OUR JOURNEY TO ADOPTION: June 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

June has been very eventful! Since I (Jodi) work for a school district I don't work in the Summer. It is great! It gives me a lot of time to finish projects that I neglect when I'm working!

A few weeks ago Kurt had surgery to remove his gall bladder. He was having some stomach pains and after test results, we found his gall bladder was not working at full capacity. This was his first major surgery....he was pretty nervous. And since I'm very much like my dad-I always have a camera with me to document all these fun times in our lives-here are some pictures!

*I thought it was funny that they made him wear these funny socks!

*Doesn't he look so excited? This was right before they wheeled him into the OR.

He did really well and has recovered wonderfully!

This past weekend we went on a trip with 4 of our really good friends. It was a blast! These are my 4 best friends from high school and now all the husbands are good friends! I love it.
We played games, laughed, ate, went to the lake and had a ton of fun.

*Hanging out on the deck every night with some beautiful weather!

*The lake....this was my favorite day!

*Me and cute Mady (my cousins' daughter)

*Me, Cami, Lynsey and Ashley. This picture was taken by Lynsey's 3 year old daughter Summer so its a bit blurry.

*Also taken by a 3 year old. But I LOVE the picture. The boys took us clay pigeon shooting. What a fun trip!

Mother's Day!!!!

Although Mother's Day is kind of a rough day for me, I try to reflect on the fact that I have 3 wonderful mother figures to celebrate all the wonderful things that they do for us. Some day I will have my opportunity to celebrate being a mother.
This year we had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. Because Kurt's mom lives in Southern Utah, we don't always get to spend holidays with her; especially Mother's Day. This year they came to visit and it happened to be on this special weekend. We had a wonderful time. We took them on the Frontrunner train to Salt Lake to see the new beautiful City Creek shopping center, walked through Temple Square and ate many yummy meals. It was really great weekend.

Horse rides

The neighborhood kids LOVE when they see Kurt out riding Woodrow on the streets. They get so excited and can't believe that there is a "real cowboy" that lives by them. When we got a phone call from one of our neighbors asking if their daughter could ride Woodrow, we agreed. Her mom told her that being able to ride Woodrow was part of her birthday present. She had just turned 8. When she came over to our house, she was beyond excited! It was a lot of fun to see how excited she was. Her mom took some great pictures of the adventure. Kurt made her day! It was so cute.

Disneyland trip

Yes, we love Disneyland! People think that we're funny to go to Disneyland without children, but we have such a good time. This last trip we went with some very good friends of ours (they have 3 kids so it was fun watching those girls get so excited over the Princesses). Kurt and our friend Brittany both turned 30 within a week or so of each other so we celebrated in California. It was such a fun trip! I made t-shirts for Kurt and Brittany to wear so they would get a lot of attention...it was so fun! We also went to the beach, Universal Studios and Sea World. It was such a great trip....and fun to go with friends!

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