NEWS FLASH !

At the end of the week of Valentine's Day... Mike and I got a phone call which has turned our world upside down in an exciting and joyful way! We received a phone call and request from our oldest son to "maybe try out a video conference". Without the proper hardware on our computer, we had to settle for a regular conversation.

But as we soon found out, this was not to be a regular conversation. At the request of our son and his wife, we sat down... and received the most amazing and precious news of all of our married life. We are to be GRANDPARENTS! We just looked at each other, and... well, it's hard to describe the excitement we felt over the news of a BABY, our grandchld ! We jumped up and down, we squealed with delight, we looked at each other with the "can this really be happening?" look! Then we started thinking about the special times ahead for this special couple and their sweet baby.

After the phone call, we prayed - thanking our Lord for the blessing He has chosen to bring in the lives of two of the most special people we know...

CONGRATULATIONS, Justin and Rachel!!

Both of us had frozen smiles on our faces for a couple of DAYS following the phone call. October cannot get here FAST enough for us!! We are getting used to the idea that we will have a larger family by Thanksgiving! And we've been trying on names for ourselves... we have laughed over all the different names we have heard from friends and family who are already grandparents. We both feel that we will absolutely LOVE being called ANYTHING by a tiny little person who just happens to be the child of Justin and his wife Rachel!! A BABY is on its way! And a baby can change EVERYTHING!