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Today was the first time in quite a while that we’ve attempted mass as a family.  All summer, Dan and I have chosen to attend separate masses, in an attempt to keep our sanity.  Jack, of course always goes with one of us, and Maria does most of the time.  The little boys and the [...]

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Our baby has been baptized! At first, I was disappointed that none of our family members could make it here for the baptism of our fifth child. Then, I realized, our family did make it! The Remicks were able to come a few days early, so we managed to spend some quality time together. (More [...]

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Haha.  Not really.  But I thought it was a good title! Seriously, though, last weekend, Jack celebrated his First Reconciliation, or First Confession.  We were very proud of him, as it’s pretty nerve-wracking to pour all of your 7-year-old sins out to a priest.  We were not so proud of our other three, who had [...]

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Who knew toilet paper could be so fun?!? Teenagers, obviously.  (Sooooooo glad we’re not at that stage yet, especially when look out our windows to see that the neighbors trees are covered in it.) What do you use toilet paper for?  That’s it? ‘Cause there are other things you can do!  Of course, you might [...]

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Despite Saturday’s disappointment, our weekend turned out pretty good! First of all, I need to update you on Saturday’s Kiddieland fiasco.  As I said before, the trip to McDonald’s seemed to placate everyone.  Dan and I were still seething, but luckily, our children recover pretty quickly.  On Saturday evening I did receive a phone call [...]

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One of the many reasons I love our new parish: (Printed in Sunday’s bulletin): Church Crying Room People sometimes ask why our church doesn’t have a crying room. When the church was built, a decision was made not to include a crying room so as not to segregate families with babies and young children from [...]

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We traveled down to Tennessee over the weekend so we could be present for our new Goddaughter’s baptism.  It was a whirlwind trip, but well worth it.  I’m so thankful to Troy, Kyle and their family for letting us intrude during Kyle’s last few days before re-deployment. Zoë was baptized on Sunday and Kyle had [...]

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My good friend Troy called me last night.  I was a little surprised to hear from her.  The baby isn’t due to be born until December 22nd, and Kyle is home on his mid-tour break from Afghanistan.  No way should she be taking time away from her family right now to talk to me! Anyway, [...]

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All week we’ve been planning to attend mass at one of the parishes where our children might be attending school. I was looking forward to church there and just seeing what the community was like. We had already been there to meet with the principal, but just in case, I had written down the address [...]

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