WooHoo!! Mom showed up for the visit today. I guess it went well. How many of you wish that you could watch the visits from behind a two way mirror? I just wonder how the little ones interact with her and how she interacts w/ them.

I dropped them off today and felt like I was dropping off my kids. I felt a little overprotective. It was an odd feeling for me, because I've been saying out loud for a long time that they are not mine, I am just a safe place for them until their parents heal. I have to keep telling myself that, because I know their parents love them and want them back. They just have a long hard road ahead of them. I'll continue to pray that the outcome of this will be that mom and dad will heal and be able to love and care for the little ones in a way that they deserve.

We were also told that their dad has just been approved for visits and that will also start this week. Luckily they will eventually be on the same day as visits w/ mom. They do them one right after the other so the kids will only have to go once and it saves on drive time for me as well.

I'm off to bed. It's been a long day.

Blessings to all,
Angel

Officially Renters

We closed on our house today. It's so strange because we still get to stay here until our house it built. We had our closing and then met w/ our buyer after to sign lease documents. Everything has really gone so smooth that I'm waiting for the ball to drop. Now we have to focus on our house plans. I am not looking forward to that process. I'm praying it goes as smooth as everything else has.

My little ones have a visit scheduled w/ mom this week. We adjusted the time, hoping that she will be more likely to make the visits. They have been with us since July and have only seen her once.

They are really fitting in great now. We have our routine down and behaviors and sleeping have really improved. We took all the kids to the pumpkin patch yesterday and had a great time. I appreciate the help from Mason & Madisyn. They were great at helping w/ the little ones. I'll post pics this week sometime. I think I took a few w/ out the little ones. I hate that I can't post pics of them too!!

Blessings,
Angel

I saw this video on another blog. A very powerful minute and 31 seconds. I know it makes me think of how some of my actions or attitudes may have affected my children. I pray for continued improvement on my character!!!

Strange Happening

The strangest thing has happened to us. A little background info first: Our house has been for sale for awhile now. It's also been in contract practically since we listed it. It was a first rights contract and we have been waiting for the buyer to sell her house so we can move forward. Well, about a month ago, we got another offer and accepted it. We have had land to build on that we purchased over 10 years ago and are anxious to get into a bigger house. We have our bio family of four and our recently added 2 foster sons in a house of a little less than 1200 sq feet.

So, since the offer, we have had to search for a rental home to live in while we build on our lot. Unfortunately, the house we found that was affordable and in a decent area, is even smaller than what we have now. YIKES!!!

Now to the strange part. Yesterday a man stopped by our house and introduced himself as the guy buying our house. Usually, if you have a realtor you don't meet your buyer until closing. He just wanted to show his sister the yard. No big deal. We talked to him a bit and thought he was a good guy and we were thankful that this house was going to bless him.

Tonight, the doorbell rang and it was him again. The first thought that came to mind is that this is getting strange w/ him stopping by twice now. Anyway, we invited him in and he had the best offer for us. He asked us if we would just be interested in staying in our house after the closing and renting from him. He's out of town a lot w/ work and said it would work out great for him to rent to us until we build. And, he would charge us less rent than the other house would cost us.

We have always prayed for this exact situation, but really thought it was a long shot. However, we serve a big GOD that can make anything possible. Our buyer is going to make sure it will all work on his end and let us know Friday. Please be in prayer that this works out. If it doesn't then we will know God has other plans, but we are really hoping it does. The only bad thing about the situation is we have half of the house packed. There are so many good things about this though. Our kids would not have to go through two moves, we get to stay w/ our neighbors for an extra year and we are close to the school and would not have to put anything in storage. We are very excited!!!

Blessings to all,
Angel