April 29, 2011

• The last Month ~ in Pictures

  The penultimate post (perhaps). At least for the Season.   

   

  

   

  The big kids are coming home from college for the Summer in the next week or two. For the second weekend in a row, I’m going to have all 13 kids under one roof. My oldest flew home on the 19th and will be flying back on the 8th of May. Things won’t be the same without him

   

  (again)

   

   

  

   

  The cherry blossoms have come and gone and I suppose children are the same way    :)

   

   

         

  Samantha Elisabeth

      

  Siobhan Noel

   

  Last Easter weekend we visited my siblings and my Mom (who is doing amazingly well. A heartfelt thank -you to all those who prayed for her) 

  Now, that woman is a testimony to answered prayer. She’s been living on her own for quite some time now. The progress she’s made has stunned all those who had taken care of her all those many months. 

  She’s an incredible woman, but more to the point, God is a gracious God.

   

  For those who don’t know her story, my old blogs tell a small part of it. Here they are:

   

  http://bakersdozen2.xanga.com/710850906/date-night–first-day-of-school–and-an-amazing-lady/

  http://bakersdozen2.xanga.com/711383039/pour-vivre-/

   

  The funny thing is, I didn’t intend to write about her tonight. It just struck me as I posted the last 2 pictures that we had just celebrated Easter weekend with a woman who had been so wonderfully restored to health. When I remember how debilitated she was and where she’s at right now….. no other word but *amazing* comes to mind. 

   

  How could I have overlooked it until just now?

   

  I don’t know

       

  Benjamin Liam

   

   

   

  

   

  Ian Christopher

   

  But busy doesn’t begin to describe this past month. We’ve done soooo much and yet much of what we “needed” to do went undone. 

  Much of what I needed to do that is has remained undone. That’s part of the reason I’m going to take a brief hiatus after my next post.  :)

   

  

  On our field trip to UVA/ Monticello several weeks back

   

  

   

       

   

  T.J. liked tulips

   

      

   

   

        

   Near Jefferson’s Wine Cellar. 

       

   

  

   

   

  

   

        

  Erin’s Volleyball team

   

  

  We came into town just as the Deb, Erin, Sarah & David were finishing up their classes. We picked them up and took them to dinner.

  The next day we toured Monticello and then left later that evening. Shivy was particularly happy to see the “Big Kids” 

   

  

   At the echo wall on the South Lawn

  

   

  One week later I picked my son up at Dulles at 1 O’clock in the morning and we headed back to UVA the next day for an interview with Professor Larry J Sabato the popular political guru. 

  My son’s fiancee has him as a Prof. This was another “History” field trip.

  Gotta love homeschooling….

  Frankly it exhausts me but my students can get their teacher to go off on tangents “blah blah blah blah”.  :D

  We were able to ask Dr. Sabato about the upcoming elections; Birthers and the field of candidates including Donald Trump (though technically he’s not a candidate yet) before he had to head off to an interview with Jim Leher. It was interesting and very informative.

   

  That night we headed back home (2 hours away) and left the next day to spend Easter weekend with my family (4 hours away).

   

  

   

  My family is always so gracious. Can you imagine hosting a family as huge as mine?

  Not many people would do that even for family.

  It was 15 people plus Whitney (my future DIL) for a 4 day weekend 

   

   

  

   My Mom; all of her grandchildren and one great grandchild! 

   

   

   

  

  My nephew Matt Matt and his dog Seamus the Irish wolf hound

   

   

   

   

      

   

  Progression of the   *Swing*   

   

  

   

  “Please push me Daddy”

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

   

   

  

   

  Whoops!  Daddy pushes too hard sometimes.  

   

   

  

   

  He did better the next time around.  

   

   

  

   

  Now that warm weather and pretty colors are back, I’ve polished up my camera lenses.

  I’m going to spend more time taking pictures & enjoying ALL the kids again!

   

   

   

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