Karson, Betsy, Izzy, and Beckham: November 2011

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.

30.11.11

Temple Square 2011

I am noticing the Temple Square lights are becoming a tradition. Temple Square 2008. Temple Square 2009 we were in our warm home with our little preemie baby. Temple Square 2010. This year all of Karson's family came. We took up an entire trax car. The kids loved it. Beckham loved to look at all of the lights too.

Waiting at the trax station

in love!

Izzy had a little melt down....probably cause she couldn't move in her bundle! :) Love that face!

The whole family on trax....PUSH PLAY

The whole gang

Hunter and Karson

Biya and Beckham

Cousins

Izzy and Grandpa

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. I love that there is a Holiday dedicated to gratitude. We have so much to be thankful for and one of the main things is our family. We were able to spent a lot of time with both of our families over the Holiday. We are lucky that they both live close by.

Thanksgiving Part 1:

We had a Thanksgiving Dinner with my family on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. It was delicious! We also spent all day Wednesday with my family. We decorated my parents tree and went to our favorite mexican restaurant.

our little turkey

Izzy LOVES Grandma!

The beautiful table

We made these cute name holders and used them for both families

We decorated my parents ginormous tree!

Thanksgiving Part #2:

Karson's brother and sister came in from out of town. We all slept at his parents house during the week to spend time with them. We had a great time together. I will post more about our week later.

The Adult Table

The Kids Table missing Kash

I made turkey bows for Izzy and Averee

Little Korlan (18 months) made his name tag part of his Thanksgiving dinner

I made all of the pies/ desserts again this year. Only 9 this year....Lemon Merengue, 2 Banana Cream, Pumpkin Toffee Cheescake, Chocalate Cream, 2 Key Lime, Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle, and Peach Pie. YUMMY!!!

Korlan and Karson

Lindsay (who just shaved off her dreadlocks), Jacoby, and Izzy

Snuggling and playing puzzles on my phone

Playing with Grandpa after baths....they didn't even have time to get there hair combed

Kash (5) loves Beckham. He was so adorable and asked to hold him a few times each day.

Karson's parents gave the adult Christmas present's that night since we were all there. It was so fun. We all got lots of food storage items, but we payed Bingo to get them. We each had a laundry basket. As soon as we got a bingo we ran downstairs, picked an item, put it in our basket and started over since the game never stopped. What a clever way to make food storage fun!

21.11.11

Re-Purposed Christmas Dress and Bow

Here is my latest Bowdabra tutorial. I am really excited about this one. Izzy had a beautiful velvet and pleated dress. I wasn't crazy about the lace applique so I decided to re-purpose it and make it into a Christmas Dress. I used the same materials in the bow for a perfect match. Here is the Step-by-step Tutorial.

The dress before

The dress and matching bow after

I used Bowdabra wire to add some silver glitz to the bow

Buddies

I love how much my kids love each other! Izzy is such a little mommy to Beckham. When he cries, she says...gives him his binky and says "shh, shh" while stroking his face. She is so gentle with him. He lights up when he sees her. He loves her lots!