A link to A Motherhood Reflection

For Posterity, here is a link to an article I was interviewed for:
https://www.vermontcatholic.org/vermont/joy-of-motherhood/

2016 Week 8 In Review

The Week in Pictures

 A surprise package arrived from Aunt Susan who lives in San Diego and the kids were so excited to open their presents. :-)

Thomas shows off his fishing game. 

William was so excited to assemble his "Tin Can Robot."

Miriam was excited to get new books from Aunt Susan!

Luke showing off his "bat ball" and new green shirt. 

 William posing in his cowboy attire just for fun. 

We took a trip to our local Burger King play place for a Saturday lunch time outing.

 William spent Saturday afternoon assembling his "tin can robot" from Aunt Susan.

 Family Monopoly Night after haircuts for the boys

Sunday morning comics

 Miriam helped make cinnamon roll bread today!

Highlights from the Week: 

The week passed quickly with a day off for President's day on Monday (Phil had the day off so we had a nice day with Dad), the monthly home school co-op on Wednesday and Atrium on Thursday.

We are continuing through the home-buying process and everything looks good - the last big hurdle is the appraisal.  Hopefully the house is worth at least what we offered. :-)  

We had to fish out a box of books from the garage for Miriam because she's reading everything in sight!  She's now read Charlotte's Web, the three Indian in the Cupboard books, The Saints in Story, several Calvin and Hobbes books  and many shorter library books - it's fun to seeing her enjoy reading so much!  

Praise the Lord for His many blessings!  Life in Vermont is not without its daily challenges but among the challenges are so many blessings and affirmations that this is where God has called our family to be and we rejoice in His plan.  Phil continues to enjoy his work at the Diocese of Burlington and we continue to meet and get to know new friends in the area.  We definitely miss our many friends and the community we had in Green Bay but we know that the sacrifices God has called us to make are efficacious in His plan so we abandon ourselves to His Will and find comfort in His Sacred Heart.  May God bless each of you and your families!  Our prayers are with you - please pray for us as well!

2016 Week 3 in Review

The week in pictures...

 We participated in the Vermont March for Life from Mass at St. Augustine's Church to the Capitol Building in Montpelier.  It's the first time I've actually been inside a capitol building and only the second time I've been to a State's Capital.

 The day was beautiful!  Warm for this time of year and snowing beautifully.   It was a nice walk with the kids down the streets of Montpelier and a great gift to be able to share in this witness for life.

 Thomas is modelling our science experiment for Catholic Schoolhouse this week having to do with the four states of matter and the density of different liquids.

The kids were just having fun tonight- so here's an action shot :-)

Highlights from the week:

Miriam's 1st Communion date is set for April 19th - her birthday.  She'll be doing her preparation with the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd group which meets about a half hour north of where we are living but she is the only homeschooler in the group who will be making her first communion so we asked our pastor if he'd be willing to allow her to have her First Communion on a weekday - her birthday -  at our parish and he was willing.  That way the people we've been going to daily Mass with can rejoice in her first communion as well.

We had a nice meeting with the homeschool group this week and a fun play date with new friends who have kids our children's ages.  Miriam also had her "form B" evaluation at a teacher's resource and William had a more extensive session at the Stern Center.  I'm excited to have some support and extra resources as we work with his dyslexia.  I was impressed with how thorough their questions were and how they tailored the evaluation for William based on my comments.  He'll have 1 more day of testing in the language/ verbal area and then I look forward to hearing their report.

A neat tidbit about the Diocese of Burlington, which covers the entire state of Vermont, is that the first Bishop had a great devotion to St. Anne and the first Bishop of Burlington, Bishop Louis DeGoesbriand, consecrated himself and the whole diocese to St. Anne as well as the Immaculate Conception.  I was excited to learn this as St. Anne is my confirmation saint.

Finally, two more Simple Saints are painted and almost completely ready to go St. Andre Besset and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

New Year's Resolution...

My New Year's resolution is to start blogging again! I am sad to see the last 2 1/2 years missing from the blog and so I'm "jumping back in" from a new location: Burlington,Vermont. The Green Bay, WI years flew by!  But now that I left all of my volunteer work behind I have some free time :-) So here are a few updates in pictures.


The first Snowman of the year and the "best one yet"

We're here in Burlington Vermont!

John Paul Irenaeus Lawson, born on April 10, 2015 got his 2 front top teeth for Christmas :-)

Vermont is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful!  The lake is amazing and I am so excited to be near mountains again!
 

Look for regular updates this year!:-)