DH:
Michael Joseph (45; straight red hair, blue eyes) (teacher)
DW:
Aviva Emily (46; curly dark brown hair, brown eyes) (doctor)
DD/DD:
Asha Lesedi (straight black hair, brown eyes) /
Mirembe Nia "
Mira" (curly black hair, brown eyes) (19)
DS:
William David (17; wavy red hair, brown eyes)
DD/DD:
Caroline Eve (straight red hair, blue eyes) /
Grace Lillian (curly brown hair, blue eyes) (10)
DS/DS:
Nathaniel Peter (straight blond hair, hazel eyes) /
Benjamin Luke (straight blond hair, hazel eyes) (8)
DS:
James Alexander (curly brown hair, brown eyes) (6)
DD:
Anna Hua Fen (straight black hair, brown eyes) (4)
Starting location: Ontario, Canada
Year 1: We celebrated
Aviva's birthday!
Year 2:
Aviva decided that politics wasn't the career for her, so she went back to school and became a doctor.
Year 3: Our son
William was born!
Year 4: We decided to adopt a child, but fell in love with twins!
Asha and
Mira were 3 when we brought them home from Somalia.
Year 5: A close friend asked us to be godparents to her son,
Nicholas Henry.
Year 6: We flew to Spain to meet up with family from both
Michael's and
Aviva's side!
Year 7: Our neighbors had a baby! We threw a party to welcome
Sophia Charlotte.
Year 8:
Michael fulfilled his lifelong dream to earn his scuba certificate.
Year 9:
Aviva's cousin asked us to be her son
Gabriel Noah's godparents.
Year 10: Our daughters
Caroline and
Grace were born!
Year 11: We moved to Vermont.
Year 12: Much to
William's delight, our sons
Benjamin and
Nathaniel were born.
Year 13:
Michael decided to go back to school to become a teacher.
Year 14: Our son
James was born.
Year 15: Sadly,
Aviva's grandmother passed away.
Year 16: We adopted our daughter
Anna from
China. She was 7 months old when we brought her home.
Year 17: A friend had a baby! All the kids helped welcome
Marina Gabrielle to the world.
Year 18: Unfortunately,
Michael's grandfather passed away.
Year 19: We moved back to Ontario.
Year 20:
Benjamin broke his arm climbing a tree, but luckily it was a minor fracture and healed quickly.