Family Pictures

Well, slowly but surely I am back on the blog scene! The last couple of weeks have been super busy and overwhelming, but things are finally starting to quiet down a bit. I don't want to bore y'all with my many woes, but here is the top five list of things that have kept me from blogging:

1: I got cortisone shots in my neck last Thursday and I am going in again this Thursday. Long story short- I have bulging discs in my neck and degenerative disc disease and it is causing a nerve to be pinched that in turn causes my left arm to become a very painful noodle.

2: Kolton has been SO sick, with temps reaching 102.7. Doc says no ear infection, no RSV, just a nasty virus that nothing can fix but 'fluids'- which Kolton doesn't want...

3: Wes and I had the awesome opportunity to teach the Adoption Education classes for LDS Family Services last Wednesday and Friday nights and all day Saturday. A ton of work and a lot of time, but we met awesome couples and we are pulling for them all to be successful in growing their families through the miracle of adoption!

4: My Sign Language classes have been a lot more demanding lately as I have added a few students. I make flashcards for each student and they take a lot of time, but they are so cute and I am rather proud of them.

5: The busier I get, the messier my house becomes. And the more my neck hurts, the harder it is to clean my messy house. So my fifth reason isn't so much that I am busy cleaning, but more that I have a hard time wading through the crap to get to my computer.

Okay, and bonus #6, I have been watching every season of 'Scrubs', which my sister, Cristi, so kindly lent me while I have been down and out- thanks sis!

On a high note- we finally went in to get our family pictures taken and
J C Penny and also Kolton's 1 year pictures. They turned out pretty nice and I want to make one as my title for my blog but it ends up so small- any tips? Anywho- here they are!

Going to see Cori!!

Hello to all! It has been a while since I posted- man, things have been so busy! We had the amazing opportunity to go out to Vernal this last weekend and see Cori for the first time since Kolton was placed with us over a year ago. Cori is Kolton's birthmom and we can't express enough how much she has meant to our family. When we last saw her a year ago things were pretty crazy, obviously, and I wished that we could have spent more time getting to know her and her family. They live pretty far away (about 4 hours) so it hasn't been possible for us to make it out there until now. When we arrived, we had the chance to meet Cori's mom and daughters; Kennedy (14) and Sasha (2)- We have heard about them and seen pictures, but it was awesome to get to meet them and get to know them a bit more. Kennedy looks so much like her mom and Sasha is a complete angel. She kept giving Kolton hugs and patting him on the back. It almost made me cry to see them having so much fun together- I hope they can see each other more in the future. Here is a quick video of her giving a hug to Kolton:

I took SO many pictures, as usual, so I made a little scrapbook with most of them, but I'll give a quick breakdown of our day with them:

8am: We left home with my sister, Keli, who came along for the trip
10am: Poopy diaper
12:30pm: Arrived at Cori's mom's house- Cori had not arrived yet so we got a chance to visit with her, Kennedy, and Sasha for a bit. Then we left to check into our hotel and wait for Cori to get there.

Kole and Sasha

Wes, Me, Kole, Sasha, and Carol

Kole, Sasha, and Kennedy

2pm: Cori arrived and we spent some time back at her mom's before heading out to the famous Vernal dinosaur museum

5pm: Went to dinner at Wingers- YUM! Cori got to spend a bit more time holding Kolton and playing with him.

7pm: We went swimming at the hotel- there was a jet in the hot tub that was VERY strong and Keli and I had fun being propelled all over the hot tub by it.

9pm: We stayed up and watched movies and ate treats from the vending machine- It was a really great day!


For the rest of the pictures, here is a slide show/scrapbook for y'all! It was a great weekend and it meant so much to us to see Cori and her family and get to know them all a bit more. We love you guys!!!!!!

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