Best. Day. Ever.

We did some super fun things in December. Sami and Janie had birthdays, we went to the "North Pole," we had Lucy's court date,my parents came twice, and Jonathan matched in a fellowship.

But nothing compares to last Saturday, when we were all in the temple together. We were sealed to Lucy, and it was so beautiful! I LOVED having all my children there. We were blessed to be surrounded by family and friends, and we felt the Lord's goodness and grace. It was truly beautiful. 

The girls gave each other this kiss on the temple grounds.

We did have some stress before the sealing. About an hour before we left for the temple, we pulled out Lucy's final adoption hearing paperwork because we had to show it at the temple so they knew that Lucy is actually ours. When Jonathan pulled it out, we realized half of it was wrong! Our lawyer mixed our case with another case. We were stressing big time. I took all our adoption paperwork and hoped for the best. We had a really sweet lady helping us at the temple and she could use the final paperwork requesting the adoption. Whew! So we learned, just because the lawyer and judge signed it, it may not be right, and we need to read the paperwork. Duh, right? The day of Lucy's hearing was so busy, we just filed the paperwork without reading it. But it's all good now. Our lawyer fixed everything, and apologized. :) So all's well that ends well. 

On the Sunday following the sealing, Lucy was blessed by Jonathan in sacrament meeting. My parents got some of the most beautiful pictures with Lucy. And we got none. After these pictures, Lucy put her bracelet in her mouth and I took it away, and she started crying. Then she calmed down and Janie started crying because Jonathan put her sock monkey on the ground. So no great pictures with us, but I adore these ones with my parents. 

And I love this picture. I took it last week and it shows how we all feel about Lucy. 

Janie thanks me all the time "buying her a baby." She gave me her baby doll tonight and said she brought it home from the airport for me. I will tell her again how babies come, and that most people don't bring babies home from the airport. But it doesn't change how much we love each other. We are sealed together now, and that's the most important thing. How grateful we are for the temple!