Wow! I can hardly believe it has been a year since my last post! For anyone following along, I'm so sorry I fell off the bandwagon! I can be pretty time-consuming talking care of 4 kids (including homeschooling), running a house, and trying to keep enough food in the pantry for all my growing kiddos (especially my 14 year-old son who has totally morphed into a teenager :) I won't try to catch you up on everything that happened in the last year other then to say that every day brought so many joys and blessings from the Lord as well as challenges and opportunities to grow, for Mom just as much as the kids! This past weekend we were blessed to attend Peter's middle school graduation and then the following day (Saturday, June 2nd) celebrate the day we "got" our precious proncess, Catherine, in China. My mother, sister Susan and her husband David, came up from Roanoke to join in the fun! It was a wonderful weekend catching up and reminiscing. This past year Catherine has grown so much and at five years old she is a little girl and no longer a baby. She finished up 4 year old preschool and will be starting Kindergarten at "The Krol Academy" along with Patrick and Christopher in the fall. Some of her favorite things to do currently are to draw and write, play with her dolls, and dance and sing. She keeps us highly entertained with stories about her friend "Polly", singing little ditties, and writing us all love notes and leaving them around the house for us to find! One of my greatest joys is when she gives me a BIG hug (often asking to hug Stan and I together or including her brothers as well) and says, "I love my WHOLE FAMILY!" I think the best way to tell you about her year is simply to post some pictures that can tell the story much better than I can!
Thank you God for the gift of our "Whole Family"! They are each so precious!
Please keep Catherine (and all of us) in your prayers as she is headed for another surgery this Friday June 8th at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is having a VEPTER (Vertical Expanding Prosthetic Titanium Rib) placed in her ribcage to help open it up and hopefully straighten up her spine as well. The procedure will take about 4-5 hours and she will be in the hospital for 3-5 days. Once placed, this rod will have to be lengthened yearly (ugghhh!) but hopefully the hospital and recovery time will be much less. Please pray for a safe, successful surgery as well as a quick recovery. Also, keep Stan and I in your prayers as we switch off being with Catherine and taking care of the boys at home. Now that Peter is 14 and the others 10 and 8, we anticipate them being able to help us keep things going somewhat :) We also have a new puppy that needs constant supervision, so it will be a BUSY time!!! We will try to update the blog frequently to keep everyone informed of her progress.
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