Sweet Lizzie

We spent election night at Anne and Ross Kedl's in Denver. Anne, is my Godmother (I had nine incredible men and women as sponsors at my baptism, and she is one of them) and my parents are her godparents, and I am her son Justin's godmother. Anne is 10 years older than I am, and as life progresses it is so fun to realize that we are growing in to good friends (I love how age gaps begin to fade when you get older.) I didn't get a picture of the whole family last night, but I have this one from when we got together with them this summer in Alexandria. And since then, they have adopted Lizzie from China.

When we saw Anne and Ross in July, they were anxiously waiting for the go ahead to go and get their daughter. I read their blog religiously, trying to imagine the intensity of all of their feelings as they walked through this process. And now, just two months later, it was pure joy to see Lizzie at home, loved SO FULLY by her mom and dad and phenomenal brothers. We watched the election results come in last night and Ben and Justin were kind enough to SHARE THEIR HALLOWEEN CANDY!!!! WHAAAHOOOOOO!!!