Celebrating Family

Tradition is important to all of us.
My sister Pam is visiting from Australia, and during the time she stayed with us, there were lots of "remember when..." conversations.

It really reminded me of how kids remember the milestones and build on them. That is why today is important. Eleven years ago today Nicolas joined our family as a foster son. Two years later we adopted him. We celebrate Family Day to mark each of our children's adoptions. Both boys chose the anniversary of moving in, rather that their paperwork adoption day, as the day to celebrate because they feel they joined our family when they moved in, not when the government agreed with us!

Today is Nicolas' family day, so Michael took a day off work and we are off to do a family activity together. Enjoy your day!