update on the summer

Hello family and friends!

It is that update time again. We are in the process of inquiries, inquiries and more inquiries. Since our home study has been approved in May, we have been inquiring on waiting children all over the United States. It becomes somewhat difficult because each state has a different set of rules on how to deal with waiting families. Often times we just inquire, let our worker Alysha know, and wait. Some states, can not talk with the families and only can have contact with the workers. Some states, can't give us information until we are matched on the children, while others can give a pretty hefty summary before we decide to submit our home study. Sometimes, we hear right away, while other times we don't hear a thing. The amount of inquiries each child or sibling group gets on them is very large, so the workers have a ton to sort through, making each child different in needs and attention attached to them.

We have been going through, what I suppose are the ups and downs of the process. We inquire on children and although hopeful we want to be realistic and not get our hopes up. This is pretty difficult. Every child we inquire on, we have hopes will someday join our family. We both do know however, the kids meant to be with us will find our home. We truly are blessed with the knowledge that we will be parents, hopefully soon.

We have been keeping really busy this summer too, which helps keep our minds off of all the unknowns. Matt is working as usual and doing a lot of volunteer work. Kasey taking summer courses which keep her really busy. We have also had the pleasure of having Matt's parents come for a visit to ND. We also went to Montana to visit some family and friends and had fun, laughing and spending much needed time with family.

We are so thankful, as usual, for all the amazing support and love we get from you amazing people we call our family and friends! We love you all so much. The encouragement and love is greatly and always appreciated!