Gina and I have decided to continue our blog. I’m not sure what it will become since I do the writing but I do miss capturing the events in our lives in a blog format. I know that our lives are not near as exciting as when we were traveling around the United States. However, it was our way of communicating with our family and friends. I’m not promising that it will be a daily thing and it might be boring sometimes but it will capture the highlights in our family.
So how do I get back started after almost a year of not writing? For this first entry I will just try to capture the highlights and move on from there.
I left off with Abigail, our first grandchild coming home from the hospital. We have seen her often even though she lives in California with Thomas and Ashley, her mom and dad. Here are a few pictures of her.
Me and Gina with Abigail
Thomas with Abigail at Christmas
Thomas, Ashley & Abigail
Abigail
They sure grow quick
The next big event in our lives was spending three weeks in Europe for our 30th wedding anniversary. It was exciting to show Gina some of the places that I had been too while she was back at home raising our children. We had a wonderful time and will treasure the memories forever. When I arranged this trip I made sure that on the actual day of our anniversary we would be in Venice, Italy. We took a two-hour gondola ride to top off our day. It was a wonderful anniversary spent with the woman I love.
Me and Gina in front of Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Gina holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Me and Gina in the Gondola with Maximo
The next big event was the arrival of Jolee Adair Jenkins, our second grandchild. She was born and lives in New Jersey with Parker and Ashley, our Son in law and daughter. Here are a few pictures of her.
Parker, Ashley and Jolee ready to leave the hospital
Look at that smile
Jolee ready for her first doctor's visit
Jolee is a very happy baby for sure
For the finale and last event thus far is when Nicole and Shane, our oldest daughter and Son in law announced that she was pregnant with twins. She is due in December. We flew up to Colorado so her daddy could spoil his first-born child just a little bit more by taking her shopping for maternity clothes. I only got to spend the weekend with them. However, Gina stayed for the week so she could paint the baby’s room and help Nicole do a little decorating.
Myself, Gina, Nicole and Shane at Colorado National Monument
Nicole and Shane
(They are so happy to be expecting twins)
We do still travel a lot. However, it’s by airplane since Thomas, Ashley and Abigail live in southern California. Nicole and Shane live in Grand Junction, Colorado and Ashley, Parker and Jolee live in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Gina and I took a cruise with Dana and Rickey (my sister and BIL)
Mike and Janna came and spent New Year's Eve with us
There were a lot of other events that occurred but there is no way that I could put all of it in one entry. However, this we do know, God has and continues to bless us beyond our wildest imagination and our blog title still applies, “All Because Two People Fell in Love”
Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed us with.
