Days off with Dad and mixed news!

Nathan tree climbing while picking berries.


Josh, Riley and I enjoying the farm.



Howard, Josh, Nathan and Riley prior to berry picking.

Well the last couple weeks have seen Howard finally have some days off which was wonderful for all of us we spent those 4 days picking strawberries, swimming at the lake and floating down the river. All 3 of the kids and I were sad to see him go back to 12 hour days but we know that vacation time is coming soon! As is back to school, I am one of the few Mom's who love having her kids home over the summer and I'm always sad to see them head back to school. However we have started the dreaded back to school shopping our supply list's seem to get longer every year!

We received news that the little girl we were hopping to adopt has been placed with another family. As much as I am a little heartbroken I am so happy for her that she will get her forever family much quicker! So now we are in for a LONG wait! Our agency told us that once we have our LID (log in date in China) we should receive a referral from the waiting child list 4-6 months later. I pray that they are correct but I won't hold my breath! I cling to the fact that God's timing is always perfect He's never early and never late:) We should receive our provincial approval any day now and I have everything ready to send to our agency to start the translation of our info into Chinese so hopefully by the end of October we will be logged in. That is a condensed version of what has been happening here.