Friday, August 21, 2015

New Adventures!

A few months ago, after we had taken our sweet little family to the temple to have our little Olivia sealed to us, Tom and I both felt like she was why we moved back to Utah, and now it was time to get going on Graduate School.  He had started a Nurse Education program at Weber right before Liv was born, and he finished half of it, when he decided he did not want to be a Professor or an Educator for the rest of his life.  I had kind of discouraged CRNA school lately, because I really want my kids to be able to live close to family.  But we got looking into our options and decided with that if we didn't make a career change, we would still be in the same situation financially in 5 years.  So, we have decided to join the Army and go through their CRNA program in San Antonio, Texas!  Their program starts in March. It's a 3 year program, with an additional 5 year commitment to the Army upon Graduation.  
We decided to try and sell our house, so we don't have to do it in the winter and .... It sold in less than a week on the market!  Yay!  We are headed back to my parent's house in Morgan for 6 months, until we leave for TX!
We have loved this home and our neighborhood and our ward.  We have made so many friends and we will truly miss them!




Monday, April 20, 2015

Our family is FOREVER!

The time has finally come!!!  These last 6 months have been a whirlwind of emotions!  Excitement of having a sweet baby girl in our home!  Craziness of having to kiddos!  Stress that for some reason, something was going to go wrong with this adoption and she was going to be taken back by her birth parents.  And several more emotions, to many to name.  But... the time is here!
On Monday, April 6, 2015, we were able to go to court and finalize our adoption!  What a great feeling that was to have her... to know legally she is ours!



And then a few short weeks later, on Saturday, April 18th, we were able to take our little family to the Ogden Temple and have Olivia sealed to us, for Tine and All Eternity!  This was even more special to us! To know that not only is she legally ours, but now she is eternally ours too!  We are so grateful for Temple Blessings and what it means for our little family!  We were also able to give Olivia a name and a blessing at church the next day!  What a great month it has been for us!