The Merkley Family

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thankful for family, new and old!

The blog has been hijacked several times to report deer stories, and that's okay! I actually love when Luke contributes to our family journal. But now I have some reporting to do as well.

My sister, Melanie has been working for two years to add children to her family through adoption. This past summer, she and her husband and two boys welcomed two children into their home. Tag is four and Kate is six. This past week they were able to make it legally official and make Tag and Kate... Cottens for good! Better yet, later on this year, they are able to make it eternally official by sealing the children to them in the Temple. I am so excited for this event and so happy to be going!

I had the opportunity to meet Kate and Tag in September. I am so excited to have them as family. They are the cutest kids and are such a perfect fit for Melanie, BC, Dylan and Tucker.

Kate and Tag, welcome to our family! We love you!

3 comments:

Amber said...

How wonderful!!! They are adorable!

Cotten Tales said...

I have read this post multiple times thinking I might have missed something with all the tears in my eyes, so far every time it still makes me cry. Thank you for the thoughtful post and wonderful welcomes to my little ones. We are happy you are coming too!

Cassie said...

So exciting!!! My Alyssa was adopted... that temple day, it's the best.