The boys came over last Sat & Sun. Very busy household. No new news on that front yet. Autumn was riding her bike Mon evening & we played hula hoop a while. She's learned a dance routine to Hannah Montana song & it is so cute to watch her do her routine from class. Not much else new.

My day started out good as I went to ACH for the first time with Missy & her 3 foster kids.
Josh had a f/u appt & it all went good. DHS came by our house for our 1st of two visits. I am kinda bummed because we got an email from the court advocate who said we needed look into hiring an attorney & be present at the hearing on May 15th. The "other" interested family will be present on May 15th as well. They are from Colorado, but no one seems to know much about them at all. I guess the judge will look at all presentable families & go forward in that direction. See, we are still completing all the requirements & we're afraid we'll miss the deadline. But I keep reminding myself it's all in HIS will. We'll just proceed forward
and if it is not meant to be, than it is not meant to be. As Shawn said tonite, we feel like we spin our wheels sometimes & go no where. God never promised any of the hills we climb would be easy, He just said help will always come in time. And just remember when they say just give in, just hold on, our Lord will show up & he will carry us thru again! It gets so hard, but I must have Faith!, cause that's about all I have left today! :) Until next time, American Idol is on for now.

The boys came over for a visit today. It was quite messy since everything is still muddy from all the rains. We had a good time though. It makes me so happy to see them!! They are so sweet!

Autumn at age 20 months

Autumn at this age is about how old the twins are now. Their termination of parental rights was finalized yeaterday & they are officially up for adoption (I think). We will get more information today hopefully. God is so good! We still have to turn in some paperwork & then take two full weekends of parenting classes sometime in May before we can actually have the boys starting on the weekends. We took these classes in 1999 & got a certificate, but they are making us re take them. Anyway, things are moving right along! I'll post more when I know it! Please pray for DHS & continued the favor of God! Pray DHS will get their ducks in a row & that the DHS lady from Drew County will select us! She is very aware we are eager to get these boys, but I am sure others may be to if they were offered to other couples. We'll see! Have Faith! IT Will Happen, You just have to Keep Believing!

Shawn has been away turkey hunting & Autumn and I are bored today. These pics are from this past week. We are going to try to find something fun to do tonite.

TGIF

I am so excited today because David & Josh had appt next door at the doctor's office & Missy
brought them by to say hello & it just really made my day to see them. God is so good!
Not only did he bring Josh & David into our lives, but Missy as well. (The foster mom). She is such a blessing! Anyway. I can't wait until you all get to meet them!

Not much new today in the DHS adoption so far. Still awaiting paperwork to all go thru!
Then we have to take CPR & a DHS refresher course. Those prayers are working though!
I am so thankful for everyone who keeps us in their thoughts! We got our nursery somewhat transitioned into a toddler nursery, but we have a long way to go!

Cousins

Autumn only has two cousins, so I thought i'd post this sweet one of Austin since I previously posted one of Jaclyn. Austin lines in North Carolina & we miss him a bunch!

TWINS?

As many already know, we are awaiting
for our second adoption journey to begin....

Well, we have presented with the idea of TWINS!

We have been working to get it all set up

thru DHS & life can be so frustrating!

They are twin boys about 1 1/2 years

old. Autumn's world will be turned

upside down...and ours too! Please

pray for us if you are reading this post!

It will be a long journey ahead of

us but God has opened so many doors

so far!