Happy Gotcha Day!!

Adoptive families celebrate something very special each year, and it is called Gotcha Day.  This is the anniversary of the day you were united with your kids.  We received our kids on April 12th last year in Bogota, Colombia.  It is so hard to believe we have been a family for a year now!  The day we met our kids is called Presentation Day, and here is a picture when we first met our kids.

We wanted to make our first Gotcha Day special for the kids.  We enjoyed presents, cake, and real Colombian food.  We made homemade arepas and arroz con leche for breakfast and lunch.  Arroz con leche tastes like rice pudding and is one of Angie's favorite foods.  The kids loved helping in the kitchen and had a great time and did a great job!

 

 

We found a store that sold Colombian food, so we were able to get some of their favorite foods.

 

For dinner, we made empanadas for the first time with plantains, and they turned out great. 

On the day before we left for Colombia, we had the opportunity to have a Skype call with the kids.  We were able to record the call and enjoyed watching that together and looking at pictures we have taken over the past year.  The kids have grown up so much! 

 

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support as you have been on this adoption journey with us over the last year!  Although we are much busier than we use to be, keeping up with three kids and homeschooling, we are very blessed with the family God has blessed us with.