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April 2018 Mountain House Matters! • mhmatters.net<br />
9<br />
MH Living & Mothers’ Club Drive Effort<br />
to Assist Family with New Quintuplets<br />
Chad and Amy got the shock of their life this past<br />
Summer when they learned that Amy was carrying<br />
Quintuplets.<br />
From the beginning of their marriage Chad and<br />
Amy had dreamed of having at least 3 children. After<br />
years of failed attempts and miscarriages, Amy<br />
learned she was pregnant with twin boys, Marshall<br />
and Spencer. The boys were born prematurely at 22<br />
weeks, however they only lived for a few hours.<br />
The loss for the young couple was devastating.<br />
Despite having another miscarriage, Chad and Amy<br />
decided they were ready to try again. With the help<br />
of modern fertility drugs they have been blessed<br />
with 2 healthy girls, Savannah, now 3, and Avery, 1.<br />
Still wanting a larger family, they decided to try<br />
once more. In August 2017, at their first ultrasound<br />
appointment, they were surprised to see five (5)<br />
beating hearts on the screen.<br />
It was a rocky road for the couple and their young<br />
family. After months<br />
of bed-rest and delicate<br />
care, friends and family<br />
helping care for their<br />
two at home, the Kempel<br />
Quintuplets were<br />
born January 11, 2018.<br />
But, getting the entire<br />
family home safely<br />
was just a first step.<br />
Meeting the sudden demands<br />
of an additional<br />
five mouths to feed and<br />
care for is a challenge<br />
beyond what most will<br />
ever experience.<br />
The Mountain house Mothers’ Club, along with the<br />
team at Mountain House Living/ MH Development<br />
stepped in with drive to help bring some relief to<br />
the family.<br />
“It takes a village to raise quintuplets” and, therefore,<br />
they created a donation drive, asking the<br />
awesome Mountain House community to contribute<br />
to the cause with needed items: diapers, pre-k to<br />
kindergarten school supplies and gift cards.<br />
The drive began April 19th, and runs through May<br />
3rd. Residents are asked to drop off donations at the<br />
Mountain House Welcome Center - 955 Prosperity<br />
St, along Mustang Way. Donations will be delivered<br />
to the family, and each donor will be invited to a<br />
community Pizza Party following the conclusion<br />
of the drive.<br />
As a community, we can all help our neighbors<br />
build a strong life for their hoard of young ones.<br />
Donate today!<br />
If you haven’t heard the news, this community recently had new neighbors<br />
(five to be exact) added to the Mountain House family!<br />
Chad and Amy Kempel, and their family welcomed a cute and squishy set of<br />
quintuplets into their clan on January 11th, and what better way to welcome<br />
them into the community than by throwing them the best welcome home<br />
party ever.<br />
The Mountain House Mothers’ Club and the Mountain House Development<br />
Team have joined forces to put together a fundraiser that started April 19th<br />
and runs through May 3rd designed to help the Kempels. We’re calling for all<br />
residents and friends to pitch in!<br />
Here’s how it works:<br />
1. Mountain House residents and friends are invited to donate diapers, Pre-K<br />
and Kindergarten school supplies, gift cards, and anything else you think they<br />
might need.<br />
2. Donation bins will be located in the Welcome Center at 955 Prosperity Street<br />
in Mountain House. Get directions online here: http://mountainhouseliving.<br />
com/location/directions/<br />
3. Every donor will be invited to a community PIZZA PARTY! Donors will be<br />
notified via email with details for the pizza party after the conclusion of the<br />
fundraiser.<br />
We can’t wait to see how much we can pull together and show the Kempel<br />
family some love!
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