Be thankful

Hope that you, the readers, are enjoying life. I have been away from the blog for a little while due to fun family times and frustration with the adoption. We were notified that we still need more background checks. We are thankful that the adoption process is complete, but after thinking that we will have a completed Home Study in January, we (especially I) were frustrated. Then God kicks me and says "Hello - remember that I am in control". So thankful for the kick as we were blessed with many positives for our position in the adoption. Friends asked me about the process and I was able to share (actually vent) and had nuetral views shared in the conversation. Our community has wonderful police departments as we were able to get clearance letters and finger prints and papers notarized very quickly. So God was kindly reminding me that He is in control. So now we move on to our next adventure - completion of the Home Study hopefully in 10-14 days, but knowing that it will be God's timing. So that is our life in a nut shell with the adoption process. For the family's current adventures: our girls have a basketball tourney and skills at a Girls' Varisty game, wrestling tourney the first weekend in March for our son, husband/dad is now in the playoffs with the Boys' basketball team, and I am doing the polar plunge this Saturday. We are enjoying life and at times just need a kick from above to remind use that He is in control and we are very thankful for that! Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

And another week...

So we were hoping to finish the Home Study by the end of January. We got an email yesterday that stated since we switched the country from where we want to adopt, that we need more background checks. Please know that I am adding humor as yesterday I was just frustrated. I know that He has a plan and that in His timing we will move somewhere in this process. Now for the humor, both my husband and I had thorough background checks when adopting our son. Also we are educators so again- the checks have happened. So now tonight after waiting a week to post as we had hoped to have something to share, I decided to bring some humor to the post. When asked, which of our children was the toughest in having (please note the word, "having") we can honestly say that our son is and hopefully was the toughest. He was worth every paper, redo and trial of patience! Instead of focusing on the negative, humor brings smiles to my face and helps me reflect. We are blessed with wonderful people in our lives. We spent the weekend with my parents and great friends for basketball on Saturday and the Super Bowl on Sunday. We have begun our week with preparation for Valentines Day and while we are waiting, we are smiling at the many amazing gifts we've been given and the humor that comes our way. So this week we focus on Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!" And we are going to do this with smiles. Hope that you have a week full of smiles.