Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
our sealing
aj and i had an exciting and eventful weekend last week. the highlight of our weekend was taking sadie to the temple to be sealed to us on november, 7 2009 and her baby blessing the following day. i can't go into details, but our sealing was a beautiful spiritual experience. sadie is a very special little girl, and i am humbly grateful and honored that a.j. and i were chosen to love, teach, and help sadie live up to her life's full potential.
sadie looked like a little angle in her temple/blessing dress.
Our adoption experience has been like a fairy tale with a perfect ending. our father in heaven loves my little family so much. i have felt his love and the comforting spirit countless times during our adoption process. we have been blessed with much. we have experienced miracles that have made it clear that our journey was heavenly father's way and plan for us. i am amazed when i look at my family and think, "look at what the Lord put together, it's perfect and exactly what each of us need to be the best that we can be in this life and the next." this year has been a great one!
we look forward to bring more children into our family by way of adoption.
my family, those who were able to come, along with jackie.
grandma barb and lincoln, came all the way from utah.
Jackie is a perfect addition to our family. She is like the long lost little sister that we always wished for, and the bond that Sadie and Jackie shared left me speechless.
it was sadie's day and she knew it.
lunch at red robin with family
Thursday, November 5, 2009
jackie just called and she is at the airport, and hubby is on his way to pick her up.
my sisters will arrive tomorrow evening.
i am so excited!
this weekend is going to be a blast.
i'm happy jackie, sadie, and i will have a day with just the three of us girls before family arrives. my sisters are so excited to meet jackie. i'm sure maxine will cry when she meets her.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
something new
a.j gave me my birthday gift early this year. it's kinda funny how it happened because i didn't ask for it. i didn't even know he had a gift for me this early. he must have been feeling sorry for me because after a long trying week, and an emotional discussion. he told me he had my b-day gift and he wanted to give it to me. i asked him to hold on to it until my birthday because i wasn't in the mood to receive a gift. but he couldn't stand keeping this awesome gift that he knew i would love all to himself. sooooo....he was right! i could have waited but i do LOVE my gift.
here are some pictures of what it looks like inside of echo canyon (the mountain i climb on the weekend). it takes me an hour to get to the tip top when i don't take any breaks. i would like to climb to the top in 30 mins. it will take sometime and practice for me to get to that level but i am working on it. my brother-in-law is going to go hiking with me this weekend, and i am excited to see how fast he can get to the top. he is crazy athletic so we will see!
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