yet. I am using the time to, hopefully, get some much needed spring cleaning done and an ultra organized house (in my dreams).

Anyway, Easter was, as usual, a quiet family day. Dean's grandparents came up on Saturday and went to church with us in the morning and then we all ate brunch at Toni and Jason's house. The boys got a few little Easter gifts in the morning and then we did an egg hunt after brunch at the Sims' house.


The weather around here has been beautiful! Today we went over to the school and played a bit. The boys have been really into baseball the last few days. They have been playing catch with Dean in the backyard and today they practiced hitting over at the school.


Austin and Griffen also played for while at the playground. It has been so nice to have the sun shining and finally feel like winter is over. I also got a little more of the flower beds cleaned up. I will have to take some pictures soon as the flowers are coming in.


Last but certainly not least. Dean has been busy building me my valentine/birthday/mother's day gift. I have been asking for a wall of shelves for probably three years now, ever since we took over the downstairs of our house. Dean built a small little shelving unit, when we got the tv, to hold the dvd player, cable box, movies, etc. Well, I took to suggesting that we expend that little shelf to go across the whole wall and go up and around the tv. Finally, three years later, I am getting my shelves. They look AMAZING! Dean would never admit it but he is really good at building things. I feel very lucky that I have such a handy husband!


The boys even got in on the project and helped with the sanding. Now all that is left is to finish painting them!

Approved!

Yep! We are officially approved! At work today, I was between projects and decided to check our family email since I hadn't checked it yet today. The first email in our inbox was from our licensor with the subject line reading "good news". The email was short and to the point. She had gotten our file back from her supervisor and it had been approved. She also said that our license and cards are in the mail.

Now we wait.

Wait for the right call.

Wait for a new little one to join our family.

Most importantly, we are praying that God will make "the call" clear.

Please pray that with us.

A Little Bit of Everything

Well, it has been a really long time since I have posted anything. I have been meaning to but I couldn't find my camera which had the pictures I wanted on it. I finally found it today so here is a post that contains a little bit of everything.

First I have to show off the beautiful flowers that I got for my birthday. The first bouquet showed up at the church, just after I got to work, from my wonderful husband. They were SO pretty and smelled great.

About an hour or so later, another delivery came to the office. This time it was these beautiful pink roses from my mom and dad. They too smelled wonderful and are so so pretty. If you look closely to the right of the roses, there is a little green plant that my co-workers got for me. I am hoping that I can keep this one alive (I don't really have a green thumb). I have taken it back to the church so that I can have help it taking care of it.


A few days later we celebrated Griffen's birthday with a few of his friends. He had picked out "Happy Feet" as the theme so the kiddos threw things into "ice holes" (a bean bag toss) and went fishing. The poles were dowels with magnets on the end of the strings and the fish were paper with paper clips on them. They all seemed to have fun and Griffen was excited that his party had finally come. It was really hard for him in November when both Jake and Austin had their birthdays.


A couple of weeks ago the Spring soccer season started. We bundled up on Saturday the 21st and headed out to the soccer fields. Boy was it COLD! Austin did great and got in a few good passes. He seems to be understanding the game a little more this year. The whole team actually looked pretty good at the game too and they won!


Then on the 26th, the annual science fair was held at the school. This year Austin was able to participate as well. He chose to do the same experiment as Jake did which was about electricity. They tested different things around the house to see if they would conduct electricity. They both had fun doing it and making their posters and showing how to turn the light bulbs on.

Finally on the adoption/foster care front. We heard about a week and a half ago that our file had been given to the supervisor for approval. Our licensor called to ask a couple of clarifying questions and sounded like it shouldn't be too long. Well, we still haven't heard anything once again and are waiting, waiting, waiting. I am expecting a call or email that says we are going to have to redo our background checks. They are supposed to expire after 90 day which it has been well over 90 since we did ours. Anyway, our adoption case manager is ready to get working to find us a little one but she has to wait until we are licensed. I will most likely be sending another email to the licensor this next Monday. (Squeeky wheel that I am)

We hope you all are enjoying some spring weather. We are looking forward to some sun and warmth here tomorrow.