Just a quick warning that this post is very long and has many photos ~~
Wow, what a long time since I've posted on this blog. So much has changed and yet so much stayed the same. I continue to be very blessed by my family and they are all doing great. If only I could slow down time. In approximately two weeks Mariah will be 17yrs old, McKenna will be 13yrs old and in two months time Miranda will celebrate her 9th birthday and Mr Josiah will be entering the "terrific" two's.
Steve's health is maintaining and continues to get a bit stronger as time goes on. In November, he went through his second total hip replacement. His blood disorder continues to be in remission and his last episode of pancreatitis was been almost an entire year ago! He has baffled the GI doctors as he has no known risk factors for chronic pancreatitis and yet he continued to to battle it on an ongoing basis for over two years. We won't question why it is no longer happening, we will just rejoice in the healing he has experienced.
The kiddos have enjoyed a great year. Mariah received her driver's license on her 16th birthday and about two weeks prior to getting her license she purchased a car on her own. She had been saving for quite a while and was so excited to have a vehicle all her own. I affectionately refer to it as the "white cloud" (instead of calling it a boat as she had done). It is a 1989 Buick LeSabre in remarkable great condition. It drives very well and I'm comforted in the amount of steel between her and the front in the unfortunate case of an accident. Below is a picture of the new owner of her first car, taken the day she purchased it:
McKenna is doing great, as always. She has truly become quite the sports girl! She plays soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and softball in the spring. In the fall, she was on a junior high team at her school which consisted of 6-8th graders. She was so excited to be a starter in almost every soccer game and played most of each game, except when she injured her leg & was on crutches. That injury healed quickly and she was soon back to playing.
In the winter, she decided to play basketball for the first time. Again, it was a combined 6-8th grade team AND again, she was a starter in most of the games. At first, she was unsure if she wanted to play since it was a new sport for her, but in the end, she decided to give it a shot. She did a great job! At the end of the season awards, she was blessed to be awarded (in our opinion) the most important award - the "Christian Character Award". This photo below is of McKenna (in the red uniform) during the very first basketball game in our school's brand new gym:
Miranda continues to love school, enjoys reading and says she will always be my baby girl. She is such a sweetie and blesses us so much. At the end of school she received the "Highest Scholastic Achievement Award" for her 2nd grade class! In November 2007 we discovered she needed glasses. She looks so sweet in them! About two weeks ago, she took them off and placed them on the fish tank. It didn't take Josiah very long to locate them and test the strength of the ear pieces. Unfortunately, they didn't stand up to Josiah's tests and he ripped the ear piece right off. Thankfully, they were still under warranty and have since been repaired! Below is a photo of Miranda in her new, fashionable specs:
This final photo is of Josiah (the white plastic sheeting behind him is the girls' homemade slip-n-slide). He is such a loved and enjoyed little guy. He brightens the days of each of us and I am so very thankful to share my life with him:
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