Guess what happened in mid October?!? Our adoption was finalized! Most people finalize at a courthouse in front of a judge - but in our family, we finalize via text message! LOL!
Once we got the finalization paperwork in the mail we could start planning our very special day - being sealed together forever in our temple! (If you don't know much about
our temples or about
our church you can learn more at
mormon.org). We were sealed in the temple on November 9th.
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| Best day ever! |
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| Pic from my sister Amy |
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| Pic from my sister Natalie |
And we had fun celebrating after too - we all went to my parents' church where Brandon gave Maya a beautiful blessing and we had a luncheon to celebrate the day!
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This is Maya's sealing dress she wore to the temple.
And the beautiful shawl made by my Grandma Maya was wrapped in for the blessing. |
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This is the blessing dress I wore when I was blessed,
Maya wore this blessing dress too! So special! |
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Everything was pink, we had a fun 'Make Your Own Party Drink' table, Candy Cabobs,
My sister Amy made adorable cupcakes, and everyone wrote a special note to Maya. |
We couldn't have asked for a better day! Our hearts are so full to have our baby girl forever! Oh, and I made this little slide-show that we showed at the luncheon too - just another way to celebrate our girl!
