What a loverly year...
For the past 6 years, Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Dewey have spent the overwhelming majority of Thursday nights in Saint Paul pouring out our love on Anawynn Haug while Papa and Mama enjoy an evening out...most of the time together and most of the time at the dance class Papa teaches. We are so appreciative of this time and for the love of this sharp-as-a-tack little girl.
A tremendous bit-o-news for us this year was when Curtis and Abbey let us know that Grandchild Number Five was on the way. Ivy June Roth is due to see the light of day in March 2020. It was a deep, deep joy to spend a few days with them between Christmas and New Year.
Grandson Maverick has left California and is temporarily in Southern Ohio while daddy Johnathan transitions from active duty in the Air Force to the reserves and a civilian job. We were able to enjoy two days together in Alexandria, Ohio with them because of Denise and Kevin Hull hosting Thanksgiving at their church building again. Probable big news in the works for Shonda and family...that has to wait until next year.
Can’t believe that Jesse Stanley turned EIGHT this year and that “little” brother, Thomas will soon be six. Congratulations to Jesse for braving the top bunk on a couple overnighters with Grandma and Grandpa!
Our second-greatest blessing in life is being grandparents to this growing group of love bugs...made possible only because of the first-greatest blessing of being parents to their parents.
And the actual greatest blessing of all, that so surpasses everything else that it doesn’t get numbered with these joys, is being loved by Jesus.
Our prayer as the new year begins is that all of us in this family, and all of you in yours, “may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:18-19)
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