Portal to Our Family

GB-Patrick, the oldest, a son, who works as an operations manager for a large manufacturer and lives just a few miles away with his wife, son, and baby girl

PB-Lauren, the second, a daughter, who works in personnel management at a large daycare center and lives just a couple of miles away with her husband and two sons

LB-Farran, the third, a daughter, who is loving life as an academic with joint majors in English and history

YB-Aidan, the youngest, who was born in Beijing and joined our family in October of 2008

EB-Eva, the second youngest by eight weeks, who was born in Anshun City and joined our family in September of 2011

And, of course, the whole extended family of a dozen siblings and their spouses, children, grandchildren...not to mention the critters.

About Us
We are a couple entering our fourth decade together in our rural New England home.  We have two grown children, a college student, a son in second grade who came home to us from China, a kindergarten grandson, two preschool grandsons, a toddling granddaughter, and a daughter in first grade who came to us from China this year.

Children

Your children are...
...the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you....
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams........
........You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.....
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable
(Kahlil Gibran)

Family  Links:
French & American Cuisine in Texas:  http://melscuisineadventures.blogspot.com
Modern Art: http://eliannamesaikos.squarespace.com/
Fine Furniture:  http://www.myrlphelps.com
Fine Wines:  http://www.hardrow.com
Natural Health & Wellness:  http://www.pnutritionist.com
Fine Homes:  http://winniconstruction.com/
Dirt Track Racing in NH:  http://nhshorttrackheroes.weebly.com/
Excavation/Sitework:  http://www.phelpsconstructioninc.com/