Shanandy

Fortifications to the pillow fort. June 13, 2010

It’s been a long while since we posted. So long in fact that I’m embarassed.

To recap the past year would take too long. Lets trim down the time and just say we bought a house we started a garden and we’re trying to adopt.

Each one of those topics rightfully deserves its own posts but again we are notoriously bad at posting lately.

Our new house is in Ivins just south of Tuacahn. It’s 4700 sq feet and just barely big enough for the two of us. Home repairs and fixes literally command as much time and effort as our once loved hobby of mtn. biking. We patched shingles on the roof, replanted the grass in our backyard, fixed a swamp cooler and decorated our basement. Shan finally has a dining room table.

We planted a garden this year after Dean helped us setup an irrigation system and K. Condie donated a soaker hose. We planted all sorts of vegetables and due to a snap cold spell everything froze but one zucchini plant. We replanted again and now we have squash and tomatoes as well. Hopefully next year we’ll start off a little better.

The best for last, adoptions. Shans been dreaming for years of having a child, me not so much. Over the past few years though we’ve realized we are ready and the search is on. We are planning on adopting from China but its about a 2 year process at the best 4 years at the worst. We also started the process with LDS adoptions this week as well. If people would keep an eye out for us, we hear that sometimes its all about who you know. If you know someone looking to give a child up for adoption let us know.

We’ll update some more in the next few days, I’ve typed this out on my phone in sacrament meeting. Church doesn’t seem so boring now and we get something from giving right? Enjoy.