Karson, Betsy, Izzy, and Beckham: September 2013

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.

17.9.13

Snowbird 2013

Snowbird was great as usual. So many fun memories and traditions. The kids swam and played like crazy.

"Best Cousins" as they call themselves

My blue-eyed boys

Izzy doing a flip on the bungee trampoline...PUSH PLAY

Beckham sleeping amidst all of the noise and choas

Mountain Flier

Yep. That is Mohawk you see. All the boys did it at snowbird and called it their "snowhawks" Beckham got a buzz as soon as we got home. His hair is just now back to normal.

Beckham and lis little cousin Ariya

Mmmm...Ice Cream

Tennis anyone???

Love Izzy's tennis shoes

There are so many pot guts running around up there and Beckham loved chasing them

Beckham playing with the pot gut...PUSH PLAY

4th of July

Somehow I did not get any pictures of our 4th of July activities, but we had great one. We went to the grand parade downtown and then headed up to my cousins home for a BBQ and pool party. The night we went and watched the fireworks with Karson's mom, Erin and her family. I love these pictures of our patriotic family at church. Somehow my patriotic outfit missed the pictures.....but for the record I did have one. :)

Splash Pad

We spent many a summer days and warm nights at the new city splash pad. Such a great way to cool down on a hot day!

Neighborhood Party

We love our neighborhood! This is our 6th annual neighborhood party. This year we added a watermelon eating contest, 18 foot water slide, and toddler water area in front of house in addition to the bike parade, water balloon volleyball, snow cones, bounce house, BBQ, ice cream, and games that we always do. It turned out so fun. Both of our parents, Jared, and Erin and her kids also joined us. Good times!

Toddler water area

Water Balloon Fight!!!

Beckham charming his babysitters

Snow cone face!

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.