26 on the 26th

Happy 26th Birthday Handsome!
I love you with everything that I am.

Not Enough

Apparently, one bone at a time is not enough.


Phil rarely chooses only one bone from his toy baskets!

Silly Puppy!

We're...

(If you haven't seen the skit from SNL that the picture above is from, then sorry--both because it doesn't make much sense to you, and because you've missed a hilarious bit.)

The good news is that we've been approved by LDSFS. This means that we can be chosen by a birth mom. We are so excited to be done with all the paperwork and red tape. We don't know how long it will take for us to finally be chosen, but we are totally pumped that at least it's a possibility now.

You can check out our online profile here.

Instead of just a "waiting game", we are going to be as proactive as possible. One of the best ways to do this is to get the word out.

So, we want everyone we know, to tell everyone they know, that we're adopting.

We added a new button to our sidebar that is directly linked to our Adoption Profile.

We have felt so blessed as we have moved through this process and we know that we are on the right path for us to be able to grow our little family.

A Week Off

Whoever said that husbands couldn't blog is full of it. This post is by Calvin--and others have been too.

Anyway, at my new job at TaxHawk we're not as busy during the summer as we are towards the end of the year, so they give us the whole week of the 4th of July as a paid vacation. Cool huh?

Well, Whit and I have tried to take advantage of the time off. The first part of the week I was off to Youth Conference.

We saw Goblin Valley:


Made dutch oven pizza (thanks to the Tylers):


And hiked some narrows:


Plus we went rafting on the Green River but I didn't take any photos of that due to wetness.

Anyway, after I got back, we helped the Larsens move into their awesome new home. We even had enough time left in the week to pack up all our things, load up everything we would need, and take off, even to such far-flung realms like...

Deer Creek:


Heber:


At any rate, it was great to have a week off.