A Divine Walk

[...] We had our first licensing appointment for foster care today.  It was in their office and lasted about an hour (with a lot of chit chat in there). [...]

[...] up my alley.  So here is my Sand Pail list: Make significant progress towards getting our foster care license.  I don’t think we’ll be done our licensing by the end of summer, as [...]

[...] Quick update : Today we submitted our foster care application.  They say it takes about 2 weeks to hear back.  I’m actually [...]

[...] It’s official.  Our background checks for foster care are both cleared.  We knew they would, but these things always make me so nervous. & [...]

[...] Okay, I can’t stand using Little Squirt as the baby’s blog name and my husband came up with the perfect name for him, so from now on, [...]

[...] We’ve had Little Squirt (I think this is going to be his online name) for 2 weeks now, and man have we been busy!  So [...]

[...] Nick. Little Squirt and I headed over to Albertsons to do our shopping for Little Squirt.  We were armed with a foster care voucher for diapers and wipes and WIC checks for food.  I’ [...]

[...] Court on Monday for Little Squirt, should be a fairly straight forward one.  My understanding is that it is just for the judge [...]

[...] I mentioned a few days ago that we were having trouble deciding which homeschool group to do.   After visiting Classical Conversations the choice became very easy.  Nick loved it, [...]

[...] he wants to play again We’ve decided to definitely do Classical Conversations (CC) for our homeschool group next [...] [...]

[...] I mentioned a few days ago that we were having trouble deciding which homeschool group to do.   After visiting Classical Conversations the choice became very easy.  [...]

[...] to play again We’ve decided to definitely do Classical Conversations (CC) for our homeschool group next year and I have decided to align our curriculum with what we’ll be learning there& [...]

Happy Feet’s dad missed another visit.  He was sick.  Probably caught Happy Feet’s cold that he had last week. Happy Feet’s CASA moved out of [...]

Visit went well today.  Happy Feet’s dad was too sick to make it to the visit, but mom came.   He was at the visit Wed. so I sure hope Happy Feet [...]

Dear Happy Feet, Wow, you are a year old already!  I can’t believe how big you are getting.  You have gone through so many changes in the last 3 1 [...]

[...] ; Children 6 and over should have a maximum of 12 months before they look for permanency. Foster kids should never be moved from a foster placement to a relative after they have been in a [...]

[...] house, sort through and reorganize the spare room so that we can begin getting it ready for our foster kids. Go to Yellowstone. It’s not a fancy list, I know, but this looks to be a crazy summer [...]

[...] of dirt.  I LOVE IT!!  Truly I do.  It’s so much fun. I still want more foster kids, but this case has been so tumultuous, we might have to be very clear that we need a bit more [...]

[...] quote for those trying to make a difference in a child’s life, whether it’s as a parent, foster parent, teacher, or friend.  You never know what affect the influence you have [...] [...]

[...]   Being a foster parent is tough, it shows you sides of yourself you don’t necessarily want to see.  I want to support [...]

[...]   Being a foster parent is tough, it shows you sides of yourself you don’t necessarily want to see.  I want [...]

[...] Wow, what a week.  On Friday of last week we got a call from our licensing worker (LW) wanting to set up for our 1st home inspection visit.  Fortunately, I’d already started [...]

[...] We got our call from the Licensing worker.   Unfortunately, I wasn’t home, and couldn’t reach him when I called back.  He’s ready to [...]

[...] We’re almost done! Our licensing worker came out yesterday to do our homestudy.  The homestudy is where they come and ask you a ton [...]