yesterday i had a phone call from social services to kickstart our application to become foster parents. we now have to go through a process to ensure we are suitable people to place children in need with. it was adam's idea to do this, he regularly sees children in situations where he would like to help in the course of his job and thought we had something to offer. i have taken quite a while to decide whether i think i could do it. there are many things to think about. am i patient enough? have we got room? how will our kids react? could i love someone else child enough and could i say goodbye to someone i've cared for when it comes time for them to leave? i'm still not 100% sure, but i think with the number of blessings i have in my life, that i would be very ungrateful to not try to offer help to children who are not as fortunate. so i hope that within a few months we will be welcoming a new addition to our family.
last night adam came home form work and announced that he had taken today off work. his brother peter and his wife jenni were down to visit and he wanted to spend time with them. so today we have hung out with family. we have not done anything special. this morning we helped his sister get rid of her sofas inpreperation for her new ones arriving. then we all went to costco for a christmas shopping trip. i love hanging out with them and i'm eternally grateful that i married into such an amazing family.
i have spent this evening playing on the computer, which is bad because i have a huge to do list that i should be working on instead. there are not enough hours in the day....
so that is a day in the very boring life of me.