Adoption: A second chance at family

The bright yellow balloon lolls above the heads of the three young children before sinking down to the floor, where all three scamper after it.

In the kitchen, two older girls, looking the picture of prim and proper, help their mother set the dinner table.

It is a warm and cozy family scene that a little over a year ago seemed like an unimaginable dream for Karen Brothers and Olivia Hernandez.

A second chance at family