Adoption help!

Dear Family and Friends,

We hope this letter finds you well. As you may already know, we have been married for 6 years and as yet have not been able to have children. After many tests and no success we have decided to seek a child through adoption. We are writing you to ask for any help you can give us in building our family through adoption.

If you become aware of a birth mother who is looking to place her child in a loving home, we would appreciate help in recommending us to the birth mother. If she is willing to consider us as adoptive parents, please contact us at (480) 231-0728 or you may contact our caseworker Larry Draughon at LDS Family Services at (480) 278-3636.

We have enclosed a photo of ourselves that could be shown to a potential birth mother. If she would like more information, Larry Draughon or we can provide her with additional photos and information concerning our background, family, careers, hobbies, and interests. Birth parents may also view our online profile at www.itsaboutlove.org by clicking on “View Adoptive Family Profiles” and then click “continue” under guest, then click on “find a profile by ID or name” and then type our names in- Paul and Darla.

Thank you in advance for your help as well as your love, support, and prayers.

Love,

Paul and Darla Black

(480) 231-0728

paulanddarlaadoption@gmail.com

Family Photos

Paul and I (ok I guess really me) have been wanting to take family photos for such a long time now. We have not had any photos done since our wedding over 6 years ago. One of my old roommates took the photos for us and they turned out great! We took them downtown Phoenix. I like that urban look with photos. Paul was not sure at first but I told him to trust me they will turn out great. He loves how they turned out and so did I.

On Our Way to Adopt!!!

We just got certified to adopt!!!! We are so excited about this. It has been a long journey to this point but we are on our way to adopt. We have spent YEARS trying to start our family and have come to the conclusion that this is the right step for us. Wish us luck through the process.

Family Weekend

A few weekends ago Paul and I went Greer and stayed in a cabin at the Greer Lodge Resort. We had a blast! My mom, sister, Paul's mom and dad and 3 dogs came with us

It was a big cabin that fit all of us just fine. The resort was so beautiful with a lot of outdoor activities for there guest to do. My mom and I went kayaking on there pond, which was fun. We took long walks with the dogs (we really wiped them out)

just really enjoyed our time together in the cool mountain air.

Great Weekend Getaway!

Paul, my sister, my mom and I went to Flagstaff for the weekend a few weeks ago. We all needed a little get away. We were first thinking that we wanted to go to Greer and stay at these cabins but plans changed so we went up to Flagstaff. It was great up there. It was actually cold that weekend. It was rainy and hailing and even snowed up on the peaks. We went to dinner at Beaver Street Brewery and had a good time. When we came out our battery in the car was dead. Thank goodness that they people that were parked next to us were leaving at the same time and were nice enough to give us a jump. Then we had to go to the Honda dealership to have our battery checked out. It turned out that the jump gave a good jult to the battery and it was fine. We stayed at Little America and had a good time.

The next morning we went up to Snow Bowl and took the ski lift. That was really fun and cold. With the weather the way it was that weekend it was really cold up at the top. It had snowed a good inch up at the top. That was a lot of fun and REALLY pretty. All in all it was a good weekend and relaxing.

TEA PARTY!!!!!!!

With they way things are going in the country and all of the spending that is taking place I felt that I needed to go to the capital building yesterday and protest!!! My mother-in-law, sister and a friend from our ward and I all went to protest. It was a blast to be around so many other people who believe the same way you do. I made four signs with some really great slogans for all of us. There were some great speakers who voice what they taught and it got us all screaming. I love going to these type of events because it makes you feel that you are apart of something. It was great. We were all proud "Right Wing Extremist" hahahaha. I love politics!!!

Annual "Fab Five" Christmas Party!

We always take at least one photo like this for some-reason.
For the past 3 years my old roommates and I have been getting together for our annual Christmas Party! We have such a blast and it is great to see each other. We talk about old times and all the fun we used to have together. It was great to see everyone.