Fun days....

Its that time of year, thankfully the extended family pics went well...then we tried for own immediate family & then well, the kids by themselves...

Someone had just "had it"

These guys hung in there...aren't they the most handsome 9 & 6 year old boys you have ever seen...I totally think so :)

Our family trip to the orchard...the Mutsu apples were amazing this year (as always)

Playing on the hay bale maze

Grandma coming & getting to see Zach's new school

Zach's friend who was also adopted from Guatemala, so cute!

We met Brian's friend & his wife at a Korean BBQ for dinner (it was sooooo good)...plan did backfire to bring our kids really hungry to the dinner, took a long time to cook our food at our table...every trick was out of the bag to entertain them while we waited.

BJ's walk-a-thon...beautiful day!

My sister's family came to visit, we packed in a lot of fun...feeding the ducks

We borrowed the neighbors bikes to get to the Cider Mill...11 of us...was a small parade!

We had a great time & the best news is Ellyana has been playing with dolls, packing up backpacks & "serving" her play food ever since they left. She needed sometime with girls! The kids all had so much fun together!

The tree above our garage, it was a blaze of color the day before we took this picture! It has been a gorgeous fall around here!

Getting to go to Grandma & Grandpas for a fun weekend with the cousins & aunts & uncles & the baby kittys.

And guess who is almost...3...the birthday countdown has begun!!!

Abandoned in Guatemala: The Failure of International Adoption Policies

We adopted our precious, Zach, about 5 1/2 years ago before Guatemala closed to international adoption. This video is worth your time to know what has went on, what is going on, and how to keep your prayers up-to-date as we pray for children around the world. I do not think only Unicef is to blame for this, unfortunately there a host of reasons probably Guatemala closed to adoptions.
And as we prayed earlier this year that adoptions would stay open in Ethiopia, a few people asked...do you really think they would stop adoptions in Ethiopia, what would they do with all the children?
We all like to say..."God loves adoption, His heart is for the orphan" but the reality is the opposite is true also..."Satan hates adoption". He uses any means he can to destroy family. May we pray and advocate more these precious ones!