Oh What a Busy Few Days!

Reed has been busy for the past few days and so have we.



Yesterday, Abbey had a "surprise location" birthday party for my 30th birthday. It was a great day!



The party was Hawaiian themed and was in a beautiful setting at the Ferland's home around their pool. It was very enjoyable and lots of funny stories told.



My mom came up to celebrate. Since we share the same birthday, it was good for her to be here.



Reed took some time the other night to move all of the balls from his ball bucket into his Elmo chair.









And then he put them back again. It was pretty funny.



Reed is going to spend several days at Poppy and Enna's house and we are going to New Mexico. Thankfully, Manya will be here to watch our house. It's great to have great friends a few houses over.



After being at Poppy and Enna's for a few days, Reed is going over to Aunt Ava and Uncle Brookie's house.

Tonight, Reed asked me if Aunt Ava was going to have fireworks. Strange request, I think.



This is the first time that Abbey and I have been away from Reed for more than 1 night (I think). It's a little bit scary, even though we trust the people that he is going to be with. It's just a little weird. I don't think anyone ever prepared us to love that little guy so much.



He is going to have a blast though. I think that Enna and Aunt Ava have LOTS of things planned for Reed.



Hopefully, they will take lots of pictures so that we can blog about it!



Reed is excited about going on a trip.

Back in the Saddle

Sorry that I have been a laggard blogger over the past couple of days. I'll take several whips with a wet noodle.



We have been very busy getting everything closed out with VBS and getting back into the routine of things.



It's been a while since we've updated you on adoption things, so I think it's time that we clue you in on some things.



We finally completed our homestudy about a month ago.



We received word on Friday that the homestudy has been reviewed and had to have a few very minor changes.



We had our contract with our agency signed and notarized today.



I am sending the first payment in tomorrow.



So, in about a year ... we should have our referral for our little Ava.



So, what has to happen in a year?



Lots of prayer! More than last time. This time, we don't have the savings, so we are going to be praying for God's providence and we know that He will provide. We are planning some fundraising and have been in contact with several granting agencies.
We will be letting you know more about that in the future. But for now, we ask that you pray for God to show us our path and help us to know what avenues to pursue and, well, you know, patience!

VBS Days 3-4

Well, VBS is rockin!



We've had huge attendance in all areas.



Reed loves VBS. He loves his teachers, Miss Leah, Miss Mandy, and Mrs. Julie.





Music time with Mr. Steve is fun!



Snack time is yummy!



Story time is a blast!



Mrs. Kim chased Reed around the library!



This is Reed in the morning, before he gets ready for VBS.



Today, he finger painted! fun!







Reed with his buddies, Britty and Kolby.



He played roll the ball with Mrs. Julie.



More snacks!



More stories!





Crafts with Miss Jenny.





What I wouldn't give to know what they were talking about.







He loves story time!



Look at my shoes!



Tonight we went to Opry Mills to go to the Croc Outlet. Reed loved the store!



Then we ate at Cock of the Walk! Yummy!





Click the Pic for a quick video!