Just an update

So Dani and Casey hiked the Grand Canyon and lived to tell about it. Sounds like they did well and had a great time. Jim and the kids and I all went up to see the Grand Canyon. We are planning on making a hiking trip ourselves this fall. Except for John and Mary. We will leave them home with Grandma.

I recently changed my email address. Want to make sure everyone has it. It's icucathy@live.com

Keep checking for updates!!

Time for Updates

So Dani and Casey are officially on the waiting list for the fall nursing program at Estrella Mountain Community College. They do placements every Tuesday. So hopefully we will know something this Tuesday. Until then, we wait......

Jim and I have completed everything for the Special Friends/Community Adviser program. All we are waiting for is our fingerprint clearance cards to come back. This could take up to 6 weeks. Until then, we wait....

School is just around the corner. The kids are busy trying to come up with ways to get out of it. Mary has agreed to go to Kindergarten, but she says that's it. She believes that "grades are stupid and boring". Not sure where she got that idea from (James and John!)

Dani is leaving for the Grand Canyon with Casey and his family tomorrow. I think it's a bad idea, Jim thinks it's a bad idea, and I believe that Dani thinks it's a bad idea. Not sure that July is the best time of year to hike the Grand Canyon. Guess we'll see.

And so, we wait....

If you missed it....

Check out my new dropshots site www.dropshots.com/cathymm5 for pictures of Dani's totally rad 80's Birthday party!!

YAY! Interview went well!!

They seemed to like us! Like we thought they maybe wouldn't?? So they fingerprinted us and the case worker will call us next week to set up the 4 hour training class. Then they match us with a child!! I can't wait to meet him/her!!

INTERVIEW!!!

Interview for special friends program is Wed. July 15th!! YAY!!

Getting Closer

So we are ready to move on. Our application has been reviewed and accepted (was there any doubt?) and now we are waiting for an interview. At that time we will be finger prInted. Those will probably take 6 weeks to come back. Will keep you posted!

Still waiting.....

So we are still waiting for Dani and Casey to get their letters from the college as to whether or not they will begin nursing school this fall, or if they have to wait until January.

We have submitted our paperwork for the special friends program. Now we wait to see if they like us and then they call us for an interview. At that time, if they decide they like us, they will fingerprint us and do the background check. I think it will take about 6 weeks for the results to come back as to whether or not we are criminals. Once we are determined to be safe and sane, we will hook up with a case worker and get matched with a child.

My hope is to let everyone know all about us and let the child make the decision as to if they want to give us a try.

And so we wait........