So Finally we have some exellent news! Our three little monkeys are 100% ours! On September 29th we officially became a family of six! I can not explain or discribe the joy and love that I felt since that day! I have had several people ask me "So does it feel different now?" Honestly YES! A huge relief! I now know that no matter what happens I am their momma! There is no more court dates.. no more fears that a biological relative will come forth and want the kids. I no longer have the fear that someone will come and take them away from us. It is wonderful!
I also can see and feel the peace and relief that the kids feel. There is power in being all one family. Its hard to discribe but ever since the adoption the kids have a new sense of confidence. They now belong. After 831 days in foster care they now have a forever family.
To add to our joy we where able to go to the Logan Temple on October 3rd and were sealed as a eternal family. I will never forget that day! Besides the day I married Bryan it was the most important and sacred day of my life. To know that on earth and in heaven we are a family is the most peaceful feeling ever.
Let me just tell you that my heart has never felt so much love and joy as that day in the temple. To be able to be with my sweet husband in the sealing room waiting to see our kids come. So so special. Then when they walked in my heart exploded. They where so beautiful all dressed in white. They looked like angels! I was so humbled to know that my Heavenly Father was trusting me with these children. I think I got a glimpse of what heaven is that day.
My testimony of eternal families has increased ten fold over the past year. I am grateful that my parents took me to that very temple just 29 years earlier so our family would be forever! I am grateful that they have also been an example to me and taught me that family is the greatest gift we have been given and is worth fighting for! I am grateful that Bryan is the strong and faithful man I prayed and hoped for. I love him so much and love seeing him be an amazing father.
For now I must go. .. I have a little one in my bed that I need to snuggle. Life is GOOD!
Ps if there is typos or errors please forgive. .. I am writing this on my phone. :)
