Road Trip to the Redwoods and Oregon Coast

So my goal used to be to post once a week, but once a month is what I've doing, so I guess that's better than nothing! I am so happy with my life and I'm grateful for all my blessings. Sometimes I take for granted that I have a wonderful husband who works hard for his family and holds the priesthood and is such a good father. I also sometimes take Jacoby's miracle arrival into our family for granted. I was reminded how truly precious he is today when I read this blog post. It's about a couple who recently had a failed adoption. They actually got to take care of the baby for 3 days before things took a turn. I sobbed as I read Mrs. R's story and I immedicately texted Jacoby's birth mother to tell her how grateful I am for her and our wonderful adoption experience with Jacoby. She texted back "I am so grateful for you and Cameron. You guys are doing an amazing job with him." What a great lady. Anyway, I was feeling really sentimental today and snuggled with Jacoby a lot. Here's a few 6 month pictures I finally got edited (they are already almost 2 months old-time flies!)

How I love that sweet boy. I'm looking forward to getting some family pictures the end of this month when Cameron comes home again. He just left again for 3 or so weeks. It is hard to see him go, but it is harder for him. He did not want to say good-bye to Jacoby! And Oakley gets depressed when he leaves. For the two weeks he was home, we got a lot done in the garden and house and we got to go on a road trip to the Redwoods in Northern California and drive up the Oregon Coast. We were gone 7 days and spent half the time tent-camping in a beautiful campground called Jedidiah Smith Campground inside a grove of Redwoods! We were there for one night during our 2007 road trip and just had to go back. Jacoby did pretty well traveling although we think he was glad to get home. Most of the other campers/tourists we saw were retired couples, and they just got a big kick out of our little guy. The highlights were hiking in Stout Grove and Damnation Creek, our hotel in Bandon, Oregon with the beach and ocean right outside, and fresh seafood restaurants right on the harbor. Enjoy a few pictures. It's hard to choose which ones to upload because we took several hundred!