1st Homestudy Interview Completed

Yesterday Ross and I had our first Homestudy Interview at the agency. It was pretty painless. We were asked a lot of questions about our marriage, how we plan to parent, why we want to adopt, about our infertility, if our family is supportive and so on. We have our 2nd interview in early December. These will be individual interviews about ourselves, growing up, relationships with our family, and characteristics of our family members. The third interview is at our home. The social worker will take a look at the house, ask a few more questions and give us the opportunity to ask any questions we might have. Hopefully we can get these interviews completed before Christmas. Things are progressing quickly. I never realized how much work goes into just getting approved for adoption. Thanks for all the support.

Starting the ADOPTION Process

Well as some of you may already know, Ross and I have been trying to conceive for quite some time. We have done IVF with Dr. Hansen of Sioux Falls, which was unsuccessful. Instead of going through more fertility medications and heartache with no guarantee we have decided to move onto the adoption process. Yesterday we sent in our paperwork. Now we wait for it to be processed and to set up an appointment. I hope this is a much quicker process then the last 2 1/2 years have been. Thanks for your support.

House Project!

Ross finally got my house project done last month and I am very pleased how it turned out. Only took 3 years to get it done :-) He put in all new pavers for our patio. He also planted the rose bushes I
wanted with the help of his Mom. I think the house looks great now!!! I love it and the rose bushes are so pretty when in bloom. Thanks to Janelle, Nolan and Roger the project got done!!!! Yeah...now what other project can I find for Ross to do???? Hmmm.

This is the little corner between the garage and entry way. I love how it turned out. Janelle even found a little pig to stick in with the roses.

This is in front of the house. Now the cats can't lay in the dirt and use it as a litter box!!! Ha!

This is the patio right by the entry way. I love how it turned out. Now we need some steps leading to the door. I wonder how many years it will take for that to be completed.

And last but not least, here is the house. It looks so nice doesn't it?

Kittens on the Farm

Today is such a nice day out. The kittens are quite playful today, and some are now exhausted. I captured a few pictures, couldn't seem to find Tiggy anywhere, maybe shes off hunting for a snack!!! Here are pictures of Nemo, Lucy and Tubby!!!! What a trio!!

Nemo sitting in the leaves.

I thought this was the cutest picture. If you can't tell he's sitting by the water hose.

Lucy sleeping on a nice fall day!

Tubby sitting on the patio chair. He's such a funny kitty! I miss his bright blue eyes.

Ryan & Michelle's Wedding Celebration

Ryan & Michelle had their wedding celebration on September 22nd in Rochester. Many family members and friends were there. We had such a wonderful time. My brother even asked me to dance, how about that. I am so happy for them and we all LOVE Michelle. We stayed in a nice motel that had a pool and slides for the kids. Kim and Emily and Daryan really loved it. They spent some of the reception in the pool. There were a lot of kids at the reception so that was nice, they even had some kid games. We really enjoyed the weekend, but it went by way too fast as usual. Here are a few pictures of the wonderful time we had. I also love being an Aunt if you couldn't tell. Norah Ann is a sweetie!

Aunt Amber & Norah...special bonding time!

Uncle Ross, Aunt Amber, and Norah. So cute!


Ryan and Amber dancing...this doesn't happen often!!!!


Amber & Ross at the reception!


The Happy Couple!

Greetings

Well I just got into the blogging business (ha ha)! Life on the farm is great. Ross is busy farming and raising hogs. He started combining tonight. I can't believe it's almost October, where has the time gone. Seems like just yesterday Ross and I were getting married and here we are 3 years later. I am still working in town at the law office and enjoying it.
Our lab/golden retriever Sam is so happy we rescued him from the Humane Society. He is the center of attention and loves it. I always wanted a lap dog but never dreamed it would be a 90 pound lap dog. We love him dearly though.

There hasn't been too much excitement in our lives. Now that it is harvest season Ross is spending more time outside and doesn't get in until 9 or 10 o'clock at night. So we don't see as much of each other. I'm always happy when the end of harvest rolls around. It's nice to be able to sit down together and have a meal. I don't care too much for eating at 9:00 at night so needless to say I make supper, and Ross just eats his whenever he gets in. It works for us I guess. I did tell him that once we have children, I really don't think they'll want to eat supper at 9:00 at night so he may just have to find a way to come in and then go back out. It's easier when he's farming at our place but a lot of the time he's over by Nolan's or his Dad's which is a little harder for him to get away.

Ross and I have been making weekly visits to the doctor. I won't go into detail, but lets just say that will probably be coming to an end soon. Keep watching for updated posts and you see what I mean.

Thanks for reading my very first blog. I think I'm going to like blogging!!!!!