That’s what went through my head as I tried to get a picture of all three of my boys, still, and maybe even smiling! …maybe when they’re 20.

This is what I got instead:

However, I also got these, and I think these are pretty great…

I love my boys.

~audrey

We did finally receive a phone call, however, it was not the phone call we were praying for. Without going into too much detail, a family member is in the process of being checked out to possibly take the girls. Apparently that situation isn’t looking good, but we don’t know when the home study will take place. It could be a week, it could be a month. We’ve been given the option to leave our home open until we hear more news, or allow the agency to give us another placement if one becomes available.

I don’t know what to do.

I suppose the only thing to do is continue to pray.

I just knew this situation was from the Lord.

Too many things were right about the whole thing. It’s the perfect case.

But God’s timing is perfect and His plan isn’t always our plan. I asked the agency to only call us with a placement if they were very young, like this case. I can only pray that if we are indeed meant to have these girls, God will keep our house open until we receive the final answer from DFCS. If we get a phone call in the meantime with another seemingly perfect placement for us, we will accept and continue to trust that the Lord knows what He’s doing.

I am momentarily very disappointed, but relieved to finally have some answers, even if they weren’t the answers we were looking for. My God is sovereign and one thing I now know for sure, I am so very ready for another baby, whether it be through my womb, fostering, or adoption. Please make it soon Lord.

~audrey

I can’t believe it! The boys spent the night at grandparents’ houses two weekends in a row! Of course it would have been even better if we didn’t have work and church stuff packing our schedule, but it was still wonderful.

Last night Josh’s company. Powerserve International, attended the annual ADDY Awards. It is an awards dinner put on by the American Advertising Federation. It was a lot of fun, food, and music…Oh, and Powerserve won NINE ADDYs; three of which were Josh’s projects. I’m so proud of Josh and all of Powerserve for kicking butt in a year where other companies closed their doors. God has been good to Powerserve and the Powerserve families. We are very grateful.

Are you still praying for my girls?? Please don’t quit yet! I’m praying for some news tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted!

~audrey