About
Posted by familysnows on 12 Jan 2007
I’m Connie, wife to Greg, mom to 2 boys and 2 girls - ages 18 to almost 2. Our youngest, Elly, is complete with an extra copy of her 21st chromosome and we are blessed in ways we never imagined possible.
“We are armed with language adequate to describe each leaf of the field,but not to describe human character.” Henry David Thoreau
Hi!! I was a student in the Society and Morality class that you visited with Elly. (I was the one she kept playing peek-a-boo with in the front row) I just wanted you to know that it was such a blessing to have you come and spread awareness about people with Down Syndrome. There is such a stigma toward them sometimes, and it was so great to see my classmates understand that Elly is just as wonderful and special and bright as any other two year old (if not more so!!). Thank you so much for sharing your time and your struggles with us. It was so appreciated.
Praying for God’s richest blessings on your family,
Jess Nordman
Hi Connie, Greg and fam: I love the blog! It is great and of course it is always nice to see all of the pictures of your gorgeous kids! Take care. Lisa Baumann
Hi Connie and Family;
What a wonderful thing to wake up to on a Monday morning! Your family is beautiful and obviously very blessed! Uncle Jay and Harriet also look great. How nice it must be to be able to spend time together. One must always cherish that!
Our family is doing great! Nick just turned 11 and Madi will be 8 in May. They are actually enjoying school even though Nick says that “they pile on the homework way too much”! He is anxiously waiting for middle school next year because people tell him that the homework is way less. I guess we’ll see about that!
We have had a very abnormal winter this year with cold weather and three weekends in a row of major snow. The kids absolutely love it and have been having a great time sledding and skiing.
Neal had some major surgery at the beginning of January but is on the road to recovery. His mom came out for three weeks to help out which was very nice of her! Neal’s recovery has been slow but he has turned the corner now and is getting his life back on track a little bit. He has gone back to work a couple of days a week and we can see that he is definatley getting stonger day by day! We are all very thankful for that!
I love your blog so keep it coming!
Love in Friendship,
Barb, Neal, Nick & Madi