We hope this letter finds you well. Our year has flown by. We had quite a busy year. Last spring we got to go to Walt Disney World with Karen's sister and fiance. It had been 3 years since a real vacation, so we really enjoyed every minute of it. The kids even fought Darth Vader. JP had his mouse ears on the whole time, I am sure Vader was quaking in his boots. They were given the opportunity to join forces with Vader, but we are proud to say none of them turned to the Dark Side.
Also
in Spring, Karen's sister announced her wedding would be in November
in Key West, Florida. So we got to go on another trip to Florida.
We drove all the way down. How many keys could they possibly be? It
is gorgeous there though, and the wedding was beautiful. G had
the honor of being a flower girl and the boys ring bearers. On the
way back, we stopped for a couple of days at Disney World, this time
with Karen's brother and parents, who missed the trip in the spring
due to a hospital stay.
This
was a milestone year for Ed, he turned 40. He had a quiet, little
party with his best friends. All else is the same, same job, same
worship team. Just before Christmas, Ed got to go out to Arizona to
see his family. His mom is fighting cancer, and we could not think
of a better present for her then Ed.
Karen
is snowed under with work. She is homeschooling the kids full time
with a full load of students, John started Kindergarten this year.
Homeschooling 3 kids is really not hard, it is all the rest of the
stuff that is the problem, like sending out punctual cards and
newsletters. She is enjoying nesting until we are placed with a
baby.
G turned 10 this year. She still takes Irish Dancing lessons, and lots
of homeschooling activities – homeschooling skating is her
favorite. This year she has joined the chess club at the library,
and really enjoys it. G's hot interests this year are video
games, roller skating and crafts.
Z turns 8 next month. This year at our homeschool co-op he got to take
a cooking class, he enjoys to help Karen cook. He recently joined a
township wrestling team, and loves it! Ed wrestled when he was in
middle school, and he has turned into quite a stage mom. Z is so
excited on practice nights, he is too worked up to eat dinner, so
that tells you how important this really is to him. This year Z's
interests are cars, wrestling, and playing outside.
JP turned 5 this year, and started Kindergarten. At co-op he moved up
to a new class, where he gets to go to different stations. He loves
to do everything with Z, they even sleep together. Z keeps
trying to get him to join the wrestling team, but JP says he will
only join if they get a blue mat – his favorite color. JP knows
what he wants. One of his favorite places to go is the zoo, he says
he is going to live there when he grows up. JP's interests are
animals, cars, and pretending to be a baby animal.
As
for number 4, all our adoption paperwork is finished. We are a
waiting family, which means we show our profile to birth parents and
wait for them to pick us. So far we have not gotten picked, but it
is exciting to receive opportunities. When we do get picked, it
probably will happen very quickly. Adoption is a lot of waiting, and
then instant baby! We look forward to sending out an adoption
announcement. G and Z keep making JP act like a baby so
they have a baby to play with. Hopefully we will not have to wait
too long.
May
God bless your New Year,
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