Oops!

I just realized that I have not announced the last three birthdays on the blog. Kendra's was a few months ago, and she is loving being seven. Almost everything she got was pink, so she had a very cute birthday outfit. Daddy's was at the beginning of this month. He still doesn't look as old as he is, even though, as my aunt tells everyone, "He's not even forty yet!" Jordan's was about a week and a half ago, though he was thinking he was fifteen for about a month in advance. He is maturing in many ways so quickly, and now it is almost like I have that big brother I always wanted.

Well, next year I will hopefully do a better job of announcing the birthdays when they come. The birthdays now start in January, and we have no breaks except February, October, and November (but we do have extended family birthdays in all those months, or anniversarys). Life seems to be moving very quickly now, but it is really helping us learn not to worry about tomorrow. Otherwise, planning birthday presents would take most of our time!

Big Changes

We have been enjoying our new children so much! It is becoming ever more obvious that God tailor-made them for us, and us for them. This month has been busy, as Decembers normally are, but in spite of this all twelve of us have slipped into the new schedule with ease. All the late nights with choir performances and recitals have just been made more enjoyable by the little ones on laps, and the extra goodnight hugs and kisses. It is so sweet to stand by the sink getting ready for bed and hear a little voice say "I like you." Any problems of the day just vanish.

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The adjustment in normal life has been close to seeming like no adjustment, but wow, has the grocery receipt gotten longer. One wouldn't think that four little ones would add so much to the need of food, but they do! Fifty gallons of milk a month, thirty dozen eggs, and forty loaves of bread is now the norm. Thank goodness we have the chickens, which are still laying although it has gotten to below freezing. Our consumption of vegetables has not recognizably risen yet, but they are starting to realize that green stuff is important to make them big and strong like Daddy, or tall like Mommy and Nicole.

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The girl's names are changed now. We had changed the baby's name to Audra from the very beginning, but Daddy and Mommy decided on new names for the other girls too. It is absolutely amazing the change that the names has made. Now, being named by Daddy and Mommy, they are truly Werzinski children. Here are pictures of our youngest five, with the girl's new names.

Christian (no new name, but new spelling)Kendra and SarahErin

Audra

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Give praise to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever!