Thank You

I just have to say that I am really impressed and like our case worker and Adoption and Beyond. Rachel is just wonderful and working so hard with us to get our homestudy done and completed correctly! Just wanted to thank one of those 'behind the scenes' people in this process! You're amazing!!!

Dance, Dance, Dance!

Our niece Macy had her yearly dance recital today! It is always fun to go watch. The pictures are in reverse order b/c I can't get them to rearrange. So, here is the recital in reverse. This is Macy at the end with her beautiful flowers!

Macy is the little girl to the right of the boy. Isn't she just adorable.

Here Macy is again in the same dance. It was the last dance she was in. She was in three.


This is her (the one in the center). This is her second dance.

Here she is in her first dance of the day. It was her tap dance. She is the little blondie on the far left end.

I love going to the recitals. They are just so cute.

And for the evening. Dan is working on fixing our water heater. It has a valve that is leaking. Hopefully he can fix it without having to replace it. So, that is his project for the evening. Mine is to clean things up. Straighten the table, since we can't seem to keep it clean, do the dishes, all that glamorous stuff! I know you want to switch places with us!!

Our heart is in...

This is what our letter magnets on the fridge read. Well, to be honest, right now, it says 'Ethiopa'. After our weekend visit, we can't find the second 'I', but oh well. Maybe at some point we'll get a new set of letters. The magnets in these barely hold the letters... We'll have to see.
(And isn't that a cute picture of my brothers 7 kids!)

Another Slight Delay!

It seems like Satan keeps trying to get me down... We have another slight delay (hopefully not too long). Adoption and Beyond (homestudy agency) email me on Monday (thankfully the lady went in to get a little work done) and told me that they had received my VA background check back - unprocessed. In other words, there was a small error and they wouldn't touch it unless everything was just so. You want to know the error - I overpaid them by $1. That's it. Adoption and Beyond told me it was a $6 fee (you couldn't read the fine print on the form) so that's what I sent. Low and Behold - it's only a $5 fee. I could have cared less if they kept the extra dollar, but oh well, what you going to do. So, it should get back here to us hopefully today and then we can put it back int he mail with the $5 money order and hopefully they will process it quicly!!! Please Pray for quick turnover! Thanks!

Friends

We got to go to the zoo today with Dave, Kristen, and Karalyn. These are some of our best friends from Colorado Springs and we look forward to their visit every Memorial day weekend. This will probably be our main outing and we will spend the rest of the time at home playing games, watching movies, taking naps, eating and just hanging out together.

Adoption Update!

I emailed the lady at Adoption and Beyond today (our homestudy agency), and asked her what the status of things were for our homestudy. She said she was making some revisions on our homestudy based on some she had to make on a previous AGCI homestudy and then she was sending it in to AGCI this afternoon. Yeah! I know that Monday is a holiday and no one is working, but I don't care...at least it is finally there. We are still waiting on the VA and MD checks for me, but if we can get it approved and ready, hopefully the checks will come in soon and it will all be ready to go. The rest of the dossier paperwork is anxiously awaiting the homestudy so it can be sent. I am praying, praying, and praying some more that all goes smoothly and we can get the dossier sent in the first or second week of June!!

We're famous!!

Or not!!! We made the Garden City Telegram 'Neighbors' Sections. You can read the article here. Enjoy!