We're Home!

We are finally home. Okay . . . we got home late Sunday night. The conference was amazing and I am so thankful we were able to attend. I met so many wonderful people (I even met Carly on Saturday, she is too funny and super cute! Love her!). It was so great to go somewhere and hang out with other couples that all have something in common. Adoption. We have all felt the ache and experienced the miracle of adoption around us or in our own family. Although I have to say that listening to the birth mothers tell their experiences was my favorite part. I don't think I have ever felt my emotions so close to the surface. The spirit was so strong.

We now have so many ideas to promote our adoption and have a new found hope. It is so exciting.

After we left the conference on Saturday, we went to the Salt Lake Temple to do a session. Neither one of us have ever been there, so we wanted to make sure we made it to a session while we were up north. When we walked in the worker was talking to us and strongly encouraged us to go do sealings. I wasn't sure if I wanted to at first, since it was my first time in the temple and I really wanted to do a session. But it was so neat to do sealings again. It has been a few years since we have done them. It was neat to hear the promises and blessings of an eternal family. It just helped my testimony of Eternal families and of the sealing power of the priesthood. I know we will be with our adopted children as an eternal family, even as if they were of our own flesh and blood. What an amazing blessing. The Salt Lake Temple is beautiful and now I am wanting to go back up and go to a session as soon as possible!! :)

After the temple we went to the Cheesecake Factory. Yum. It was so good! They had cheesecake a few times at the conference and I was craving a "good" piece of cheesecake! And it was so worth it! So good!!!

We ended up staying at Dustyn's mom's house and going to church with her on Sunday. Dustyn's brother and sis-in-law gave really good talks in church. I was happy we were able to be there! After we got home, we went to my parents for the evening to tell them about our awesome experiences. We finally made it home Sunday evening. It felt good to be home.

Yesterday, Dustyn and I went to the school and started working on the yearbook for 12 hours!!! It was a long day, but we did get a lot done. Finally at 8:00PM we went with Jace, Chet and my parents out to dinner for their anniversary. Which brings me to my next post . . .

A-MAA-ZING!

Seriously people.  It has been one amazing day and it is not even over yet.

AND we get another day just like it tomorrow.  How lucky are we?

The FSA conference has been awesome.  We have gone to some great workshops.  I have loved them.  Seriously.  The last one we went to today was about helping your birth mother heal.  It was so good.  My emotions are so close to the surface today.  I can not even begin to explain my deep love and respect for birth parents.  And the part that makes it even better, more often than not, they feel the same way about adoptive parents.  How amazing is that?  What a truly blessed and inspired program that adoption is.  Adoption is truly the work of the Lord.  We are so blessed to be apart of this amazing work.  Simply amazing.  And the spirit is amazing and so so strong.

Last night we were able to meet up with Arianne and Greg and Ron and Jessica.  It was so good to go out with them and just hang out as friends!  

We have met so many dear blogging friends at the conference.  How awesome is it to go somewhere where you have never met anyone and all of a sudden have some seriously great friends.  

Not only have we met Ron and Jessica, we have met Amanda and Sweet Cheeks, Kim and Karsten, Flavio and Kim, Leisha, and we went to a presentation by the The R House.  (So good.)  And many other new amazing people!

If you are at the conference and I haven't seen you, it's not too late!  :)  We'll see you tonight or tomorrow!

Calling all Adoption friends and bloggers!

We are coming up for the FSA Adoption Conference and were hoping to get together with everyone!  

So if you are in or close to SLC, come eat with us!!!  

Olive Garden (77 W 200 S, Salt Lake City).

Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 5:30 PM.  

If you have any questions you can email me at dustynkamie (at) gmail (dot) com.  We would love to see you all there.  If you are planning on coming, leave me a comment or shoot me an email so we know how many to expect for seating.

Busy, busy, busy.

Well we are finally home for a few days. Seems like I have neglected everything for the last month. I love summer and all the fun things we do, but I always wonder how we ever have the time to work. I thought it would be a nice relaxing summer. Seems like we have been running and it's not over yet.

We spent the last week at my Mother-In-Law's house. It was good to be there and to visit. We accomplished a big project, so that was nice too! It was a busy week. And an exhausting one! I have a few pictures, but my camera died and I didn't bring the charger, so I didn't get too many. But I will post them later.

But on Friday we are going to the Families Supporting Adoption National Conference. I am SO excited! I am totally counting down the days! What an awesome opportunity! I am excited to see and meet all my favorite adoption bloggers! Isn't adoption amazing?

So that is all for now, I just wanted to let you know that I am still alive and busy! :)