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Hi, everyone. Or… hi Jen, Jennifer, Sarah, Allegra, Diana, Karli, Molly Jo and Kenya.

Hehe.

Sorry about the blog-neglect. Don’t turn me in.

It’s not that I haven’t thought about you all. And I’m still reading your blogs. From my phone, when I have a minute here or there.

It’s just life has been crazy, I’m doing a lot of extra at work right now and the last thing I’ve wanted to do is sit down in front of another computer with expectations.

But, I also know all of you are out there, rooting for us and wondering. And SO, I wanted to let you know that Casey, my Mom, and I attended the local adoption/foster care orientation last Tuesday. (How cool is it that Mom wants to go to the orientation and training with us to be our support in this?! SO COOL). In a week we’ll begin 10 weeks of classes to become licensed foster parents which will mean that we can pursue adoption of a child/children who are currently in foster care and available for adoption.

Meaning, in short, in less than 6 months we could have a child placed with us and be headed down the route of being legal parents.

OH MY GOODNESS.

It’s exciting. It’s scary. It’s totally awesome.

We decided against pursuing domestic infant adoption right now, mainly due to the cost and time. We decided that we could do something for kids who have been waiting for their family for a long time. And it will mean that we may not go through a baby stage as parents, but I think I’ve come to peace with that in many ways. Because just think of how awesome it is that we can change lives here – theirs and ours.

Plus, older kids are way more portable 😉 And the truth is – babies get adopted. They don’t have to wait long. It costs so much money because people are willing to pay it, so we feel like giving a chance to an older child is pretty awesome.

So. That leads to the next adventure being launched on this blog. As part of our training we are being asked to develop a “life book” about our family. Our stories, our pictures, who we are. So Mom, Casey, and I are each going to post here once a week in a new series called “Stories I Want To Tell My Children” and it will be us, telling stories of our childhood, our life lessons, who we are. I’m going to even make a button and link up so if y’all want to join in and share stories that you want to tell your children, someday or right now.

They will be posted Monday (Jenn’s stories), Wednesday (my Mom’s stories)  and Saturday (Casey’s stories)!

We’re excited to share our stories. And I’m excited to have inspiration to write again.

Thanks for all of your love, support, and joy.