Eric and Tanzi Wernholm celebrate their adoption of Kenley, left, and Lena, which happened at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley)

Marquette County Probate Judge Cheryl Hill collaborated with local agencies at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette for an afternoon of fun on National Adoption Day, which is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving in Michigan. “Today I was fortunate enough to preside over four adoptions,” said Hill. “So there are four children who got their forever families. We’re here today to acknowledge and support foster families and adoptive families, and encourage others to become adoptive parents.”