The reason haven't been around as much lately.... ( I think you can click on it to get it larger.)

Okay, so that might not work, here's the text...
Dear Friends and Family,
We hope this letter finds you happy and well. Things here in Ohio are great. Bryan is enjoying school and we’re all making new friends. We love the scenery and all of the sites to see.
We wanted to let you know that we have made the decision to expand our family through adoption. It has been a decision long in coming, and now that we have begun the process, we are ecstatic.
Now as we are waiting for our future child, we request your prayers and assistance. Since our chances of adopting increase with exposure, we would ask that you keep us in mind as you make contacts and meet new people. If you become aware of a birth mother who is looking to place her child for adoption, we would appreciate help in recommending us to the birth mother. If she would like more information about us she can find us at http://www.bryanandsuzanneadopt.blogspot.com/ . If she is willing to consider us as adoptive parents, please email us at bryanandsuzanneadopt@gmail.com . We will be working through LDS Family Services as they offer fantastic pre- and post placement support for both the adoptive parents and the birthmother. Once all of the pre-placement procedures are complete, (meaning we’re legally ready to accept a child) we’ll send out our caseworker’s information and how to reach them.
Thank you in advance for your help as well as your support and prayers. We are so grateful for the love and care that each of you give and really appreciate any help you provide for our family.
Much love,
Bryan, Suzanne and Daniel



***Please note that my sister, Dani, is also looking to adopt.
Her information can be found on our website listed above.

Right now I'm focusing on the fact that spring is only a couple of months away, even though it is a wintry mess outside my window. A couple of weeks ago I installed a weather program on my computer. It flashes when there are weather warnings. It hasn't stopped flashing since I installed it. We've had flood, wind, snow and freezing rain warnings. Almost every school in Columbus is closed, except of course OSU, they have to go in regardless of the weather. I think it has something to do with the fact that the doctors have to be there anyways, so they figure they can make the students brave the weather too. Bryan has one meeting on campus today and I'm really worried he's going to get in a wreck! (freezing rain + the freeway+people who don't know how to drive= scary, scary drive to school!)

So like I said, I'm trying to focus on spring by finding lots of color to surround myself with. I want to recreate this:

Isn't it gorgeous? If only flowers weren't so expensive! That's one thing I really miss from my younger years. My father and his father both have the greenest of green thumbs and I always had plenty of flowers to make arrangements with. I'd go out in the yard and cut a bunch of Roses (I think at one time we had something like 60 rose bushes) and make an arrangement for the house. My favorite flowers though are the spring flowers that are soft and luscious. Anyways, I digress... I'm also loving playing with this. Lots of color, anyone else have any great links for spring pick-me-ups?

I'm slowly making my way through my pics from the last couple of months, I've been sorely neglecting my photos and haven't gotten to practice my photography since I left Utah! Here are a couple of fun pictures from our lives lately.

This is one of Daniel's Christmas presents. His Aunt Shannon and Uncle Erik gave it to him and he has been very excited to get Shrek out. Unfortunately, Shrek is suffering from male-pattern baldness.

Maybe that's why they kept him bald in the movies??

I've been playing around a ton with salt dough. If' you're on a tight budget and want to get creative salt dough is one of the cheapest ways to make holiday decorations. I saw these balls around everywhere for about $20. I think they are supposed to resemble the mistletoe balls that are sold at Christmas time. Anyways, I spent sometime and had some fun making this and a garland. (I'll take some pics when I take it down...)A little more than a month ago we went to a Medical School activity for families. Bryan was trying to teach Daniel how to ice skate, he wasn't too happy about it. He kept grabbing onto Bryan and pulling his feet up off the ice. It was pretty funny to watch Bryan skate around with a three year old hanging by his arms and swinging in the air.

I have lots more to post about and will try to get it done tomorrow! In the meantime, I'm in desperate need of a killer chili recipe for a ward chili cook off. ANYONE??????? (please, please, please!!!!)

Happy Valentine's Day!
Daniel wanted to share his Valentine with everybody.

Valentine's Day around the house...
I made this for dinner...

recipe http://thepioneerwomancooks.com

And this for dessert. So good!

We had a great Valentine's Day, hope you did too!

Okay, it's been forever since I've really updated my blog. Lots of stuff is going on and I'll tell you all about it when I really know what's going on. The real reason I haven't updated is because I can't find my camera cable! I haven't downloaded pics for a loooong time. I don't know why, but I feel like I can't update without pictures! Anyways things around here are good. Bryan's working like crazy on his med school stuff. I've been doing lots of stuff around the house. I've rearranged the living room (again) and made the office into a "den" for Bryan (moved a couch and some more lights in there) so that Bryan can study in comfort. Do any of you rearrange all the time? I can't help it. I think it secretly drives Bryan nuts but he endures my antics well. I just feel like everything is so much cleaner and more organized after it's all been moved around. I had the funniest thought the other day, I thought, "I'm glad none of us are blind... because then I couldn't rearrange all of the time." Of all the reasons to not want to be blind. Yah, I'm a nerd.

Daniel is growing like a weed and he gets smarter everyday. The other day I was out running errands and Bryan was with Daniel, when Daniel wanted to talk to me on the phone. It was our first "real" conversation on the phone and it left me smiling. (he asked if I was still at Costco, if I'd had a good day, said he loved me and then asked when I'd be home, pretty cute) He's also getting more cuddley which is the exact opposite of what I thought would happen as he got older. His new favorite show is the Mickey Mouse Three Musketeers. He runs around all day telling me that I'm the princess and that he'll save me. (Bryan is either his horse or Goofy.... the tall musketeer) It's so fun to get to imagine with him.

We're getting ready for valentine's day around here. I've made of couple of decorations that I'll share with you all when I find my camera cable. Valentine's day is fun for me. When I was little it was always fun to wakeup on Valentine's and go downstairs to see the decorations. My Dad was always the first up and gone in the morning and he'd take the time to put up decorations that led my mother to her valentines day gift. It was always fun to find it even if it wasn't for me! My parents were never affectionate infront of the children, but thinking back I think this was awfully sweet. I wonder what sort of other Valentine's traditions there are out in the world? I've always associated traditions with the religious holidays, but the older I get I find traditions in every part of my life. I still have to figure out what I can do for Bryan for Valentines day.... I'd better figure it our soon!

This last week has been rather crazy for us. We've all been sick to some degree or another with the flu. We'd thought Bryan had been spared, but then he got sick on Saturday and he's been down for the count. I feel really bad for him since he has a test tomorrow. Not fun! Anyways, I have to run, I promise I'll be better at posting!

Why can I not stop laughing at this??? I think the little boy's accent is soooo cute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM