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A little about us as a family.....

Some of the things our family enjoys doing together are, camping, hiking, boating, riding horses, spending time down at our cabin, fishing, and spending time with family. We love to go Hawaii! The older 3 kids and Steve and I have swam out to the dolphins, swam in a shark cage surrounded by many sharks, snorkeled, and we all have surfed! Steve, Tyler and I really love it and we are actually standing and riding the waves. River and Randi are surfing on their tummies, but seem to enjoy it. Randilynn and I LOVE to collect shells! Steve loves to watch how excited we get when we find a real treasure of a shell. Our kids are our entertainment! We love to wrestle, and get into tickle fights, and when it's all over we cuddle up like a dog pile of people on our Love Sac. Life doesn't get any better than that!  We are a happy family, but not without our share of trials too. Our family is very close, and we all know that as long as we can trust in each other, and love each other, that we

Adoption day!

 February 17th will mark one of the greatest day of our lives! Aspen who we call Azzie, and Jude are now ours forever! What an amazing experience it was to walk into that court room with lots of our family supporting us to finally make our two babies ours on paper. Yes, they have already been a part of our family, but now  no one can take them away from us.  The bond was instant, and I couldn't be happier. It's been funny, but I have found myself doing the nesting thing, just like if I was having a baby myself. Rearranging rooms, going through clothing, and just getting so very organized is only the half of it. Steve must wonder what in the world I am doing!We have been so lucky to be able to have Deanna B. as our RFC, she is so great. We have also been blessed to have Abby B. as our caseworker.  A huge weight has been lifted up off of my shoulder's. My family is complete! I had the faith and the hope for almost 5 years that this would happen. I love Aspen and Jude with all