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only mike and valerie surprised their whole family for harper's big day. both foster kids are going to be theirs. >>woman: they've been with us now for a while. we love them, they're ours but there's the reality of it that >>man: both of the munch kins are present. i have to make it official. >>reporter: and another surprise. >>man: let's get a couple of these. >>reporter: those toys perched right in front of the kids all morning long were made especially for them, by hand, in the wood shop of a guy who has seen adoption. >>man: all right, so now the toy has been cut to its very general shape. >>reporter: six years ago, robert blank needed a distraction. his court cases get stressful. >>man: it takes a toll on the judge. so you need something that kind of refreshes your soul. >>reporter: so after making toys for all his grand kids, the judge started making them for his kids in court. finished with beeswax. >>reporter: the last four weeks, he's spent 24 hours building toys and dreaming. >>man: i want to hear the loud, wooden wheels going on the counsel's ta

and mike and valerie surprised their whole family here for harper's big day-- going to be theirs. "they've been with n today." "both of your munchkins are present." sure, this is a legal hearing-- "we're so blessed to have him join in in our family." costume -- and another surprise. those toys - perched right in front of the kids all blink needed a distraction. so you need something to kind of refresh your soul." for all his grandkids - the judge started making them for his kids - in court. "and then you sand it at the end and finish with beeswax." "i want to hear those loud wooden wheels going on that councilor's table, banging into new grandma gushed in court? the judge who posed for pictures-- couldn't wait to see his car get that thick coat of drool. "he would take the time to make all those cars for every these parents are doing for these children." because toys'll trigger a smile. but an adoption? "it's the greatest gift. there is no greater gift." that creates a family. "lot to be thankful for." the children also got homemade quilts from iowans who wanted them to know they'

and mike and valerie surprised their whole family here for harper's big day-- "me too, we're adopting bryson today also (cheers)." both foster kids are going to be theirs. while. we love them. they're "both of your munchkins are present." sure, this is a legal hearing-- "we're so blessed to have him join in in our family." but here, it's ok if chairs spin and a judge sports both a right in front of the kids all by hand-- in the woodshop of a guy who's seen, up close, the blink needed a distraction. because court cases get stressful. "it takes a toll on the judge, making toys for all his grandkids - the judge started court. "and then you sand it at the end and finish with beeswax." the last few weeks-- he spent 24 hours, building 50 toys - and dreaming. "i want to hear those loud wooden wheels going on that councilor's table, banging into new grandma gushed in court? the car get that thick coat of drool. "he would take the time to make all those cars for every single kid that comes through here today. it's just ... that's amazing." but ask the judge - pales in comparison to what these