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Got this photo in my email today. Guess they let the cat out of the bag and told these two that they are being adopted and are soon to be brother and sister.

A special girl

I have the opportunity to work with the Young Women in our ward. I really enjoy it. I love all of my girls so much. I am so excited for one of them because she's on the cover of the new Jenny Phillips CD that's coming out! She's the girl in the center.
This girl is really special. I've never met a girl that is so good through and through. She is such a good example to me and I have been incredibly impressed with her since the moment I met her. I really appreciate her example for me.

Things I've heard my kids say recently that I don't want to forget

Driving home from school the other day Becca yells out "I love Jesus SO much!" ...pause... "So much you can't even believe it!"

About a week ago Steve and I were sitting on the couch together and Jonah walks in the room. Just out of the blue he says, "Dad, I can tell that you really love Mom." I thought that was a pretty sweet observation. I hope the reverse is apparent to him too.

Finally, today Becca decided she wanted to write a letter to God. I was really surprised to read what she wrote to Him. Here it is:

"Dear god i love you what is it like to be in Heven what do you do in Heven i dont rille (really) like you(r) berd (beard) and Hair but i still like you do you Have food in Heven? love Becca."

Personally I think His beard and hair are just fine, but some girls just don't have a taste for it.

On a more happy and exciting note...

We've told a lot of people, but not everyone. You ready for this???

We are going to adopt TWO children from Ethiopia. At the same time. You've all heard about Andualem, who we call Andy, but you haven't heard about Hana. (I think we'll keep her real name.)
She is a 5 year old cutie who seems like a sweet and happy little girl. She's very healthy and lives in the same orphanage as Andy. Both of her parents died of AIDS as well. :(

The most frequently asked question we get is "When will you get them?" I'd like to know that myself. It's been almost a year now since we started this whole adoption process. Right now we have been told it looks like we will be going over there some time in December for the first court date. Then we should go back 3-6 weeks after that to have the Embassy date and take them home. So I guess that looks like January'ish. But it could be sooner or later. Who knows.

So yeah, pretty exciting stuff going on here!