Paperwork

We have noticed that friends and families have been cautious about asking us where we are in the adoption process. Perhaps you were tired of hearing "well, yes, we just have to fill out the paperwork".

Well, Martin and I both seemed to have a peace and a sense of readiness in June and begin to really make headway on the piles of papers we needed to fill out. We sent out a large packet of application materials on June 20, the last day of our church's VBS. That night at the VBS "Harambe" time, I (Kelley) thought to myself "how cool would it be if we had children participating in VBS next year!".

We haven't had any official word from the agency yet. We know they got the paperwork because one of us forgot one signature on one sheet and it was sent back to us. It was immediately fixed and put back in the mail, even driven to the post office to meet the last pick up time! A lot has to be processed, but hopefully we will hear from them soon.

In the meantime, we have been quite busy! We have been doing various projects at the house, had dear friends stay with us for a week, had our annual Summerfest party, Kelley finished a grad class she took on-line with the University of New Hampshire and is finishing up the last few weeks of an on-line class she is teaching, and we are preparing for a trip back to Washington State next week. Phew! Summer is flying by!