Happy Friday, everyone!!!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!

OUR USCIS CLEARANCE ARRIVED YESTERDAY!!!!

I am very, very sad to say my faith and belief that God was approving our fingerprints and sending us immediate approval was wavering.

It had been 12 days since we were fingerprinted.

I know He wanted me to remain 100% faithful……

I am so thankful that my wavering faith in this had me keep turning to Him.

In prayer.

I kept going back to the Lord to help me have the faith I knew He wanted from me.

Our approval notice was lost in the mail.

Yes.

Lost in the mail.

The approval date on our USCIS clearance is TWO DAYS AFTER WE HAD OUR FINGERPRINTS!!

TWO DAYS, YOU ALL.

But….there was another little glitch in our clearance that arrived yesterday, as the wrong country was listed on it.

Thankfully, we were able to quickly get that fixed already this morning!!!!

Thinking about the prayers that were said on behalf of our fingerprints and this clearance brought me to my knees yesterday.

Thank you all for praying with us. Thank you. Thank you for Tate’s sake.

Our Dossier will be on its way now! Just a few stops and it will be in China!!

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:” Isaiah 26:3 & 4

***February 3rd is the same day we received our USCIS clearance in the mail for Eliza’s adoption last year! Her approval date, however, was January 30th, not January 24th.

“Praise ye the Lord.”

“Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.”

“His seed shall be mighty upon the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.”

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.”

“Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.”

“Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.”

“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.”

“The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.”

“Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high”

“Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!”

Praise ye the Lord!!!

Scripture verses from Psalm 112 and 113. Photos by Addie Mae on this beautiful, snowy day.

This weekend was full!

(My husband would say I have lofty goals.)

Even though Blake headed to work on Saturday morning, the rest of us were home most of the day.

And then a snowstorm kept us home all day yesterday too!

Today our world was white, blue and sunny……SPARKLING!!

And below zero freezing cold.

I got an early start Saturday morning cooking stock and beans for the freezer.

And making snack foods too.

We have been on a hummus kick – it is SO good!

Garlic artichoke and roasted red pepper are this week’s flavors.

I took some little helpers to the store with me.

Can’t tell you the last time Eliza has done something like this! She loved it!

Sunday morning while it was blowing and snowing we listened to a sermon.

Had a round of prayer.

Then it was time for games! And snacks!

We should know better than to play word games with my darling hubby.

One of his sentences was something like:

“Wombats take showers in Virginia in June.”

WHAT?!?

Silly man.

He didn’t win!

I had the kids bring the doll house out of the attic for Miss Eliza.

SO, SO, SO cute to see her play with her imagination!

I kept hearing “Mommy! Mooommmyyy!”

When I went to Eliza and asked “What’s wrong?” she showed me she wasn’t talking to me!

Her doll house baby was calling for her Mommy!

Too cute!

Then Mrs. Lofty Goals (that’s me) decided it was time transition our sweet-gonna-be-three-soon out of her crib into her bed!

We clapped and cheered and made it super fun, cause we could see she was afraid.

She helped us take down her crib and put her bed where it used to be!

I have at least one hundred photos like this!

When the camera comes out, this is the smile Eliza makes!

With her head tilted up every time!

We talked about her new bed ALL day!

At bedtime, we took a photo for big sissy and David.

We texted it to them to show them how big she was!!

Then I laid with her and she went right to sleep.

She was only up once, praise the Lord!

Normally she is not up at all though!

This afternoon a super cute six year old and I had eye doctor appointments!

It was a great date with my little man!

Grant ran the van up and down our long driveway before we were supposed to leave in hopes that I would make it through the huge drifts. YIKES!

He told me “Mom, you will be ok. Just go fast and keep your momentum!” YIKES again!

Thankfully our snow plow guy came right as I was ready to leave!

Our appointments went well.

I couldn’t stop taking photos of this cutie pie!

So fun to have him all to myself!

Lane needed a new prescription and new glasses.

So thankful his current glasses have lasted three years.

His new frames are super cute!

Then we had a library date when we were finished at the doctor.

Today was full too!

Loving every second of these full days! Super blessed!!