The Girls' Room

I'm starting the house tour with the girls room. Here is their room BEFORE:

And NOW:

It looks very similar to their room in our old house.

There is usually a picture of the girls together in the middle of their dresser, but I can't put their picture on my blog. I wish I could - I would love to share it. I got the picture about a month ago and it is my favorite picture of the girls. I can see on their faces that they know they are sisters and that they know they are getting their picture taken for us - their family. It is beautiful!

This room is bigger than their old room so I had space to add a little sitting area. I found the little table at a garage sale for $1.50, sanded and painted it.
Jessie Wheeler made these fabulous bulletin boards for the girls to match their room. So fun!

I'm Back!

Hi. I'm Jen. I used to post on this blog somewhat regularly. But after moving to a new house, waiting three weeks to close, working every waking moment to get our house ready and then not having a camera for a month, let's just say the blog got a little neglected.

But, our house is DONE (for the most part and for now) and I just got a new camera so I am ready to start blogging again regularly! Several people have asked me for pictures of our new house and I am working on that. Stay tuned, pictures are coming soon. I am also planning to keep people more informed about the details of our adoption process and let you know how to pray specifically for us.

We really need your prayers!

After waiting for a document (I-600) that we should have gotten a month ago, I've decided it is time to rally the troops (that's you and anyone who would like to pray for us) to pray for the detailed steps remaining in our adoption. Satan is so opposed to adoption and I swear he tries to derail adoptions at EVERY SINGLE STEP along the way. I have seen this in others' adoptions and it has happened throughout our process.

So, for the next few days, PLEASE PRAY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE OUR I-600 APPROVAL IN THE MAIL.

Once we receive the I-600 approval, the process of getting our kids' visas printed in their country can begin. Woohoo! After the visas are printed, the kids will have an exit interview at the embassy and once cleared will be able to fly HOME!

AHHH! I am so ready for them to be home!

This final process used to take 3-4 weeks but currently is taking 3 months. So, at this point it looks like the kids could come home at the end of September/October. BUT, I have heard the embassy hired another staff person so there is HOPE that possibly it could go quicker. Through your prayers and ours prayers and the power of God, I am hoping that it will go quicker than 3 months.

Thanks for praying for us!

Such a Boy

Abram was in heaven getting to mow with Jason last night.

Okay, so he didn't mow the whole yard with Jason, but he "helped" sporadically.

And he loved the post-mowing digging in the dirt with his excavator - make that my 30-year old brother's excavator from when he was a kid! Gotta love those old, metal Tonka trucks (there are several others off to the side).

I am loving our new backyard. We just need to get one more side of fence put in so I can let Abram run wild back there (maybe)!

Oh, and we did FINALLY close on our house yesterday. Hallelujah!