Trip to New Mexico

Taumi, Wegman and I left for NM Sept 21. We drove across country to attend the Alamogordo Senior High School 50th reunion. We departed from Mebane and arrived late afternoon Sept 22. We stayed at an airBnB on Juniper Street, near Wegman's old home and around the corner from where Kristi lived.

Latest Baby Picture

It's Helena! She has the appropriate number of fingers and toes, all parts are accounted for. Mama and baby are doing fine.

Grandboys Collage

All the grandchildren

The whole crew was here. What a blessing! Even though it was a noisy, busy weekend. Bert stopped in for a couple nights on her way to their new home in GA. Calvin will join her there later and bring the dogs. This was our last chance for who knows how long to get all of them together in one place. Also, here is the first picture of the newest grandbaby. A GIRL this time! Yay! Very exciting. Baby Girl is due in January.

Update

Summer break is over for Jon's boys. They went back to school this week. They attend a year round school. And Milo! looking adorable with his hair combed out. He still has all those lovely curls, they are just slicked back for this photo.

Italian Ice and Fellowship

Relief Society social. We had ice cream and Italian Ice at Jeremiah's. I had a pina colada ice. Very good and sweet. The rain stopped long enough for us to eat and chat.

The Bostons at home

Mike and I rented a car (since all of ours are junky) and made the grueling drive up to DC to visit the Bostons one last time before they move to their new assignment in GA. The big news--Bert is pregnant! And we found out later it's a GIRL! After 5 grandsons, my first granddaughter. We are all just over the moon. The boys are excited to get a baby sister. Baby is due early January. Bert and the boys will be visiting here at the end of July on their way to Augusta. I'll go with them so I can corral the boys while she does a walk through on the rental house and sign the papers. The boys are actually starting the school the following week. Never a dull moment with that crew. Things around here are pretty quiet. It's too hot to go out and do anything. We've had a lot of wildlife visiting us lately. Besides the usual birds (lots of different birds), squirrels, deer and rabbits...we now have a racoon and a couple of stray cats. And we feed them all. I love that I am surrounded by NATURE. It's wonderful.