Jake's Temple Sealing

On Saturday, February 4th, we took Jake to the Oquirrh Mountain LDS Temple in South Jordan, Utah, to have him sealed to us for eternity. What a truly miraculous day! We LOVED every minute of it. Jake was the perfect little boy the entire day. Our experience was full of love, gratitude and the Spirit. Such a special experience! I will be eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father for blessing me beyond belief and allowing me to be this sweet boy's mommy. I love him more than life itself, and truly can't imagine my life without him. He is ours now and forever, and I couldn't be happier!

Adoption Finalization Day

On Friday, January 27th, we got to go to court to finalize Jake's adoption. What a wonderful day! It was one of those things that just felt like we could check off the list to get us to our "eternal" goal. Our attorney was fabulous to work with the entire process. The Judge was nice and thoughtful. It was all of about 15 minutes in actual court - pretty quick! There were so many people along the way that made this day possible for us - from social workers, to attorney's and staff, the support of our wonderful family and friends, and of course Jake's birthmom. We will never be able to repay her for making this selfless decision. She will always be special to us. We are so grateful to be Jake's parents.

Utah Utes Bowl Game Day

Our Utah Utes Football Team went to a bowl game this year! We dressed up to support them :)

Jake & Layney

Jake & Layney are best of buds...most of the time! Jake always smiles and is full of excitement when he sees her. Layney usually wants to kiss him when she sees him (and then she might poke, scratch or bite him)... But they love each other. We are so grateful to be able to raise these 2 cute kiddos in our homes!

Christmas 2011

So, I'm a bit behind on blogging and sharing (& keeping track of) our family events! Can't believe how fast the time goes by...I mean it is almost April already!

Christmas was fantastic! We had such a fun time with Jake. Of course, he was still a tiny baby, but we had fun just having a baby in the house. We were able to get him some fun things that he should be able to enjoy the remainder of the year until he's ready to move onto bigger and better things. Daddy would get him in a 4-wheeler tomorrow if he could ;)

Christmas Eve Jammies:

All ready for bed:

Christmas Morning:



All ready for church! We had 9 o'clock church so we woke up took a few pics of Jake in his Christmas Jammies and were off to enjoy our church meetings:



After church we came home. Steve and I exchanged a few gifts and then we got all of Jake's fun things out to play:




My Gifts (entertainment stand, carpet cleaner and some fun!):



Steve was excited for his Acer Tablet and some other fun items:


Macey & Lola got some new chew toys:


And Jake scored! Of course, we knew that we needed to get him some things that he could "grow" into as he progressed this year:

After some time at home that afternoon, we headed to my G&G Lewis' home in Bountiful for dinner and fun. I love being with my family and it was a wonderful day!

What an AMAZING Christmas we had!