We love this weather

This time of year the temperatures in Phoenix are getting warmer and the weather is perfect.  We have been spending a lot of time outside doing a variety of activities.  Here are a few of our favorite:

Seeing a cactus bloom

 

 

Playing with friends, eating popsicles, and swimming!

Flying a kite at the park

 

National Infertility Awareness Week

NIAW

I just wanted to mention that this is National Infertility Awareness Week.   I know what you are saying... "I didn't know there was such a thing."  Well...there is!!  Infertility affects nearly 10% of the population.  We have been affected by infertility in so many ways, both good and bad.  I love to share our story and to help other people that are struggling with it.  If you are personally affected by infertility and you need someone to talk to, feel free to reach out to me. I will open my arms to you, listen to you, cry with you, and share with you this wonderful thing called hope!  Also, if you know someone struggling with infertility, lend a listening ear, show your support and last but not least...be sensitive!!


Thank you to all those that helped us when we were struggling with accepting our infertility, I hope I can do the same for other people. 

Adoption Video

I received a strange phone call a few weeks ago.  There is a guy in the area that wants to start a business creating personal videos of couples that are trying to adopt to put on their adoption profiles, Facebook, YouTube, etc.  He wanted to know if we would be willing to have him film us and put together a video.  He hadn't done any yet, so we were basically going to be his experiment.  He explained that it would be similar to the "I'm a Mormon" videos.  We decided to go ahead and do it and I am so glad we did.  We just posted it on Facebook yesterday and it already has over 400 VIEWS!!!  The more people that know we are trying to adopt the better chance we have of the right birth mom finding us.

We hope you enjoy it! 

(you will want to stop the music on the playlist at the bottom of our blog before starting the video)

 

Easter

The Monday before Easter one of our friends organized an Easter egg hunt for FHE.  There were close to 30 kids, hundreds of eggs, and the Arizona weather was more than perfect!  Leah had a blast filling her basket as quickly as she could and we enjoyed the benefits of being her parents...sorting her candy and eating what we "felt" like she shouldn't have.  

We spent Saturday morning coloring Easter eggs.  Leah made us all wear aprons so our clothes would not get dirty.  She was absolutely amazed when the eggs changed colors.

Easter Sunday Leah woke up to eggs hidden everywhere and an overflowing Easter basket.  She grabbed the princess chap stick out of her basket picked up about 5 eggs and then she was ready to put on her new dress...and I thought it was going to be a battle getting her ready for church!!