July is half over!

I just realized as I was typing up an email to friends about the adoption, that our official paperwork went to Ethiopia 1 1/2 months ago. Wow! I guess there is still hope that the kids will be home in 2009.

Again, to recap. We are waiting on a court date/s - we anticipate a few before our case passes and the kids are officially Emorys! I try to stay busy (yeah, a concept for me!) and pray a lot so I don't stress out too much. God's in control and I can't wait to see how He orchestrates all the particulars to get the kids home and see us as a family of 7.

Lydia has been at a Girl Scout camp this week. Her good friend asked her to go, and although we thought she might be a bit young, she was "up for it" & seems to be having a good time from the postcard we got today. (Really weird that they allow almost no contact with child during the week - although we are allowed to email her and they print the emails and give them to her in the mornings). We will pick her up in two days.

Elise and Graham and I have been hanging out when I've not been working - and I told Elise tomorrow is "her day" - we'll do whatever she wants to do as long as we stay at home - I anticipate it might be a "movie marathon" day. We'll let Graham tag along I said.

We are all traveling to Texas the last week of July for fun in the sun! Ha. Better be water involved since Texas is, inconceivably, hotter than Oklahoma. Yes, we're in the "dog days of summer" - numerous, consecutive days over 100 degrees!

But, I'm not complaining, because this winter was much, much too long!

Thank you, God, for the sun!
I guess that's all for now.