Kaleb with his new hat!

While I was with my husband making some new hats to sell to go towards our infertility and adoption my nephew Kaleb was visiting. He saw me crocheting and asked me what I was doing. When I explained to him that I was making baby hats he asked if I would make him one. I think he looks like a champ in this hat. He even picked his colors!

We are having fun making the hats. Now we need some traction to get the word out to everyone they are for sale for a good cause. Here is a picture of one of the little girl hat's I just did.... 

Please help us spread the news! Thank you! 

When Tad and I purchased our home our yard was dead, we attempted to save it we put down seed and fertilizer and worked very hard on giving it the needed love. It failed. So we started dreaming a little bigger. We had a little pool we put on our patch and then thought, why don't we landscape around it?  A year later and lots of planning and bargains we got there...


THEN this happened!

 Happy BETTER back yard!

It’s been a long while since I have posted anything because life sure does have a way of being completely busy. I figure it is better to live my life then narrate some of what happened rather than write my life and fail to live it to its fullest. I don’t think of it as an excuse but a reason so you’ll have to bear with me. First I have to say how incredible it is to have the knowledge that family adds safety, security and hope; it is so essential. We have been abundantly blessed to have a family built on love respect and of course fun. 

Recently Tad and I have been working with our newest Fertility Endocrinologist and finding that I have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) among other fertility issues to work through. Learning we have an 8% chance of having our own children if we do treatments to support my system was surprisingly not a motivation for me to want to go through the adoption process because I had already made the decision to open my heart and mind to the Lord about adoption.

About a year ago I was thinking about adoption. And believe me there is a whole lot to think about! It has been a process that I now think is so special, and has changed me forever. I had an inspired realization that we are ALL GOD’s children first and that those children come to us by the Lord's design whether we have them or whether they are placed into our family through adoption. We are sent to this earth to gain a family, to have experiences and to learn lessons that will hopefully enable us to return to his presence. We are excited to announce we are starting the paperwork needed to make adoption possible. We are SO amazed to see the blessings that come to us that reaffirm this is what we are meant to do. Getting ready for that spirit to be in our home has been a wild ride that has refined us. 

In the hope we will be better prepared for our little one to be smothered in LOVE we have to get them here first! To do that I am lunching 

Project... Booties for Baby meets Beanies for Baby!

And it is all coming together... with your help!

Here are a few simple examples of what we have to look forward to! (KEEP IN MIND that the booties are from last year in November so you will want to look at that post for details! But here are a few of the beanies I've started that are available now!

It is quickly becoming that time of year when the cold begins to nip at your toes. When you look around to see the falling leaves the pumpkins for carving and the cider and hot chocolate beginning to brew. Yes! It means it is the time of year for orders for...

Booties for Baby

If you are not familiar with booties for baby, let me give you the condensed version. My husband and I are in the process of earning and saving funds so that we can start our family. We are continuously trying to find ways to be self sufficient in providing the funds we need to do this, however infertility and adoption are not so nice on the wallet per say. In the end we have found that it is completely necessary to have fundraisers and other means to get the funds to help our dream of having a family come true!

I hand crochet little slippers that we call booties and use all the funds earned to go toward supporting our tests and adoption costs. THANK you for your love and support, we can't do it without the love and compassion of others.

Approximate Costs for the booties are below and are subject to change.
Newborn begin at$7.00 +
Infant begin at $15.00 +
Toddler begin at $18.00 +
Teens begin at $20.00 +
Adults begin at $25+
All sizes are given in INCHES rather than shoe size to better accommodate foot shape

Phone 801-746-9468
Email:
Destinywright1@hotmail.com
Please put Baby Booties in                          

subject line to help speed up the process.

Sharing a Testimony through Art

When I was in seminary I wrote a quote in my scriptures that I often reflect back on and ponder why the meaning of the quote changes depending on my current circumstance. I suppose it is the same reason the scriptures do the same thing. Truth doesn't change, however our understanding and personal application does.

The quote is this: "When we say we are nothing, when we doubt ourselves and when we say we cannot do things we are in a way proclaiming that God is nothing, that we do not believe his Grace is enough to save us, to purify us and to help us do all things. Therefore doubt not your potential and doubt not God." 

There is a power that comes from understanding truth, and to truly understand something we have to have applied and see that it works. I am still learning to comprehend what all the Father has in store for me. Last night I went with our youth to the Church History Museum where they have the Art Gallery on display. This year is special since all the artwork on display was done by youth of the Church from around the world. My heart was touched by the amazing perception the noble youth of this generation exudes through their talents. Next to the art was the artist’s depiction of what they were trying to cast to canvas. Their knowledge was sure, there testimony pure and their vision unique. It brought me to reflect on a many great things… I am thankful for the gospel and for the talents our Father gives his children. 

 A soldier and his duty to God and Country, Faith in the Book of Mormon, leaning on the word of God to get him through.

Where are your devotions?

Building a temple painted by a 16 year old

 The Savior depicted as the Tree of Life

 Touched, thankful, amazed... I think all of those words describe my experience as I felt the spirit encompass my soul as I walked through this wonderful display.

What a rush, we are SO close to having the fence on the side finished. At about 9:30 last night Tad and I put in the last screw for the gate. Now all we need to do is put the wheels on the bottom, and the slats on the front and we’ve done it!

Once we had the posts in and cemented we left them for a day to settle then hung the stringers. Then a day or two later we put up the first half of the slats, then spent all night last night finishing the center section. We were hoping to get more done so we put together the gate in the dark using flashlights and the lights of the saw and drill. I was in charge of measuring and cutting all the wood so tad could level and hang it. We made a great team!

Eventually we will have the pool up! And the flower bed around it cultivated rather than just a pile of dirt. But isn't it beautiful? I'm getting excited!

It was such a gratifying experience to stretch out my back, wipe the sawdust from my face and look at the fence we had built. Slivers, cuts and scrapes... accompanied by some blood and plenty of sweat... the perfect ingredients for a beautiful cedar fence. One down and an entire front to go... hmmmm. Where I'm standing to take this picture is where the gate will go. 

 Our neighbor Don was out to supervise the fence building haha. He is a pretty cute old man and a hard worker for a man of his "experience". He kept saying how thankful he was that Tad is a "master engineer" because Tad designed the fence and worked up all of the figures and measurements beforehand. So Don just kept asking questions like: how is this supposed to work, should I go get a drill and start putting in screws, or how many slats should I put here? Tad is very patient and kind. He even dealt with a few of my less than perfect cutting jobs with the circular saw. 

THE WEEKEND ENDEAVORS:

A DATE at the DUMP and not feeling well. 

Last Friday I developed an incredibly annoying headache while I was at work, I kept trying to push it off and move on because it was date night! And I love date night. I came home threw my hair in a messy bun and asked Tad what he wanted to do first. He explained he had changed his mind and wanted to load the old fence onto the trailer and take it to the dump. I can laugh about it now, but then it was not so funny. A DATE AT THE DUMP, every woman’s dream! And so we loaded the old fence, took it to the dump then realized the Green work truck was still being used so we filled our time by getting gravel since we still had the trailer from my parents. At this point in our date, we are filthy, hot and smell …… like the dump. J I’m starving because work was busy and I had not eaten lunch. My plan was to come home and eat… then the dump was going to close, then the stone place was going to close… later and later into the day it went.

FINALLY we had done what had to be done, my head felt like it was going to split my stomach was not feeling well at all…. So we went to dinner. I was stubborn and determined to get some part of my date right and take my sweetheart to dinner. We get to Chili’s order and by the time the food comes I’m scoping out a bathroom. Then waited in the car while Tad had them put our uneaten food in boxes and then went home to bed. Boy am I thankful for a great husband who is compassionate and caring. He took great care of me.

 A new project is in order. The fence that stands on our south yard line has been exposed to abuse over the years and has proven to be on its last post. We currently have boards holding it up in companionship with our neighbor’s tree which the fence is secured to at the moment. The time has been long awaited for these changes to happen. After a few years of saving the planets have aligned, which is a great way of saying (blessings from God) are coming our way!

 My parents were incredible and allowed us to borrow their trailer we spent 2 hours counting and loading wood from Home Depot. It took 4 carts in the end. Only two are pictured. This is just the first installment since we didn't want to over load the trailer.

All the workers kept asking, "Think you guys have enough wood?" One of the workers turned to Tad at one point and said, "Man, that is one BIG honey do list. You are going to be working overtime!" 

Hahaha. Little did he know Tad and I WORK TOGETHER and PLAY TOGETHER. It is plenty of work, and well worth it for the gratification you get in the end when you can look at the finished product and say WE turned our dreams into reality with hard work and love. 

 

Once we had the trailer loaded we took it home to unload it. Can you believe I only had one sliver?! I shouldn't say that yet since it is truly only the beginning. Toward the end the sweet Elders came over and shared their young missionary spirit with us by volunteering to help us unload the trailer. It was so nice of them! 

This is a picture of our south side yard that we are working on. You can faintly see the black lines we sprayed on the grass to mark the outline of where we need to renovate. We had blue stakes come out and now just need to rent the tractor. The wood stump is our "chopping block" which is also the center of where our little pool goes in the summer.

Once it get's warm we should have the space ready to put the pool in. As you can see the fence is leaning, and is held up by 2x4's and nailed into our neighbors tree. The new fence wont have sections of plywood either! 

May the work continue, and the pay off be ever fruitful!

This past weekend we did something extra special. We had the chance on Friday night to play "mommy and daddy" for my brother Todd's kids while he and Jen were out of town looking for a new home to buy in Arizona. Exciting for them, they got a work promotion and are getting ready to make the move. So we stayed with the kids. I invited my parents (grandpa and grandma Glover) to come have a backyard fire and roast marsh mellows. The kids had a blast. I took this photo even though we are not all in it, you can still see they are happy. 

My fundraiser I've been doing to raise money for our Infertility treatments called “Booties for Baby” has slowed down now that the cold weather is beginning to ebb so I have been constructing a few more crochet items I can sell. Those who have participated are sweet angels and I’m grateful for their support! The pictures I am posting are off my phone and naturally are the bright (destiny colors) so not everything is this obnoxious.  So keep that in mind hahaha. 

This is the beginnings of what will eventually be a baby boy blanket. I've been having fun making this one! And it is a good thing because I have such a long ways to go!

 This is going to be a bag...

                                                                                more pictures to come I'm sure. 

  Picture below is going to also be a baby blanket. With bright but neutral colors. 

Tad and I were completely blessed recently to be able to enjoy a few new experiences together for our 3^rd wedding anniversary celebration. We decided we would fix up our ancient tent trailer and start creating memories of our own family to enjoy for years to come. And what a joy it was! The work on the trailer paid of spectacularly as we took it on the maiden voyage to Arizona’s south rim of the Grand Canyon. Our trip then took us to Arches national park, Capitol Reef National park and back home. The trip was incredible fun, we loved hiking and exploring the new places, and I LOVED taking pictures and experimenting with my camera. Tad and I have always been able to have a lot of fun together and this was no exception. This country is beautiful and full of adventures to be had. Family time is very important, and we are so thankful we were able to spend it safely.

 

This is a picture we took on our actual anniversary when we went to dinner. We tried the Rodizo Grill which Tad fell in love with. I enjoyed it too, but in a different way.

It has been a long time since I have updated so I am throwing a few things together to slap on this blog so that I can feel better about not having done it sooner. It is just a nice way for me to be able to leave a record of some kind. Not too shabby for the way I do things.

As part of my calling as the Young Women Second counselor in the presidency it is my responsibility to come up with a theme, decorations, and refreshments for the activity that happens once a year called New Beginnings. This is where we introduce the current year’s theme. For this year it is ‘Stand ye in Holy places and be not moved.’ So we built off of that. I came up with a theme called, “follow the yellow brick road of virtue”.

Yellow/gold are colors that are attributed to the Young Women value of Virtue, we did a path of yellow bricks which had things that keep us virtuous and righteously living written on them. Along with experiences the young women have had that have helped them. The path wound through a dark forest of sin and temptation then through a forest (some of the greenery is pictured below) then ultimately ended at the temple. I’ll find and post better pictures at some point.

 

History in the making…

We are investing in our future by fixing up our new hand me down trailer. We “bought” it from my parents with the hope it would be our first installment of many future fond memories as a family. I remember camping in it many times and hope we can fix it up so that my children will share some of the same kind adventures.

The tent trailer is an 1986 Skamper and this is just the first round up changes. It’s taken us a series of weeks to get this much done. But all things take time.

 This one is the latch that keeps the top from

coming up while we are driving. Usually important. So we went to see if we could find a new one. Trouble is it took a bit of effort because of how old this trailer is but we were blessed to find one! We also went to the trouble of re sealing the entire top. There was evidence of some water damage on the wood inside in some of the corners so we fixed it all up to make sure that wouldn't be a problem ever again. 

 This one we found that the track was disconnected from the back of the propane stove. We used the drill to make new holes because the other holes were stripped out. Then re attached it to the back. We had to be very careful not to split the wood the stove is built into. 

A few weeks ago we packed the wheel barrings on the trailer and made sure the tires were good enough. I still need to inflate them to the proper psi but for the most part that is finished. We took 2 days to get the wiring and installation completed on the hitch and the conversion from a flat four to a round seven.  

next on the list was the gas. We checked the line which seemed to be filling but I was swearing I could smell it. Tad got underneath and checked the lines only to find water had gotten into the line and frozen. There was this massive hole that looked like someone had sliced it from the inside out with a large blade. So the line was disconnected and cut to find that it needed to be flared and we didn't have the tools to do it. Yet another trip to get parts. wahoo! A few hours later and a few swipes of our wonder card we had all new propane line and had to go home and run the new line. Which as far as we can tell will work great! 

fuse box still needs a cover!

Handle that needed LOVE so that it would lock

Door to replace

Through all of the changes and updates we are finding more that need to be done. So it truly is a fixer upper. We are building memories and a trailer it seems. 

So far it has been a lot of work and a lot of fun! 

Oh the places we'll go! 

I am curious to see if I will still think that a tent is better. I'm the kind of girl who would take my bedroll and throw it under the stars and be happy. That is what I'm used to. So we will see how our winter camping in our skamper goes. 

A few people have asked me how things are going. That is a pretty broad questions but I know they are curious about a few things. Tad is back in school for his last semester before he takes his Journeyman license test. We have quite a bit to look forward to in that regard. He is a hard worker and is brilliant so it comes down to a few tests and getting the right hours required. 

Quick note:

Our 3^rd wedding anniversary is quickly approaching in March and we are hoping that we can use Tad’s spring break for a trip. Since we don’t see a lot of one another during this time I am really hoping we can have some miracle happen so we can have time together. We both work full time and have been keeping busy with work, school, and our church callings.

 

Baby:

Emotionally, spiritually, and physically I needed a break from all the testing we were doing while trying to get pregnant. Seeing all of those negative tests day after day, month after month wears quite quickly. I’m going to be back in the running sooner than later as I start a new method next week. My main focus is to try to clean my system up and get rid of some impurities that we think may be slowing our progression with getting pregnant. We continue to thank our friends and family for their ongoing support and love. We EVER so badly desire to have little angels of our own to love and teach, to laugh with and I’m sure on occasion to wipe away the dirt from a skinned knee from playing too hard. 

My time is FULL right now with serving in our Young Women’s organization, and after February 12^th things will become much more manageable as we will be over our New Beginnings program, where we welcome the sweet “new girls” that will be coming in to the organization this year. Our Youth’s theme is to “Stand in Holy places, and be not moved.” I am excited to see the miracles that transpire when we follow the teachings and counsel of our Savior Jesus Christ, and I can tell you I’ve already seen it happening.

That is the update for this month. We love you all and hope and pray you are doing well.

We are as excited as ever to take a new run this year at starting our family. All along the way we have been blessed with many miraculous miracles that have helped increase our faith and hope as we move forward with testing and treatment.

 Thank you to everyone participating in the baby booties! I have more ready if you want to shoot me an email with requests to place an order you can do so to this email: destinywright1@hotmail.com

 Tad and I are truly enjoying one another and the joys of a new year. We have a good feeling this year might be the one we start our family!!!! I can hardly wait to have that blessing in my life. For now I will keep trying to be the best I can and hang in there as we do our tests. To our friends and family, your support and love means everything!