Waiting...waiting...waiting.

We are getting impatient.  We knew we would, but this is worse than we thought (I mean the impatience).  We think about our little ones in the orphanage and we just need them to be home.
Today in church the Primary kids gave the program.  It was so cute and we enjoyed it tremendously, but we want our kids to be in Primary too.  We want them learning about "Choosing The Right" and all the other things that are being taught.  We want to hold them and hug them and let them know they are loved.  We want to find out what they like and don't like for Sunday dinner and get to know who they are.
Our project getting blankets to take with us has been greatly successful.  Thanks to all who have helped and are still helping.  We know the kids in Haiti are going to just love their blankets.  Every child should have a blankie.
I have just about finished the kids scrapbooks.  I have loved making them for our children and imagining them looking through them and getting to see our faces. We hope we are going to be able to give the books to the kids soon!  Along with the blankets.
Pray for us.

Blankets, Quilts, and More Blankets

Thanks to many wonderful women who are family and friends, we are well on our way to meeting our goal of 35 blankets and quilts for the Haitian Orphanage.  We are getting blankets from all over the country!  It is terrific to have so many great people in our lives.  I am uploading some pictures from our Relief Society Activity.  We had a very nice time that night.

We are stiiiiillllll waiting for the approval from the Haitian Government for our adoptions.  It is frustrating to wait.  Pray for us.

On a good note, however, we were waiting for a second approval from our Government for our background checks and were told that it would be several more weeks because of a technicality; but Lawaun called the government agency and convinced a manager there to speed it up and it came back today!  We have to be thankful for all these blessings we are getting and not get too anxious about the parts that are taking longer.

Quilts and Blankets

Jocelyn and I have finished three blankets for our kids.  They turned our very nice.  Jocelyn made the blanket for Ednaisson almost completely by herself.  Several friends and relatives are helping and we truly appreciated that.  We got an email from our worker Diana who said the Haitian government has stopped taking new applications for adoptions right now.  I am so glad we have ours already in!   We keep waiting to hear about the exemption but no news yet.  I have been working on new scrapbooks for the kids.  I am putting in pictures from our family and our extended family, and ones of the kids themselves.  I try to imagine what the kids will think as they look at each page.  I wonder how much they understand about what is happening and what will happen.  I've never met them, and yet I miss them!

Our Kids

Blankets for Haiti

For her Personal Progress Service Project Jocelyn is making and collecting new blankets for the orphanage in Haiti.  Our ward will be working on them August 21st at 6:30 PM and the Oxford Branch YW on August 22nd at 6:30 PM.  The blankets need to be crib size or smaller.  If you would like to donate a blanket let us know!  If you would like to help make them, come to the church on either night.  We need 35 so any help will be greatly appreciated!!

And then there were three...more!

We are adopting three beautiful kids from Haiti.  We are so excited to add to our family and to be able to have such a great opportunity!  Right now we are waiting for the Haitian Government to give us an exemption to adopt even though we already have four children.  Pray for us!