<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440</id><updated>2012-02-13T10:40:25.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>thank you for giving us hope</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-7775289321553429801</id><published>2008-05-15T01:55:00.042-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:10:57.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who We Are</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG29da19QXI/AAAAAAAAAx4/FcWV_vo5Iyc/s1600/Family001.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Im6N6JEwbJs/Tzhdi1LwA7I/AAAAAAAAA3U/zuL2ElKKudk/s1600/IMG_9505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Im6N6JEwbJs/Tzhdi1LwA7I/AAAAAAAAA3U/zuL2ElKKudk/s400/IMG_9505.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;We are Josh, Lindsey,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Tyson and Gavin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Josh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Age:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; 32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Height:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; 6'4''&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eyes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Hair:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ancestry:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Caucasian-&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;English, Irish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Education:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Master of Social Work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Occupation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Social Worker/Therapist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Lindsey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Age:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; 32&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Height:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; 5'2''&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eyes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Hair:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ancestry:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Caucasian-&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;English, Danish, Welsh, Scottish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Education: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Occupation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Former Third Grade Teacher Turned Stay at Home Mom; Blogger; Social Networking Community Manager; Jewelry Maker&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Tyson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Age: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eyes: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Hair: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Dark Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ancestry: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Black, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Caucasian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;-&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ukrainian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Education: &lt;/b&gt;Pre-schooler,&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Pad master, basketball star, Jedi in training&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Tyson was adopted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;We enjoy an open adoption with his birth family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Gavin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Age: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eyes: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Hair: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ancestry: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Black, Caucasian-&lt;i&gt;Greek&lt;/i&gt;, Hispanic-&lt;i&gt;Mexican&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Education: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Luke Skywalker impersonator, learning to ride a bike, chatter-box&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Gavin was adopted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;We enjoy an open adoption with his birth family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHdgGgWyTVs/TzknzSurbXI/AAAAAAAAA4c/PuHy9BrLJf8/s1600/334415_10150448828185030_720280029_10967972_1980858228_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jHdgGgWyTVs/TzknzSurbXI/AAAAAAAAA4c/PuHy9BrLJf8/s400/334415_10150448828185030_720280029_10967972_1980858228_o.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;We also love Star Wars! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG27xdOkjLI/AAAAAAAAAxw/l54c28lOoeg/s1600/Couples019.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-7775289321553429801?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7775289321553429801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7775289321553429801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/05/who-we-are.html' title='Who We Are'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Im6N6JEwbJs/Tzhdi1LwA7I/AAAAAAAAA3U/zuL2ElKKudk/s72-c/IMG_9505.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-4120427139358622322</id><published>2008-04-16T12:59:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T21:13:47.790-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Josh Describes Lindsey</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG25qT5Y8_I/AAAAAAAAAxo/DOk2aQp80iQ/s1600/Lindsey+Individual004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507262055890613234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG25qT5Y8_I/AAAAAAAAAxo/DOk2aQp80iQ/s400/Lindsey+Individual004.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 291px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This photo was taken by one of Lindsey's dearest friends, &lt;a href="http://kimorlandini.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kim&lt;/a&gt;. Lindsey, Kim and another dear friend Leisha all own &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/therhouse?ga_search_query=therhouse&amp;amp;ga_search_type=seller_usernames"&gt;a little jewelry business&lt;/a&gt; together that promotes openness in adoption.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;If someone asked me to use just one word to describe &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;Lindsey&lt;/span&gt;, I would have to fight them to get at least two. She is just too awesome to pin down to one word. &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;Passion&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;creativity&lt;/span&gt; describe what Lindsey is all about. In all she is involved in, these two attributes define how she accomplishes things. She cares deeply about what she does and puts all her efforts into it. She also cares about people that she loves. She goes &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;above and beyond&lt;/span&gt; to make sure that her loved ones are taken care of and are happy. The children that she will raise will &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;never&lt;/span&gt; want for love and attention. A great example of her passion and creativity is show in the way that she &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;teaches&lt;/span&gt;. Whether it's teaching third graders or Relief Society members, I constantly hear remarks of the &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;power and joy&lt;/span&gt; that she brings to the classroom. Knowing her deep desire to raise children, I know that she is saving her most passionate and creative plans for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-4120427139358622322?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/4120427139358622322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/4120427139358622322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/josh-describes-lindsey_16.html' title='Josh Describes Lindsey'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG25qT5Y8_I/AAAAAAAAAxo/DOk2aQp80iQ/s72-c/Lindsey+Individual004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-6434551305142969452</id><published>2008-04-16T12:58:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T18:00:44.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lindsey Describes Josh</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3BPO77VTI/AAAAAAAAAyY/ld2UV6WF1bg/s1600/Couples003.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCu7nNALLfI/AAAAAAAAASU/wTdOqNTs578/s1600-h/DSC_0087-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200456476909055474" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCu7nNALLfI/AAAAAAAAASU/wTdOqNTs578/s400/DSC_0087-1.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Josh playing in the 2007 Brigham Young University Legends Game in LaVell Edwards Stadium.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;I am absolutely &lt;span style="font-family: 'courier new';"&gt;crazy&lt;/span&gt; in love with &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;Josh.&lt;/span&gt; He is so easy to talk to and connect with. A natural &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;athlete&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;chef&lt;/span&gt;, he is one of those people who are just good at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;everything&lt;/span&gt; he does. He can fix any problem and put anything together. My Josh is a &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;rock&lt;/span&gt;. He is my very best friend of 14 years. It has been fun to watch him grow in his &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;spirituality&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;priesthood&lt;/span&gt; from missionary to husband and now to fatherhood. Your baby would be so blessed to have Josh. With that &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;baby-face&lt;/span&gt; he is so easy to love! He is gentle, kind, wise and snuggly--a regular teddy bear. He is &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;service oriented&lt;/span&gt; in every aspect of his life--especially as a husband and daddy. His number one goal is to provide, protect and keep his family happy. I am so glad that I have him on this adventure of adoption. He is my biggest cheerleader and the star of my life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eltfCdKK7zM/TzhgFf6V3gI/AAAAAAAAA3s/PpGQbCG3JUo/s1600/DSC_0402_0676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eltfCdKK7zM/TzhgFf6V3gI/AAAAAAAAA3s/PpGQbCG3JUo/s400/DSC_0402_0676.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-6434551305142969452?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6434551305142969452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6434551305142969452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/lindsey-describes-josh_16.html' title='Lindsey Describes Josh'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCu7nNALLfI/AAAAAAAAASU/wTdOqNTs578/s72-c/DSC_0087-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-1289878085720059903</id><published>2008-04-16T12:57:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:19:11.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tyson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fa_KK59KDqo/Tzhei9M6slI/AAAAAAAAA3c/GX2Fu3YGgQ4/s1600/DSC_0387_0689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fa_KK59KDqo/Tzhei9M6slI/AAAAAAAAA3c/GX2Fu3YGgQ4/s400/DSC_0387_0689.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;My name is Tyson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-chmdldARYek/TzkoZy75vSI/AAAAAAAAA4k/fCs-uVuoELQ/s1600/DSC_0100_1849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-chmdldARYek/TzkoZy75vSI/AAAAAAAAA4k/fCs-uVuoELQ/s400/DSC_0100_1849.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;I am 4 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg5kOeIBm8g/TzhfT00FfwI/AAAAAAAAA3k/f8NdI-I8mBs/s1600/DSC_0228_1702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg5kOeIBm8g/TzhfT00FfwI/AAAAAAAAA3k/f8NdI-I8mBs/s400/DSC_0228_1702.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; I am a chatter box. I love to sing, read books, play Lego Star Wars video games, ride my bike, play football, lacrosse and basketball, invite all the neighborhood kids over to play, paint and play with my beloved trains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgfNSUEgT-k/TzkpE6EIFlI/AAAAAAAAA4s/_hDHw-tf1qA/s1600/DSC_0003_1881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgfNSUEgT-k/TzkpE6EIFlI/AAAAAAAAA4s/_hDHw-tf1qA/s400/DSC_0003_1881.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"&gt;As the oldest, I promise to take good care of all my little siblings. I will try to be a good example and teach them how to be happy, how to choose the right and to love others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fbrdtOsXZBk/TzkpfNZXKhI/AAAAAAAAA40/_l_hBEU2xQM/s1600/Hogle+Zoo+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fbrdtOsXZBk/TzkpfNZXKhI/AAAAAAAAA40/_l_hBEU2xQM/s400/Hogle+Zoo+01.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-1289878085720059903?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1289878085720059903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1289878085720059903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/tyson.html' title='Tyson'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fa_KK59KDqo/Tzhei9M6slI/AAAAAAAAA3c/GX2Fu3YGgQ4/s72-c/DSC_0387_0689.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-5542584675630277639</id><published>2008-04-16T12:56:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:21:26.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gavin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b4AJXRul6_w/TzhhNIbmQyI/AAAAAAAAA30/UIgAzpPRctI/s1600/DSC_0403_0677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b4AJXRul6_w/TzhhNIbmQyI/AAAAAAAAA30/UIgAzpPRctI/s400/DSC_0403_0677.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;My name is Gavin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WMGeog_rl1o/TzhiHq8C0UI/AAAAAAAAA38/4h3N7d8oICY/s1600/DSC_0087_1836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WMGeog_rl1o/TzhiHq8C0UI/AAAAAAAAA38/4h3N7d8oICY/s400/DSC_0087_1836.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;I am 3 years old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svixF4QRHa8/TzhjSU9KfrI/AAAAAAAAA4E/KH1AsrLyU3U/s1600/335305_10150448825360030_720280029_10967940_669760012_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-svixF4QRHa8/TzhjSU9KfrI/AAAAAAAAA4E/KH1AsrLyU3U/s400/335305_10150448825360030_720280029_10967940_669760012_o.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;I am a lover. I love to snuggle, lay my head on your shoulder, sing, play trains and I still like to be rocked to sleep. (My mom loves this about me!) I love to color, drink apple juice, play with animals, laugh and pretend to be Luke Skywalker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yb654b66K-k/TzhjlkU4QwI/AAAAAAAAA4M/cTnTic2XrQs/s1600/DSC_0187_1787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yb654b66K-k/TzhjlkU4QwI/AAAAAAAAA4M/cTnTic2XrQs/s400/DSC_0187_1787.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;I look forward to the day when I can be called the "Big Brother" and promise to always love and kiss on my little brother or sister.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG242DYtHgI/AAAAAAAAAxg/KcOs6uyHCos/s1600/Family016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507261158105357826" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG242DYtHgI/AAAAAAAAAxg/KcOs6uyHCos/s400/Family016.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-5542584675630277639?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5542584675630277639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5542584675630277639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/gavin.html' title='Gavin'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b4AJXRul6_w/TzhhNIbmQyI/AAAAAAAAA30/UIgAzpPRctI/s72-c/DSC_0403_0677.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-479053446150982685</id><published>2008-04-16T11:43:00.012-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:41:36.252-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brothers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp3xXukLDI/AAAAAAAAAvo/crn9lAxZigI/s1600/6530_1094532489855_1422840126_30228047_99877_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479323586716249138" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp3xXukLDI/AAAAAAAAAvo/crn9lAxZigI/s400/6530_1094532489855_1422840126_30228047_99877_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 344px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a   superhero.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"&gt;~Marc Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp2T_Y_KiI/AAAAAAAAAvg/NjmG6ei9EwI/s1600/brothers+4+%28fave%29.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479321982455458338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp2T_Y_KiI/AAAAAAAAAvg/NjmG6ei9EwI/s400/brothers+4+%28fave%29.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"&gt;These brothers, they just love to do everything &lt;span style="font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"&gt;together!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o0lzSC0SpEo/TzkrQFomuPI/AAAAAAAAA48/QpbF1rYy06o/s1600/DSC_0375_0668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o0lzSC0SpEo/TzkrQFomuPI/AAAAAAAAA48/QpbF1rYy06o/s400/DSC_0375_0668.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Being darling together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp034EJ0lI/AAAAAAAAAvY/fKQbb0WGgxs/s1600/DSC_0362.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479320399941063250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp034EJ0lI/AAAAAAAAAvY/fKQbb0WGgxs/s400/DSC_0362.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Playing trains together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_76S0bcxQ0/TzkuvAhT4MI/AAAAAAAAA58/AGBFMEZyw3M/s1600/Scavenger+Hunt+for+Elves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_76S0bcxQ0/TzkuvAhT4MI/AAAAAAAAA58/AGBFMEZyw3M/s400/Scavenger+Hunt+for+Elves.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Exploring together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Syvvq2FL0iE/TzktP4mrwRI/AAAAAAAAA5k/qq1f4_jH_1U/s1600/DSC_0093_1842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Syvvq2FL0iE/TzktP4mrwRI/AAAAAAAAA5k/qq1f4_jH_1U/s400/DSC_0093_1842.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Being silly together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApyygcK9EI/AAAAAAAAAvA/e7qwJrGhRAY/s1600/DSC_0260.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479318108676748354" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApyygcK9EI/AAAAAAAAAvA/e7qwJrGhRAY/s400/DSC_0260.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Digging in the dirt together at Great Grandpa's house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApxLPW5hbI/AAAAAAAAAuw/EKxgHhpGGL4/s1600/DSC_0587.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479316334564705714" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApxLPW5hbI/AAAAAAAAAuw/EKxgHhpGGL4/s400/DSC_0587.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Welcoming Mommy and Daddy home from Mexico together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApwM-SLOUI/AAAAAAAAAuo/ts9KhUfD89o/s1600/DSC_0196.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479315264829602114" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApwM-SLOUI/AAAAAAAAAuo/ts9KhUfD89o/s400/DSC_0196.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Making a mess together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hCDh9VEzg6c/Tzkr0qd8zjI/AAAAAAAAA5E/-BnbjA9UfQ0/s1600/DSC_0127_1876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hCDh9VEzg6c/Tzkr0qd8zjI/AAAAAAAAA5E/-BnbjA9UfQ0/s400/DSC_0127_1876.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Enjoying the magic of Disneyland together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ArVRc7zaQwM/Tzkr99onZkI/AAAAAAAAA5M/fn3qLaavwm8/s1600/Hogle+Zoo+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ArVRc7zaQwM/Tzkr99onZkI/AAAAAAAAA5M/fn3qLaavwm8/s400/Hogle+Zoo+06.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Being Mama's Boys together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApvBmlFRMI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/uR5rjf5TeRM/s1600/DSC_0049a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479313969976263874" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TApvBmlFRMI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/uR5rjf5TeRM/s400/DSC_0049a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Making crafts for their birth moms together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QOHepf_74CI/TzksRLhmHxI/AAAAAAAAA5U/KsrD86Ig2m4/s1600/Making+Cookies+for+Santa+on+Christmas+Eve+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QOHepf_74CI/TzksRLhmHxI/AAAAAAAAA5U/KsrD86Ig2m4/s400/Making+Cookies+for+Santa+on+Christmas+Eve+01.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Making cookies with dad together on Christmas Eve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8-TWgc4xom0/Tzkto64TtHI/AAAAAAAAA5s/c6U54uTC_bk/s1600/2012-01-11+14.06.46_2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8-TWgc4xom0/Tzkto64TtHI/AAAAAAAAA5s/c6U54uTC_bk/s400/2012-01-11+14.06.46_2018.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Getting into mischief together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh_vj8hPI/AAAAAAAAA00/unAXERkwo0E/s1600/Tyson+and+Gavin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh_vj8hPI/AAAAAAAAA00/unAXERkwo0E/s400/Tyson+and+Gavin.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Enjoying a perfect Fall day together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRazxqMNFfI/TzkuOn1xmMI/AAAAAAAAA50/HbzF2d8F8qg/s1600/DSC_0286_0793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRazxqMNFfI/TzkuOn1xmMI/AAAAAAAAA50/HbzF2d8F8qg/s400/DSC_0286_0793.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Playing at the beach in Carmel together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG2-Uu1BdxI/AAAAAAAAAyA/Rz8Ex_5banE/s1600/Couples019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507267182721070866" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG2-Uu1BdxI/AAAAAAAAAyA/Rz8Ex_5banE/s400/Couples019.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 294px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hanging out together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhqF01qAI/AAAAAAAAA0c/qklpW4rfK0Y/s1600/DSC_0233with+writing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhqF01qAI/AAAAAAAAA0c/qklpW4rfK0Y/s400/DSC_0233with+writing.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Being delicious together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhroTTFJI/AAAAAAAAA0g/KWr8PeFKcXE/s1600/DSC_0438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhroTTFJI/AAAAAAAAA0g/KWr8PeFKcXE/s400/DSC_0438.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Enjoying the sand box together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhuqY208I/AAAAAAAAA0k/JHG8JiAmlU0/s1600/Gavin+and+Tyson+at+BYU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOhuqY208I/AAAAAAAAA0k/JHG8JiAmlU0/s400/Gavin+and+Tyson+at+BYU.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Cruising BYU campus together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh3qFDiDI/AAAAAAAAA0o/xSCaB3_xJDI/s1600/relaxing+together.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh3qFDiDI/AAAAAAAAA0o/xSCaB3_xJDI/s400/relaxing+together.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Relaxing in the backyard together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh4E6MqAI/AAAAAAAAA0s/uu85qbnAA3U/s1600/texting+together.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh4E6MqAI/AAAAAAAAA0s/uu85qbnAA3U/s400/texting+together.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Texting together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh61gYBZI/AAAAAAAAA0w/TmNuKc0tuPk/s1600/Tyson+and+Gavin+Leaves+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOh61gYBZI/AAAAAAAAA0w/TmNuKc0tuPk/s400/Tyson+and+Gavin+Leaves+02.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Playing in the leaves together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QM6DEr4dhD0/Tzks7FZXURI/AAAAAAAAA5c/BktT_cF1byU/s1600/DSC_0098_1847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QM6DEr4dhD0/Tzks7FZXURI/AAAAAAAAA5c/BktT_cF1byU/s400/DSC_0098_1847.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Being best buddies ...together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-128ea650fd8bc7c1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D128ea650fd8bc7c1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331314933%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D112574EDDCAA8495A83323D6035078EFC525284C.7FAD41E7D98CAE96890FD763A4C1B1EFE2F34C6F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D128ea650fd8bc7c1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DB8LFGnCNjM7KoIJ26FDIqJyMDSg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D128ea650fd8bc7c1%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331314933%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D112574EDDCAA8495A83323D6035078EFC525284C.7FAD41E7D98CAE96890FD763A4C1B1EFE2F34C6F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D128ea650fd8bc7c1%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DB8LFGnCNjM7KoIJ26FDIqJyMDSg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG2-Uu1BdxI/AAAAAAAAAyA/Rz8Ex_5banE/s1600/Couples019.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Playing basketball together.&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;This is a video that Josh made of the boys. He fully admits that he got a little carried away which Lindsey thinks makes it even cuter!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-479053446150982685?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/479053446150982685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/479053446150982685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2010/06/brothers.html' title='Brothers'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TAp3xXukLDI/AAAAAAAAAvo/crn9lAxZigI/s72-c/6530_1094532489855_1422840126_30228047_99877_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-3237430781542988006</id><published>2008-04-16T11:42:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T10:33:26.367-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lindsey Describes Herself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g2BU5SsMI/AAAAAAAAAnY/hgxEPQ0DDpg/s1600-h/DSC_0046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424645147584540866" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g2BU5SsMI/AAAAAAAAAnY/hgxEPQ0DDpg/s400/DSC_0046.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 251px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;I am a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;creative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; person. I can often be found with a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;camera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; hanging around my neck or making something. I love mini&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;scrapbooking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; and creating new layouts. I guess that comes from being a yearbook &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;editor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; in high school. I am also into &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;running&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;--I am racking up the miles for the fourth half marathon in the near future. I love to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;ski&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;, eat Josh's cookin', &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;decorate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; my home, take pictures of Tyson and Gavin, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;advocate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; adoption, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;read&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; and sing in the shower.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-3237430781542988006?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3237430781542988006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3237430781542988006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/lindsey-describes-herself_16.html' title='Lindsey Describes Herself'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g2BU5SsMI/AAAAAAAAAnY/hgxEPQ0DDpg/s72-c/DSC_0046.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-7640086625970785685</id><published>2008-04-16T11:41:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:43:40.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Josh Describes Himself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g3lTFVUYI/AAAAAAAAAno/HUxCDf1jKek/s1600-h/r+house078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424646865085092226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g3lTFVUYI/AAAAAAAAAno/HUxCDf1jKek/s400/r+house078.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 268px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;I guess you could say that I am a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;sports nut.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt; I especially love &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;football&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;, having played in high school and in a semi-professional league for four years. I also like to watch and play &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;basketball&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;lacrosse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;. I am fascinated by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;people&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt; and really enjoy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;. I have grown to love to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%; text-align: left;"&gt;cook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;, especially on my wood-pellet grill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-7640086625970785685?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7640086625970785685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7640086625970785685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/josh-describes-himself.html' title='Josh Describes Himself'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g3lTFVUYI/AAAAAAAAAno/HUxCDf1jKek/s72-c/r+house078.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-5629167082213545105</id><published>2008-04-16T11:40:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:48:09.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lindsey's Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUNy-YfdgLI/AAAAAAAAA0I/kGBZv3yYJiI/s1600/The+Wheatley+Family.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUNy-YfdgLI/AAAAAAAAA0I/kGBZv3yYJiI/s400/The+Wheatley+Family.jpeg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;This was taken at my brother's wedding reception.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;It's one of my favorite photos of our whole family. Such a happy day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOJFTJBzpI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/oNH3Ma9Ir_o/s1600/all+the+kids+mj+wedding.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOJFTJBzpI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/oNH3Ma9Ir_o/s400/all+the+kids+mj+wedding.jpeg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;I am the oldest of 4 kids and the only girl. Next to Josh, my parents are my closest and dearest friends and I can't imagine any other group of boys more fun than my brothers. When we are all together ...look out! We are a close-knit bunch and search out opportunities to laugh together, serve one another and be around each other.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCPThHumO0U/TzkwhYrYLsI/AAAAAAAAA6E/fIUqFP3_zgI/s1600/6589715485_e0367383eb_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PCPThHumO0U/TzkwhYrYLsI/AAAAAAAAA6E/fIUqFP3_zgI/s400/6589715485_e0367383eb_b.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;The four grandkids in Lindsey's family taking a Polar Express train ride together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-5629167082213545105?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5629167082213545105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5629167082213545105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/lindseys-family.html' title='Lindsey&apos;s Family'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUNy-YfdgLI/AAAAAAAAA0I/kGBZv3yYJiI/s72-c/The+Wheatley+Family.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-6260409375057852396</id><published>2008-04-16T11:39:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:54:31.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Josh's Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOCihaVH0I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UGVdV3mHmJs/s1600/Whole+Family+Color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOCihaVH0I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UGVdV3mHmJs/s400/Whole+Family+Color.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;Having moved around a lot in my childhood, my family was one of the few constants in my life. I am the oldest of six children and we've become even closer in the last few years. We still spend holidays together and enjoy going on vacations every year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MxLQCf5IV6Q/TzkxczMmMqI/AAAAAAAAA6M/VV8MDGmyeQ0/s1600/IMG_6962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MxLQCf5IV6Q/TzkxczMmMqI/AAAAAAAAA6M/VV8MDGmyeQ0/s400/IMG_6962.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt;These are my parents. They are great people!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt;My parents have always been very supportive in anything that I did and are still a big part of my life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;In this photo they took me to one of my favorite restaurants for my birthday, Rutherford Grill in Napa Valley, California.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOKQneh2DI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/XFeAZrzFqh8/s1600/Cousins+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOKQneh2DI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/XFeAZrzFqh8/s400/Cousins+02.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;The Grandkids in Josh's Family. There are also baby twin boys and a little girl due in Spring of 2012 that we just don't have a group picture with yet. Coming soon, we hope!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-6260409375057852396?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6260409375057852396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6260409375057852396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/joshs-family.html' title='Josh&apos;s Family'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TUOCihaVH0I/AAAAAAAAA0M/UGVdV3mHmJs/s72-c/Whole+Family+Color.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-6419424966611735822</id><published>2008-04-16T11:38:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T08:58:02.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How We Met</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvqbdALLzI/AAAAAAAAAU0/563BI89kuhY/s1600-h/engagement.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200507952092098354" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvqbdALLzI/AAAAAAAAAU0/563BI89kuhY/s400/engagement.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Our engagement photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The story of Josh and Lindsey ...oh boy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; When we were in &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;junior high&lt;/span&gt; we lived in the same area in Virginia. Josh moved to Washington for high school but Lindsey stayed in Virginia. We both attended &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;BYU &lt;/span&gt;and went to some boring orientation meeting for freshman who don't know what they want to major in. Lindsey recognized Josh and immediately asked, "Hey ...how do I know you?" After a quick round of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;20 Questions&lt;/span&gt;, we figured out our Virginia connection and even that we had mutual friends. Lindsey spent the next several months chasing a disinterested Josh. (He said I was at the bottom of his &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;List of Ladies!&lt;/span&gt; Can you believe that?) Then the tables turned and Josh wore Lindsey down with non-stop &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;charming phone conversations&lt;/span&gt; into the wee hours of the morning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; Finally, Josh got his mission call and Lindsey &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;promised to write&lt;/span&gt; ...which she did--for half the time. Upon Josh's return we dated a few times until it was "clear" it wasn't going to work out. (She decided to be mean! That's the truth, right there.) Lindsey continued with her own mission papers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; During the first few months of her mission, Lindsey thought of Josh often and all he had taught her. She felt badly for how mean she had been to him before she left (I really did!!) and wrote him asking if they could start their friendship over. Josh reluctantly agreed (the best decision I ever made) and 18 months of &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;letter writing&lt;/span&gt; ensued.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; We were &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;engaged&lt;/span&gt; almost immediately after Lindsey's return and five years after that boring, yet destined freshman orientation meeting, we were &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;married&lt;/span&gt; in late 2002 in the Washington DC Temple. We were told that it was a very cold day--but we didn't seem to notice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itiWmXZxhE4/TzkyurG0AVI/AAAAAAAAA6U/mTZ1zM3EI0M/s1600/DSC_0391_0690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-itiWmXZxhE4/TzkyurG0AVI/AAAAAAAAA6U/mTZ1zM3EI0M/s400/DSC_0391_0690.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We are best friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; We have been for a long, long time. Long before we actually exchanged rings. Our late night phone conversations and seemingly endless letter writing has created an unbreakable gift of communication.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-6419424966611735822?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6419424966611735822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/6419424966611735822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/how-we-met.html' title='How We Met'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvqbdALLzI/AAAAAAAAAU0/563BI89kuhY/s72-c/engagement.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-3372465582461062725</id><published>2008-04-16T11:37:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T22:35:33.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tyson's Adoption Story</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvpqNALLyI/AAAAAAAAAUs/IrqdctniFBk/s1600-h/JL+and+Nicole.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200507105983541026" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvpqNALLyI/AAAAAAAAAUs/IrqdctniFBk/s400/JL+and+Nicole.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Josh, Lindsey and Nicole on the first day we met.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;After making the joyous decision to adopt and having it confirmed by the Spirit, we met with our social worker and began to enthusiastically tackle the paperwork. We were approved to adopt in early January.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We spoke with our families about adoption, educating them and encouraging them to help us in our finding efforts. We sent out &lt;i&gt;Happy New Year&lt;/i&gt; postcards with our adoption information on it and asked for everyone's help and prayers. But, it turns out the most important thing that we did was to create a profile on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itsaboutlove.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.itsaboutlove.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;. Exactly seven weeks and two days after being approved, we got an email from a brave birth mother off of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itsaboutlove.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.itsaboutlove.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; site. She asked us some additional questions about ourselves, open adoption and our feelings on transracial families. We quickly and honestly answered her email and while we tried to be "cautiously optimistic" we couldn't hide our excitement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Later that evening, she returned our email. With tears of gratitude welled in our eyes, we read of her loneliness, faith and need for help. We instantly fell in love with her and her baby and wanted to know everything about her. We continued to email with her and her mother throughout the night and into the early morning hours. By the next day, it was clear that she had chosen us to be the parents of her baby—a moment that will leave our hearts forever changed. The Spirit was strong and the Lord's will was clear as we realized that we might actually get to be parents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We spoke with her and her mother on the phone several days later and continued to email on a regular basis. Arrangements were made for us to fly out to visit with her and her family face to face.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Driving to her house, where we would meet her, her mother and her social worker, we were very nervous. It was hard to remain calm. We swear you could see our hearts beating out of our chests. With flowers in hand, we walked to her door and rang the doorbell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;There she was—&lt;i&gt;Our Angel&lt;/i&gt; in the form of a beautiful seventeen year old young woman named Nicole. She opened the door and all the fear and anxiety melted away. What could potentially be the most awkward situation of all our lives was so &lt;i&gt;normal&lt;/i&gt;. We felt the Spirit in the form of peace and calm which continued for the duration of our three day visit with her. We took lots of photos, went baby shopping, out to dinner and lunch, looked at family photos and gave lots of hugs and presents. We couldn't have enjoyed the trip any more than we did. We will always cherish it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;            There were only a few weeks left before the baby was to arrive when we had to say goodbye and come back home. We prepared the nursery, had baby showers and made financial and employment arrangements to prepare for the little man's arrival as much as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;A day before her due date, we got a phone call at 3:30am that said Nicole was in the hospital and going into labor. She had mentioned that she wanted us in the delivery room for the birth, but we weren't sure we could get there in time as we lived on the other side of the country. We said a prayer and frantically packed and purchased plane tickets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Little six pound Tyson was born while we were en route. Both she and Tyson were healthy and recovering. We couldn't get to the hospital fast enough and it seemed as if everything took ten times longer than usual to get off the plane and collect our luggage. To say we were extremely anxious would be an understatement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3v7KelEcI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Up5ahgXFIQM/s1600/Tyson+Isaac+Redfern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3v7KelEcI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Up5ahgXFIQM/s320/Tyson+Isaac+Redfern.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tyson on the day he was born.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Finally we arrived at her hospital room. We were invited in and Josh rushed to Nicole's side ever concerned about her well-being. Lindsey got to the door of the hospital room and froze. She didn't want to disrespect Nicole or upset her in anyway. She loved far too much for that. We both wanted everything to be perfect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;After a few minutes, Nicole's mother brought beautiful Tyson out for Lindsey to see. She asked if Lindsey wanted to hold him. "Are you sure it's okay?" she asked. After being assured that it was Nicole's wish, Lindsey held Tyson for the first time. Her heart melted and she knew she would walk through fire for this little boy and be whatever he needed her to be. In that instant, she felt like a mother.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;After checking on Nicole, Josh held his son for the first time. Tyson snuggled right into his chest as if he instantly felt how loved and protected he was. How lucky a baby is to be blessed with a mom &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; a dad!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We stayed with her for most of the day, careful to not hold Tyson too much but to show Nicole how very much we loved both her and the baby and how humbled we felt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Two days later, on Lindsey's birthday, we put an empty car seat into the car and drove to the hospital. Although we trusted Nicole's decision to place, we knew that it was her right to change her mind (in that state, she had 30 days to do so) and that there was a risk that we would go home with an empty car seat. We were hopeful that this day would be Placement Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;After a few hours in the waiting room, we were invited into her hospital room. The room was quiet and the mood was sacred. Nicole rocked her baby, giving him kisses. She took him to say goodbye to her mother and sister and then she placed him Lindsey's arms. &lt;i&gt;She&lt;/i&gt; was so strong as &lt;i&gt;we&lt;/i&gt; sobbed. She hugged us and Josh reassured her that we would take "such good care of him." She smiled and gathered her bags. Before she left the hospital room, she turned and gave us another smile. It is a moment that will be seared into our hearts forever. Her selflessness is the reason why we are a family. We have no words adequate enough to express our love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Although we had some legal trouble and heartache trying to leave the state of Tyson's birth to go home and locate the birth father, we would do it all over again and then some for the joy far outweighs the pain and all involved know that this is the Lord's will. There is no doubt that Tyson is supposed to be in our family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3wbzFaqwI/AAAAAAAAAzo/eiScEDeV4cI/s1600/DSC_0407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3wbzFaqwI/AAAAAAAAAzo/eiScEDeV4cI/s320/DSC_0407.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;When Tyson turned one, Nicole made his this scrapbook telling him his birth and adoption story from her perspective. On her last visit to our home, she read it to Tyson and Gavin in Tyson's room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We have an open adoption with Nicole. She is still a part of our lives and we hope she will always choose to be. Recently, we took her out to dinner and asked her how adoption has blessed her life. She said, "It was never about me. It was always about what was best for him and giving him a mom and a dad. But, I have had opportunities that I never would have had if I decided to parent."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: trebuchet ms; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;            We also feel that the Lord and Nicole have given us opportunities that we never would have had without the miracle of adoption.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-3372465582461062725?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3372465582461062725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3372465582461062725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/tysons-adoption-story.html' title='Tyson&apos;s Adoption Story'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvpqNALLyI/AAAAAAAAAUs/IrqdctniFBk/s72-c/JL+and+Nicole.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-2297216351554480993</id><published>2008-04-16T11:36:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T22:57:19.725-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gavin's Adoption Story</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3t_ZfC-PI/AAAAAAAAAzY/pkrBkxhh3Hc/s1600/DSC_0224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3t_ZfC-PI/AAAAAAAAAzY/pkrBkxhh3Hc/s320/DSC_0224.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lindsey, Tyson, Josh, Joniece and Chris a couple weeks after she told us of her decision to place with us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Written by Lindsey)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Gavin's adoption unraveled a little differently from Tyson's. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;One week before Tyson turned one, my younger brother-in-law Chris, then 18, called me in the middle of the day. It's pretty rare for me to talk to Chris on the phone so I immediately answered wondering if everything was okay. He starts the conversation by asking if I had a minute to chat. He proceeds to tell me that one of his best friends since they were in elementary school discovered she was pregnant and has decided to place. I rejoice with him at the bravery of his friend named Joniece. He pauses and then tells me, "Um, yeah. She is considering placing the baby with our family."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"What?" I exclaim.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"She wants to place the baby with you and Josh."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;"What?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;It was a total slow motion moment for me. Soon thereafter, we received an email from this brave young woman. Josh, Tyson and two of my dear friends (who happen to be birth mothers) were at our house when the email arrived. I sobbed as I read this sweet soul piercing email aloud to everyone. There were phrases in that email that are burned into my soul. Phrases from the email like &lt;i&gt;"And then one night I believe all my praying paid off because in my heart I knew adoption was the right thing, no matter how hard it would be. Even though it hurt, I felt a sense of peace with myself, and that let me know that it was the right thing to do."&lt;/i&gt; Then there is this one that made me appreciate how open Josh and I had been with our families about the adoption process, &lt;i&gt;"Chris had told me about your adoption and your relationship with Nicole and I told my parents that was exactly the type of adoption I wanted."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And then there was this life changing paragraph, &lt;i&gt;"So, if you guys were interested, I already know in my heart that there is NO other couple I would rather raise him, and no other family I would want him to be a part of, rather than my own. Although I already have a relationship with the Chris' family, I would love to start one with both of you, as well as you guys with my family. That would be amazing. I am so relieved to at least know that you all are interested and to know that there are such amazing people out in the world such as yourselves."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;We chatted on the phone with Joniece and her father that night. It was a perfect match. A few weeks later, we spent a week together at my in-laws house getting to know each other further and bonding. Later, we flew out to visit Joneice's mother and meet Joniece's siblings. We had a blast with them!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;One thing led to another and Joniece disclosed to us that she wanted to come and live with us for the last month of her pregnancy. We were both humbled and thrilled to have her join us in our home. Joniece and I worked together with her insurance to find her a doctor that she liked in our area. I went with her to her appointments and freaked out with her at labor pains. We flew her parents in for Gavin's birth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Joniece was scheduled for induction at a certain time and had invited us to the hospital so that we could see Gavin when he was just a few hours old. We waited in the waiting room until all the anxiety and excitement and nervous energy took over. Josh wanted to get Joniece some flowers, but we both decided the carnations in the hospital gift shop just would not do. He thought there might be one in walking distance so we took off. When we were about a mile away from the hospital, Joniece's mom called us inviting us to come and meet Gavin. Josh and I looked at each other and then started sprinting back to the hospital. I still regret my poor shoe choice that day (hot pink moccasins).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3tixEoYqI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/d-N-TSuLBP8/s1600/joniece+%26+gavin+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3tixEoYqI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/d-N-TSuLBP8/s320/joniece+%26+gavin+6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Joniece and Gavin in the hospital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;We walking into Joniece's room, holding carnations, I might add, and felt so much love. Joniece looked amazing and her baby was gorgeous. We spent a wonderful afternoon together with her and her mother and various member's of Josh's family, especially Chris. Gavin's middle name is after Uncle Chris.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Four days later, after watching her painfully relinquish her rights in front of a judge, Joniece placed Gavin in our attorney's arms outside of the courtroom and asked him to place Gavin in our arms. She didn't want us to see her cry. She later told me that she didn't want us to think that she going back on her decision.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Almost a year and a half later, Gavin's adoption was &lt;i&gt;finally&lt;/i&gt; final.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;We gathered with our team of attorneys in that same courtroom, with that same judge for the first year and a half of Gavin's life and we fought for him as his birth father contested Gavin's adoption and Joniece's decision to place. Joniece came to depositions, trials, planning meetings with attorneys and even testified on Gavin's behalf. She was incredible even though it was extremely difficult for all parties involves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;After a lot of soul searching, we totally forgive this young man and would love to have a relationship with him someday if he is willing. We have even taken steps to make sure he knows that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Having had to fight for Gavin and having had to come to the reality that he may not be in our home for always, makes me want to kiss on those fat cheeks of his even longer and cherish the moments we have with him all the more. It has been an honor to be his mother ...an honor that I have just come to realize with certainty that I will have for the rest of forever.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Gavin's adoption is beautiful and ugly at the same time. The beauty is that he is in our home and is the joy of our little family as he is the baby. He has the most darling dimples, the chubbiest legs and the funniest little waddle you have ever seen. Having his birth mother in our home so often as we have fought this legal battle together has been the silver lining.   The legal battle has been ugly, but we have come out of it with so much insight, many blessings and tremendous peace. We have come to more dearly cherish our little family and the time we have together. We have learned the real meaning of hope and have wearied God with our prayers. We have learned to work through fear. We have been taught how to survive in the most incredible circumstances.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-2297216351554480993?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/2297216351554480993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/2297216351554480993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2010/08/gavins-adoption-story.html' title='Gavin&apos;s Adoption Story'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3t_ZfC-PI/AAAAAAAAAzY/pkrBkxhh3Hc/s72-c/DSC_0224.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-3981847212079820060</id><published>2008-04-16T11:35:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T22:45:55.754-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iodAIGTmI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/pEiPF2YBdUA/s1600-h/DSC_0016.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424770967371402850" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iodAIGTmI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/pEiPF2YBdUA/s400/DSC_0016.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 268px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Family Hug on Gavin's Sealing Day in the Washington DC Temple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Having a loving home where the &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;gospel&lt;/span&gt; is taught and experienced is something that we work at every day through Family Home Evening, service, scripture study, and most importantly, &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;prayer&lt;/span&gt;. You can be assured that your baby will thrive in a &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;safe&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;loving&lt;/span&gt; environment. We have had superb examples of gospel-oriented, &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;fun&lt;/span&gt; homes while we were growing up, so we've seen how it's done. We do our part now to make certain that the Spirit resides in our home. We strive for a &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;peaceful&lt;/span&gt; feeling from the moment you open the door. Our home seems to be that &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;gathering place&lt;/span&gt; for siblings, friends and neighbors. We think it's because of the Spirit that we work to keep within our walls ...although it might also be the huge LoveSac, Josh's cooking and our TiVo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-3981847212079820060?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3981847212079820060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/3981847212079820060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/our-home.html' title='Our Home'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iodAIGTmI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/pEiPF2YBdUA/s72-c/DSC_0016.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-5344496526546633796</id><published>2008-04-16T11:34:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T22:47:29.004-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What We Like to Do</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g5Y1uxvTI/AAAAAAAAAn4/TTpEDWs6SSA/s1600-h/DSC_0279.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424648850070682930" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g5Y1uxvTI/AAAAAAAAAn4/TTpEDWs6SSA/s400/DSC_0279.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;At a BYU football game where we have season tickets. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We are just a normal couple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"&gt; We actually enjoy doing the everyday stuff together like making dinner, talking, or simply chillin’ on the couch. But, we also work hard at nurturing our family relationship through other activities like traveling with our families, cheering at football games, going out to dinner …even belly dancing, making gingerbread villages until 4am, surfing and driving sailboats. We search out opportunities to laugh and make memories.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We can’t wait for the time when we can share all this fun with another little one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-5344496526546633796?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5344496526546633796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5344496526546633796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/what-we-like-to-do_16.html' title='What We Like to Do'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0g5Y1uxvTI/AAAAAAAAAn4/TTpEDWs6SSA/s72-c/DSC_0279.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-9073425133297817028</id><published>2008-04-16T11:33:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T20:26:12.307-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Giving Your Child Every Opportunity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvkZNALLxI/AAAAAAAAAUk/f8IW2wve7Mg/s1600-h/20071010_tyson_0010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200501316367626002" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvkZNALLxI/AAAAAAAAAUk/f8IW2wve7Mg/s400/20071010_tyson_0010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Photo shoot for Sheababy Naturals where Tyson did some modeling when he was a baby. Tyson and Gavin have also modeled for Stampin' Up, The R House Couture, the BYU Bookstore and The Children's Miracle Network.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; We both feel that it is important to expose children to as many different, uplifting activities as we can.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We’ll do everything we can to make sure your baby is afforded every opportunity for growth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We want them to develop their own talents. We will support them in whatever they want to do—cheer them on by going to recitals, games and school plays. We’re excited to see tiny fingers on the piano or wrapped around a football and the excitement that comes as they collect trophies and awards in their room. We are just excited to be parents of a growing family! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-9073425133297817028?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/9073425133297817028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/9073425133297817028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/giving-your-every-opportunity.html' title='Giving Your Child Every Opportunity'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/SCvkZNALLxI/AAAAAAAAAUk/f8IW2wve7Mg/s72-c/20071010_tyson_0010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-5813965728322929640</id><published>2008-04-16T11:32:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T22:53:16.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On Parenting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0inZqr2CeI/AAAAAAAAAoI/Wg068lX4cCw/s1600-h/r+house008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424769810564516322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0inZqr2CeI/AAAAAAAAAoI/Wg068lX4cCw/s400/r+house008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 268px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We realize that not everything about growing up is game playing and trophies. We know there will be some tough times, bumps and bruises, but with the Lord’s help, we know that all things are possible. We want your baby to grow up knowing they are accountable for the choices they make—the silly ones and the good ones. And that each choice brings with it something to learn and a chance for growth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-5813965728322929640?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5813965728322929640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5813965728322929640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/on-parenting_16.html' title='On Parenting'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0inZqr2CeI/AAAAAAAAAoI/Wg068lX4cCw/s72-c/r+house008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-1984588172013653040</id><published>2008-04-16T11:31:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T10:38:47.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How We Feel About OPEN Adoption</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3E13agZ-I/AAAAAAAAAyg/T_9C8Fs22Kw/s1600/DSC_0380.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3FvDkpqFI/AAAAAAAAAyo/Tg-Gx4JjXnM/s1600/DSC_0432.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507275331547539538" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3FvDkpqFI/AAAAAAAAAyo/Tg-Gx4JjXnM/s400/DSC_0432.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Tyson with his birth family at our house two summers ago&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;There will &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;never&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; be a time when your baby does not know who you are or that they are adopted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TNV8NyqvFq8/Tzk2ULmcc2I/AAAAAAAAA6k/Y1zXyDF3QCU/s1600/File0321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TNV8NyqvFq8/Tzk2ULmcc2I/AAAAAAAAA6k/Y1zXyDF3QCU/s400/File0321.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Gavin with his birth mother, Joniece at Josh's brother's wedding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;It will be a talked about and joyous topic from the very first day those tiny hands and feet enter our home. We will share with them as little or as much information as you would like. We would love to share with you letters, emails and pictures so that you will always know how we are doing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; But, we have to warn you …we are BIG picture takers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qL39H6aMxR0/Tzk44-LE7GI/AAAAAAAAA60/95bJhb13yTU/s1600/DSC_1532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qL39H6aMxR0/Tzk44-LE7GI/AAAAAAAAA60/95bJhb13yTU/s400/DSC_1532.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Tyson chatting with his Nicole at her mom's house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We have an open adoption with&lt;br /&gt;Tyson and Gavin's birth mothers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We feel very blessed that they are willing to let us visit with their families and have them visit with ours. We enjoy taking them out to lunch and dinner and learning about their lives and feelings. While we email, text, send packages and talk on the phone, we also have a blogs so they can keep constantly updated on what is going on in their baby's life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; We also write to their birth fathers--Tyson's (frequently, we are even friends on Facebook!) and Gavin's (he has given us permission to email him and even though we don't hear back from him, it is nice to know that there is the possibility for a closer relationship down the road).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0ipKl87OxI/AAAAAAAAAoY/SQmGdO_KY9Y/s1600-h/DSC_0227.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424771750619200274" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0ipKl87OxI/AAAAAAAAAoY/SQmGdO_KY9Y/s400/DSC_0227.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Visiting with Joniece's Family, Gavin's Birth Family--even though Joniece wasn't there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We love open adoption. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;It has blessed and enriched our lives and Tyson's and Gavin's lives and we hope it has done the same for their birth families.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iqPl17c6I/AAAAAAAAAoo/3i0zqvWt8nk/s1600-h/l_1e1ff6c7df9e44ab95afe52ac5cf1cb7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424772936000828322" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iqPl17c6I/AAAAAAAAAoo/3i0zqvWt8nk/s400/l_1e1ff6c7df9e44ab95afe52ac5cf1cb7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 302px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;One of the things we didn't realize would happen is that Tyson's and Gavin's birth mothers would become such great friends. Even though they live on opposite sides of the country, they find a way to spend time together through trips, phone calls, the internet and texting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; It warms our hearts to know that they have each other. After all, no one knows what it is like to place with Josh and Lindsey than the other birth mom. ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; Both Nicole and Joniece have said they would be more than willing to talk to any expectant parent that is considering adoption.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; Send us an email &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;{contactjoshuaandlindsey at gmail dot com}&lt;/span&gt; if you would like to get in touch with them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3GhEpDZ5I/AAAAAAAAAyw/dXIY_HQiZjE/s1600/DSC_0444.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507276190827898770" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3GhEpDZ5I/AAAAAAAAAyw/dXIY_HQiZjE/s400/DSC_0444.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Paintings the boys did of them with their birth mothers. These paintings were entered into an Art Exhibit at the Families Supporting Adoption National Conference and later sent to their birth mothers as a gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSTuficdfjc/Tzk2qDsk00I/AAAAAAAAA6s/DKJPO7-xK00/s1600/Snapshot+2011-07-26+08-35-05.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HSTuficdfjc/Tzk2qDsk00I/AAAAAAAAA6s/DKJPO7-xK00/s400/Snapshot+2011-07-26+08-35-05.tiff" width="267" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here are Tyson and Gavin singing a rock and roll Happy Birthday song to Nicole ...twice. They totally amped it up on the second take.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="266" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150451440510030" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150451440510030" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="266"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-1984588172013653040?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1984588172013653040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1984588172013653040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/how-we-feel-about-open-adoption.html' title='How We Feel About OPEN Adoption'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/TG3FvDkpqFI/AAAAAAAAAyo/Tg-Gx4JjXnM/s72-c/DSC_0432.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-1052337374422523347</id><published>2008-04-16T11:30:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T09:08:28.974-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Message From Our Kids' Birth Moms</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="text-align: left;"&gt;From Joniece:&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hmX63_4cK14" width="425"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="text-align: left;"&gt;From Nicole:&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kc2onweubu8/Tzk0tbZFfOI/AAAAAAAAA6c/LuasSWXqd_U/s1600/DSC01783+(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kc2onweubu8/Tzk0tbZFfOI/AAAAAAAAA6c/LuasSWXqd_U/s400/DSC01783+(1).JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;(She posted this as her Facebook status and said I could share it with you.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just looked through a box my mom brought to me recently of all the stuff Tyson’s parents sent me! [One - out of like 100 - I haven't seen in a while.] I couldn’t have choosen a better family for Tyson to join! Although it was the hardest decision I will probably ever make, I know it was the best for us both. Thankful everyday for all they do for Tyson and all they do for me to be just as much in his life! Brought a smile to my face and I thought I’d share.&amp;nbsp;I love you, T.I.R. &amp;amp; the family I’ve gained from this!&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/images/blank.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="♥" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-1052337374422523347?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1052337374422523347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1052337374422523347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/message-from-our-kids-birth-moms.html' title='A Message From Our Kids&apos; Birth Moms'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/hmX63_4cK14/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-7372421658756392341</id><published>2008-04-16T11:29:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T10:40:25.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Families Love Adoption</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iy4d2eLQI/AAAAAAAAApQ/x7ylVuHqAx4/s1600-h/DSC_0025_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424782434323279106" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iy4d2eLQI/AAAAAAAAApQ/x7ylVuHqAx4/s400/DSC_0025_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Tyson and Gavin getting some sugar from Auntie Breezy before she left on her mission to Argentina.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; Your child will also have an instant loving support group, with 13 "ready to go" aunts and uncles and five little cousins who are just as excited as we are for an addition to the family. Instant grandparents too ...ready to love and (appropriately) spoil. They have all been incredibly encouraging and supportive of our decision ...and we can't wait to share our joy with all of them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i0MjC1_rI/AAAAAAAAApY/oJWT18uGw-0/s1600-h/DSC_0354.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424783878826360498" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i0MjC1_rI/AAAAAAAAApY/oJWT18uGw-0/s400/DSC_0354.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Gavin telling Santa/Grandpa what he wants for Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We know how important a strong extended family can be in someone's life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i1IEguynI/AAAAAAAAApg/oaZZ_p_5fbU/s1600-h/DSC03186.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424784901422369394" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i1IEguynI/AAAAAAAAApg/oaZZ_p_5fbU/s400/DSC03186.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lindsey's parents playing in the snow with the grandkids.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Our hearts have been warmed as we have seen our parents and brothers and sisters love Tyson and Gavin without reserve or hesitation. To say they are doting and adoring would be an understatement. There is no doubt about it ...your baby will be loved and cared for by many, many family members. As our families have grown, we have watched in wonder how the grandchildren of the family steal the show and the hearts of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;everyone&lt;/span&gt; at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;every&lt;/span&gt; family gathering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i3OLKkl0I/AAAAAAAAApo/499Tpk-Fc_0/s1600-h/DSC_0590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424787205310945090" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0i3OLKkl0I/AAAAAAAAApo/499Tpk-Fc_0/s400/DSC_0590.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Josh's parents at the Beach House on North Carolina's Outer Banks with the grandkids.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;What a blessing a close family is!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-7372421658756392341?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7372421658756392341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/7372421658756392341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/your-child-will-also-have-instant.html' title='Our Families Love Adoption'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0iy4d2eLQI/AAAAAAAAApQ/x7ylVuHqAx4/s72-c/DSC_0025_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-1060736037018541147</id><published>2008-04-16T11:29:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T23:00:23.711-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How We Feel About Adoption</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0plfhUQxGI/AAAAAAAAAs4/CwoDppyTEv8/s1600-h/DSC_0261.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425260293314888802" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0plfhUQxGI/AAAAAAAAAs4/CwoDppyTEv8/s400/DSC_0261.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;Josh putting the Christmas presents together with the boys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt; We truly feel that adoption is a gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We know that this is a serious decision. We don’t take our responsibility in it lightly and we know you don’t either. We have received knowledge from the Spirit that our little family is supposed to grow through adoption and not through more traditional means. The Lord has made it very clear to us that we need not continue with any other medical procedures still available to us. When we made the decision to adopt, it seems like everything just fell into place. Where the future once looked scary and lonely as doctors said words like “never” and “not likely,” adoption brought with it such Light and joy and hope …and most profoundly, peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;We pray you have found this peace as well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-1060736037018541147?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1060736037018541147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/1060736037018541147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/how-we-feel-about-adoption_16.html' title='How We Feel About Adoption'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0plfhUQxGI/AAAAAAAAAs4/CwoDppyTEv8/s72-c/DSC_0261.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232770338665853440.post-5331855168855523491</id><published>2008-04-16T11:28:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T23:02:02.134-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Love You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0pj3F5mtEI/AAAAAAAAAsw/ww60jGMxxY8/s1600-h/DSC_0936.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425258499248927810" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0pj3F5mtEI/AAAAAAAAAsw/ww60jGMxxY8/s400/DSC_0936.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;Your courage is overwhelming. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;We hope you feel our pleading to Father on your behalf. Please let us know if there is anything you need that we have not discussed here. You can email us at &lt;a href="mailto:contactjoshuaandlindsey@gmail.com"&gt;contactjoshuaandlindsey@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. Truly, thank you from the most sincere part of our soul.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Respect and Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;Josh, Lindsey, Tyson &amp;amp; Gavin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232770338665853440-5331855168855523491?l=www.joshuaandlindsey.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5331855168855523491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232770338665853440/posts/default/5331855168855523491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.joshuaandlindsey.com/2008/04/we-love-you.html' title='We Love You!'/><author><name>JL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07397692854547295654</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/R9m6lj7EyFI/AAAAAAAAANY/eLVeSzxLmFY/S220/engagement.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dhTL-_qJtFo/S0pj3F5mtEI/AAAAAAAAAsw/ww60jGMxxY8/s72-c/DSC_0936.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
