I want to move photos from my laptop to desktop and merge catalogs

I have Photoshop Elements 5 on my desktop with about 15,000 photos. Prior to a big trip I bought a laptop and loaded Elements 9 on it. I took about 5,000 pictures on the trip and organized them. Now I'm back and I want everything from my laptop on my desktop, including my copy of Elements 9.
I can probably figure out how to get Elements 9 from my laptop to desktop, however I searched the forums and it appears you can't merge catalogs.
Can anyone recommend the best way to handle my situation?
What I'm thinking...
Upgrade my desktop from Elements 5 to Elements 9.
Make sure my old Elements 5 catalog on my desktop is converted and functioning in Elements 9.
Copy all my files from the Laptop to the Desktop
Import all my files
Done.
The only problem is I will lose all the organization I did on my laptop! I don't want that.
Thanks!

I think its the best solution to write tags and all in photographs.... and get them back on import...
Here is one article about the simple case of migrating from one machine to other..: http://photoshopelementsbyadobe.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-transfer-your.html
There is no easy solution to catalog merging and one needs to look for solutions as suggested in last reply

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