Birthday Dinner

My mom and Austin are both celebrating their birthdays this month. Austin turned nine today and my mom will be 30 tomorrow (at least that's what she claims). Last night we went to Robintino's in Murray to celebrate. Overall, we were disappointed in the food but the company was great! We haven't seen Grandma in awhile so it was great to spend some time with her.

Making Room

Travis and I have been talking about finishing the basement of our home for awhile. Now that we have been approved for domestic adoption, talking has turned into doing. We decided to hire the work out mainly because my "build it" father doesn't live close enough to work evenings and weekends on my basement and neither Travis nor I have the know how. Our contractor is a good friend of ours, and we are excited to have him do the work for us. He was able to frame three bedrooms, a storage room, a linen closet, and the hallway in one workday by himself. It was amazing to watch it all happen so fast. Great work, Clint. We can't wait to see the finished project, and we are excited to have the extra room for guests and to explore our talents and hobbies. Having the extra bedroom upstairs open for a baby is the best part though!

Adoption Approval

We received our letter of approval for domestic adoption from LDS Family Services a little over a week ago. I have been waiting until our adoption profile was available on the Internet to write this post. We are so excited and are hoping that through our friends, family, and acquaintances, we will be able to find a child (or two) to welcome into our family. I know our nieces and nephews would be excited to have another cousin and I can't even begin to describe how happy the aunts, uncles and grandparents would be as well. We have an awesome family support system. We couldn't ask for anything more. If you wish to view our adoption profile, I have included a link to the right.

To Debbi: Thanks for your comment. It was great to hear from you. I tried to contact you through facebook and my space, but I am not a registered user. :)