Journal Entry

When we were on vacation in June, Jon and I had a long time to talk.  I was having a rough night and just praying to the Lord for help and comfort.  All of a sudden I was just overcome with the spirit and I knew I was receiving an answer to my prayers.  I had a good talk with Jon, and we have decided we are going to start the adoption process.  We are excited for this opportunity.  Our families have also been so supportive and excited for us.

This process has been quite lengthy.  It has definitely been a test of our patience.  We have had to set up appointments, do many background checks, and answer so many questions.  The LDS Church stopped doing adoptions in February of 2015, but they have piloted a new program with Adoption.com.  It has been quite the learning experience.  I have really felt that we have been going at this blind.  We are almost done with our home study.  Once our home study is done, I will upload it to our profile, and our profile will then go live.  We will then be ready to have a baby placed in our home.  We can hardly wait for this new experience in our life.

I know this is a right decision for us.  As hard as it is to have no one to share/ask questions with, we seem to be doing things right.  We just hope everything will go smoothly, and we will be able to have a baby in our home soon.  We did take pictures for our profile.  Here are a few.

Staycation

August 7-9 Jon had off from work.  We really wanted to do something fun, but didn't really have a lot of money to spend.  So we decided to stay home, have a sleepover in our living room and have an Avengers Marathon.  We made slept out in the Living Room until about 3am and then we headed into our bedroom.  We did have a good time tho.  Then on Saturday we canned chicken, and I made a skirt in the afternoon.  We had a nice relaxing weekend and just enjoyed spending the weekend together.

Jon's Birthday

Jon turned 32 on July 23.  That night at the Pippins it was $2 night.  So for Jon's birthday we went to the Pippins game and invited friends to go with us.  I even invited several in Jon's family.  His mom drove down for Moses Lake to spend the day with him, and his sister and brother in law who live here in Yakima also went.  Jon had such a great time.  The Pippins even won that night.  It was really a lot of fun.

On the 24th, I invited up my family for a dinner for Jon's birthday.  I made homemade pizza, which is always delicious.  We had a wonderful time visiting.  Happy Birthday Jon!

Earl Noble Family Reunion 2015

The Noble reunion was at my parents house this year on July 16-18th.  Most of the reunion was either spent by the pool or visiting out at the tables in the shady front yard.  It was so fun to see everyone that was there.  Some people I hadn't seen in so long, and some people I had either met for the first time, or they met Jon for the first time.

This little cutie pie was just so much fun.

Amy brought this real fun game for the kids.  She had this big tape ball that had toys and treats wrapped in it.  The kids would roll dice and when they got doubles they got the tape ball.  The next person would get the dice and while they were rolling the person with the tape ball would unroll it and pull off the candy or whatever prize they got.  It was a lot of fun.

The kids loved it and had so much fun.

It was so fun to watch all the kids play with their cousins.  This family reunion was so fun.  It was very similar to the ones I had growing up.  All of the cousins running around and playing.  And just visiting with one another.  It is always so nice to catch up with my family.  I am so grateful for my family and that we are together for eternity.

More Home Improvements

Jon and I have been working to do some improvements around the house.  We decided to change the clasps on the doors, into magnetic clasps, and we changed the drawer handles.  Jon works really hard to do some of these things I want him to do.