Tonsils you gotta' go!

June 18, 2014 -- So Allie said goodbye to some not so good friends - her tonsils.  Apparently, she's been a mouth breather all this time and apparently that's not the greatest thing so he little friends had to go.

She was a champ and took it all with bravery, courage and lot's of popsicles and ice-cream.

Let's just say we've watched a lot of Jessie and Pheneas and Ferb in the Teichert house lately.

Birthday's 3 and 5!

We are so lucky to have little Allie and Austin in our lives. Over the past two months we've celebrated birthday's and had a blast just being together as a family.

For Allie it was all being a princess. She loved her new Cinderella dress and picked Dion's (pizza) for her special dinner.

For Austin it was a new bike and Dion's for his special dinner.

We love our kids! Thanks Austin and Allie for bringing such joy to our family.

~Mom and Dad

Our Little Salsa Kid

So proud of our little Allie who is truly New Mexican! On our last trip to the landmark El Pinto in Albuquerque she gobbled up two servings of salsa and chips while Lisa, Austin and I just stared in amazement... literally she about ate them all by herself- she just couldn't get enough. Red or Green chili? Who cares, as long you can down it with chips!

Our Forever Family

"She just looks different today." Lisa and I commented to each other as we sat around the dinner table.
Maybe it was the creamed ham all over her face, or her big two teeth grin, but something about her just looks different...

Finalization
On Thursday Allie's adoption became final. We went to the courthouse at 9:00am and met with our attorney and the wonderful caseworks who have been conducting our home visits. We were ushered into the courtroom and Allie fell asleep in my arms.
I took the stand and am pleased to announce that this time I knew my own address! (At Austin's finalization I couldn't get it right-how embarrassing!) The Judge asked about what Allie has meant to our family and if Austin had adjusted to a new little sister. Then from across the court the judge asked how old Austin was and he said two... and a half!
Then Lisa took the stand and told the court how wonderful it had been to add Allie to our little family and what a joy it is to be her mom.
LDS family services recommended that Scott and Lisa Teichert be granted full custody of Allie and the judge agreed. Next thing we new the gavel hit and Allie became ours legally! What an incredible excitement! Lisa's parents Jerry and Shirley were there and my dad Fred came up from Utah. My mom Dalene was there in spirit.
I was able to take the rest of the day off and we just spent it with family.
According to our lawyer and the judge, they love doing adoptions because it's an opportunity for the court to put families together. We were just so excited that the adoption is finally final!

"I love to see the temple-"
My brother Jeff flew in from Portland, Oregon and Lisa's sister Stacie flew in from Palm Desert, California on Friday so we spent as much time as possible with our siblings. I took the kids to Clinton and Lisa got a much needed break in Salt Lake.
Saturday the highlight of our year was sealing Allie to our little family in the Salt Lake Temple. Austin was so excited to see the temple and wear his white shirt and tie. We can't even begin to express our emotions as we sat in the sealing room with friends and family as our children were brought in. Allie looked amazing and Austin was such a little man. As the short ceremony was taking place we were all so excited and Allie just smiled. Lisa and I could quietly hear Austin singing, "I love to see the temple"... What an incredible feeling. There is just something about being sealed to your family, knowing that you can all be together forever.

Allie's Blessing
Sunday we blessed Allie in Shirley and Jerry's ward in Salt Lake City. Again, what an incredible support we received from friends and family. Allie's blessing was a spiritual experience and she was blessed with a sense of humor. We all know she needs one to hang with the rest of us!
Family and friends came over to the Milne's after church for a brunch and it was wonderful just to spend time with everyone. Allie was a little angel. When it finally quieted down my parents, Jeff, Stacie and Lisa's parents all enjoyed a Sunday dinner and talked. Soon Jeff and Stacie had to fly out, we had to pack the car and everyone was back home from the weekend by 11:30pm.
Work has sure been hard today.

After all the activity, Lisa and I are just incredibly amazed at how gracious our Heavenly Father has been to our little family. Seven years ago Lisa and I got married, two years ago we were sealed to Austin and hours ago Allie joined us forever. We are incredibly blessed with wonderful children and wonderful family & friends.

To all that gave their love and support in so many endless ways... Thank you.

Scott, Lisa, Austin and Allie










Allie and her great-grandmother Marjorie Teichert

Our Life: The 60 Second Version

If you are going to have a blog you should probably catch everybody up to date with your life, I'll just catch you up on the last year-

When we last left our heros...Scott loves his job at WSU, Lisa and Austin love Clinton, Utah. Austin loves the park. Scott's mom and dad build a house next door and move in, everybody is one happy family, Scott gets job offer in Idaho, can't pass up opportunity, family puts up house for sale, buys house in Idaho, don't dare talk to parents, Scott starts job at ISU, Lisa packs house in Utah, Austin plays in boxes, ***Allie joins family*** (bet you didn't see that coming!) Family moves to Idaho, everybody unpacks. Scott likes new job, Lisa likes new neighborhood, Austin likes new sister, Allie likes everything.

Now that we've caught you up... Let the blogging continue!