Fall Apple Picking...

We had a wonderful weekend and some great family time. Emily and I went shopping during a mom/daughter day out and Zach scored 3 goals in his soccer game!! We all went apple picking as a family on saturday and had such a great time. It was beautiful weather and perfect temperature. Then Tim and I had a much needed "date night" where we went out to eat at the local chinese resturant :-) Then on Sunday we attended the baptism of our good friends daughter and then just relaxed! What a great weekend! Here are some pix of the apple pickin.....






On the adoption front...our social worker did complete our homestudy and it is currently being proofread so it can be sent to immigration. (Hopefully this week)
We finished making a photo album to send to our little guy complete with labels in both Mandarin and English. I am a bit anal if you cant tell. There is a family that will be traveling soon so they are going to deliver it for us and hopefully get a few more of those wonderful pictures! We did not get awarded the grant from Ava's hope which was disappointing, but we are certain God has a plan for us as far as the financing goes. We will be researching more grants to apply for in the coming weeks. In the meantime I have been Blessed ?? (I think) to be able to work some serious overtime and take On Call for 2 weeks in a row which will help somewhat.

Please just keep us in your thoughts and prayers this week, we are having a hard time with the waiting and are grateful for the holidays coming up to help keep us even more busy. Please pray that God will continue to guide us in every aspect of this journey and that we remember that His timing is always perfect.
Blessings