Welcome

We set up our adoption blog so you can get to know our family a little better. I started blogging back in 2007 and have kept up with it over the years. At the end of every year, we print off our blog for that year and give it to Daniel's mom for her Christmas present. She keeps all of her children's yearly journals in a notebook that we will get back one day to pass down to our kids. I try to keep it up to date as much as I can.


When we decided to start the adoption process, I decided to make an identical blog for birth mothers to read. Everything that I write about my family on our personal blog, I copy it over to my adoption blog. I understand that an adoption profile only gives limited information about us and we want you to have the opportunity to really get to know who we are and what we like to do as a family. Our adoption blog will show you who we were even before we adopted our boys. Feel free to read as much as you want or click on the links up above!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Fun Weekend with the Parents

This past weekend, my parents and brother came up to visit. They got in early on Friday afternoon and we went to go tour the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (which is one of two places in the United States that prints US currency). I've been once before....Daniel took off of work for my birthday and so we went there. I had been wanting to go ever since we moved here. For anyone who hasn't been there, I highly recommend it. I've heard that some people find it boring but I really don't know how. Afterwards, we just did a little shopping and then went to go pick up Daniel since he was still at work. Then we headed over to a restaurant called The Mellow Mushroom that Daniel and I had eaten at one other time.

On Saturday, we basically just took it easy. My mom and I made cinnamon rolls while Daniel and John worked on our cars in fixing them up. It always helps to have a master mechanic in the family. That night we went out to eat at a really nice restaurant that we had discovered the last time my parents were in town called The Keg. It's a very good steak restaurant and they are suppose to be building one by our house in the near future.

Daniel and I had to get to church a little early on Sunday because we were getting new church callings. I got called to teach the Sunbeams (age 3-4) and Daniel is the new assistant 11 year old scout leader. We are both very excited to do something new and different.