May Update

May has been a very fun month for us! We have enjoyed several parties and get-togethers.

We started out the month with a wonderful Cinco de Mayo / Immigration party at our friends Maria and Denny’s. We enjoyed making delicious tamales, and Adrianna enjoyed the attention as she made friends with everyone. We even got to take a few swings at the piñata and Adrianna’s overalls came in very handy as Denny helped her to load up with candy. Adrianna got to sit on a horse, which was very exciting for a moment-- then she wanted off. Adrianna also enjoyed riding in the canoe as we relaxed on their pond. It was a wonderful way to celebrate.

We enjoyed a wonderful Mother's day, it was Sarah's first as a mother to Adrianna. I cooked up a delicious steak dinner and we reflected on how long we anxiously waited for Adrianna to join our family.

Sarah and Adrianna found time to enjoy the Zoo with Tracey and Amelia. Adrianna loved all the animals –even though she calls all animals “puppy”! Though she will give the correct sign for some of the animals and tried to teach those near by the sign as well!

Sarah has also been enjoying Wednesday institute class (church class) taught by Sister Thornley. Sister Thornley is a wonderful teacher who shares her love of the gospel and gives great insight to the scriptures for all who attend! She was a dear friend of Sarah’s mom and often shares great memories of her mom with Sarah! Adrianna gets to play with new friends in the nursery there.

We held a Families Supporting Adoption (FSA) Bar-b-q at our house. We enjoyed having several families over to celebrate the blessings adoption has brought us. Everyone had wonderful stories that we enjoyed sharing. It was great to get together with dear friends as well as meet new ones!

To finish the month, we made a trek to Arizona for Memorial Day which we spent with Sarah’s uncle and family. We got to meet the newest baby cousins and we enjoyed swimming in the beautiful pool to escape the Arizona heat (which to our surprise was not that bad). Aunt Rocky taught Adrianna how to kick in the water, but her favorite was riding Shamu around the pool. We had a great time as we enjoyed some delicious Mexican cooking great hospitality and a lot of fun with everyone there.

Enjoy the pictures!

Joseph, Sarah & Adrianna

April Update

Spring is in full swing for us, Adrianna is growing taller and taller eachday. She is slimming down and shooting up, it is a bit sad to see her loosing those wonderful chubbs. We enjoyed a wonderful Easter Brunch withfriends, Adrianna wasn't too sure about the easter egg hunt, but once shefound out there were goodies inside the eggs she was much happier. After the Easter brunch we babysat our friend's baby - Cassidy. Adrianna absolutely adores her and she loved peeking into her car seat to she how she was doing. We enjoyed spending Easter day with Grandma and Grandpa Terry, and Uncle Zane, Aunt Tamera, and Kyla.

Adrianna is showing a lot of interest in using the potty, she even goes sofar as to take off her diaper in bed and if we are careful she will leaveunwelcome surprises for us. She is doing much better now, a little tape goes a long way towards our sanity. We are working on potty training, so far she has been really good at letting us know - after she has gone. She is saying af ew more words as well as her signs. She says "purple", "yellow", "shoes", "good girl", and of course "puppy", not to be confused with "poopy", which she is also getting quite proficient at!

We enjoyed going to our friend Maria's sealing to her husband Sergey and their daugter Zoe. The pics of Adrianna in the pink dress are from that day.We had no idea that the dress would match the flowers so well. Adrianna tookgreat interest in the matching tulips on the Temple grounds.

Sarah recently started playing volleyball again at church, she enjoys takingan evening off to play. Joseph started a new quarter in school this month,he is on his final stretch and we are hoping he will be done by March of 2007.

Enjoy the pictures; we love you all very much.

Joseph, Sarah & Adrianna

Tulip Pictures

We took these pictures at the Denver Temple, it just happened that we picked this dress which Sarah's great grandmother made for Sarah as a toddler. Not only did Adrianna look great in the dress, but it perfectly matched the beautiful tulips in bloom on the temple grounds!