We had another garage sale yesterday and it was a super success! It was at my brother's house (they were having a neighborhood yard sale) and although it wasn't as big as our last one, it was still a success. My nephews even sold cookies to donate to our adoption fund - It was a lot of fun! We just wanted to make enough money to put us at our halfway point money wise and...WE DID IT! We are officially just over halfway to our goal. It's been a lot of work and we still have much more work to get done, but we feel so blessed. We are continually in awe at how generous people can be.
It's been a stressful and emotional couple of weeks for myself. We have been waiting for our FBI background checks to come back and this is the last thing we are waiting for before our profile officially goes online. I have been worried that maybe the application was lost and we would have to start the process all over again. It feels like we are so close and I can almost see the finish line in the distance. Then, yesterday we got a letter from the FBI saying we had paid with the wrong form of payment - apparently you can't pay with personal check. oops! So tomorrow we will fax in our credit card information and hopefully (fingers crossed) the background checks will be sent back within the next two weeks.
For those that don't already know, Brandon and I are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We believe that families can be together not only in this life, but for the Eternities. We are looking forward to being together with our family forever. We printed out a picture similiar to the one posted below for our babies room - so we can always remember what we are striving for. We have to continue to strengthen each other and live to the fullest each day. We see those around us that are struggling with the loss of loved ones and we know that they will be able to see those they love again. Brandon and I are striving each day to become better people so we can be the best parents we know how to our baby.
Ooh i love that picture of the temple, rustic! I like it! Did your nephews mention that people asked if they were homemade and they said yes? It was kind of funny...but they were good! I think the oatmeal ones were the chewiest and best! And that's great about the FBI follow up. Well, except for the check part ^_*
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad things are going well for you. It's never easy to wait for things that are out of your control. Especially when they have something so important hanging in the balance. May your background checks come in quickly. :) Love ya!
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