Merry Christmas

We hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! We are looking forward to celebrating our Savior's birth with our family this weekend. All of my family will be here today to celebrate Christmas in our new home. My brother and Emily have not seen our house yet so it'll be fun to have them here for the first time. Morgan's parents and his younger brother Roy, along with his wife, Laura will also be here. Although we would have loved to have our girls home before Christmas, we know it will only be a short while longer before we get to meet them and our whole world will change. We've been busy with the house, the nursery, finalizing the pool and backyard design, and basically all we can do so that once our girls come home, we can concentrate on them.

Many people have asked us, "Isn't it so hard to wait at this point?" It is difficult to see their pictures and read about their development and know that they are growing so much everyday. At the same time, it's comforting to know that they are being loved and well-cared for. Whenever we get that travel call, we are confident that it will be just the Perfect time. We have trusted in God for all the details of this journey and I gave up on setting my own agenda awhile ago. I have to admit, sometimes I still have a hard time getting my head wrapped around the fact that we are being blessed with not only one, but two daughters! This has all happened much quicker than I had even expected ( I prepared myself for a long wait). At this point, you could say, "We're just happily rollin' with it."

We are simply enjoying this time we have together. We were out to dinner the other night and talked about how when the girls come home, we probably won't be out much and when we do go out, we will most likely be looking for restaurants where the noise factor is much higher than the ones we like to go to now :) We love our new community, our home, and all the people that we've met here are wonderful. We know that this is where we are meant to be and that's a great and comforting feeling. After knowing each other for almost 13 years now and being married for 5, we are very ready to share this life with our children. We look forward to a world outside of ourselves and the opportunity to learn and grow from them in a way that we couldn't do on our own.

Morgan and I thank you for keeping us in your prayers through this homestretch. We will let you know as soon as we get our travel call and all the details!
Have a very Merry Christmas, everyone!