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Erin's 1st day of 7th grade





Autumn's 1st day of 5th grade

Today is the day.

Today is a big day for our family. We are getting Erin and Autumn sealed to us in the St.George Temple. I'm so happy to have these 2 precious girls sealed to us for time and eternity. I'm thankful Heavenly Father has prepared the way for us. He is so mindful of me and my family.

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I know it has been a long time since I posted anything. All is well and everyone is healthy.

Here are some of the things that have happened since the last post...

1. The adoption is complete. Aug 27th we went to court and everything went smooth. The Judge was amazing, and our lawyer did a great job. We changed Erin and Autumn's last name from Warriner to Wyson. They both wanted to change their first names but I happen to like their names so we kept them the same.

The next thing is to go to the Temple and get them sealed to Matt & I. That will be soon.

2. We have decided it is time to try for another baby. I felt the spirit as plain as day telling me it was time. Matt and I knew from the get go we wanted 5 children. We took it to the Temple and we both were reassured of what I was already feeling.

3. I survived another Birthday party. Yay! Autumn turns 10 today. Happy Birthday Autumn!

We celebrated her Birthday on Friday and it turned out to be a great party for her.

4. Davin is a crazy little boy, and he is in to EVERYTHING!

5. I'm ready for Halloween early this year. Plus I only spent $21 on costumes for 4 kids. I love Craigslist.com .

6. We had NO work for a really long time. We actually thought we might lose our house. Then one day the phone rang and it just keeps on ringing. Yay for work!

7. Matt got a new calling. He is the 2nd counselor in the Elders Quorum.

Well there is a small update of what has been happening in the past few months. I will try and do better in the future with keeping up.

Life

Matt has been trying to adopt Erin & Autumn for over a year now. Mike (my ex) decided he was going to fight it. Well we have heard nothing for at least a year. We finally heard from Kenneth Combs (our lawyer) yesterday. And it was GOOD NEWS! Mike's lawyer did not show up to the Lawyers meeting concerning the adoption, plus Mike moved out of state and left no forwarding address. That is the good news. We can now move forward with the adoption. Mike had his chance to fight and he blew it. Yay! Our family can now move on and we can get Erin and Autumn sealed to us. It looks like it will be about 30 days till the adoption is final.

I went for a little trip up to Ogden over the weekend and took a trip down memory lane. Whenever I would go to Ogden in the past my Mom's house would be my first stop. Well when I got there it was my first stop again. The house was empty. I felt empty. I miss my mom so much. Going to Ogden and seeing everything without her there really hurt. However I did realize just how far I have come. And where I never want to be again.

I love St.George. I love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. And I'm so thankful for the promptings, warnings and inspiration I get from the Holy Ghost. I love the Gospel. It feels good.

The Subway

Today I went on the most amazing adventure. I went and hiked the Subway at Zions. Oh my goodness, It was fantastic! I went with my brother in law and some people from his ward. There were about 12 of us in all. It is a 9.5 mile hike. It took us 7 hours to complete it. There was this part during the hike where you have to travel through water, I knew about this before hand and I also knew that the water was going to be REALLY cold. So I was mentally prepared for what was awaiting me...however my body was not. It was SO cold, words cannot even begin to express it. My body went into shocked mode. All I could think about was getting to the other side and getting out. I was working so hard on swimming, except my whole body went numb almost instantly. It was serioulsy the coolest thing ever.  Then I had to repel down a mountain about 10 feet. I have never repeled. I did very good for my 1st time. Then we were inside this beautiful area. I have never seen this part of Zions before. I can not express how great the whole trip was.

I feel so blessed to have been able to go out and hike that beautiful hike. It was so amazing. Matt stayed home and watch the kids so I could go. I can not wait to do it again and I can not wait to do all the other great hikes around here also. I have a feeling me and the family are going to be doing a lot of hiking in the future.

If you would like to see pictures of the Subway go here http://www.zionnational-park.com/images/album2/index58.htm

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Happy Mother's Day!