Where's the Festival?

Tonight we took Benjamin to the Labor Day festival. He was into watching the people and the music but he looked up and said "Mom, where's the festival?" We had to giggle! Standing there on main street listening to a big band and watching Benjamin dance around to the music was just a small pleasure to enjoy. It's in these moments that we can pause and savor the pure joy of life. Was it a night full of blockbuster entertainment with all the whistles and bells? No! But in the small town celebration we had a great family time. Why do we not have more of these?
Benjamin is growing up and there are times when he says the most profound statements and then there are moments like tonight when Benjamin's balloon untied from his wrist and floated off that we were reminded (thankfully!) that he is still a little boy too. He was heartbroken to watch the white balloon float away and the tears that fell were only dried by receiving yet another balloon! We can't help but look into his big blue eyes and adore him. What a gift he is!

We are still hot on the adoption trail too! Paperwork takes time as we all know but we have about collected all of the items and we will be sending everything in next week! Beyond that we will have a home study and then we wait. Please remember the birth mother and this precious baby when you pray for us. We would love to share, if she doesn't already know, the gift of adoption into God's family through Jesus Christ. We, as Christians, are all adopted! Thank you for your prayers!