Farewell Dear Friend

Best Friends!

Dressing up Summer

Nap Time!

After 12 years of life, dear Summer (our adopted retired racing Greyhound) needed to be put to sleep. What the vet originally thought was arthritis, was in all actuality cancer and it had consumed much of her back leg. Summer was in pain, so we had to make the difficult decision Friday night.

Summer was such a part of the family and took to Lilly very quickly. I will miss watching Lilly and Summer chase each other around the house! She had a very gentle spirit and tolerated a lot of "lovin'" from Lilly.:) One of my favorite memories is pictured above. One afternoon, Lilly crawled up on Summer when she was basking in the sun. Lilly fell sound asleep on her (snoring and everything) and Summer didn't move a muscle for fear of waking her up.

Lilly says Summer is with Jesus ... we agree!:)
Farewell dear Summer ... We miss you greatly!

Our Offical LID!

We recieved our official Log In Date today, Nov. 13, 2006! This is the date we were actually registered with China (it really is official now!) and what we use as our "wait" date. The time frame from LID to referral is getting longer - 14-16 months with the time frame possibly increasing. If we took our best guess, we would say that we would travel to China in April 2008. It seems like forever away, but the Lord's timing is always perfect. One step closer!:)