Hardy Reunion

I guess I was having too much fun because we hardly took any pictures. We watched the kids play, held babies, watched a funny skit, roasted marshmallows, won a brand new dehydrator in the auction, and listened to some beautiful testimonies from this awesome family.

I think Heavenly Father knew I needed a little blessing this weekend because He sent me Jennifer. Jennifer is Daren’s cousin Kenny’s wife, and the mother of two adorable ADOPTED kids. Daren and I had no idea that our kids would have cousins that are adopted too. I am so excited! We talked forever and she was such a huge comfort to me.

In all honesty, the last few weeks were kind of hard as much as they were wonderful too. My nieces and nephews are so cute! There are defineately Black family traits. They all have GORGEOUS eyes. They are all so cleaver and cute. They all look like their parents. I got caught off guard for a second thinking about what Daren’s and my genes would look like mixed together. This was the first subconsious bio thought I had in a few months. I have been so focused on adoption the last little bit that this thought really surprised me. Then, regrettably enough, it made me sad. Sad that we will probably never get to see our genes in action.

But Jen strengthened me. And those two little kids of hers; they strengthened me too. They had the most beautiful skin, adorable wavy curls, and these melt in your heart smiles.  That’s when it hit me. It’s not so important that our children are created in our image, but in the image of our Heavenly Father. All children are beautiful because all children are delivered straight from heaven. I can’t wait to hold those little angel babies for the first time.

I also found out that our sister in law Gerb has nieces and nephews that are adopted! We keep getting touched by adoption and I keep feeling more and more blessed. I love this way we have chosen to build our forever family.