Another day, another week, another month.

When we launched the blog I told Kayla that we needed to write an update every two weeks. I boldly told her “no exceptions, even when there is nothing to write.” And so we made a plan that we would alternate back and forth to prevent either one of us from not knowing what to write. That would mean that we would only need to come up with content once a month (a piece) and that certainly would be easy!

Well, obviously if you look back you can see it has been over a month since our last update and it is my post that has held things up!

As you all know we are an approved waiting family and that means that we are simply awaiting for God to orchestrate everything together for our birth family to pick us as the adoptive parents. As we have mentioned before there is no time-table on this process. It could literally happen tomorrow, a day from tomorrow, a week from tomorrow, a month, year etc ..

Waiting is an interesting thing. During the homestudy process we had objectives to complete and things to do to move the process along. Now, we are on God’s timetable and while we know his timing is perfect it is not always easy.

The past month has been a great one. Kayla finished up the school year and she has been helping me at church (as well as doing extra work around the house and attending in-service days for school, etc). We’ve had plenty to keep us busy (and have plenty more upcoming this summer to keep us busy) but we do plan on stopping by more frequently to update everyone on our process. We also got to take a trip to Texas and Oklahoma and see many friends and family members. So many of you have been praying for (and supporting) our adoption from afar and it was great to see you all. Thank you for the continued support!

Yesterday was Father’s Day and while I might not officially be a father yet, Kayla surprised me with a beautiful card and some very cute onesies for our future child.

I mentioned earlier that things were easier when we had stuff to do. It helped to occupy our thoughts and help the time to pass quickly. Therefore, we have decided to stay busy! We are going to be having a Yard Sale on Saturday, July 25th. A church member has agreed to let us host it at his office (directly across the street from our church) and that is an ideal location for parking, passing by, and of course shopping.

As always with our fundraisers, all funds made at the yard sale will go towards our adoption fees/related expenses. So … at the very least, plan on stopping by on that Saturday and having a look around. However, if you have anything you are interested in getting rid of, we will gladly take it off of your hands for the yard sale!