RETURN TO HOMEPAGE NEWS AND BIRTHDAYS
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS

1- Second Cousin Isaac (1)
4 - Erin (13)
7 - Second Cousin Jonnie (8)
8 - Tom
11 - Cousin Alexandra
11 - Peter Thomas
11- Abagail (7)
11 - Dani
17 - Second Cousin Mason (3)
18 - Second Cousin Erica (19)
19 - Aunt Linda
26 - Joanne
27 - Deb - Huey
27 - Holly
28 - Nancy
28 - Jennifer (15)
Bethan waits to ride the bus (with Daddy) on Kindergarten orientation day
Bethan starts Kindergarten on September 10, 2007.  She has already taken the bus to school and met her teacher, Mrs. Trumble. 
Jeffery begins third grade on September 6th and he also met his teacher, Miss Odit. 
We are anticipating an exciting and successful school year!
We met up with the Barlow family in Alexandria Bay
before we toured Boldt Castle.
Nathan will be deployed to
Iraq early this month. 
Isaac's first birthday was September 1st. 
Jeanette (Laura's cousin) is expecting a second child in April.  This will be her first full winter in upstate NY.
Joey, their beagle,
came along from Fort Drum and seemed pleased to meet us.
PRAYERS
Because we know how powerful prayer can be ...  Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
Gary Dievendorf is in Kandahar, Afghanastan doing police training.
Cousin Nathan Barlow who will be deployed to Iraq in September.
Canandaigua's City Manager, Stephen Cole, hospitalized with a brain aneurysm.
Linda Granata, Alex (13), Eric (12), and Ellen (10), the family of Kevin Granata
who was killed at Virginia Tech.  Kevin and Linda rowed with Jay and Gail at Purdue.

If you have any requests to add, please let Laura know so they cqn be added next month.
Mason celebrated his one year anniversary of the cord blood transfer!
Thank you for all of the prayers.
More about Mason:
CAREPAGE
Mason's Strenghth  Blog
Click here for the adoption story as told on Steve Curtis Chapman's website..
Laura's article, PICTURE THIS, was published in the September 2004 issue of Welcome Home.  It's  also been selected as an online featured article.  You may check it out at the Family and Home Network site:
www.familyandhome.org
or directly with this link:
PICTURE THIS
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