Life is...

a journey! And we've recently (well, that word is relative...) embarked on a new adventure in our journey. After three years of unsuccessfully trying to start our family (that's the short version- if you want detials, just ask- we'll share), Jarad and I are hoping to start our family through adoption!! We are very excited and very hopeful that a brave birthmother will choose us and give us the most precious, selfless gift.

We are going through LDS Family Services and started our paperwork in April and recieved our final approval about two weeks ago. Here is the link to our profile on the itsaboutlove.org website.


We also had some pass-along cards printed (which Jarad so wonderfully designed himself!). Here's a preview...


The front...


The back...

We'll be sending them out to pretty much everyone we know! (if you'd like some just comment with your address and we'll make sure you get them) A high percentage (like 60%+)of adoptions happen through what seem like random connections but aren't random at all and are really the Lord's way of blessing families.

We also made a blog button-



You can add it to your blog by inserting the code found on the sidebar into an html widget. (Another way to spread the word that we're hoping to adopt.)

We are thankful for adoption and for how wonderful and supportive our families and friends have been so far in this adventure.