Planning and Waiting

The title says it all. We are planning more fundraisers and waiting on a placement and grant responses. Waiting and praying I say. I want to blog more to keep the journal of this process and hope that in the coming weeks you will see more posts. I just asked Matt if he wanted to say anything, he says "Hi"! LOL! He's not much on talking as we all know, but he is doing a great job helping me stay sane and not getting to upset with the wait. Things are very quiet right now on the adoption front, but the grant front is pretty active. We received an email today from one of the grants to which we applied. They are waiting on a couple of our references and then they will be ready to submit it to their board. We are hoping to hear good news from it soon. It is a matching grant that will match  donations made by our friends and family. We are hopeful that we will hear from some of the other 5 that we have applied for in the next 60-90 days. These grants have kept me busy for much of the wait so far, but now we are back to waiting again on multiple fronts.

We are starting to work on fundraisers again and we have scheduled our 2nd yard sale for July 27-28. If you have anything you would like to donate, please let us know. We will come to you! We are hoping for another great turnout. We are also looking at doing a Spaghetti dinner. If anyone has any ideas for our area or Louisville, let me know. We are thinking of some type of entertainment and auction. Any help organizing would be appreciated. 

What else is happening? We are enjoying the summer with our little guy who just celebrated his 6th Family Day! We are so blessed to have him and we are so grateful to the woman who allowed us to be his parents and Vilma who cared for him until we were able to pick him up. What a blessing it is to have God on our side!

We just made a trip to Holiday World. Clayton had a blast but it was HOT! What's with this heat? We are enjoying some XBox and keeping cool. Matt and Clayton are enjoying their last month of summer vacation before school starts. Matt starts back August 1st and Clayton the week after. Not sure what I will do having to get up early again, but I guess I better get used to it!


OH I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR NEWEST ADDITION!!!

May 8th we brought a new little member to the family, Pippa the Boxer. After losing our dear friend Sebastian early in the year, Matt and Clayton wanted a new puppy. Matt loves boxers and when we found Pippa in an ad we fell in love.

She is a sweet puppy with LOTS of energy. When we brought her home she was 4 lbs, shes now over 16. She's gonna be a big one, but we know she will be a loving puppy for the family. She is already a special part of our little family and we are so glad she's here.

Welcome to the family Ms. Pippa!

We have no time frame, we aren't sure how long it will take, but it's in God's hands. We are doing the best we can being patient and waiting for God's plan to unfold. It isn't always easy at times, but we know that if we will keep His faith He will bring us through this wait and will bless us greatly. He has once before and I know he will do it again.  Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers!