Hello, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Blessed Epiphany to you all!

I hope you all had a lovely season and are ready to dig into the New Year!

It has been a whirlwind here with Advent, Christmas, sicknesses, new babies, a blizzard and now a wedding less than 2 weeks away!

I thought I would share some of our Christmas photos. Not all the couples are included. We have our years where we don’t do a photo. But here is what I have….

I have no news to share with you as far as my health goes. I am feeling somewhat better! We (the doctor and I) are trying some different things. Thank you very, very much for the prayers. Continued prayers are very much appreciated!

I don’t know how consistent I will be at this point. I must say, after taking the break, I wonder how I had the time to be as consistent as I have been in the past! I am always excited about sharing information with you, though, so we will see….

We have had three new babies born since I was last on the blog! So many exciting things going on. If I am correct, I believe that makes 48 grandchildren…so you can see why life is busy!

Here are the photos….

These are the kids still at home with us. Hannah (to my right) will be leaving us soon and starting her own life with her husband.

Vin and Gin’s Family….

Devin and Theresa’s Family….

Sep and Molly’s Family….

Dominic and Sarah’s Family….

Mike and Jeanette’s Family….

David and Margy’s Family….

Benedict and Hannah….

Colin and Z didn’t have a picture this year. I put all the kids in order from age and they would have come after Sep and Molly.

👣👶🧸Babies, Babies, Babies…👣👶🧸

Dominic and Sarah with the Godparents and little Veronica…

Mike and Jeanette welcomed little Matthias….

Devin and Theresa had their little Fiona Therese yesterday afternoon!

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Vin and Gin moved into their new home 2 weeks before Christmas! Maybe some of you hadn’t heard but their house completely burned to the ground last December 12th. The guys worked very hard and had many kind people who helped and in one year they were able to move into their new home…

New home…

“These diapers that are changed daily, these meals that are cooked again and again, these floors that are scrubbed today only to get dirty tomorrow — these are as truly prayer in a mother’s vocation as the watches and prayers of the religious are in theirs.” -Mary Reed Newland, How to Raise Good Catholic Children 

Mrs. V talks to your children about obedience and how important it is! ….”Children, do you want to have a happy life? Do you want to go to heaven to see Jesus and Mary after your life here on earth? Then practice the virtue of obedience!”

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