OH my goodness its been a long time!

Wow! I cant believe its been that long since updating. It has not been on purpose, I guess motherhood has me a bit busy. This year has been amazing. PJ will be 3 in October. He is alll boy and just such an absolutel joy to our family. He is also very handsome if I might say so myself. Mary just turned 7!!!!! I can not believe she is 7. It feel slike just yesterday she was born. She finsihsed first grade at Saint Joseph Academy and has grown amazingly into such a big girl. Galina is going to be 12 next month and i feel like her and I both deserve a tshirt or trophy for surviving our first year of homeschooling. I am prayerful that it will also be the last year of homeschooling. Homeschooling was HARD! I know many of moms that enjoy it and maybe if my family dynamics were different I would have enjoyed it more, but honestly it was hard. What I did enjoy is the leaps and bounds that Galina has matured and bonded with myself and PJ. She has become much more responsible and compassionate/motherly. I am very proud of both of us for accomplishing our first year. We hope she will be attending St. Joes next school year. She will be in 6th grade. Anya just finished her junior year in high school. I can not believe she will be 18 in less than 6 months. She is such an amazing child of God as a teenager, it truely amazes me. She went to her junior prom and looked absolutley beautiful and had a wonderful time. This summer so far has been investing in new and more meaningful freindships. She has been having an awesome time this summer. It is such a blessing to see her growth and maturity. We have been trying to allow her more responsibilty and more freedom to make decisions (gaaah especially when it comes to boys). It is so difficult to let your beautiful butterfly go in hopes she doesnt hit the windshield in the process. She has scaved the windshield a bit at times but on the most part has flown high above it all. Peter and I are so proud of her.