Summertime, Summertime, Sum Sum Summertime!

So I don't have time for a lengthy heart felt witty post right now but here;s a quick update on what we've been up to so far this summer.

Daddy's been teaching Emma to drive the lawn mower. A few more years and maybe it will be her job :)

Daddy got a motorcycle FREE from a guy who brought his plane into work! Rides around the Block are FUN!!

Emma's friend Karissa went to camp LRCA with her this year. Church camp is the coolest!

We took Daddy to Bass Pro shop on Father's day. They have great bacon cheeseburgers and we ate alligator too!

We went to the drive in for the first time with the kids.

They were very excited but......

Didn't quite make it through the second movie.

We had to cancel our camping trip to Raccoon lake so we set up camp in the back yard.

They love to sit in there and pretend that everything outside is something they are watching on TV. Weirdos!

Emma has been losing teeth like a true Indiana girl. She's actually lost that other front tooth since this picture.

Playing inside can be fun too when you pretend that you're packing for vacation!

We been able to have playgroup at the park!!

Swim lessons have been extra fun!

Bike rides around the pond and even a little fishing for Bass. Mommy even caught one!!

Hope you're having a great summer as well!

The Beginning of a Journey

A few months ago Jack and I had our hearts touched by a little boy that I had in the Love Notes choir. He has been bounced around to several different homes, seen many, many things that no seven year old ever should, is ADHD and has the sweetest heart if he's willing to let you in. As I got to know him over the past year we really formed a bond that I cannot explain except to give God the credit for allowing me the wonderful opportunity to be one of the people that he showed that sweet heart to.

As we discussed the ways that we could help this boy it occurred to us that there are so many kids out there that need love, consistency, love, boundaries, and more love. My friends Jen & Christy had formed a ministry called "Life's Little Dreams" which meets once a month to inform people about adoption and foster care. After a lot of praying with Jack, phone calls to Jen and research we decided that this was definitely where God was leading us.

We have currently been through 24 hours of training with 10 more hours of take home for an extra therapeutic aspect. We have signed our names several, several times, answered the same questions over and over again about our background, lives as children, how we are raising our own children and so on and so on. Tomorrow we get finger printed Monday we have our final home visit and then about 6 weeks from then we should have our foster care license. It has sort of been a whirl wind process but we know with the way things have been lining up that God has a special child/children waiting for us.

I'll keep everyone updated on here about how the process is going and try to keep up with this as we go through the process. Please pray for us to be prepared for the challenges ahead and also for God to prepare the hearts of the children we hope to help.

Thanks!

Playgroup update

Just thought I'd write a quick post and update on our playgroup meetings. We have still been meeting about every two weeks and we are really enjoying it (well, at least I am!!!). Here are some pictures of some things we have done. We are going to spend the summer of play group doing some fun outings like the park and maybe some swimming.

Story time is always fun and the kids do a great job sitting still and listening.

Snack time is a must!!

Miss Becky taught us to make butterflies out of tissue paper, pipe cleaners and ziplocks.

Miss Kat brought stuff for us to paint flower pots!!!We made some peek-a-boo pictures where you had to look through tall grass to see what is beneath.Today Miss Karen had us make color wonder picture frames for our daddies for Father's day!And of course what would play group be without some PLAYING!!!