It's been a while...

Well, it has been a while. Between buying a house, remodeling it, switching jobs, and living life I chose not to make blog writing a priority lately. I have missed it though, and I want to pick it back up :) For now, I want to use it as a platform to update our friends and family about the big changes happening in our family...and throw some homemaking posts in there as much as I can too! Here's a recap of the last few months:

We bought a house! 

Tony and I purchased my grandmother's home, the house my dad grew up in. We were planning to rough it in apartment living for quite a few years while we paid off debt, before buying a house or starting a family. But you know what they say about the best laid plans...sometimes God changes them! Everything fell into place for us to buy my grandmother's house, and it has become the perfect little home for us! We have remodeled it to make it our own, and are loving home ownership. I will post some before/after pictures in a future post :)

We both got new jobs!

Tony and I both transitioned into new jobs in August. Tony stayed with his company but moved into a position at the alternative school his company runs - he now does counseling with students only at the school during the school day. I got a new position with Concord Counseling Services providing school social work services at a Groveport middle school. We both really enjoy these new positions, but even more love the schedules! We are home between 3-4pm every day.

God called us!

Throughout the process of getting a new house and new jobs, God began to call us on to a new path...the path to foster care. We are so excited! Some of you have already heard that we are in the process of becoming foster parents, but for those of you who haven't...we are becoming foster parents! We took all of our classes in September, have been working on paperwork and completing our home study process in October, and should be licensed in November! We have our final home study this Sunday, November 2nd, then a CPR class next Saturday, November 8th. Then the waiting game for a placement will begin! We are getting licensed for up to two children between the ages of 6-18, hopefully a sibling pair. Because our age range is so wide we have no idea what to expect, but we are ready for whatever God gives us...we are very excited (and nervous) about this next chapter in our lives! 

New House + New jobs + God's calling = A new adventure!

PLEASE feel free to ask us questions about foster care! We are learning more and more every day, but we will try to answer any questions you have. And, we will post updates about placements as we have them!