I thought this was a hummingbird feeder, but it's turned more into an ant morgue.

 

 

Someone was falling down on the job. It was Van's job to clean the table after supper and the rest of us were in the kitchen doing dishes and putting the food away. After a few minutes I noticed that it was pretty quiet in the dining room, so I walk in and this is what I find.

We just made pepper jelly and are still putting up tomatoes. We'll be having a lot of chili and spaghetti this winter, which are dishes that we like.

Adoption Update: We found out that the courts in Ethiopia are going to be closed a few weeks longer than we thought, so we probably will not make our first trip in November, maybe December. A family with our agency was able to take video of our future daughter and it was nice to get a small glimpse of her personality.

 

Adoption Update:

Pray for us as we are having issues with Immigration and our Homestudy agency. I will elaborate later once I have a clear understanding of what's going on myself.

We are trusting in the Lord and know that he's sovereign over these bumps in the process.

 

Sorry if the picture is a repeat, but I haven't been taking many pictures lately, it's summer and we've been busy!

Van has been so funny lately. He got a new belt on Saturday and he wanted to wear it to a friend's house today, but I told him, no, because he needs to keep it to wear for school. Here's his response, "but I look sharp and handsome."

Once we made it home from our friend's house it was time for a bit of discipline and he says, "can't you have mercy on me." I thought I was going to crack up.

Adoption Update:

So far, we've been approved for 3 of the 4 grants/matching grants that we've applied for. Immigration is asking for more documentation on a few things, so I have been busy with that. We were sent a video of the older kids at the orphanage, but I can't get it to work, so hopefully the family that took the footage will resend it soon.

 

Some tub fun going on here. We spent most of the day at the pool, it was fun, but glad to be home.


Adoption Update:
We are rejoicing that the Lord has allowed us to be approved for a $3000.00 grant with Katelyn's Fund.

 

 

Today's my 39th birthday and the guys made breakfast this morning. They made me an egg burrito and topped it off with a birthday candle. Race gave me a Subway gift card, so that's what we had for lunch. After lunch I went shopping and when I came home I smelled cake. Race was making a birthday cake for me, what a nice surprise.