Update

Hi All,

• Friday I had lunch with Cheryl, Jean (co-grandma) Emma and Eden.  Cheryl is amazing.  She juggled the care of her bambinos and made it look easy.  She's such a good mommy.  Her mom, Jean, gets kudos from me for raising such a special daughter-in-love.  Odds are we won't see Jean until the next baby.  Goodbye, Jean,  thanks for all you did to help make Eden's entry into this world including you and Rob delivering her!!!  It was great to see you and have a safe trip home.  Best to the rest of your (who are now ours also) family.  God bless you all.
• Emma is giving the best hugs now and now calls me Grammy!  I love it.  She's so precocious that she's already into her terrible twos!  LOL  A little stubborn independence rose up in her about eating her lunch.  But the magic  words were ice 'ceam'.  After she ate lunch she ordered ice 'ceam' all by herself and relished every spoonful.  Emma accepts her baby sister without any apparent jealousy.  Eden cried a little, nursed a little and slept a lot. 
• Saturday, we picked up lunch for Mary, Annie and ourselves.  Got to give more hugs and kisses all around.  Thanks, Annie for all you did to get Mary home and settled.  Mary, we're praying for you to get better.  Tim and his friend were getting all gussied up for prom that night.  Hope it was wonderful, guys!
• Afterward we went to Austin's other Grandma's house for Mona's surprise 70th birthday.  Bruce plans to post pictures he took so anyone who wants copies can have them.  Good man, my Bruce.  Mona's gardens are really lovely.  Their were oranges ripe and ready and what looked like little green apricots on another tree.  If Monet were alive, he would have enjoyed painting.  Made me want to paint.
• Today is Sunday.  We went to church, came home, ordered pizza for dinner and did absolutely nothing else all day.  It felt good.  Annie, have a safe trip home. 
• Hey, Dad, congrats on your new car.  Saw the picture Bruce took.  Nice Blue!
• Heather, haven't heard from you in a while.  Hope and pray for good things to happen for you and Samantha and Hayley.  Also pray for a softened heart for Manny.  Hi, James. 
• Still don't know how to post photos.  Had a super one of Austin playing in Mona's yard but I'm missing a step or twelve somewhere.
• Dave and Nicole, love you too.  I always look forward to seeing you Sundays.
• God bless and love to you all, Barb