Busy Times!

The Powell house is crazily, insanely busy right now! The good news? We are getting LOTS accomplished! After not having a night at home in over 2 weeks, Matthew left leaving for California on Monday. I was hoping for a little down time before he left, but I'm excited he got to take a trip with Andy Miller, our preacher while we were in college, to lectureships in Malibu. I'm wondering who got the better end of this deal.... getting lots of spiritual fulfillment in Malibu for a week or being almost 35 weeks pregnant at home with a 14 month old?? Hmmm... (Thankful for moms who pitch in when I really need it! And of course, Noah loves being spoiled by grandparents way too much!) 

So what have we been up to?

The last 2 weekends have been filled with our Spring Youth Retreat and a sweet friends' wedding weekend. They were both a great success, and for that I am grateful! Noah officially has a bed and bedding to use when baby brother gets here. (Yay for being a slacker but getting it together at the last minute! So... anti-me.) The doctor says Micah looks great (he's measuring a good bit larger, so maybe we'll have 2 linebackers in the family?)! We have ALMOST gotten everything together to complete our homestudy. Our social worker has been awesome and much less intimidating than I was preparing for! We have been busy busy collecting documents for the rest of our dossier as well. (I didn't know there was so much paperwork out there about 2 people!? Oh and btw... somehow our marriage certificate wasn't on file! Hope we are actually married :) )We have passed all of our background checks/fingerprints/etc. so far. That's always a good thing, right? I have started my 10 hours of adoption education. I shipped all of the t-shirts yesterday that needed to be shipped from our first t-shirt order. I started our 2nd order TODAY! Donations have been pouring in for our yard sale. (My neighbors will soon think I am a hoarder by looking in my garage!) I could continue on with what has been going on in our lives, but you get the picture...

I'm counting on about 2 good weeks left before I'm too miserably large to function. (Micah, we are SOOOO ready to meet you!) So, what do the next 2 weeks consist of as pertaining to the adoption?

FUNDRAISING: YARD/BAKE SALE AND T-SHIRT SALES!

How can you help!? 

If you would like a t-shirt, you can give a check to one of us OR click the donate tab on this blog and specify size/s. T-shirts are $15 ($16.50 for 2XL & Larger). T-shirt sizes are Youth XSmall-Youth XLarge and Adult Small- Adult 3XLarge.

Share the news about our yard sale. Come to our yard sale. Bring a friend to our yard sale! It's in the front parking lot of the Lake Harbour church of Christ. (We will also be accepting donations for 1 more week!) Here is the flyer: 

We are really excited about the sale! It's a lot of work but our prayers is that God will be glorified and we can raise awareness about the orphan crisis! Come by and visit us NEXT Saturday! 10 more days!!!