Catching Up

The past few weeks have been so busy that I haven’t even gotten around to posting. I like to blog important events in our lives as well as the small things, as this blog is a kind of journal for me. Sometimes when I can’t remember when something happened, I just pull up my blog and check the dates — that’s kind of nice.

On April 27th our grandson, Joshua, was dedicated. Almost all the family was there including Shannon’s parents and brother from Pennsylvania. It was a nice ceremony and he looked so sweet. The bad thing is that I forgot to bring my camera. I still can’t believe it. I take my camera almost everywhere I go, and then on this really special day I leave it at home. The good thing is that Shannon’s mom brought her camera and several of my kids took pictures with their phones. So, we do have some pictures taken during the ceremony. Joshua smiles almost all the time. 
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Then on May 9th our daughter, Megan, graduated from medical school. She has worked so hard and this has been her dream for so long. We are all so proud of her. She not only is smart, but she is a wonderful big sister to all of her younger siblings. Sarah constantly asks about her and when she comes home for a visit Sarah is the first one out the door to hug her. Megan actually took a year off from college to help teach Sarah one year. 
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Then the next week, Megan and David were married. Megan has been very busy with school, graduation and then a wedding. She said she was ready for a break before she starts her residency in June. 
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Bethany got a new vest as her old one wouldn’t stay on anymore. She got purple this time. She says this one makes her tired — no idea why.
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Andrew was happy yesterday as his older brother took him fishing. He hasn’t stopped talking about it, but I guess with 10 sisters at home a boy needs some time with a brother. 
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 Now we just have Sarah, Caroline and Claire’s dance recital and then I think we are going to just relax for most of the summer — at least, that is what I am planning to do.

What We Are Reading

We just finished reading Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards. I think Bethany and Jordan liked this book best as they were constantly asking me to read it. It is the story of a 10 year old English girl that lives in an orphanage. One day she climbs the wall around the orphanage and discovers a tiny deserted cottage in the woods. She falls in love with this cottage and wants to make it her own. She buys plants with the small salary she makes on Saturdays working at a local shop and plants a garden. She begins a fantasy life where the cottage is hers and she begins working and cleaning and spending more and more time there — whenever she can sneak away from the orphanage. 
Because of the many things she wants for her cottage (soap flakes, garden tools, spoons, forks, cups, etc.) she finds herself living a life of half truths in her desperation to make her fantasy a reality. Her life becomes more complicated as she tries to keep her cottage a secret and spend more and more time there. 
This book deals with the longing an orphan has for family, a home and something of their very own. It does have a few things I changed as I read it — for example, the doctor used the Lord’s name in vain a couple of times and I simply changed it. Also, it brought out a lot of discussion for us about lying and “borrowing” things without permission. But, my girls loved hearing about the cottage in the woods and the magical time Mandy spends there. The book is one that almost all of my kids have enjoyed at some point in their lives. 
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Since the weather is so nice, Zola decided to play the harp on the front porch.
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Sophia does like to sit on the porch and watch the kids play — Claire likes to rock and play with Sophia. 
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