Our children

David,

It must be coming off such a great weekend that is making me feel just how much I love you. This weekend was such an eye opener for me. It gave me the knowledge that I really have made the right choice in you. you are a wonderful Father to your children and even took the time to guide my children while they were with you and I thank you for it.

I was so very concerned about what would happen putting 5 children together but it almost felt easier to have 5 than it does to have 2. I love the fact that the kids played together all weekend, that Emmie had a barbie friend and a big "brother" who wanted to be around her and that Chris had someone who could show him new things on the computer and a "sister" who wanted to share with him. I totally get that it is not going to always be perfect that we are going to have to stop arguments and step in as parents when we need to but I feel that we are both going to always be so fair to the children, that's something I know about you, that you are not going to side with a child just because they are "your" child, which I hope you know that I will also do. I already feel strongly about your children and have so much fun being around them, I love that they want me to watch them do something and they are so accepting of me as a new person in their lives.

Thank you for moving forward with me and our future. It gets more exciting every step we take together. So many things were great about the weekend from Iona giving Emmie the courage to put on a life vest and go in the deep end of the pool, Chris eating something that I can never get him to try, sitting on the bed on Sunday morning while you read a book and I the paper to the really simple thing of walking around the garden and us both wanting to make it awesome.