Fun at the Park

Today we got together with our friends the Shrag's. We should give them a lot of credit for pointing us in the direction of adopting from Colombia. Steph and Loren adopted a sibling set of three two years ago. At the time, I worked with Steph at the hospital and met her at a work bbq. She had just returned from Colombia two weeks prior with her kiddos. They were much smaller then in this picture, and definitely holding onto mom and not letting her out of their site. I have been told that is pretty routine for adopted kids, especially from an orphanage. They tend to worry that any adult they are close to, might leave them. Two years later, they are speaking english, as though they are native and the kids are doing great. Two of my girls had a blast playing at the park with the three of them, while mom and dad discussed adoption issues and things to look forward to.