Application Day

On my way home from work tonight, I am putting our application for adoption into the mail. It's a bit nerve wracking, but like Stuart always says, "if its meant to be, it will happen." So, we're just putting our trust in God. We should know within 2 weeks if we've been approved. If we do get approval we will move forward with our homestudy. We are praying that things will go smoothly. We'll keep you posted!!!
Puppy sitting this past weekend was so fun. Sniffles is such a cute little guy and is literally an ankle biter. The dogs all had a great time but Lady and Roscoe were exhausted by the time Sniffles left last night. Cameron also enjoyed Sniffles and would have preferred to keep him but I told Cameron that two wild and crazy dogs is plenty.
On Sunday, Stuart and I went with Jenica to her in-laws house on Fall Creek Reservoir to practice some open water swimming. It reminded me of swimming in a muddy hot tub. We did okay but were both pretty disappointed in our efforts. We learned very quickly that open water swimming is way different than the Pines pool. However, it still was good to get out there and get a feel for what we're in for. After that, Mr. and Mrs. Giffin took us out on their pontune boat and Cam was thrilled that he got to drive!!! He also got to take a swim the lake and then we all went out to dinner. It was such a fun afternoon.
This week is our last full week of hard core (if you can call it that) triathlon training. However, I have decided that in order to pass time while waiting and waiting and waiting on this adoption process, I will participate in one athletic event a month until we have Baby Rogers in our hands. So, obviously this month is going to be the Indy Triathlon. In Sept., Stuart and I are going to brave the Poker Run and Ride in Shelbyville. October brings us the ever popular Hilly Hundred 2 day cycling tour of Southern Indiana. In November I am planning on doing my first half marathon in two years before winding down in Dec. to do the Jingle Bell 5k run for arthritis. No one else has their calendars up much past that point but I will keep you posted. I know one of my friends from work is going to join me in this goal and Stuart is going to do some of the shorter events with us as he has time.
Speaking of Stuart, he is getting closer to finishing his MBA and I think his goal is to be done by May. He is blazing through these classes and I am so proud of him for taking this on. He has also had some very exciting things happen at his job lately which will hopefully help him to move up more quickly on the Nationwide ladder.
Well, I'm off for now. We'll keep you updated on the application as well as the Indy Tri!!!