Hello!

We reached summer vacation back before Memorial Day! We've since gone on vacation to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. We got to spend some amazing time with my parents and Rob's brother and sister-in-law. 

Now that we're back I'll update you all. 

While in Florida we applied to and were accepted to Christian Adoption Consultants. We're working with a wonderful consultant names Leah Braly. They will help us by significantly speeding up the matching process because of their amazing networking abilities. Problem. By joining this firm our cost for adoption has gone up from $10,000 to $25,000+. We currently have saved up $8,000 after having spent $2,300 to Christian Adoption Consultants. New agencies in their network will cost application fees as well but happily many have waived the fee because we are clients of Christian Adoption Consultants. 

That being said this weekend we raised $423.39 completing a yard sale! We have yet to get going on the Both Hands project. We are getting behind but we have been busy. We had to replace the carpeting in our living room with Pergo flooring. Then we had to do some much needed chores inside and outside of the house. We've updated our adoption profile book and have decided to change companies so that we have a digital copy to send out. So many projects so little time remaining as I go back to work August 15th and the kids go back to school August 17th.

Rob and I are also trying to enjoy moments together as a family. At the Yard sale Jackson was very verbal in sharing our adoption information with everyone who visited. He was such a great help! Lydia was a seller, just like her Daddy. 

Thank you all for coming out this weekend! Hope to see you again in the future!

God Bless-