Amazingly enough, we still had a few more very big items on our family to-do list! One we kind of forgot about was looking up in the night sky to see a lunar eclipse. Caelan popped in to remind us, and we all stood on the back deck and watched the moon "disappear." Here is a glimpse at how our photos turned out . . .
After we came inside, we took our "last day" photo with Grandma J. She and Auntie Z stayed the final night at our house, because their plane left pretty early in the morning. Auntie Z is early to bed, early to rise, so she missed the eclipse and the photo, but she did get in a puzzle pic with Caelan earlier in the day!
I'm not sure when this photo falls in the line up of things, but since Buck rode the dirt bike at my brother's house, G$ has found a renewed interest in trying to fix the mini bike my dad bought the kids. It hasn't run in years (since my older younger brother ran it into a tree), but a new carburetor seemed to put some pep back in its wheels--too much pep actually, as it took off and headed straight for Caelan and Noah, minus a rider! Our retired neighbor is good with engines, so he's going to look it over this weekend and see if they can determine the cause of the runaway bike :)
When Monday morning rolled around, Buck took his mom and sister to the airport early; Gabby went, too. They arrived home just in time for all of us to head to the courthouse for a very important court session--Mr. M's adoption day! While this brought up many emotions for most of us in the room, it was an exciting blessing to witness. Mr. M got to bang the gavel to declare himself officially the son of K! We all clapped and cheered and cried a bit, and then loaded into our vehicles and went out to a celebratory brunch :)
Later, and I don't have any photos, we gathered again as a family, but with even more guests, and celebrated K's birthday at another local restaurant! It was a day filled with fun, free food ;), and family. What a special day to gain a child, happy birthday to sweet, K!
Oh! Another important moment that I got to be part of was witnessing and praying for my brother's family becoming members of our church. I was back in the nursery and some of the other volunteers covered for me, so I could find a chair and celebrate the moment. Mr. M spotted me in the rows behind him and gave me a big wave. It's so sweet to have family in church 💕
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