Feeling Antsy!?!

I feel like I am suppose to be doing something, however I am not sure what that is! We are patiently waiting for provincal approval for our adoption however I just want to submit our LOI (letter of intention) for the little girl we have heard about and know she will be available to adopt very shortly, we are waiting to submit our LOI based on our agencies advice to get approval from our province first. She is in my constant thoughts and prayers. I would love any information on her recovery and health........ So instead of that the kids and I have immersed ourselves in "lake days" "pool days" "park days" and decorating Addison's bedroom! What fun the latter has been so far! We just ordered this beautiful bedding set for her crib pictured above and I just got her crib/daybed/toddler bed/ double bed in and have started to assemble it. I will take some pictures and post them when we finish decorating. Also while we were in Disneyland one of the boys had a great idea of having a piece of artwork done for Addison in princesses, spelling out Addi's name for her bedroom, that way she would know we were thinking of her and wishing she was with us on holidays! How sweet those boys can be! The picture came out beautifully and I need to matte and frame it for her room as well.

Nathan, Josh and Riley have been keeping me ever so busy and yet we have had alot of time just to lay back and enjoy the summer! We will start preparing for our vacation down to Vancouver Island and my lil sisters wedding in August. Its odd for us to vacation so late in the summer but we couldn't miss my sisters wedding and who knows maybe we will enjoy vacationing later in the summer! Well its time to feed the troops (again!!! lol)

Joshy's 8th Birthday!

Here is the birthday boy with his breakfast request of eggs benedict!

Joyful

Ostentatious

Servants Heart

Helpful

That acronym correctly describes our Joshua he is now eight I can hardly believe how time has flown! He is our "wild man" and has the biggest heart! He would give you the shirt off of his back and we are so blessed to have him in our lives. Even when he makes me want to pull out my hair I still can't help but think of what a blessing he is! Happy Birthday our wild and wonderful boy!

Adoption Agency in Ontario goes bankrupt!

We were so sad to hear of this agency going bankrupt, we pray for those who are involved in this mess and have money tied up with this agency and refferals of beautiful children waiting for them! I pray that this won't affect those families adoptions!

I am trying to post using our email account as I have heard that China blocks blogger so this way I will still be able to post and everyone will see what we are up to when we are in China! Hope you have a fabulous rest of your day!

6 to 8 Week Wait for Provincal Approval!!!!

I guess the title says it all. Our homestudy was sent out for provincal approval, and the wait time on approval is 6 to 8 weeks! Oh well nothing we can do about that! I pray that it will be less time but trust that it will happen when its meant to happen! I feel blessed to have 3 wonderful children home with me to keep me busy this summer! I just hope the weather improves so we can do some lake days!

Blessings,

Kim

Disneyland and the End of School Busyness!

Well things have been crazy busy in the last month and a half. We decided to take the kids on a much deserved trip to Disneyland, we all had a blast and we were refreshed and reconnected as a family by the end of the trip! We also had the end of the year festivities at school right after we returned from California, and a early birthday party for Josh as he usually gets ripped off because all his friends are gone in mid July for holidays.

We have finished our homestudy for our adoption and now it is waiting approval by our provine and then off to China it goes! Woohoo! Finally! Everything takes way longer than I expected! Not much else to post so I will leave this and update again once we have approval!