Fingerprints done!

Yesterday morning we woke up bright and early and got down to the INS office by 8 am. Unfortunately, we were not the only ones who did this! There were only about 6 people in front of us, and we were in and out in about 45 minutes. However, it was pretty funny. All of these foreign people were looking at us and you could just tell they were really curious as to why we were there in the first place!! So, I am sitting and waiting to be called and this older Asian man is sitting next to me and he starts complaining at how this younger Asian guy can't speak English very well (even though the older man had a STRONG accent himself!!). Then, this Asian man tells me he is Canadian!! I thought that was funny! He laughed about it too. Then, I had to go sit with Travis while Daryle waited to do his fingerprints. The younger Asian man came up to me and asked me a question about if he needed a receipt. I was thinking "Do I look like I work here or something?" but I tried to help him and he was satisfied with my answer. Then he says to me "Why you wait here?" and I just looked at him because I wasn't quite sure what he was asking. So, he repeats his question VERY slowly, "Why...you...wait...here?" Again, I just stared because I didn't know if he wanted to know why I was in the office or why I was waiting for Daryle. So, I figured he just had to know why we were there and so I told him we were adopting a child from another country. He seemed to understand that, said, "Oh" and walked off. I couldn't wait to get outside and tell Daryle what happened, we laughed all the way home! I don't know why we found it so funny, but it was!

Ok, for this week we have our psych evaluations on Wednesday evening at 7 and he comes to our house. Next week I have my medical and the week after that Daryle has his. I am also expecting to hear from our social worker sometime this week to get started on our new homestudy. We continue to cross things off of our to-do list! Yeah!

Along with that, I am working on getting information for a fundraiser. We are wanting to do a Casino Night. So far from what I have found out this is how the fundraiser works. People "register" at the door and buy play money. You play the different games with your play money throughout the night. At the end of the night you exchange your play money for raffle tickets and we have a raffle to end the evening. So, if you have any ideas to help me out I would really appreciate it. Also, we will be needing prizes for our raffle, so if you have anything to donate for that just let me know. I am in the very beginning stages of this adventure and I will be needing any and all help. We think this will be a lot of fun!! We don't have an exact date, but we are shooting for mid-October. I'll keep you posted as I get more information!!