<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150</id><updated>2011-04-21T10:50:38.107-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Plus One Makes Three</title><subtitle type='html'>Our Adoption Journey</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150.post-7559670595546571819</id><published>2009-02-05T21:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T13:25:29.125-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=lt&amp;il=1&amp;channel=3242591731713396798&amp;site=widget-3e.slide.com" style="width:426px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&amp;at=un&amp;id=3242591731713396798&amp;map=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p1/3242591731713396798/lt_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&amp;at=un&amp;id=3242591731713396798&amp;map=2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p2/3242591731713396798/lt_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=lt&amp;at=un&amp;id=3242591731713396798&amp;map=F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://widget-3e.slide.com/p4/3242591731713396798/lt_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7411439924169926150-7559670595546571819?l=benandsherrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/7559670595546571819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/7559670595546571819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150.post-2229194985352401779</id><published>2009-01-01T14:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T15:05:02.154-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MacGyver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SV1IcV_7dTI/AAAAAAAAABY/I1hZSZL7CsM/s1600-h/May+2008+017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SV1IcV_7dTI/AAAAAAAAABY/I1hZSZL7CsM/s320/May+2008+017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286461189381649714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet MacGyver, he is our dog.  MacGyver is a yorkiepoo (or half yorkie half poodle).  He is 10lbs fully grown and is 10 months old.  We love having him in our family and has been a good addition since we got him.  He loves people a lot and thinks that everyone is here to see him.  He is the definition of a puppy in that he likes to follow us around and be with us all the time.  He also loves to play especially with our nieces and nephews.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7411439924169926150-2229194985352401779?l=benandsherrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/2229194985352401779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/2229194985352401779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/2009/01/macgyver.html' title='MacGyver'/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SV1IcV_7dTI/AAAAAAAAABY/I1hZSZL7CsM/s72-c/May+2008+017.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150.post-4213822899060080704</id><published>2008-09-26T10:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T08:15:09.519-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sherrie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SZBWhub6YeI/AAAAAAAAABg/_Xmz27UVQR8/s1600-h/Strike+a+Pose.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SZBWhub6YeI/AAAAAAAAABg/_Xmz27UVQR8/s320/Strike+a+Pose.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300831898815848930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet Sherrie, she is truly the heart of our home.  Here she is holding one of her many nieces whom are some of her favorite people.  Sherrie is 29 this year and she spends most of her days being a homemaker and wife and does this by providing delicious meals and a clean home.  She enjoys decorating and making crafts and cards in her spare time and I  have to say it has been a joy being married to her for the past 6 years.  I look forward to many more years with her.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7411439924169926150-4213822899060080704?l=benandsherrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/4213822899060080704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/4213822899060080704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/2008/09/sherrie.html' title='Sherrie'/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SZBWhub6YeI/AAAAAAAAABg/_Xmz27UVQR8/s72-c/Strike+a+Pose.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150.post-4014155596847721532</id><published>2008-09-25T22:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T08:26:54.018-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ben</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SNxzPZPtF1I/AAAAAAAAABI/3UZH_-qYsiE/s1600-h/May+2008+046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SNxzPZPtF1I/AAAAAAAAABI/3UZH_-qYsiE/s320/May+2008+046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250197973919143762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Ben, he is the head of our home and has been my husband for 6 years.  This picture was taken on his birthday which he celebrated in June and turned 28.  This past year he has been working very hard providing for us so that we could move into a beautiful home.  We have been very excited to be home owners for the first time.  In Ben's free time he has been working on his car.  I keep telling him he should sell it for scraps, but he is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;determined&lt;/span&gt; to get that thing running again.  He also loves reading and working out. He ran his first 1/2 marathon this year and plans on running many more.    I look forward to many more years with him because everyday is a blessing to be with him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7411439924169926150-4014155596847721532?l=benandsherrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/4014155596847721532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/4014155596847721532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/2008/09/ben.html' title='Ben'/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hnvaKHG09eQ/SNxzPZPtF1I/AAAAAAAAABI/3UZH_-qYsiE/s72-c/May+2008+046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411439924169926150.post-9035623191653970899</id><published>2008-09-18T14:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T21:38:35.738-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome!</title><content type='html'>As Elder Boyd K. Packer once said "some of us think a miracle is a miracle only if it happens instantly, but miracles can grow slowly; patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass." We want to welcome you to our new blog, we invite all readers to come and learn a little bit more about us. Our names are Benjamin and Sherrie and we have been married for six years. We have been trying to conceive for the past four years and after having been unsuccessful have been trying to adopt for the past year. We hope that this blog will help us in spreading the word. So invite your families and invite your friends and take a journey with us. And through our patience and faith we will have our miracle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7411439924169926150-9035623191653970899?l=benandsherrie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/9035623191653970899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411439924169926150/posts/default/9035623191653970899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benandsherrie.blogspot.com/2008/09/welcome.html' title='Welcome!'/><author><name>Ben and Sherrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06680728766265969465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
