On July 1, 2022 (exactly 2 years after Enoch first came into our lives), we adopted Enoch. Oh my goodness! What a day! I didn't really have any expectations for the adoption ceremony, but it was everything! I loved being surrounded by friends and family and feeling their love and support. And now Enoch is a permanent member of my family - he's my son. My heart is so full of love for Enoch, he is so special.

Here are some photos of the day - at the courthouse, and at our home. We're a crowd! Thanks so much to my sister-in-law, Liz, for taking these photos and then giving them all to me to edit. What a treasure!

Oh my little man... I loved dreaming and then preparing for his adoption. I made a balloon garland for the porch and a little one for inside. I printed off a collage of photos to display in our dining room and then I printed off some larger ones to put out in the yard. We hired an ice cream cart to scoop cones for all our party guests. I love Enoch so much and generally felt like I couldn't do enough to show him how much! I loved celebrating him.

A fun outdoor dinner all together because we had an intricate board game set up and mid way through on the table!

We spent one day of playing with cousins after Enoch's adoption. The weather was fine, so we headed to water! We loved paddle boarding and playing in Fish Lake. Conor left early with the babies so they could nap and so he could continue smoking brisket. We had so much fun with our cousins and are so grateful for a day of play!

• "An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed" by Helene Tursten
• "Searching For Sunday" by Rachel Held Evans
• "Fault Lines" by Emily Itami
• "There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather" by Linda Akeson Mcgurk
• "Beautiful Country" by Qian Julie Wang*
• "No One Is Talking About This" by Patricia Lockwood
• "The Cold Millions" By Jess Walters*
• "Under the Whispering Door" by TJ Klune
• "Intimacies" by Katie Kitamura
• "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys*
• "How Beautiful We Were" by Imbolo Mbue*
• "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie*
• "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas*
• "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong*
• "The Stars Are Fire" by Anita Shreve
• "Spirit Run" by Noe Alvarez
• "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng*
• "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens*
• "The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich

And a few other books I started and just did not want to finish!