Karson, Betsy, Izzy, and Beckham: January 2009

Hoping to Adopt

We want to remind all of you, our family and friends, and those we may have never met before that we are hoping to adopt. Adoption has been such a blessing in our life. We love everything about it and especially the blessings that have come from it. Please keep our family in your prayers and please spread the word that we are hoping to adopt. Our case worker has told us that getting the word out is the best thing to do. We have set up this blog so birth families can get to know us better through the tabs along the top and the Just for Birth Parents section on the right. We are excited to hopefully welcome another member in our family. Thank you for your support and love to our family.

25.1.09

Hello Cupcakes!!!

For Christmas, Natalie gave me the book "Hello Cupcake." It teaches you how to make really cool cupcakes. We decided we were going to make a date night out of it. We had a really fun time. We took them to our little cousin Ethan's baptism. Thank you Natalie!

SNOWMEN

This is an apron and earmuffs...if you couldn't tell.

PENGUINS

That is a little fish under his arm.

SNOW GLOBES

4.1.09

Welcoming the New Year!

We stayed in this year for New Years, and celebrated New York time so the kids could go to bed at a decent hour.

Happy New Year!!!

Karson and his sister Erin

Mom and Dad

St. George Trip with Karson's Family

We went to St. George with Karson's family for a week after Christmas. The purpose of the week...SCRAPBOOKING! Almost the entire family scrapbooked, even the guys. We got a lot done and it was so much fun to hang out with family.

The whole gang!

Taking a break at the pool with our nieces and nephew Averee, Hunter and Kenady

Kash and Averee had fun playing house. Kash was the dad and Averee was the baby!

Averee Singing

Check out this video. We taught our niece Averee the Christmas Tree song that we teach our nursery kids in the ward. She's getting pretty good at it.

So You Think You Can Dance

Check out Karson and his nephew Hunter's dance moves! Who knew that Hunter had such awesome grooves? We were getting a little restless at the St. George house and needed a break from scrapbooking.

Weekend with Betsy's Family

For Christmas, Betsy's parents surprised our family with a little weekend getaway. On Saturday morning we went over to their house and mom made a big breakfast for us. Yum! Then we went to see Marley and Me. It was good but definitely a tear jerker. Then we went up to Salt Lake and checked in to Little America hotel. Mom, Dad, and Jared a room and we had one. The rooms were connecting. We went to a yummy dinner at the steakhouse and then faced the cold to go see the temple lights. They were gorgeous! We haven't been there in a while so it was fun. On Sunday morning we went to the Christmas Tabernacle Broadcast. Loved it! The best part was the brunch at Little America after. So we had a weekend of good food, good fun, and good family. Thanks mom and dad!

Izzy's Preemie Story

Watch Izzy's NICU Movie

Izzy was born on Monday, August 17, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. She weighed 2 pounds 5 ounces and was 13 and 3/4 inches long. She was born three months early and was originally due on November 8th. When we heard the news, we dropped everything here in Provo and drove to Boise to meet our little daughter. We also met her amazing birth parents.

She has been a fighter since birth. There were many health challenges that came with being born at 28 weeks. Izzy went through numerous ups and downs while she was in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit for 2 months. She fought hard and after all that she went through was able to come home. We know that her determined attitude she showed while in the hospital will stay with her all of her life.

Izzy came home on October 8, 2009. We are so blessed and lucky to be her parents through the miracle of adoption. We love her so much and she has brought so much joy to our lives. She continues to be healthy and is growing like a weed.

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