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One thing you must know about me is my love affair with Diet Coke. Every couple of months I try to break up and end our relationship but I always go crawling back ;)

So,
I made this cute little sign for my kitchen a few days ago. I looked around online but didn't find exactly what I was looking for so I came up with my own. I love how it turned out!
 

And here it is on my kitchen counter, a sweet reminder that with a little love and Diet Coke anything is possible!

We're back!

My new years resolution list is short. thank goodness because that means I might actually stick to it! One of the items on my list is to get this blog going again.


Here's a quick recap of the last eight months or so:

• We sold our home of 10 years. 

• We moved into a cramped 800 sq ft  basement apt, stuffed all our belongings into two large storage units and proceeded to go stark raving mad as we endured 4 months of roughing it. We battled ginormous spiders, a daily horrid sewage smell coming from our kitchen, an insomniac landlord who lived upstairs and kept us up too, outlets in the ceiling, an ant infestation, Barbershop Quartet music played above us almost nightly, absolutely no natural light from our tiny windows, and stir craziness and depression brought on by all of the above.

• We watched in almost pain staking slow motion as our new home was built and completed two months behind schedule. We came up to visit our lot on a daily basis as a way of maintaining our sanity throughout the process :) 

• In the end, we moved twice (sorry Clayton!) but looking back on all of it  I can say that it was completely worth it ;) We moved in on August 2nd and have now been here in our beautiful home for 5 months!! 

• Adam started 1st grade and is waaay too popular with the girls at recess. He is an awesome little reader and makes friends very easily. He is liking school this year but when asked about it he will tell you that his favorite parts of the day are "lunch, recess and coming home!"

• Cooper started preschool and loves wearing his "papack" (backpack). He loves riding his scooter and is a little speed demon. Those short little legs move so fast! He's also completely obsessed with the Skylander's Wii game and is always trying to talk one of us into playing it since he's not quite old enough to play it yet.

• Clayton got a new (OLD) car. It's a gem. I'm talking crushed red velvet interior. Your jealous, it's ok. He also started school- BYU/Idaho online and got straight A's his first semester. my hubby has a 4.0!! woot woot! 

• I enjoyed water aerobics 4 nights a week all summer at the outdoor pool and was so sad when it was over.  (can't wait till May!)  The busy photography season started about 4 days after we moved into our new home and I just shot my last session of 2013 about 2 weeks ago.  I had 52 photo sessions scheduled in the past 4 months! It does get crazy hectic at times but I love it. I have really worked hard over the last year and I'm proud of what I've accomplished. You can check out my stuff anytime on my facebook page or my blog  :)

• We decided to turn our adoption papers in again! I know. Crazy right? We just know that this is what we are supposed to do. Whatever happens, we are so happy and blessed and grateful for the family that we have but we are excited to see what 2014 will bring!

Here's our most recent family photo, Clayton shaved his mountain man beard about a week ago so I don't have to endure that awesomeness anymore ;)

Family Times

We are so blessed to have such wonderful families! We had so much love and support throughout our last adoption journey and it has been no different this time around. The last two years since our son was placed with us have been magical and we have made some great memories.

Adam's birth-day


Placement day

Clayton finally has a little buddy to share his

love of the Cougars with!

Time to snuggle with daddy :)

Best birthday present ever!

The love of wonderful grandparents

First family photo

Feeling puppy ears for the first time :)

Finalization day

Our temple sealing

And many fun family trips and activities!

Camping trip. Moab, Utah

Adam's 1st birthday

At the pumpkin patch

Vacationing in Disneyland!

Celebrating our October/November birthdays

The lights at Temple Square

Carnival fun

At the petting zoo!

In Dallas to see the BYU Cougars play!

One of our many trips to the zoo :)

Angie

Angie is my best friend. She’s so compassionate towards others and is the kindest person I know. She has a great sense of humor and I love being around her and spending time with her! She is very outgoing and loves to be surrounded by our friends and family.



Angie is an amazing mom but I always knew she would be! She loves Adam so much and would do anything for him. I’m so glad that she can be a full time mom in our home.

Angie enjoys scrapbooking, embroidery and decorating our home. She's very creative and she's always got a new idea that she wants to try out. She’s always planning new and fun things for us to do as a family and loves taking pictures of it all for her scrap books. Photography is her passion, she takes awesome pictures. She has a portfolio full of beautiful pictures but her favorite photography subject is Adam! You can see her pictures HERE. Angie's fun and sweet personality makes our home a happy place to be. She is very spontaneous, whether its a bike ride, a trip to the park to play catch or just hanging out, I always know she's up for anything! I'm so grateful to have her by my side!