Spring Cleaning of Sorts

Okay, Okay...Time to roll up our sleeves and clear off the dust and cobwebs off our long neglected blog. We've procrastinated long enough. It seemed for so long, all we were getting from our agency was more bad news and personally I was tired of reporting only negative stuff. Finally, in December, a glimmer of hope arrived when we learned that our agency had finally received approval from the COA for their Hague accreditation. Then we had a LONG 2 month wait for China to re-approve our agency for the waiting child program. They began receiving access to the special needs kiddos about 2 weeks ago, Praise the LORD!!
Anyway, we were near the top of the list for a special needs referral when our agency lost access last July, so we are back at the top. However, many more agencies also now have access so this list so there is much more competition among agencies to lock the children's files (ugh, hate the fact we are competing for a child). The lists are released usually monthly so now we just wait month by month until we receive "the call." It is our prayer that we will see our daughter's face by Christmas.
On the home front, the boys are all growing like weeds. Morgan and Jackson have both decided to not play baseball this summer and Hudson will start his first season. I love watching them play at this age. They are all so funny and by the end of every game, we are all in stitches.
We all attended our junior high science fair last night, and were stunned when Morgan was awarded "Best of Show" for his research project. Totally wasn't expecting that one. I, er I mean, "he" worked very hard on it all year and I am very proud of my, oops, his work. So anyone at church who saw me earnestly sculpting away at an attempt at a human stomach, it paid off! Seriously, Morgan has put a
lot of time and effort in this project for the past few months.
Hudson has been celebrating the Chinese New Year in his Pre-K class. They topped it off with a field trip to a local Chinese buffet last week. His attempts with the chopsticks actually were not too shabby.
We are all looking forward to warmer weather and some REALLY big news in the next few months. We are also continuing to pray with boldness and casting out the rumor sites which had become idols in my life. Not to mention the emotional turmoil it was causing me. Continuing to pray for peace, patience, and perseverance!