Where Have I Been??? (And LOA #1)

I have been locked out of my blogging account.  Why?  Because of a conspiracy?  No. Because I forgot my password...again.  But in the meantime...I received LOA for our little boy!!!  Yay!  Still waiting on LOA for our little girl.  What is an LOA you say?  It stands for Letter Of Approval silly!!  China issues it after they've translated all the documents we've sent them.  Prayerfully LOA #2 will be here Monday!  Also, I am now way over the 100 day mark waiting for that little piece of paper.  I really, really want to travel to China before the end of the year!!!

The Apple Orchard

Yesterday a bunch of us Homeschool Moms took our kids to a local apple orchard. The owner put the kiddos to work for an hour, picking up apples, and later sorting them. What did they earn? A bag of apples and some fresh apple juice! They loved it!! 

Brianna is already begging to go back to the orchard. Josiah missed out because he was working at the church. He didn't get paid in apples and juice. That won't work for him. 

And in case you're wondering, it only took me five hours to figure out how to post this pic on here. I've been having a debate with the computer the whole time. I caved and begged my hubby for help, he walked over, clicked two buttons and ta da, there it is.

I will post more pics tomorrow, when I learn how to download more than one picture at a time....sigh.

Brianna, sweet as apple pie!!!

While In The Wait

At this point in my adoption journey I am at a loss for words.  It's just an emotion that cannot even be described.  I have peace knowing my long wait for my LOA has not caught God off guard, but at the same time I feel a gut wrenching agony knowing someone else is tucking my little ones in at night...and it's not me...yet.  People have all the same words to say... "Hang in there, it'll be here before you know it."  I'm sorry, but when you're over 100 days in your wait for a little piece of paper, there's no such thing as "before you know it!"  Then there's the people who offer up every bit of advice and decide to "teach" you by throwing out scriptures left and right, as if you forgot that God was on the throne.  And then, finally, there are those who know you're "going through it" and say...nothing.  Nothing at all.  They say, "Oh, I knew you hadn't received your LOA so I didn't want to say anything."  Nice.  Here's an idea, don't give cute little pep talks like you're a cheerleader, don't fire off scriptures like darts at my face, and don't ignore me because I'm still in the wait this week!  Just use your ears instead of your mouth when someone is going through it!!! Let them vent!  That's when ANYONE is going through ANYTHING.  And when you don't want to hear anymore, give them a pep talk, fifty scriptures, and walk away and ignore them....they'll get the hint. 

Ugh! Can't Post Pics Again!!

Andrea!!!  Help me!!!  Calling on all nerds: This thing called technology is out to get me, come fix it!  For the life of me, I don't understand how my brain works...rephrase that, why my brain DOESN'T work.  My sister JUST showed me how to post pics, so my creative side is going...I have all this stuff I want to do and I know how I want it to look.  She helped me download them to a disc (ahem, all 2000 pics) so rather 6 discs...she showed me how to put the disc into the computer - stop laughing - no, I DO NOT know ANYTHING about computers...anyway, that's all I remember.  I just clicked on all the cute little icon things but was I supposed to drag them somewhere?  What happened?  Did my brain melt?  Yes, yes it did.  So no pics today.  Bummer.  Well, I'll have a little chit chat with that droid sister of mine and maybe tomorrow I'll learn something new...again...for the fifth time this week. 

Finally Know How To Post Pics!!!

Thanks to my nerdy sister, I now know how to post pics on here!!!!

Josiah - age 12

Brianna - age 10

These were taken at our local beach. 

More pics to come!!