Lauren Gayle celebrated her "4th" birthday today, May 23rd. She is growing up so quickly! She loves to wear dresses, "jewels", and pretties in her hair. This past year she has tried gymnastics and dance (wearing her "tutu"). Lauren also loves to have books read to her and she will also read the pictures of a story book to her younger brother Elijah. Lauren and Elijah often talk about a new brother who is scheduled to arrive in early October. After first hearing about the baby - Lauren was very sure she was going to have a sister and name her Julian! --- new names are being considered!
Happy Birthday Lauren!Love you,Grandpa Jeff & Grandma Barb
As I wish Jeff a happy birthday I realize that I need to spend time updating our blog. Since Jeff retired in January we have been just having fun. Updates to follow --- shortly??? :-)
May 6, 1949 - this is the day that Lawrence John and Gayle welcomed their second son into their family! Today Jeff is out turkey hunting enjoying this beautiful sun shining day! Jeff retired in January! He has been a busy guy - as we frequently talk about this whole new world of "retirement" little things are what he is enjoying the most - like the season changing from winter to spring - the smells and sounds that he just wasn't able to notice nor enjoy! This is a photo from his ice fishing trip in February.
Happy Birthday my love!
Blair just kept growing and now he is half our age and nearly twice our size! Our little ones sometimes have called him "Bear" and I will say that a hug from him is a "bear hug!" Blair and his wife Heather have had a lot of challenges in the last year - job changes, moving, along with all the other stuff that happens in life but they have managed to keep a positive outlook.
Wishing you more walleye catches like this one and of course birthday wishes filled with our love.
Enjoy your day!
Mom and Dad
Danielle is celebrating her birthday on Sunday April 17th. She is our oldest and married to Paul and they have two beautiful children Natalie and John. Here is Danielle with John at a recent family gathering. As a parent, when your child celebrates a birthday - particularly your oldest, (since this is your first experience as a parent) one reflects on the years, the ups and downs of parenting. But after all the reflecting - it gets to the simplest of wishes "Happy Birthday"! We love you and are very proud of the adult you have become!
Mom and Dad
Our Miss Natalie celebrated her sixth birthday on Friday, March 4th. Grandpa and I went to school and had lunch with her. The parochial school serves lunch in the church basement. This is as much fun for us as it is (we hope) for Natalie. She looked like a princess - they were having a "qu" party at school. Natalie loves school and reading books. She is our special princess.Happy Birthday Natalie! Love you, Grandpa and Grandma
Shortly before Christmas Jeff and I decided that we were sort of overwhelmed with all the decisions that we were making that thinking of a gift for each other was just not happening - so Jeff said on Christmas he wanted us to have a trip planned that would be our gift to each other and be able to share our plans with our family. (For our 25th anniversary we cruised the Hawaiian Islands and so enjoyed being able to unpack and then explore all the islands we decided that another cruise would be our best choice.) Well with the patience of our special travel agent friend Karen - we were able to plan this cruise to St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Maarten. When we came back to San Juan we took a tour of "Old San Juan." We could have spent a day just there. We did schedule an excursion on each island stop. Here are some of the highlights. I realized that each time I posted a picture there are two others that I could have added but since it is only a highlight we will share the others with all of you when we visit. We cruised with the Carnival Cruise Line on their ship the Victory. Our table mates were couples from Allentown, PA and southern Michigan. A great time - we will cruise again!
Lauren Gayle celebrated her "4th" birthday today, May 23rd. She is growing up so quickly! She loves to wear dresses, "jewels", and pretties in her hair. This past year she has tried gymnastics and dance (wearing her "tutu"). Lauren also loves to have books read to her and she will also read the pictures of a story book to her younger brother Elijah. Lauren and Elijah often talk about a new brother who is scheduled to arrive in early October. After first hearing about the baby - Lauren was very sure she was going to have a sister and name her Julian! --- new names are being considered! 
