Life Unexpected

Ok...I first have to say that my sister Kristen is amazing! She is one of my best friends, and she has been a huge supporter and prayer warrior for our adoption. She is constantly calling and asking about things with our adoption and tells me every time I talk to her that she can't wait for our little girl to come. Here is a picture of her and I with our Dad and my niece Sadie. Today, she did a yard sale for our adoption and is giving us all the proceeds! She made $400 in one morning and had a blast doing it. I am so proud of her and totally honored that she would do this for us. Check out the awesome pics from the sale. Thanks again Kris...our little baby is going to have the best Auntie!

I think most people know, but Nate and I plan to adopt a little girl, as young as possible. That is our preference, but we would be so happy with a girl or a boy. When we first started talking, I asked Nate if he preferred a boy or a girl, and he said it really didn't matter. I have always wanted a little girl (I guess because I would love to dress her in little Roxy clothes and hope to teach her volleyball...very selfish reasons!). But months later, I came across this video on my friend's blog and it really sunk in how much of a difference one girl can make in the world. It's a pretty powerful video, so I hope you will take the time to watch it.

It's been way too long since I have posted, so I thought it would be good to update everyone of where we are at. After a short and busy summer, we are finally back in the normal routine...if coaching Varsity Volleyball, working, teaching (for Nate), is called normal! We worked really hard to get our paper work done, as well as a bunch of training. Nate and I got fingerprinted, had the fire marshal come in, filled out forms on insurance, house information, and more. Then we had to read 4 books (one of which I will be blogging about, because it was awesome!), write summaries on each of the books, and do 8 hours of online training. We just finished the last book report last week and sent ALL of our stuff in. Now we will wait to hear from our social worker to set up a home study. That being said...we have really just started this long process! But, we are so super excited. Within the past couple of weeks two of our friends that have been in the adoption process have received th