This week I have been working on painting the girls' bedroom. It was the nursery and needed an update if it is going to be a room for two little girls. We let Bug pick the color and we were not shocked at all when she picked purple. Chris was mortified by the color choice but hey, if the girls like it that is what matters. Bug also wanted butterflies which helps to tone down the purple.Chris thinks they look like spiders.

We are still adding more butterflies in more colors. I can't wait to get "Sally" home and add her butterflies to the wall. We submitted our dossier to begin translation. We were told they are almost done and we are just waiting on the background check. It seems ridiculous to me that it takes 18 weeks to get back and is a very frustrating when their website says 12 weeks. Guess that's the government for ya. Hopefully it arrives this week and we can get it sent off and be traveling soon.

We are still about $16,000 short of being fully funded.
-We have another fundraiser dinner and silent auction coming up on March 7th 5-7pm at the East Holbrook Mennonite Church. We will be serving Indian Fry Bread. Hope to see many there!
-I am taking orders for Peanut Butter Easter Eggs 6/$7 or 12/$12 shipped. They will ship by March 27th.
We also have many items we are selling and have listed in a photo album on Facebook. Check it out here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101809718796013.1073741829.19219491&type=1&l=4ed25b61c3
And remember any donations made through Reece's Rainbow are tax deductible.
Praying God blesses your week!

It seems as though whenever I finally just do a post because there hasn't been much to report on the adoption a few days later something big happens....maybe I should post more often. While we are still waiting on the background check our dossier has been sent over! We were told it would be there Wednesday and then will take one to two weeks to translate. After translation it will be submitted to the MOJ for our official referral!
We also got an update on "Sally", they tell us she is being well cared for and is as feisty as ever. I pray this is true and hope you will join me in praying for her well being while wait to be able to bring her home forever.
Things finally are starting to move so stay tuned for more updates to come!

Fundraising is kicking up for us again. We are getting close to another fee being due. We have crocheted dish scrubbers 4 for $8. I am also making many personalized items. And the most fun for us is our mustache growing competition. We have several men in our family that are participating and for every $5 donated they grow their mustache a day in March. Just $155 each makes it so they must grow the entire month! Our FSP is growing slowly but surely. We greatly appreciate all of the support we have and are receiving both financially and in prayers!

We are still waiting on our background check and would appreciated prayers as we have everything else complete and are approaching our deadline. We expected it four weeks ago. Our agency has emailed the rest of our dossier to begin translation so that when we have the background check in hand and apostilled it is ready to be submitted to the MOJ.

Off of the adoption topic it has been just as crazy. A very dear gentleman from church passed away and we had his funeral last week, Chris was gone for a conference the beginning of the week, and now Jeremiah is not feeling well (I think he is teething). Chris also broke the foot on his prosthetic.

So, this week I am trying to put my focus on positive things otherwise I would be completely stressed out by now and losing my mind.

I have an amazing husband who finished the kids swing area. He welded them to the underside of our deck so we have no more worry of swing sets blowing over, I am a part of an amazing and supportive moms prayer group, had a wonderful time today with my older two kiddos making homemade bubblegum, and we are enjoying the warm weather and the chance to play outside.

God has blessed us abundantly and if we did not take the time to thank Him for these blessings we would lose faith and have a negative attitude. It is because of Him and His promises and blessings we can keep moving forward knowing He will never give us more than we can handle and will be with us as we continue through this adventure we call life.