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It's been a long time since I've written an update so I (Ashley) thought I should but at the same time, I have nothing to update. =)
We had a nice summer and it was pretty low key. We didn't plan any vacations because we thought we'd have a baby. Spoiler alert, no baby this summer! ;-) Caiden went to his 1st overnight camp with church and had a blast. Kylar and Austin went to a daddy daughter camp and had fun learning about Jesus and growing closer together. The rest of the summer we were either at Austin's parents lake house, at the pool or just enjoying being home.
When school started in August everyone went to school! Caiden started middle school, Tinley started kindergarten and Elijah 2nd grade and Kylar 4th. I was alone- for the 1st time in 11 years I had 6 hours to myself! Everyone asked me if I was excited and what I was going to do with my time but I usually cried when someone asked! Again, we thought we'd have a baby so I wasn't prepared for the time alone.
It's been 3 months and I'm settling into a routine and am enjoying the time. I usually find that it goes fast and I'm mid-project when I need to get the kids from school. Thankfully, the kids are loving school and it's been fun seeing them grow and learn while they're at school. Austin and I decided that we needed a vacation since it had been awhile so in October we got away for 5 days.  It was very nice (except it snowed 2 days after we got home, boo!)

We have 6 months left in our contract with our adoption agency and I have no idea what's going to happen. Any day we could get a call that a mom has picked us but it could also be another 6 months and no one picks us. We really don't know! Waiting is hard. I'm a planner, I like to know what's going on but thankfully God has been working in my heart making me more patient and making me realize I can't control everything!
A friend told me I should study the word 'wait' in the Bible and I found a few verses that have helped.
Psalm 130:5
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits and in his word I put my hope
Isaiah 30:18
The Lord longs to be gracious to you, he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him

Keep praying for us, we know our family isn't finished and we can't wait to meet our next child (children ;-)

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