tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85320237235209759412024-03-15T21:20:52.408-05:00Sicut Cervus DesideratPsalm 42...A bit of this and a bit of that for the greater glory of God.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532023723520975941.post-16585568965477698002020-01-14T19:28:00.000-06:002020-01-14T20:32:46.409-06:002019 Christmas Letter<div style="display: block; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;">
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I write as a former fertilized egg, embryo, fetus and child. I write as the product of an inconvenient pregnancy to an unwed mother. I write as a mother, one who has carried each stage of pregnancy within my body and despite hardships, welcomed my children into the world. I write as one who makes choices each day that affects the welfare of others and realizes that my choices have consequences not only for myself, but for others and I make better choices when I research my options and have access to resources that help me learn more</div>
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I am in awe at what little I know of the advances being made in science. I have read that they have <a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3317567/data-center-cloud/best-dna-kits.html">DNA tests</a> that can identify your parents, siblings, and distant relatives. I am amazed that we can look at a cell and see that every cell in our body is unique to us and that ½ of our DNA strand comes from each of our parents. From the moment of fertilization, a new, unique unrepeatable cell line is created that will culminate in a unique unrepeatable living person and every cell in that person belongs singularly to that person. We know that a child’s heart beats only <a href="https://www.parents.com/advice/pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-stages/when-will-i-see-my-babys-heartbeat-on-an-ultrasound/">22 days</a> after conception and that a child born at only <a href="https://www.fitpregnancy.com/baby/health-development/study-brings-preemie-viability-22-weeks">22 weeks gestation can survive outside the womb.</a> It is amazing to me that the more we know through science about life, the less our society will acknowledge to be true when it comes to nascent human life. </div>
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. Under HB 57, as written, a mother may choose “<a href="https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0057/H-0057%20As%20Introduced.pdf?utm_source=Vermont+Right+to+Life&utm_campaign=9845578709-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_30_09_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9af17d85ab-9845578709-337229405">whether to give birth to a child or have an abortion</a>.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/Patty's%20files/Dear%20Legislators%20and%20fellow%20Vermont%20citizens.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">[1]</span></span></span></a> When I look at this wording, I have to ask – “ Is a child only a child if a mother deems it to be child-worthy? At what point is the new life in the mother considered a child – only when it is wanted?” If this law is truly about choice – should there not also be information and support for the mother who desires to give birth to her child but needs the support of her community to make this decision. What of the woman who desires to keep her child but the father will not pay to support the child but offers to pay for an abortion? The law speaks about choice then only allows for unrestricted abortion – giving no options for adoption or child support. </div>
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In the legislature at this time, I read that there is also a <a href="https://mailchi.mp/052e484e5a4a/proposed-vt-law-would-protect-lab-rats-no-protection-seen-for-human-fetuses?fbclid=IwAR3iOKtT1LejTTfK7bSrOwqt-2HExjzME3lwVI2SsBOy-oLFsGnzSxm1K-Q">bill in process to protect lab rats from experimentation that will allow them more rights that a human fetus</a>. There are no safeguards in HB 57 against the selling of the aborted fetus for scientific research, unrestricted abortion could lead to the trafficking in human cell lines for research. HB 57, needs to have some protection to avoid the abortion of children for the purpose of scientific experimentation – no one should profit financially from the death of a human embryo or fetus or child. Under HB 57, the “A fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus” will have no rights at all under Vermont law. This goes way beyond <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vermont-abortion-bill-goes-further-than-virginia-and-new-yorks/?fbclid=IwAR2hk_fkLBXNOZZ9ztz0Uzd_ASAeS-yP5ObL1dSbCoxbhUfjBv6Tm1Tm51I">current abortion laws set on Roe v. Wade</a> and does not allow a mother whose unborn child is killed in a DUI accident to have recourse for the child she has lost. What of an unborn child killed in an attack upon it’s mother? This law does not have protection for a child that is born alive when the mother intended to abort it – do we then allow the living, born child to die? Is this really what Vermont wants to be known for – a state that has kills it’s children with the most liberal abortion laws in the world? I have read Art Wolf’s economics columns where he comments on the declining population in Vermont – as it is, our declining birth rate does not bode well economically for our state – this legislation will not help to improve our population or economic situation.</div>
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I am grateful that my mother chose life for me despite the hardships she faced when I was most vulnerable, I feel duty bound to speak for others who are also in this vulnerable position and relying upon their mothers to nourish the life that has begun within their womb. Each of us owes a debt to our mothers who chose to give us life, can we not give our own children this basic right? Please do not allow this bill to become law – rather, let us create a bill that will support life from conception until birth and also support the woman and her child. </div>
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https://www.vermontcatholic.org/vermont/joy-of-motherhood/<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532023723520975941.post-71105590556336368172018-06-05T21:31:00.000-05:002018-06-05T21:38:10.622-05:00Who will be a Witness?I was asked to give a witness talk at our Parish's "Encounter" an evening of prayer and adoration. I thought I might also share it on-line for anyone who would like to read it. Praise the Lord for His many blessings!<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">O L<span style="border: 1pt none; padding: 0in;">ORD</span> of hosts!</span><a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/84#23084002-a"><b><sup><span style="color: #008061; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a</span></sup></b></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I grew up the oldest of 10 children in a loving Catholic family in San Diego.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents gave me the gift of life and of faith; the Catholic faith has always been an important part of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet I grew up confused – what does it mean to be Catholic?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seemed to be so many conflicting ideas and expressions of faith and I wondered – how does one recognize the Truth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So many voices call away from the practice of faith; Why be different?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not follow the culture and live for the present moment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lord called to me in whispers that I needed to learn to listen to and yet my whole being yearned for the message He had for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As the deer longs for streams of water,<a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/42#23042002-a"><b><sup>a</sup></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3My soul thirsts for God, the living God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4My tears have been my bread day and night,<a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/42#23042004-c"><b><sup>c</sup></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?”</span><a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/42#23042004-d"><b><sup><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">d</span></sup></b></a><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (Psalm 42:1-4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I was not particularly faithful in prayer but God hears even feeble prayers. I was accepted to a beautiful Catholic Liberal Arts College in New Hampshire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students were encouraged to attend daily Mass, a new experience for me at the time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were expected to be in the Church at least 15 minutes early to prepare for Mass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my first day of classes, a zealous upper classman adopted me and we arrived about 30 minutes early for Mass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That extra 30 minutes of quiet time with “nothing” to do except sit there was torture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not know how to listen and found it extremely uncomfortable to sit still for so long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Love is patient and over time Jesus taught me to sit quietly and listen so I could hear His voice and I came to love that quiet preparation time before Mass – it was a place of peace amongst the challenges, uncertainties and growing pains I faced as a student in College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In the Eucharist Jesus – the Word Made Flesh - is Hidden Love, present, waiting for that moment when we are able to calm the clamor within us and hearken to His voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was literally there for me 24/7 while I was in College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In our dorm near the entrance we had a small chapel with the Eucharist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, I would pass by with just a simple sign of the Cross; there was so much to do as a student!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, daily He called me. I could not pass by. I was compelled to stay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I went home for Christmas, I missed living under the same roof with Jesus and so adopted the practice of stopping by the perpetual adoration chapel whenever I was in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In adoration, in those quiet moments before the Lord, often reflecting upon His Word, I have found peace and the answer to so many questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since it is almost impossible to spend time with Jesus without being introduced to his Mother, I have also found Mary’s loving guidance indispensible in my desire to know her Son more fully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;">Mary’s life so fully reflects Christ that whenever we draw near to her we experience Christ’s love and h</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">er yes gives us the Way to be fully ourselves as God meant us to be, living His life of Love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I have experienced God’s love abundantly even when I have had to leave behind things I thought I could not live without (like everything except the bare essentials when we first moved to MI).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I trust all the little details that I would otherwise have to worry about to Him my anxiety and fear of the future melt away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been with me every step of the way when the various Crosses – difficult pregnancies, challenges with homeschooling my children, trying to find a quiet moment to write down my thoughts for this reflection– have loomed before me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has enriched my life beyond my wildest dreams and fulfilled my every heart’s desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How grateful I am for my vocation to Marriage and the gift of Dcn. Phil’s love; our six sweet children, Phil’s vocation to the diaconate and a job he loves, our beautiful home and this Parish community where we are able to attend daily Mass only 5 minutes from home and be nourished in our faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I marvel at the many gifts God has showered upon me since those lonely confused adolescent years when I did know what I should do and life felt overwhelming as I questioned what it meant to be Catholic – I had to learn to trust God as the loving Father that He is and to know that He will always guide me and help me along the path that is best for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God delights in us as a Mother does her child, smiling when we take our toddling steps in faith, if we go astray he rejoices when we return to Him and He encourages us to become stronger until we can join Him in His life of Love which culminates in the Crucifixion and Resurrection. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I know it's been a while - what can I say...6 kids?? Life is joyful and very full - so many blessings!</div>
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Dad's building a new Bunk Bed for John Paul!</div>
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Bowling for William's 12th Birthday!</div>
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Off to Easter Vigil Mass at St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral</div>
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Luke designed his own Holy Card for First Communion April 29th!</div>
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A visit with the Sisters.</div>
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Our New Van - we can all ride in 1 vehicle again!</div>
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Chess tournament - Luke took 4th place among 2nd graders throughout the state</div>
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Family pizza dinner to use Book-it certificates</div>
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Happy Third Birthday John Paul! April 10th</div>
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Happy 10th Birthday Miriam on April 19th - we had an "Ordinary Princess Party with friends<br />
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Happy Baptism Day William - April 22nd</div>
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Luke's 1st Communion - April 29th</div>
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Bethany Therese was born 10-8-17 at home at 3:32am. She weighed 8lbs 8 oz and was 20 inches long. She was my first water birth and the first baby to have an apgar of 10 immediately after birth. She is a great blessing and gift to our family! We are so grateful and so in love with this little person. </div>
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Bethany was Baptized on 11-5-17 during Mass at St. Luke's Church in Fairfax by our pastor Fr. Henry Furman with Deacon Phil assisting and William serving. It was a blessed day!<br />
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The months have flown by and during this time of Advent as we prepare for our Savior's birth we find we have so much to be grateful for and our hearts overflow with love and gratitude! </div>
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Baby Lawson #6's due date is October 9th! I'll try to post more often now that I'm out of the first trimester and well into my 2nd. </div>
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It has been a while since I've done a family picture update! Here is the beginning of 2017 in pictures: </div>
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We have really been enjoying the mild beautiful winter. I don't think it's been below zero at all this winter, most days are warm enough to go out and enjoy the snow that has been falling pretty regularly. The woods are beautiful to hike in!</div>
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For Christmas Thomas got a Mickey Mouse Teepee and he and John got matching Mickey Mouse pajamas. We had a lot of fun celebrating the 12 days of Christmas as a family with special activities each day.<br />
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The kids love all of the great STEM activities we take advantage of at our local library. </div>
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One of our 12 days of Christmas activities was to watch the Star Wars Movie in the Theater as a family. I got to watch about 30 minutes of it before John was ready for a new activity so we went shopping at the outlet malls nearby.</div>
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The kids are old enough for family games and we're really enjoyed having family game nights together. </div>
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Fr. Harlow came over for an afternoon tea and the kids loved that he got down on the ground and played with them. We are so blessed in the many beautiful priests we know!<br />
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One day we went to New York so the kids could play at a water park. It was a lot of fun. </div>
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The Library had a stuffed animal sleep-over where the kids dropped off their stuffed animals in the evening and then came back for breakfast and a slide show of their fun night in the library. <br />
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One day we went for a walk on Lake Champlain. </div>
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There was a brief January thaw and John took his van for a spin. </div>
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The kids' favorite evening activity is playing "Tornado" with Dad</div>
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Thomas poses mid-hop. He had to have a tooth pulled because it was infected. He was a trooper about it though and we love our dentist - he even played "light sabers" with Thomas to help him feel "at ease." </div>
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It's a bird, it's a plane....no it's super Thomas, here to protect football watchers from the fuzzy blue Monster attack. </div>
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Thomas working on his 100 days of school activity. The year is flying by!</div>
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Light saber fun. Thomas told me he changed his name to Thomas Skywalker.</div>
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John's favorite reading corner at the Library with the giant Teddy Bear. </div>
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Every night Luke's been requesting a chapter of Life of Fred and we're up to "Goldfish." He's doing some pretty challenging Math for a six year-old and loving it. </div>
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John's new skill is scooting around on his little trike. He insists I take him outside every day. His favorite sign is for "jacket" so he can go out. His San Diego born Mom is ready for Spring to come with its warmer weather! At least it's a bit warmer here than it was in Wisconsin.</div>
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The kids participated in a "Squishy Circuits" workshop at the library. Who knew that play dough can either conduct electricity or act as an insulator depending on the ingredients. The kids had fun and were inspired to pull out their "snap circuits" today to have some more fun with electricity. <br />
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Today was World Marriage Day and we went to Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral since Phil was part of organizing this beautiful celebration of the "significant anniversaries" for married couples in Vermont. There was even a couple there who was celebrating 70 years of marriage and all the couples present represented more than 1800 years of faithfully lived marriage. What a beautiful witness! </div>
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Doesn't John look handsome with his fresh haircut. His speech is really taking off and it's fun to hear John express his thoughts - most often in the form of commands right now but he will add a please when prompted. </div>
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Praise the Lord for His many blessings! We rejoice in His goodness and merciful love as we near the day of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1215680811852734/" target="_blank">Phil's ordination to the permanent diaconate</a>. We rely on your prayers! You are each in ours as well. </div>
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<b>"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." Merry Christmas!</b></div>
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The month of December was spent preparing our hearts and home for Our Lord's coming! We are so grateful for the many blessings Our Dear Lord has shown us! Here is the month in pictures:<br />
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Sleep in heavenly peace - Don't let this picture fool you - this little guy has more energy than all his siblings combined and he keeps us on our toes. <br />
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We've had so much fun in the snow!</div>
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Thomas made Hershey bar snowmen.</div>
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And John posed for his snow globe ornament. </div>
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A fun Advent game - Candy cane fishing. </div>
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Celebrating St. Lucy's feast day - December 13th.</div>
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A Lego creation by William. </div>
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A dear friend stopped by the Holy Family Shrine. </div>
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The kids Second piano recital - they did a great job!</div>
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Luke's first piano recital. since he just started lessons. </div>
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Miriam was able to read for the first time at our Homeschool Mass this month - here's a picture of her practicing before Mass<br />
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William was able to serve at the Homeschool Mass. </div>
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Gaudete Sunday! - Rejoice!</div>
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On Gaudete Sunday, the children were able to carry our Parish's nativity figures into Mass to be blessed and then outside to the Nativity. <br />
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We had fun making candy Graham cracker houses. This may become a family Advent tradition - the kids enjoyed it so much. <br />
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We chose and cut down our family Christmas tree on Gaudete Sunday. </div>
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Our Nativity scene, given to us in Green Bay by Mary Graf - all lit up! We've been thinking of and praying for her all through the Advent and Christmas season!</div>
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Making Christmas lanterns at the Library.</div>
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Cookie Decorating night!</div>
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The children helped Phil out by participating in a "living Nativity" at his work. William was St. Joseph, Miriam was Mary, Luke was a shepherd and Thomas and John were sheep. <br />
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The kids enjoyed visiting the other parts of the building and got to pose for a picture with Bishop St. Nicholas. :-) Thomas had switched from sheep to "mischievous elf."</div>
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We spend an evening with our adopted grandparents - "Grandpa Jean" and "Grandma Fern" Rainville. <br />
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The kids are really enjoying Chess club. </div>
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The children participated in our parish's Christmas pageant on Christmas Eve. </div>
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John received his special truck made by Dad this year - he has made one for each of the kids when they were around 2 years old. <br />
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Dad got a new recliner for Christmas and it's already being well used. </div>
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This year we made an Almond Bark Nativity using candy molds. </div>
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We had a blessed Christmas Day and have been enjoying celebrating the 12 days of Christmas in special ways together as a family! <br />
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May the love of our dear newborn Savior fill your homes with peace and joy in this Christmas Season! Our prayers are with you as we enter into Anno Domini 2017! Please pray for us as well!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy First Sunday of Advent!</span></div>
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The children were able to bring up the gifts to give to Bishop Coyne. Miriam was so excited and said this was "one of the most important Masses of her life."</div>
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Here is the rest of November in Pictures:<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Halloween fun - Thomas our little monster next to the pink princess. </span><br />
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Then we have Luke the Dragon.</div>
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Here's an action shot of our brave knight fighting the fearsome dragon to protect the princess while the blue monster looks on :-)</div>
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I tried to get John to wear the Thomas the train costume but he left it on just barely long enough for me to snap a picture. <br />
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He went out trick-or-treating as a squire in training. </div>
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This was one of our stops - the local funeral home always has a cool theme for Trick or treaters. This year was Star Wars.<br />
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Here are our Saints for All Saints Day. We just had a simple celebration at home this year. William dressed up as St. Francis Xavier.<br />
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Luke was St. Florian.</div>
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Miriam was St. Bernadette.</div>
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And Thomas was St. Sebastian</div>
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Here's a group shot. </div>
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Luke is really enjoying Tiger Cub Scouts and wa able to do some archery with some other scouts.<br />
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Here is one of Thomas and Luke's Lego "set-ups." They have been playing Lego's a lot lately and getting along really well together. Lego's are definitely on my list of "best toys."<br />
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Here's one of our science lessons - the kids got to make models of hydrogen and Oxygen atoms using paper plates and candy.<br />
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This is a gorgeous fall sunset - the view from our front porch. </div>
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A fall picture of our home. </div>
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Phil trimmed the overgrown Apple Tree in back and the kids had fun playing in the branches.<br />
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Here are some of the Simple Saints I've been painting lately..</div>
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We had our first snow fall and the kids are loving it! They have been out in the snow almost everyday!</div>
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William was able to do a two day wood working shop this week with the Thanksgiving holiday.</div>
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For Thanksgiving we had friends come visit - the Kimani's, our friends the Queor's and our piano Teacher Mrs. Siegel. Unfortunately, I was too busy preparing/cooking/serving to get a picture of everyone but we had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Clara Kimani made this beautiful fruit basket for us! </div>
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We have so much to be thankful for - God has blessed our family abundantly. In closing I'll just add a Thanksgiving meditation that I wrote many years ago, that we'll often read just before enjoying our Thanksgiving meal. May God bless each of you and know our prayers are with you!</div>
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What does “Thanksgiving” bring to mind? Does it bring to mind the thought of the first American
Thanksgiving…The voyage of the Mayflower, the first devastating winter for the
Pilgrims, the help of the American “Indians,” and a celebration of God’s generosity
in a bountiful harvest. </div>
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Perhaps you may reflect upon the many things we have to
be thankful for such as a gift of new life, the answer to a prayer,
coming to know more fully the vocation to which God has called you, the gift of faith, of family, of friends, of good health,
of the many comforts we’ve been given, perhaps gratitude for the struggles God
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acceptance of God’s will even when it is not easy, an acceptance of sickness
and pain, even death and embracing it joyfully because this is God’s will and
He can do much good through our suffering.</div>
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Everything is a “gift” from that first moment of
conception, and the moment of our first breath until the moment we breath our
last– how undeserving we are of all the gifts weare given…how little we do in
return. Perhaps one turns
to the “Giver” and ponders His amazing generosity - And then perhaps the greatest “Gift” comes to
mind: God’s gift of Himself, to become man so that He could
take our sinfulness upon Himself in the face of our ingratitude and Love dies
on the Cross, conquers sin and death and gives us the gift of eternal Life –
His own Life- that we had shunned and lost through disobedience. </div>
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this new life offered to us or to shun it and we realize that God knew human
nature was weak and He gave us another gift - His presence in the Eucharist to
sustain us. "The Eucharist, the sacrament of our salvation
accomplished by Christ on the cross, is also a sacrifice of praise in
thanksgiving for the work of creation. In the Eucharistic sacrifice the whole
of creation loved by God is presented to the Father through the death and the
Resurrection of Christ. Through Christ the Church can offer the sacrifice of
praise in thanksgiving for all that God has made good, beautiful, and just in
creation and in humanity." CCC,1359</div>
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God gave us a way to say Thank you: "The Eucharist is a sacrifice of
thanksgiving to the Father, a blessing by which the Church expresses her
gratitude to God for all his benefits, for all that he has accomplished through
creation, redemption, and sanctification. Eucharist means first of all 'thanksgiving.'" <span style="font-size: 8pt;">(CCC, 1360) </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">.</span> “It
is called: Eucharist, because it is an action of thanksgiving to God. The Greek
words <i>eucharistein</i><a href="http://www.kofc.org/publications/cis/catechism/getnote.cfm?ParNum=1328&FNoteNum=141"><sup>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a summary of the what we have been up to in pictures: </span><br />
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The kids had a great soccer season. It kept us hopping 6 days a week since each of the three oldest children had practice 2 days a week and they were all on different days. All three children had games on Saturdays too. It was a huge time commitment but well worth it. <br />
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We had a fun children's carnival at St. Luke's parish - the kids had a great time.<br />
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The kids got to see Dad on T.V. as he was on the local morning news show to talk about a Vigil for Peace he was helping to organize for that evening for the Diocese of Burlington. <br />
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On October 15 we Phil received the rite of Candidacy in preparation for ordination to the diaconate in February.<br />
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Thomas turned 4 years old!</div>
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We went to the Inspire conference in Lake Placid, New York. </div>
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The kids helped me clean out pumpkins to bake for pie and muffins and cookies. <br />
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The children began Catechesis of the Good Shepherd again and are really enjoying it.</div>
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All 12 grandchildren together for the first time!</div>
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We stayed with Chris and Mimi and their girls - it was such a blessing and joyful stay!<br />
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We had dinner with good friends Jamie and Vi and got to meet their children for the first time.</div>
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The kids got to go to Legoland!</div>
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Another attempt to get all 12 grandchildren together....</div>
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Dinner with Fr. Ed Horning who con-celebrated our Wedding Mass with Fr. Robert Schaller in San Diego. Our good friends Edward and Andra graciously hosted the dinner and we got to spend more time with their beautiful family.<br />
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and of course we had to visit the beach!</div>
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We had such a great time and the children were so sorry to leave all of our family in San Diego. It was such a gift to spend time with Grandparents, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and friends and we miss you! </div>
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We had a great harvest of carrots this year from our garden. </div>
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Luke started Boy Scouts!</div>
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The fall weather was beautiful!</div>
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This year's Carrot Cake.</div>
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Phil turned 40!</div>
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William had a great soccer season. </div>
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We celebrated Thomas' Baptism Day. </div>
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I'm getting ready to sell my Simple Saints at my first craft show next Saturday!</div>
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We carved our homegrown pumpkins today.</div>
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Praise the Lord for His many blessings!!! We wish you a blessed Sunday and Happy All Saints and All Souls Day this week!</div>
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I've always wanted to have uniforms for our home school "Sancta Familia Academy" and this year it worked out to have them. I'm so excited. I have to admit I just love seeing kids in uniforms. </div>
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We enjoyed a morning at our local Fairfax Falls with the Gebeau's while they were here.<br />
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I was able to attend one of Phil's presentations - it was great to be able to hear his presentation - at least as much of it as John allowed.</div>
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Soccer is in full swing - this was Luke's first evening practice. <br />
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While William was at soccer, Miriam and Luke got to participate in a "spy night" at our local library- they had to break a secret code, make a disguise and get through this tricky obstacle course without setting off the alarms. <br />
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Here are some classroom in action shots. Above is our daily school week schedule.<br />
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Luke and Thomas in their school desks.</div>
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The older two hard at work.</div>
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Here is some science in action. William found a monarch butterfly caterpillar on the milkweed near our home and we dug out our butterfly container to watch the transformation. <br />
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We've had some beautiful weather - here's a picture of in the woods. Can you find Luke?</div>
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Here are the youngest two just hanging out in the wagon.</div>
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We have a sunflower in our garden that is 11 feet tall!</div>
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William caught a fish while fishing with dad on Saturday.</div>
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These little saints are now at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help ready for Mother's Teresa Canonization today. St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us!!</div>
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Our first 2 weeks of school have gone well! We have settled into our new routine - as much as this is possible with 5 small children - and are enjoying the challenges and joys of homeschooling. Now if I can just get the toddler to play quietly all day....</div>
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We'll be attending a conference in New York on Sept. 25th - <a href="http://www.inspirecalledtolove.org/" target="_blank">Inspire Called to Love</a>. It's completely free including child care and lunch. I'm really excited because they have some pretty amazing speakers Bishop Robert Barron and George Wiegel and our own Bishop Coyne. </div>
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Just a few short weeks until our trip to San Diego! We are so excited to see family in San Diego in October! </div>
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And the big news: We again stand in awe at God's plan for our family as He guides each step of our way. As many of you know, Phil felt called to discern the diaconate about 6 years ago and entered into formation in La Crosse Diocese. God then called us out of central Wisconsin and has led us an unexpected but joyful journey which has taught us to surrender completely to His plan and see the beauty of trusting completely in His loving care. Again, in Green Bay, Phil entered into formation just before God called us to move to Vermont where Phil as part of his interview process mentioned to Bishop Coyne that he felt called to the diaconate and asked about formation here. Bishop Coyne, to our surprise, joy, and awe at God's plan, has decided to ordain Phil to the diaconate on February 11, 2017 - the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. He will be receiving the rite of candidacy on September 15th (Our Lady of Sorrows) and then continue with preparations for this holy sacrament which will join the graces of ordination to the ministry God has called him to through his work in the diocese for the Church and her work of evangelization. Praise the Lord for His many blessings! Please pray for our family as we continue this journey of service under Our Lady's guidance. You are each in our daily prayers! </div>
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We were able to have our shrine blessed this weekend! Our Pastor Fr. Henry Furman came over to bless it and friends Jean and Fern Rainville were also present for the blessing since most of the rocks Phil used to build the shrine came from their home. </div>
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A travelling exhibit/ movie about the red tail squadron was at our local Air Force base - so we were able to go on base to watch the movie and see the exhibit. <br />
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A few of the kids made it into our local paper in pictures of the mini-renaissane faire at the library.<br />
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Fun with magnets</div>
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Luke's Lego creations have been getting more detailed. Here's a super hero play ground. <br />
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Hanging out in the tent with Dad. Luke made a tent "academy" for Thomas where he taught Thomas to write and sword fight with Dad's help. <br />
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John's been having a rough couple of weeks due to teething. Mass isn't his favorite part of the day.<br />
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Marshmallow creations</div>
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Some of our gladiolas bloomed this week!</div>
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A picture of the completed shrine. Phil built the shrine, I added the rock rosary. </div>
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We had a fun summer play date/ picnic with some of the local homeschooling families on Friday. </div>
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I preserved some of our harvest of zucchini in baked goods and shredded for the freezer. </div>
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Our friends the Gebeaus arrived for a visit! They traveled all the way from WI with a 5 week old and now we have 10 children in our home all having a great time!<br />
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A group shot of all 10 children. Angel teaches 6th grade religious ed at the parish Phil worked at for 11 years in Steven Point and began around the same time Phil started as DRE/youth minister. </div>
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We are ready for school to begin this week - the classroom is ready. </div>
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The lesson plans are done. Watch for 1st day of pictures in our next update!</div>
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Praise the Lord for His many blessings! Our prayers are with you, please remember us in yours!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">July 25th to August 8th in Pictures:</span></div>
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One of the things we enjoy most about summer is time at the park!</div>
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While William finished up his second week of woodworking we spent a few mornings at the park in Essex Junction. The kids had fun trying out the skate park on their scooters.</div>
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On July 25th 2004, Phil asked me to marry him and in honor of the 12 anniversary of that special day he gave me a dozen roses. :-)<br />
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Our family pictures are hung!</div>
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Our Library had a mini, kid-friendly Renaissance fair. The kids loved it!</div>
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The children were able to practice jousting and sword fighting.</div>
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We said good bye to our Chinese exchange students. We miss them already!</div>
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The library had its grand finale for the summer reading program with a musical puppet show, raffle drawing and cake.<br />
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Thomas won a Curious George book and stuffed animal.</div>
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William won a brand new bike - the grand prize!</div>
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Luke won a free ice cream cone. It was a fun day!</div>
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Miriam was able to participate in a young producers workshop where she got to participate in the making of a game show. </div>
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Each of the children had a turn as game participant, show host and camera person as well.</div>
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Luke and Thomas enjoyed a game of chess while we waited for Miriam.</div>
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John loves the kids area at the library especially the lady bug pillow and puppet theater.<br />
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The sandbox is worth it's weight in gold to me for the many happy hours our children have spent digging happily. <br />
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Luke using our new peg doll Mass kit - we participated in a swap on-line to get all the pieces. He loves it!<br />
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The kids did the "Fairfax Egg Run"</div>
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Phil is working on our family shrine for the Holy Family - this time we are building it using stones from the area.<br />
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I just finished another group of saints - they are going to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in time for the Assumption Day Mass and Procession.<br />
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The past two weeks have flown by in a whirlwind. We had a wonderful time with our Chinese exchange students and were sad to say goodbye - yet they are in our family's prayers!</div>
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Phil is getting ready to do a number of presentations all throughout the diocese beginning tomorrow on "<a href="http://www.vermontcatholic.org/ne/" target="_blank">Starting the conversation on the New Evangelization</a>." He's also been working hard on our family shrine - it takes a lot of rocks to build a shrine & some are quite heavy! </div>
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We have 12 meat chickens which are growing quite well. </div>
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The garden is doing well - my kitchen is being taken over by zucchini...now I just need some more time to shred it and freeze the amazing broccoli crop we have as well. </div>
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Luke is our first child to learn to ride a two-wheeler in 1 day. Phil took him to practice on Saturday and he was off and riding after 1 short lesson. Thomas is our first 3 year-old to be able to pedal on a large two-wheeler with training wheels so we are now enjoying some family bike rides.</div>
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William began soccer tonight, Miriam begins next Tuesday and Luke the following Saturday. We will then have one child at practicing every night of the week until mid-October with games on Saturdays. This is a first for us and it's a little intimidating. We'll see how it goes. </div>
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We have really enjoyed the benefits of our local public libraries this summer. While each small town has their own independent Library and programs, 26 of them have joined together to allow people on a "home card" system to check out books from any of these libraries. Every library has it's own set of passes to Vermont museums, and state Parks that you can check out for the day and so get in for free. They have some really neat summer programs including chess club, Lego club, a gymnastics workshop, a young producer's workshop, archaeology, a summer kid-friendly Mini-Renaissance Faire and other really fun summer science workshops. The summer reading program was great as well and every child got a t-shirt for reading 10 books as well as other small prizes and 3 of our 5 children won grand prizes including a really great bike for William. We are so grateful for this great community resource!</div>
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William finished his final "Stern Center" tutoring session and is doing well. We will be continuing his instruction at home with the Barton program, using the Stern Center as a resource as necessary. </div>
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The tickets to San Diego are purchased. Now we just need to work out all of the details. :-)</div>
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John Paul has an almost complete set of toddler teeth as he has his molars and is finishing up with his canines. We'll be grateful when the teeth are fully in and he an sleep a bit better at night. Between the teeth and an ear infection sleep hasn't been as plentiful as we'd like it to be. </div>
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Praise the Lord for His many blessings! The days are full with joy and the challenges inherent in raising five little people with their own ideas and personalities. We are so grateful for this time even as we pray for wisdom and strength and maybe a bit more sleep. Our prayers are with you - may God bless you and your families abundantly as we seek to grow ever closer to Our Lord. Please keep us in your prayers!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The Past Two Weeks in Pictures:</span><br />
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First Broccoli and Zucchini from the garden - we have a great harvest this year!</div>
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My Mother's Day rose bush bloomed. </div>
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Luke completed a bridge building Lego challenge at the Library. </div>
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He also designed a boat and dock for display at the Library as well. </div>
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this one was on archaeology.</div>
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Miriam and William also got to design their own arcade game. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">William loved his wood working camp. He completed 4 projects in 5 days and he's now saving up to buy his own wood working tools. </span><br />
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William is showing off the birdhouse he build in his wood working class. </div>
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Fun at the park!</div>
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For Father's Day, each of the kids made a stepping stone for dad with either their hand or foot prints but I didn't take a picture until now. <br />
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Phil camped out again with the kids and the evening was beautiful. The tent passed the rain test keeping everyone dry through the early morning shower that came down. </div>
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We were able to go to <a href="http://www.saintannesshrine.org/" target="_blank">St. Anne's Shrine</a> for the Jubilee of Families for our diocese's celebration of the Year of Mercy. <br />
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We welcomed our Chinese Exchange Students, "Irene" and "Elsa" to our family and it has been such a blessing to have them here this week!<br />
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Thomas is doing a great job with riding his bike. He's my first 3 year old to get the hang of pedaling. </div>
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We got to ride the bus to a Lake Monsters Game with the Chinese Exchange Students group.</div>
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Here's another of Luke's creations.</div>
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Elsa and Irene invited friends over to cook for us - we had a delicious Chinese meal.</div>
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We also enjoyed "open gym" with the Exchange students and our kids loved it and are already asking to go again sometime.</div>
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Today we went to New Hampshire for a Magdalen Alumni Mass and gathering in honor of St. Mary Magdalen's feast day on Friday. It was wonderful to see some old friends and meet some new ones! After Mass we stopped by the <a href="https://www.see-sciencecenter.org/" target="_blank">SEE Science Center</a> with the kids since we still have a free pass to various museums around the country. One of the demonstrations was to experience "walking on the moon." and the kids really enjoyed our visit. <br />
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On our way home we stopped for a quick visit to the Magdalen College Campus where I gave Phil and the awake children a brief tour of campus. I have so many joyful memories from this beautiful college campus! It was a joyful day!<br />
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Since William enjoyed his wood working so much, we decided to enroll him in a second week which is next week. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The Past Two Weeks in Pictures:</span><br />
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First Broccoli and Zucchini from the garden - we have a great harvest this year!</div>
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My Mother's Day rose bush bloomed. </div>
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Luke completed a bridge building Lego challenge at the Library. </div>
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The children were able to attend some neat programs at our local Library - this one was on archaeology.<br />
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A nice action shot of Dad wrestling with the boys - they call it "tornado" in honor of Phil's storm chasing days. <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">William loved his wood working camp. He completed 4 projects in 5 days and he's now saving up to buy his own wood working tools. </span><br />
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William is showing off the birdhouse he build in his wood working class. </div>
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For Father's Day, each of the kids made a stepping stone for dad with either their hand or foot prints but I didn't take a picture until now. <br />
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We've had a nice balance of rainy and warm days - it's been a great summer for outdoor fun and for our garden! Here's a picture of one of the pleasant rainy days. </div>
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The last week of June was our Totus Tuus Week. William was able to serve for a few of the Masses.</div>
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The kids loved Totus Tuus and had a great week. </div>
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Thomas and John and I spent a couple mornings at the Library rather than make the 20 minute drive 4 times in a day (Mass was at 11:30am) and the kids were at Totus Tuus from 9am-3pm.<br />
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We had the Totus Tuus team over for dinner on Friday night and the kids had so much fun with them - there were some tears when they had to say goodbye.</div>
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We went to visit Grandpa John's and he gave Phil some rocks to use for our shrine. </div>
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We also had some fun in Grandpa John's Row boat on their pond. </div>
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The day of the 4th of July arrived and the kids were super excited to set off our fireworks. All day long they were asking when they could set them off!<br />
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Ready for Independence day Mass :-)</div>
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Some of the really large rocks were delivered by tractor - the kids had fun on the tractor. </div>
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We went to the Fairfax Parade and had great seats and got so much candy that we won't need to do any trick-or-treating this year. The candy jar is stocked! :-)</div>
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We set off the fireworks that evening only to find out it was all smoke....apparently only sparklers and smoke bombs are legal in Vermont. The kids still had fun but we journeyed over to Smuggler's Notch to watch some real fireworks that night. <br />
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The kids were able to participate in the Chocolate Olympics at our library - they had a lot of fun completing the chocolate challenges our librarian prepared. <br />
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Phil was in D.C. this week for a conference and got back at 2 am on Saturday morning. He had to scramble at the last minute to find a flight home as his original flight was cancelled - we were grateful he made it home!<br />
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While Phil was gone The kids decided to climb the pine tree in an effort to free the rocket's parachute from it's top branches - we have retrieved the rest of the rocket. The attempt was unsuccessful but I was amazed at how high Miriam could climb and relieved that she was able to get down safely. Thankfully she didn't inherit my fear of heights. <br />
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A beautiful summer day with the playground in use. </div>
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William's Lego creation - he and Luke are having so much fun with their Legos. It's great to see their creativity! </div>
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<b>On the homeschooling front:</b> In happy news, we received our enrollment letters for next year for the 3 oldest so we are all set to homeschool in Vermont. I now have a system for creating electronic portfolios for each child that should be a lot less work and cost. I also have our curriculum ready to go and have been working on our lesson plans for next year for the three oldest and getting the school room ready. </div>
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<b>Looking ahead:</b> William will be taking part in a wood working class next week in Milton. William's summer sessions at the Stern Center are also starting tomorrow - he'll have five 2 hour sessions. We're looking forward to checking out a new library this week which is across the street from William's woodworking class. </div>
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We will be hosting some Chinese students for the last 2 weeks of July - we are excited to be part of the exchange program here in Fairfax. I'll be attending a meeting this week to find out more of the details for their stay.</div>
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We're also planning a trip to San Diego in October and can't wait to see family and friends there. It's been 4 years!! We may also be stopping in Wisconsin on the way if it all works out as Phil and I were honored to be asked to be godparents for the child of good friends in central WI and we'd love to see Grandma, Aunt Jenny and our many friends there. </div>
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These beautiful summer days are such a gift and I am so grateful for the many blessings God has showered on our family! It is such a joy to spend time together as a family enjoying our beautiful home here in Vermont and getting to know new friends. Our prayers are with each of you and we are joined in Christ's love through His Sacred Heart! Please pray for us - that we radiate Christ's love to all who need to encounter Him and are faithful to His plan for our family! May God bless your week!</div>
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It was vacation week with Dad so we took some fun day trips to explore Vermont. We checked out the <a href="http://www.shelburnefarms.org/" target="_blank">Shelburne Farms</a> pass from the Library and had a fun "on the farm" experience. </div>
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Among many other fun activities, the kids each got to milk a cow. </div>
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The kids got to play with the goat kids, brush a rabbit and see baby pigs also. </div>
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Phil added an outdoor run to our chicken coop this week.</div>
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Then on Saturday we headed to Stowe for the Renaissance Faire.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The kids enjoyed trying on armor. And checking out the Viking tents.</span></div>
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The highlight of the day was the full armor battle and the jousting match. </div>
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I just had to share these cute pictures from a trip to Lowes to purchase wood for a project for the school room. </div>
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Today's beautiful weather was perfect for the pool.</div>
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It was a great week with Phil home on vacation! This week William, Miriam and Luke have Totus Tuus from 9am-3pm every day. The days are flying by and we are really enjoying the beauty of our new home and the joys of being together as a family. Praise the Lord for His many blessings! Our prayers are with you - please remember us in yours!</div>
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Thomas caught a frog in the woods. </div>
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After the rains the weeds took over the garden, but we reclaimed it!</div>
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Fun times in the four wheeler at "Grandpa John & Grandma Fern's" house. </div>
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The kids each got to ride a horse at a local horse riding school open house. </div>
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Luke celebrated his Baptism Day on June 12th. </div>
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I got a couple more saints painted - I'm still working on saints for all of my nieces :-) Above is St. Agnes and below, St. Michael. <br />
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This is the reason last week's post didn't get posted - Phil left on Monday for a conference in Baltimore to learn how to be the Diocesan Representative for CRS. His flight home on Thursday got cancelled so he got a bonus night in the "Crystal City" Arlington, VA before flying home from Washington DC on Friday. We were quite happy to have him home!<br />
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While Phil was gone we spent some more time at John and Fern Rainville's - the kids got to help with a big bonfire. <br />
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William also discovered the home of a mama racoon inside a hollow tree while we were there,<br />
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This is a huge Maple tree that William climbed. </div>
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We were blessed to attend a holy hour for the soon to be ordained seminarians on Friday evening. When we got home, Thomas had his own benediction. <br />
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It was beautiful to be able to attend the ordination with the children. Since I was in back with John, I got this great picture of the laying on of hands as well as a couple others that I'll use with the kids to talk about the Sacrament of Holy Orders since it is likely they will be witnessing their father's ordination to the Diaconate in the not too distant future. </div>
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We had a wonderful Father's day with Phil - all the more special because we were so happy to have him home again!<br />
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Phil helped the kids set up camp in our woods. They picked out a great site!</div>
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The chickens are getting bigger!</div>
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Here's a picture of some of the painting on the play ground - we're still working on it but the kids had fun putting their hand prints on the playground. <br />
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Enjoying a warm chocolate cookie with ice cream topping and M&M's before heading out to the campsite. </div>
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The Lawson campground express - taking camping gear and kids to their campsite.</div>
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The view of the sunset from the woods. Our campground is officially open - all friends and family members are welcome!!</div>
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Praise the Lord for His many blessings! What a beautiful and amazing gift Fatherhood is - I am so grateful for my father, my grandfathers and for all those who have been fathers to me - teachers, priests, and those who have been there to teach and guide and love unconditionally, mercifully. I am also so very grateful for my husband and the father of my children - I couldn't ask for a more wonderful, thoughtful and loving husband and father. God has truly blessed us! May our Heavenly Father watch over you and guide you tonight and always! Our prayers are with you, please pray for us as well!</div>
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Now that John can walk, he can use a light saber. He was excited to battle with Thomas.</div>
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On Tuesday this week, we went to spend an afternoon at the St. Anne's Shrine in Isle La Motte which was where the first Mass in Vermont was said and was Vermont's first settlement. It was beautiful!<br />
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This beautiful Statue of Our Lady used to be on top of the Cathedral in Burlington before it burned down in 1972.<br />
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Here is Thomas posing with his middle name patron saint - St. Ignatius. <br />
There are many life-sized saints spread about the Shrine. <br />
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Miriam with St. Anne and the child Virgin Mary<br />
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The children were really excited to find this nest of newborn baby robins in a bush. <br />
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Here's a picture of the newly painted back deck and our new swimming pool. On Monday we took advantage of the hot weather and a Memorial day sale to get a swimming pool. The kids have loved swimming in the pool almost every day this week. </div>
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Here's a picture of the newly painted front porch.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The Libraries in Vermont have passes to various museums in the state that you can check out. To satisfy our Vermont history homeschool requirement, we checked out a family pass to the </span><a href="http://www.lcmm.org/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Lake Champlain Maritime Museum</a><span style="text-align: start;">. </span>The museum had lots of boats on display including birch bark canoes travelled in by Native Americans in this area, and many of the early explorers such as Samuel Champlain and missionaries such as St.Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brebeuf. We recently read a great biography on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898703557/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0898703557&linkCode=as2&tag=sicutc-20&linkId=XD2CVVWIDQGQXKIL">Saint Isaac and the Indians</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sicutc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0898703557" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> that mentioned their travels in boats like these. </div>
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The best part of our trip was going on board a replica of a revolutionary war gunboat and learning what it would be like to sail on one. The kids even got to be crew and work together to move the main sail. <br />
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John was ready to fire the cannon if needed. </div>
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On our way home from the Vermont Maritime Museum, we were able to make a quick visit to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory.</div>
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Luke turned 6 years old on June 2nd!<br />
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For Luke's birthday, Phil and the older kids slept out in tents.</div>
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Here is a picture of the completed chicken coop - the baby chicks moved in this week. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We went fishing on the river Saturday - we didn't catch any fish this time but considering there were 5 kids present and we were there for less than an hour, it wasn't too surprising.</span></div>
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Getting ready for a bike ride with dad!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Phil cleared the path in the woods and mowed it so that the kids can ride their bikes through the woods. Thomas is a dare-devil down the path - hopefully he won't follow in his father's footsteps and try to drive that big-wheel up a tree. </span><br />
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The cleared path is great for a hike in the woods.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Phil was on vacation for most of the week and we all really enjoyed the family time together and a fun "free week" with no formal schedule, The weather was beautiful and it was great to be outside and work on outdoor projects. </span><span style="text-align: center;">I was able to start painting the kids play ground (look for pictures next week).</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I spent most of Saturday putting together homeschooling paperwork to send into the Vermont State department of Home Education and I'm super relieved to have it all done and almost ready to be sent in. Next year it should take a lot less time since I'll be able to prepare ahead of time and know what to expect. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">This week begins our "Summer Schedule." For the past few years I've found it helpful to have a check-off list for summer activities to help our days go smoothly and continue learning in fun ways over the summer. We'll be keeping Nature Journals, reading about and doing some fun activities about the Ancient Greeks, reading "Life of Fred" math books and participating in fun activities with the Library's Summer Reading program. The checklist helps the kids know what to do/expect/ look forward to and helps me give them something to do if I hear "I'm Bored."</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> We also have "Responsibility checklists" posted which are basically chore charts. Hopefully we'll get back into a routine with keeping the house running smoothly!</span><br />
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Miriam celebrated her Baptism Day on May 24th!</div>
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It was a beautiful week and we had lots of fun outside with water. </div>
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On Wednesday we had some friends over for a play date.</div>
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John got some new wheels :-)</div>
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We went to visit John and Fern, our adopted grandparent,s and had a lot of fun exploring their pond - here's a picture of tadpoles recently hatched. </div>
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This is a picture of us out in the woods working in our Nature Journals. To continue our study of Botany, the children will be keeping a nature journal this summer. <br />
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Phil is extending the play set and making it a bit more sturdy with cement. All the kids had to take turns getting into the 3+ foot hole Phil dug for the post. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We had a visit from an old friend from Stevens Point! Mariah Pehoski is now living in Boston and was in the area so she stopped by with a couple of friends and the kids loved seeing her. She used to babysit for us many years ago before we moved away from central Wisconsin. </span></div>
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Luke got a new bike and has been doing a great job riding around - it's time for him to learn to ride without training wheels!</div>
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I've neglected to post a picture of the chicken coop that Phil has been hard at work on for the last couple of weeks. It got a coat of blue paint this weekend along with our front porch. Phil did a great job painting - watch for pictures of completed projects next week. <br />
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On Saturday we celebrated 11 years of Marriage! As an anniversary gift to Phil I finally got this sketch framed - we had it done in Rome on our honeymoon. I don't know that we ever quite looked like the picture but it was fun to have someone sketch us. <br />
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We celebrated our anniversary with a picnic at the Fairfax falls which are about 5 minutes away from our home- it was beautiful and the kids had fun in the water on this almost 90 degree day!<br />
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There were a lot of natural caves for the kids to explore and rocks everywhere. <br />
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We also got to celebrate our neighbor's 4th birthday - they threw a great party with this fun water slide. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time. </div>
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Phil was in Florida Monday through Thursday and we were happy to have him home safe and sound and we enjoyed having him Friday and all weekend!<br />
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With the beautiful weather, water fun and our great sand box, hill and dirt mountain and the various guests who came to visit, I think we've done more laundry this week than over the last month or so! The kids also had daily baths - it's a good thing we have our own well. <br />
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On Friday we wrapped up our school year. The kids will have the next week off of school as a "free week" and then we'll switch to our summer schedule. On Wednesday we're taking one last field trip to the Maritime Museum for our "Vermont History" requirement but otherwise we've wrapped up our formal school year. If I have time I'll write a post with more detail about what we're planning for the summer - I'm really excited about our summer "fun school." We've been reading through the "Life of Fred" books at bed time and really enjoy using them as math enrichment. The kids often ask to do an extra chapter and they want me to buy the Calculus book so they can hear the rest of the story. I'm learning a lot with them . For history we're going to be studying the Greeks with some fun activities including learning to write some Greek letters and we'll be taking part in the Summer reading program at the Library. <br />
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Happy Feast of Corpus Christi! How beautiful to know that Corpus Christi Processions were taking place all over the world today - it was beautiful to be able to follow Christ out into the Community in our Parish of St. Luke's. What an amazing gift our Catholic faith is and I am so grateful for this Gift of Love through which God transforms us from within and conforms us to Himself! May the Love of Our Lord in the Eucharist touch your heart today and fill you with His Love. Our prayers are with you - please pray for us!<br />
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We were blessed to visit the <a href="http://www.ihmwestfield.com/" target="_blank">Benedictine Monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary</a>. Miriam met Sr. Myriam - they have been exchanging prayers so it was a joy for them to meet in person!<br />
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We had a joyful visit with the Mother of the Community. We were surprised to learn the Benedictine Monastery was established in Vermont in 1981. The Nuns were invited by the Bishop to form a foundation from their monastery in Canada which at the time was at capacity with 75 sisters. The Community belongs to the Benedictine Congregation of Solesmes. </div>
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We feel truly blessed to have the prayers of these beautiful Nuns for our family and Phil's work of Catechesis and Evangelization and look forward to visiting them often. </div>
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William and Miriam participated in a workshop at the Library on how to make a DC battery using household materials. With salt water, activated charcoal and a paper towel in a metal pan, they were able to power a small motor. They had a lot of fun.<br />
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Phil and the children planted the garden this week!</div>
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The children enjoyed their end of the year Pentecost Celebration and family gathering at our Atrium.<br />
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We welcomed 6 new chicks to our home: Goldie, Sunny. Rose, Brownie, Flash and Eggna.</div>
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The children and I enjoyed a family end of the year dance/ "Masquerade ball"</div>
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William and Miriam did well at their first piano recital.</div>
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Phil left for a conference in Florida today so we went to explore our local school playground and the kids had a ton of fun.<br />
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We're thanking the Lord for the beautiful weather on this Trinity Sunday!</div>
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Phil's gone until Thursday so it's going to be a busy week! We praise God for His many blessings especially on this feast of the Most Holy Trinity! Our prayers are with you - please pray for us too!</div>
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