About a very special person.
Abram's Momma Amber.
It is her birthday today.
I'm incredibly thankful that God created her and brought her into the world 24 years ago today.
I hope she knows how very, very much we love her.
The Lee Three
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
A Couple Updates
Update #1: The Blog
Here's the deal: I read all the blogs I follow from Google Reader, so I only see text and pictures. Therefore, I don't really care about the look of my blog. But, I wanted to put labels on my blog and in order to do so I had to choose a new template. It was hard to see the templates and I was trying to get it done quickly so I just chose one. Seemed fine to me. A week or so later I got an email from my husband asking, "Did you change the blog template (hummingbirds)?" I literally laughed outloud. He hated the hummingbirds. So, I've made another update. (And he approves of the purple.)
Update #2: Our Adoption
I don't have anything exiciting to report, but rather a prayer request.
As part of our homestudy, we each had to have background checks from all the places we've lived since we were 18 years old. Just so happens that I lived in Thailand for two years! It took a few days to figure out how to get a background check from Thailand and a week to get everything ready. I know that all my paperwork arrived at the Royal Thai Poice Station in Bangkok on July 22nd (because I tracked the shipping).
Background checks in the US take about six weeks, which means there is no reason (yet) to think that there is a problem.
The only problem at this point is that I am beginning to get impatient!
Because I lived in Thailand ten years ago, I didn't have all of the information the paperwork asked for. I am hoping and trusting God that what I sent will be sufficient.
Instead of relying on the Thai police employees to process my clearance correctly, I've decided it is time to ask others to pray with us that my background check will be processed and received back to us quickly. (Thanks for praying if you would like to.)
Once my Thai background check is received, our homestudy will be complete and we can move forward with a lot of other paperwork (that we have filled out).
Some great news is that our friends (here in town and from our church) - who are as far along in the process as we are - got their first referral a few weeks ago. This means they received a picture of one of the two boys they are going to adopt. Jason and I were so thrilled to get to see a picture of this precious boy. Oh, the joy to know this orphan is going to have a family and our friends are going to be parents. And we were all very surprised at how soon the referral came. Jason and I are so excited for them! It is so wonderful to have friends to go through this journey with (AGAIN - God has been so good to us in that way!).
Here's the deal: I read all the blogs I follow from Google Reader, so I only see text and pictures. Therefore, I don't really care about the look of my blog. But, I wanted to put labels on my blog and in order to do so I had to choose a new template. It was hard to see the templates and I was trying to get it done quickly so I just chose one. Seemed fine to me. A week or so later I got an email from my husband asking, "Did you change the blog template (hummingbirds)?" I literally laughed outloud. He hated the hummingbirds. So, I've made another update. (And he approves of the purple.)
Update #2: Our Adoption
I don't have anything exiciting to report, but rather a prayer request.
As part of our homestudy, we each had to have background checks from all the places we've lived since we were 18 years old. Just so happens that I lived in Thailand for two years! It took a few days to figure out how to get a background check from Thailand and a week to get everything ready. I know that all my paperwork arrived at the Royal Thai Poice Station in Bangkok on July 22nd (because I tracked the shipping).
Background checks in the US take about six weeks, which means there is no reason (yet) to think that there is a problem.
The only problem at this point is that I am beginning to get impatient!
Because I lived in Thailand ten years ago, I didn't have all of the information the paperwork asked for. I am hoping and trusting God that what I sent will be sufficient.
Instead of relying on the Thai police employees to process my clearance correctly, I've decided it is time to ask others to pray with us that my background check will be processed and received back to us quickly. (Thanks for praying if you would like to.)
Once my Thai background check is received, our homestudy will be complete and we can move forward with a lot of other paperwork (that we have filled out).
Some great news is that our friends (here in town and from our church) - who are as far along in the process as we are - got their first referral a few weeks ago. This means they received a picture of one of the two boys they are going to adopt. Jason and I were so thrilled to get to see a picture of this precious boy. Oh, the joy to know this orphan is going to have a family and our friends are going to be parents. And we were all very surprised at how soon the referral came. Jason and I are so excited for them! It is so wonderful to have friends to go through this journey with (AGAIN - God has been so good to us in that way!).
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Where Have We Been?
Painting, cleaning, painting, painting and helping my sister and her family move to a different house in Huxley. It has been a crazy two weeks!
The backyard is mostly a pond and the owners left a paddle-boat (which we were on in the pic) . . . so FUN!
Here is the little man sporting his big boy shoes.
Abram has a new obsession: BALLS. He calls them, "da," and spots them everywhere we go.
Here is a picture from one of my painting jobs. The ladder didn't make it far enough up the 18-foot wall so I ended up renting scaffolding (made me feel like a professional painter!).
We are home more this week, which is good since Ames is incredibly flooded. We are thankful to have a dry home. Even though we don't have water (due to a water main break and possible contamination) we are thankful to have a full bathtub of water (for flushing) and bottled water on hand.
About a month ago, Jason and I prayed for God to provide us each with a part-time job so we could make some extra money for our adoption and all that we will need to buy to get ready for three more kids. God was more than faithful! I have had two painting jobs (with two more lined up) and Jason got a cleaning job for apartment turnover and he is starting a weekly cleaning job next week. We are very thankful!
My painting job and Jason's cleaning job happened to land right around the time Mark and Kate got access to their house two weeks ago, so that all kept us very busy. But it was very fun getting Kate's house ready to move in (because it is my second home!).
Here is a sneak peak at Mark and Kate's new back yard:
Here is a sneak peak at Mark and Kate's new back yard:
The backyard is mostly a pond and the owners left a paddle-boat (which we were on in the pic) . . . so FUN!Here is the little man sporting his big boy shoes.
Abram has a new obsession: BALLS. He calls them, "da," and spots them everywhere we go. 
Here is a picture from one of my painting jobs. The ladder didn't make it far enough up the 18-foot wall so I ended up renting scaffolding (made me feel like a professional painter!).
We are home more this week, which is good since Ames is incredibly flooded. We are thankful to have a dry home. Even though we don't have water (due to a water main break and possible contamination) we are thankful to have a full bathtub of water (for flushing) and bottled water on hand.
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