Wow, time flies when you're having fun. We have had a great couple of weeks. After Danny's baptism, we spent a lot of time getting ready for Shiloh to come fro spring break and for our sealing. Here are some random pictures of the last few weeks.
Won't Jet be glad to have Addy to ride in the stroller instead of Butterscotch.
Showing off
Danny's chalk art
Katie's city-wide concert
Coloring eggs for the first time.
Sweet kids
Danny is obsessed with Star Wars right now. He loves to dress up and play and make short videos.
Happy 9th birthday to our sweet Koli Poki
Koli chose a fire and hot dogs and s'mores for dinner. He was so excited I added potato salad. :) This is his crayon box.
A bow and arrow set
Shane and his company truck
My little baby doll
Shane fixed lunch for him and Addy
New little Ellie
We had our Candy hunt early this year - the week after Easter! haha. Last year it was on August.
Ellie's Blessing
On March 30, Danny and Jet were sealed to us in the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As members of the church we believe that families can be eternal. Danny has such an amazing spirit that understands so much spiritually. Part of this experience has been about Danny feeling he can be with us forever and with his Ethiopian family. We have had many heart-felt discussions about how his mom and dad in America love his Ethiopian mom and dad and that his Ethiopian mom and dad are watching out for him from the other side. He finds great comfort in this and I think it gives him permission to love and bond with us. He is an amazing kid and Jet, well, I might as well have given birth to him myself. He was saved to be ours. It was the perfect Easter gift from our Father in Heaven and his Son.
What a blessing our family is to James and I.
2 comments:
Congratulations on the adoption and the sealing. You both definitely have a lot of love to share and I'm happy you were able to add to your family in this way. By the way Bro. Lee thanks for the training you gave me in seminary although I probably didn't fully appreciate it then. I am doing the Pathways program with BYU-ID and I was able to really dig into the scriptures again it wasn't so hard since you had already taught me how. I still need a refresher on scripture chains though. Anyway, best of wishes to your family.
From Amanda Impett (Christensen) by the way Damian and I patched up our eternal family and we are doing great. We are striving toward adoption or whatever the Lord sees fit to give us.
I love the pictures, they are great. I was a great day, so glad that we were able to be part of the special day. love you guys.
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