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Sunday, 13 September 2009

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

  • Adoption Update

    It's been awhile since Steve or I posted an update, so I am posting one.  April 3 we got the 171H from immigration. Our dossier was shipped that same day to our agency, and from that point forward we are done with our paperwork.    Now the dossier is in Washington D.C. at the Rwandan Embassy.  From there it will go to Rwanda and await approval.   Many ask about time frames, and I will give you a guestimate.

    1. Dossier sent to Rwanda - May
    2. Approval (based on current happenings, though this time could extend out longer) 2-6 months
    3. Referral 4-6 weeks later
    4. Travel 4-6 weeks after referral

    Perhaps we will travel to Rwanda sometime between October 2009 and March 2010.   It's all very uncertain - time frames, boy, girl, one or two, baby, toddler... who know?!!

Monday, 08 December 2008

  • Overdue Update, News, etc...

    Hello all,

    I have about dropped off of Xanga Land, but wanted to post a quick family update.

    Janaya is doing well.  She is growing so much.  She is our little bookworm loving books and letters and the sounds they make.  She does pretty well entertaining herself while I homeschool Josiah, though I do try to include her and spend time with her.  Janaya has a large and growing imaginary family.  The girls are Bask, Pink, Lisa, and Corissa.  The boys are Bear and Fish.  She also has a husband named Stepstool.   Yep, you read that right.  She loves to help me clean and cook. Her newest favorite thing to do is help cut up things using a plastic knife. 

    Josiah is taking piano lessons and has had a couple of recitals in which he has done well. In the fall he played soccer.  He is growing up so much and learning to be more independent in his school work.  That has been helpful from time to time as life gets busy.  His favorite subject in school is reading.  He likes reading time and likes me reading to him.

    Steve and I, though mostly he, spent the fall working on our deck.  It was a mammoth job to clean, prime and stain, but we are thankful it is done and hope to preserve it.   We have enjoyed having family and friends in our home.  We are also thankful for our church home here at Kemp.

    Our newest news is that we are starting the adoption process again.  Lord willing, we will adopt from Rwanda, Africa.  We've been talking for quite awhile about adopting again, and we look forward to what God has in store for us.  There is a possibility we may get a sibling group of two, but we will see.  We are not sure how long it will take. It could be 9 to 15 months or it could be quite a bit sooner.  We will see, but already a love for a little unknown chocolate boy or girl is beginning to germinate in our hearts.  If you have a heart to pray for it, pray that my heart and mind will be fixed on the Lord and resting on Him through this time of uncertainty in all the paperwork etc.  I want to keep first things first!

    Melissa

Thursday, 10 July 2008

  • 15 Years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Today Steve and I celebrated 15 years of marriage.  Happy anniversary to the man I love. 
    We left this afternoon and got the oil changed and then went to the outlet stores and got some kitchen loot.  I am excited to get a stockpot so I can cook large amounts of pasta or soup or whatever at once.  I also got a replacement lid for a Corningware dish as well as some other items.  (No more burnt cookies with new cookie sheets.)  Thank you, honey.  Then we went to supper with a gift certificate to the Cheesecake Factory. That was yummy!  It was a fun time. 

    The kids and I were here today.  Josiah had to clean the car out, which is his job for money.  He has a budget and is dividing the money into categories.  Tonight Miss Stephanie babysat them.  I haven't talked to them much yet. 

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    I didn't get pictures of the kids today, so I snuck in their rooms tonight.  Can you tell which one is faking sleep?

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    Those lettuce wraps are incredible.  We both loved them.

Wednesday, 09 July 2008

  • Wednesday fun with Erin

    Well, today Josiah had his last swimming lesson.  He hurried out and we went to a free kids movie at the theatre.  This afternoon we went to a local pool and had it mostly to ourselves, due, I suppose to the wind and the fact it wasn't even 80 degrees outside. 

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    Diving board fun!  That girl can swim!

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    So, do you notice anything unusual about Janaya?  Yep, she did the classic and cut her hair.  While I was posting on Xanga yesterday....   She said her bangs were in her eyes.  The scissors were back in their place and the hair, well, it's still on the carpet since a prong came out of the vacuum plug and it's temporarily disfunctional.  She knows better, so received appropriate consequences.

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