Kids at Camp!

I just can't believe how fast the time is going. We have 3 kids at camp until Fri. We spent Mon. driving them to camp and back (4 hrs) and will pick them up on Fri. It is so much quieter with the oldest ones not here.

The parents of the other sibling group in our home have had their rights terminated last week. The kids are officially up for adoption, they have been with us for the last 15 months. We found out on Monday that they have relatives that have come forward and asked permission to adopt them. They will have to go through the whole process and it will take longer because thay live out of state. It was kind of a shock to everyone to have someone show up at the last minute.

Our emotions have been up and down with this group as well others we have had in our home. We thought we might like to adopt them and if there was no one else we would. I actually hope the family checks out and would be a good fit for the kids, they need to have permency soon.

We are still working on adopting the younger siblings of the two we adopted and it should be final soon. We are still "negotiating". There is a court date at the end of this month and if we could reach an agreement by then, we could finalize the adoption at that court date.

I have had a few visits with my sisters here from out of town, they have been here for a month and one of them will be leaving this week :(.
It has been really nice to have them here, even if I don't get to see them very much. I miss having alot of family around.

Having eight kids makes it hard to get out and visit people. Now I understand why growing up with alot of siblings, we never went anywhere.

My husband had a cousin and his wife visiting from Minnesota today, so his sister and him met them for lunch and then went to visit their mother in the nursing home. I wasn't able to go as I didn't want to take all the kids to their family reunion. But he said he had a good time and would like for them to come back sometime.

“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). I felt this scripture come to me today. For me it means relationship. How great it is that I have a relationship with Him. Because of that relationship with Him, I can trust and "be still". And in that stillness I find peace. I don't have to do anything for He does it all. When I lose peace, I know that I am not being still and am back to doing things in my own strength.

Catch ya later!