Taylor Update

Today was the day that we have been waiting for a long time now. Today was the court hearing in Twin Falls, ID that would decide the future of our relationship with our nephew Taylor. It turns out that the judge thought that Shannon deserved her kids back. She has been able to get her act together in just a very short amount of time, and we are proud of her. It is with mixed feelings, yet excitement that this is happening. We are thrilled that she is clean again, and has such a desire to get her little family back together. We just hope and pray that it remains such.

In lieu of this news, I wasted no time calling the Office of Licensing that conducted our home study and health and safety inspection of our home and notified the decision of the court. I told them that I would like our records to be transfered to the Utah Foster Care Foundation as soon as they were able. Our records and paperwork have been under the Department of Children and Family Services for the last couple of months in the process of Idaho requesting background checks, the homestudy, etc. Now we are looking forward to working with the foster care agency in order to get other children placed in our home. We are open to birth to 2 years, boy or girl, and any ethnicity except for Native American, because tribal laws are different than US laws when it comes to adopting one of their children. We have been told that the less particular you are about the kinds of children you are willing to take in as foster children and are willing to possibly adopt, then the less amount of time you will wait to have children placed in your home. So who knows what will happen for us next!

I want to thank all of those who kept us in their thoughts and prayers through out this process. There have been many tears shed, lessons learned, and blessings that have come through this experience. I just have to trust that this is the Lord's plan for that little boy, and as well as for us. I love you all!