Hello everyone,
It has been some time since I posted and not because I don't want to but this last month has been very busy! My sister-in-law inspired me to share our 2011 times with you on my blog in a short point form way:
April: This month I (Shaeline) got to be involved with a Mission trip called Calbreak. It is a trip done by the YFC and is a blast with youth of highschool aged where we get to hang out and love them like Christ loves us! When we finally got home my husband shared with me that he was ready to begin the journey of adoption.
May: We got to enjoy a Wig family reunion at my Grandma's farm and almost everyone was there to enjoy a weekend of games, visiting and celebrating my Grandma!!! We started researching countries that we would be eligible to adopt from, which was a up and down process. This is also the month we started our long road to finding a house.
June: We celebrated our 4th year anniversary! I can't believe its been so long, what an amazing last 4 years! This is also the month we started our paperwork for the government of Saskatchewan with adoption stuff. I also signed my permanent contract this month and got tenured in my job! So thankful for this stability!!!
July: We had lots of family reunions and trips and got to enjoy camping in Waterton National Park with some great friends! This is also the month we decided to adopt from South Africa and started our application process!
September: My best friend got married and I had the honor of standing up beside her and enjoying the beautiful day!!! We also finally got accepted into the program and contacted our social worker to get started on our next part of the process, homestudy.
October: We started a very long road of paperwork and home visits for our adoption! This has tested our patience, faith, grieving process and our relationship but it also has been an amazing process all in all.
November: We met with our social worker for the first time which was fantastic. I (Shaeline) got encouragement that my feelings were normal and okay! It was so good to hear!
December: Christmas! Lots of time with family and friends! AND, after a long road of 7 months and 66 houses we found a house, bought it and moved in all within 18 days! What whirlwind but an amazing blessing!
I look forward to seeing what 2012 will hold. 2011 had its blessings, amazing moments, frustrating times and hardships but it built me up as a person and built me and Josh closer together. We also found a renewed faith in our God and have learned how to depend on him with everything, even if it doesn't make sense.
In this new year I have many resolutions but just to name a few:
- My exercise has been quite sporadic and I hope to make it part of my lifestyle and have it more consistent.
- I hope to try out new recipes and to cook more often at home and for other people!
- Reading--I love to read and my goal is to make it happen more often!
- Last but not least is to get all of our adoption paperwork done by Feburary and then wait!
Do you have any new years resolutions? I hope that 2012 is filled with blessings for each and every one of you!!!!
Happy New Year (13 minutes late :))
Blessings,
Shaeline
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Christmas is in the air
Just a short post...
Snow is on the ground, christmas music is playing, christmas baking will begin soon and in my classroom the winter and christmas centers will be coming out next week. All signs that Christmas is closer than we think! I always look forward to the hustle bustle of this season as it gets me excited for Christmas!
But...
this is also the time of year that disappears so fast on me that I often miss the reason for celebrating this season. Even though life runs away on me sometimes I need to find time to reflect and remember how blessed I am and that this season is to celebrate my King, my Savior, my Jesus. Without Him I am nothing..
As the Christmas season gets into full swing remember to reflect on why we do the things we do and what this season is about!
Happy Winter!
be blessed
Shaeline
Snow is on the ground, christmas music is playing, christmas baking will begin soon and in my classroom the winter and christmas centers will be coming out next week. All signs that Christmas is closer than we think! I always look forward to the hustle bustle of this season as it gets me excited for Christmas!
But...
this is also the time of year that disappears so fast on me that I often miss the reason for celebrating this season. Even though life runs away on me sometimes I need to find time to reflect and remember how blessed I am and that this season is to celebrate my King, my Savior, my Jesus. Without Him I am nothing..
As the Christmas season gets into full swing remember to reflect on why we do the things we do and what this season is about!
Happy Winter!
be blessed
Shaeline
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Exciting happenings...
I know that this blog has been a lot about our adoption but mainly because it is a main part of our lives right now.
To start off there have been lots of exciting things happening with our adoption.
1. We received our letter of acceptance and we were able to start our home study!
2. We had our first home study session with our wonderful social worker!
3. We received our information binder from mission of tears!
4. We were able to start getting our checks done and appointments made.
5. Working on a mound of paper work that there always seems to be something to do! :)
6. Have continued praying for our child wherever he or she is, if he or she is even born yet and our thoughts never stop!
Even though there is a ton of stuff to do before we get to start our family I just have a feeling it will all be worth this hard work!
On another note we have started looking at houses again. Not officially in any yet but looking online. We had taken a few months off as looking at 64 houses in 3 months with 4 offers that didn't go anywhere seemed to drain us. We had decided to focus our attention on our family. Now that things are moving again we feel that looking into houses again might not be such a bad thing with a changed outlook on what we want for our first house. It is hard to let go things that we have so badly wanted but we have decided that its not what we want, its what is going to work.
Anyways, I just wanted to give those of you who are following and update as to where our big decisions are right now.
To start off there have been lots of exciting things happening with our adoption.
1. We received our letter of acceptance and we were able to start our home study!
2. We had our first home study session with our wonderful social worker!
3. We received our information binder from mission of tears!
4. We were able to start getting our checks done and appointments made.
5. Working on a mound of paper work that there always seems to be something to do! :)
6. Have continued praying for our child wherever he or she is, if he or she is even born yet and our thoughts never stop!
Even though there is a ton of stuff to do before we get to start our family I just have a feeling it will all be worth this hard work!
On another note we have started looking at houses again. Not officially in any yet but looking online. We had taken a few months off as looking at 64 houses in 3 months with 4 offers that didn't go anywhere seemed to drain us. We had decided to focus our attention on our family. Now that things are moving again we feel that looking into houses again might not be such a bad thing with a changed outlook on what we want for our first house. It is hard to let go things that we have so badly wanted but we have decided that its not what we want, its what is going to work.
Anyways, I just wanted to give those of you who are following and update as to where our big decisions are right now.
Pictures of some family and other shoots will be posted under Sorriso Photographs today...take a look and tell me what you think!!!
Blessings to all of you on this crisp Saturday..I think snow is in the air!
Shaeline
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