Kathy Patrick and her children were profiled in August 2008 in a 3-day series on poverty. See how they're doing a year later.
After getting the mail, Kathy McAdory read a letter from her daughter's new teacher, excited about the news, she called her daughter Kiara McAdory, 8, who was staying over at a neighbor's house to come home and read the letter. Kiara reads the letter outloud as younger brother Keegan looks over her shoulder and mom Kathy Patrick looks on and her brother Cullen, 9, watches "Meet Dave" in the background.
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Carl McAdory, 11, prepares his line for some fishing just west of the Center Avenue bridge while his mom Kathy Patrick and brother Cullen McAdory, 9, work on fixing a tangled line on another fishing rod.
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Before going out to go fishing at Monterey Park, shows her son how her hedge trimmers were broken and didn't work anymore and explains to Cullen, left, and Keegan, sitting, that one of the kids may have broken them previously.
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Carl McAdory, 11, shoots a long shot in the street by his house. His mom, Kathy Patrick and his three siblings moved about a year ago and overall they enjoy their new place much more than their previous situation. They also now have a white SUV to use.
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On Saturday morning, Kathy Patrick scrubs her stove in the kitchen which she has lived in for about a year, while her six-year-old son Keegan McAdory climbs up to grab a paper towel. Patrick loves the home she is now living in much more than her previous home—except for the kitchen.
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Kathy Patrick dishes up some scrambled eggs with melted cheese to her two children Keegan, 6, and Carl, 11, McAdory.
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Keegan and Carl McAdory sit on the couch watching "Meet Dave" on DVD while their mom, Kathy Patrick, looks up a phone number for someone who called asking about it. The boys took turns with the roller blades and wrist guards Saturday morning.
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Kathy Patrick cuddles with son Keegan McAdory, 6, on a Saturday morning.
