Court Day and Sealing Day

On April 6, Jacoby's adoption was finalized! My dad, who is a magistrate in a different county in Idaho, got to come to our town to complete the adoption. He was just shy of two months old, so it was so quick and everything went so smooth. We have been blessed with a very smooth adoption. He is now officially "Jacoby Ron Foster." We will even get a new birth certificate with us as the parents as if I gave birth to him. Pretty cool. Our birth mother, Christina, has been really great with all of this too, so what a blessing.



Yesterday, on April 14, was Jacoby's sealing at the Twin Falls temple! It was such a wonderful day and I was really emotional. I am not usually that way, but wow, what a powerful spirit in the sealing room. For those of you who are not familiar with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we believe that families can be together not just in this life, but in the eternities after we die. There are special ordinances performed in the temples of our church, and the sealing ordinance is one that can be done for living families and for ones who have passed away (by proxy). Cameron and I were sealed together for time and all eternity when we were married in the temple and children born to us would automatically be sealed to us as well. Because Jacoby was adopted, we got to go to the temple to have him sealed to us once his adoption was final. Our special friends and family were in the room with us. What a great day!