We had a great time walking around the track in honor of someone who has touched our lives in the adoption realm. We then had a balloon release (everyone except Jace, who refused to release his balloon), ran races by age group, and enjoyed donuts and drinks. Of course we had to stop over and see the firetrucks, too. This year Hallie was actually interested which made it fun. The kids had fun playing with a parachute (think elementary school style) and racing for candy in the candy toss. I'm telling you- this is kid's heaven! I enjoyed talking to a lot of my clients and past adoptive families- it is so fun to be able to see them each year to see how they are doing. Dev was a champ and mostly took care of the kids so I could just go from group to group and chat.
Saturday was also "Birth Mother's Day"- always celebrated the day before Mother's Day. My thoughts turn often to Flor's birth mother and particularly so on that day. Though we now know some information about her, I would like to actually know her, along with Flor's birth father. I would love to know the people who gave her life and to commend them for the choice that they made to leave her in the hospital. They felt they couldn't care for her and desired her to have what she needed in life, thus they made the undoubtedly difficult decision to do what they did. I hope someday I will be able to thank them for allowing Flor to have life and for us to have her in our lives.
And with that, how about a picture tour of our lovely day:
Well, couldn't Flor and Jace at least be looking the same direction, if not at the camera? Oh, well. |
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