It's All Good!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been so silent on here, but we've had a busy August! Can it really be almost over? I think I'm in denial that my front lawn is already covered in leaves. So many people are saying they love fall, but for me fall is just a glaring reminder that winter is right around the corner. Ugh. 
So like I said, we've been busy! We took a family trip to Alberta near the beginning of August for a good friend's wedding, and the week after Cassidy and I left with my parents to spend 6 days in Vernon, BC for my cousin's wedding, for which she was a flower girl! 

*BRAG ALERT*

 I have to say I was a little nervous about parenting solo, although my parents were of course a huge help, but Cassidy did AWESOME! Seriously, she completely blew me away. We were go go go the whole time, squeezing in naps when we could, and staying up late and spending MANY long hours in the car, and she was a champ! She didn't complain once, I hardly had to discipline her, she was happy and even though she had a couple of very traumatizing experiences with porta potties, it did not set back her potty training thank goodness! Traveling with her was an absolute breeze. Plus she really rocked the whole flower girl gig! She's a natural!

Here's a few pictures from our trip!

 Ready to go!

 I was actually freaking out as I took this picture and as soon as I snapped the shot, she was off of that thing!

She loved being a "fower girl" :)

 Her new friend Timmy so graciously sharing his goldfish with her!

Loving the water!

What a fun holiday, but does it ever feel good to be home! Cassidy was up at 5:30 or 6 every morning in BC but thankfully has fallen right back into her old routine and is sleeping till 8:30 again. Now that I'm home, I'm super busy putting the final details together for VBS at our church next week. Please pray that we will get lots of kids and that God will work in a mighty way for his glory!

Wait a second, the real reason I came on here was to give you an adoption update! I had last heard from our agency about 3 weeks ago.  They were still waiting to hear from our Central Authority in Regina. The agency that we are working with has never worked with anyone in SK before, so there were some things they needed to discuss. In the busyness of holidays, I kept forgetting to email to ask where things were at. Well! Today I got an email saying they had touched base with our guy in Regina and we are good to go to start officially working with them! This means we can start putting together our profile for the birth mother, as we continue to work on our home study as well. I know this is not huge huge news but to me every small step is one step closer to holding my baby in my arms, so I am rejoicing today! God is good! Our garage sale is in 2 weeks and our garage is a MESS! There is just enough space for us to park our car and the rest is full of stuff! This is a very very good thing, although it is driving my husband a bit crazy, as he likes his garage neat and orderly. People have been so generous in giving for this! The dates are September 6 in the evening and September 7 all day, so come check it out! There will also be baking for sale and I think there may be two cute boys with a lemonade stand :)

Thanks for your prayers! I know I sound like a broken record, but we really do appreciate them and you!

Quick Update

Hello all! So things are moving along nicely! I got an email from our agency the other day saying that they have received our application (YAY!) and we just had our first home study visit tonight, which was wonderful! The same lady who did our home study with Cassidy is doing this one as well and it was wonderful to visit with her again. She was quite happy to see Cassidy again and to see how well she's doing. 

I am so thankful that we already have one adoption under our belt going into this one. I am so relaxed about this and just excited, and yet I know I would be completely overwhelmed if this was our first. It's a different kind of adoption and their are different unknowns, but at the stage we're at it's nothing we haven't done before, which makes it so much easier. 

Our garage is slowly piling up with stuff to sell at our sale in September! People have been so generous in donating items and I have a lot more stuff that I know is coming yet! The tentative date for our sale is Friday Sept 6 in the evening and all day Sat, the 7th. I'm super excited about it! 

Summer feels like it's flying by, can it really be August already?? We have a busy month planned with two weddings in different provinces, Praise in the Park and DVBS at our church that I'm directing. Yikes! I like being busy though, and it'll keep my mind off of BABY because that's all I can think about most of the time. I wish we were further along in the process already, but I know that with every step we're getting there and it will all happen in God's time. Patience has never been my strong suit! 

We appreciate the prayers and support! Keep it up!

Love the Letkemans