Play Ball!

On Tuesday night we went to the Rangers game. The girls were actually really excited!

Kennedy was really interested in the game.. she wanted to know all the rules etc.. Mika.. well she really didn't care what was going on.. she had more fun taking pictures of the "football players" with my camera! Silly girl!

Documents Accepted!

We got some good news today. Our documents were accepted by the committee! This means that they approve us to adopt a child from their country and best of all I don't have to redo any paperwork....yea! They did not have a baby for us though.. so the waiting continues...

No News

For anyone keeping count besides me... May 12th came and went with no news from my agency. Being the very patient person that I am (ha ha) I emailed them at 8:30am on the 12th to see what I could find out. I know it was early but I figured if I hadn't heard anything I probabably wouldn't since it was already 5:30pm in Russia. She told me that because of the holidays in Russia they had not looked at our file yet=( So, it isn't exactly "no"..yet...
I don't usually work on Wed., just Tuesdays and Thursdays...but this month I had to work an extra day and I am glad it was on Wed, the 12th.. it kept my mind busy!
When I am stressed.. I like to clean (it's better than eating right?)..So in between patients I cleaned and organized my therapy room! It somehow makes me feel better... next is my house! I know God has the perfect little boy for us out there...His timing IS perfect.. I know all this..but it doesn't make the waiting easy..Working on connecting head knowledge to the heart=) Have a happy weekend!

Adoption Update

Right now we are waiting.. Our paperwork was filed on April 26th and the committe has 10 days to "review" our paperwork.. now, it is my understanding that at the end of that 10 days if they have a child for us they will call... if not then we wait until they do find us a child..This has been the longest 10 days of my life... it doesn't end until May 12th! The 10 days doesn't count weekends or holidays and Russia had a holiday last Monday and another one this Monday...But on Saturday I did get our Immigration paperwork in the mail! Our fingerprints were clear!! It says that "It has been determined that you are able to furnish proper care to an orphan" etc. etc. etc... This is a very important piece of paper..without it we would not be able to move forward in our adoption process or  get a court date..I have read several blogs where people have had to wait, wait, wait, because of this little piece of paper... Thank you Lord that it only took 4 weeks and not months!! It says our fingerprints will expire on 7/8/11...praying I have my baby by then=)

We Love Camping!

This last weekend we went camping in Daingerfield, Texas with my sister and her family. We always have the best time with them! We spend the weekend hiking, biking, laughing, eating, and sitting around the campfire solving the worlds problems!

Saturday

Kennedy stayed on her bike the entire weekend!

Mika and Jake loved playing games.

On Saturday afternoon we drove into Jefferson for lunch and a little bit of antique shopping. Once we got there we found out they were doing a Civil War re-enactment, so everyone was dresssed for the era.

Kennedy and Shelby with some random people I stopped.. I couldn't convince Mika and Jake to get in the picture!

My sweet girls in the General Store-the closest we got to an antique store that day!

Later that day... hiking.. in flip flops with a blanket...can you tell she is tired?

Down time with mommy

Best part of camping-SMORES!

On Sunday we took the kids to the park and found out that you could buy a cain pole and worms for like $5 dollars... so we went fishing too!