May

The Gogan May letter,

We are finally in he most beautiful month of the year; MAY! Of course I am a little biased because I was born in May, but I still think that no one can argue about the beauty of this month. Even here in Maine the flowers are all out and the trees are budding. We are almost ready to plant our vegetables, but have to wait just a few more days.

We had a lot of fun during spring, due to the fact that we have three birthdays and all the “parties” in school are going on during spring as well.
We had Pages’ birthday; she is 15 now!! Teri turned a year older and I grew a year wiser. Yes I am already in the age where you do not get older, only wiser:)
Thomas had his prom and will graduate in two weeks! What an event. He will go to Husson Collage to play football and to study sports (what a surprise:)).
Mario is doing school for fun next year because he needs only one more credit to be able to graduate.
Page is doing well and is looking forward to summer. I think she believes she will get a break from school. I have to think about that:)

Jesse is a fine young man and became the Deacon’s quorum president. He is still very sweet and loving and he turned out to be a very good helper around the house.

Jeramy will be teenager #5 in a few months and we are thrilled! No, just kidding! One more teenager? Because we do not have enough drama in the house? What were we thinking? Nothing apparently!!! I am sure everyone who has a house full of teens understands what I am saying, and all the others……you will get there and then you will understand:)

Joey is our little genius. He is so smart it even scares him. He is doing 7th grade math and has an 87% avarage. Wow, that is just super. He feels good about it and is a determined little fellow.

Lucy is loving school and playing outside. Lucy plays with Leah and Gabriel all day long and Sami starts to join their group. They are having a great time and enjoy the freedom of having a back yard. Leah is as wild as she can be and sometimes literally runs into a wall because of all the energy bursts she has. Gabriel is still the cutest and loves his daddy. There is no one like Daddy for Gabriel. It is cute to see especially because they look so much alike. Gabriel got sunburned last week and that was no fun because he was crying all day long. Poor little fellow!

Sami is getting bigger. Since he discovered that he has legs and can actually walk he is into everything. He tries to run after his siblings and he runs after Emma. Of course he never catches up with neither one of them, but he tries.

Emma is our puppy. 7 month old and almost 110lb heavy, we still call her our little Emma, but no one understands why. She has a shoulder height of 28inches and needs a lot of space. She is cute and sweet and loves the kids. We had to teach her that the children are NOT her toys, but she can play with them. Her mouth is so big that she carries a tennis ball and a softball around at the same time. A soccer ball fits comfortably in her mouth.

Teri is doing great. He is on summer break since 3 weeks and will be home most of the summer. He will go to LDAC in July but will be home in August and parts of September. We enjoy this because we know this will be the last time we have it so good. We feel super spoiled and we feel a deep gratitude for our Savior and all the blessings he bestowed upon us. Teri still enjoys to study and is super excited that he has only two more terms.

I am at home all day long. Teaching the children, cleaning the house, running errands, studying and doing stuff. I know it is a wonderful blessing for me to be able to be with my children all day long and I am so grateful for that. Since Teri became 2nd. Counselor in the Bishopric and I am in the RS presidency we have some transportation issues sometimes, but mostly we are able to work it out.

We cannot complain; it would be a sin. We are tremendously blessed and we are grateful for it. We hope and pray all of our family and friends are doing as well as we do.
You will hear from us again in summer. Enjoy the spring!!!

With Love,

The Gogan's