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The scoop on Granddad and Nana

A few weeks ago contingents from the Cox, Smith, Morton, Orlans, and Griffin families met up in Roswell at Nana's house (That's Daddy's mother) for the afternoon. Midway through the evening Granddad (Aunt Jeanine's father) called us all together in the living room. The excitement level was quickly rising, as he had been courting Nana for the past couple of weeks! (For the whole scoop on that you can check out the Morton's blog www.mortonclan.blogspot.com.)

Granddaddy looked around, cleared his throat and began his speech. At the height of the excitement, he pulled a ring out of his pocket and placed it on Nana's hand!!

We were all so excited. They were married last Saturday in Roswell!

Pictures of the wedding to follow!!

We pray the LORD will continue to bless their marriage as they serve the Lord together whole heartedly.

They have shown such an encouraging, beautiful example to us through the years.

We love y'all Granddaddy and Nana:)

May the name of the LORD be praised!!!!

Granddaddy and Aunt Brenie.

My beloved with Yuchie and I.

In which Grandpa and Nanny make their first aquaintance with their great-grandson. What a blessing it was to have them down from Michigan!

Grandpa Charles, Nanny and Kress.

How many people does it take to feed a babe?

Sissie 5 and sissie 3 ;)

Granddad and Michael.

Zoey's fine handiwork.

Abuelita with her "wittle gwandson."

Uncle Jerry and Aunt Brenda playing with their great nephew.

Darling cousins.

Excitement rises as Granddaddy takes the floor...

The man of the hour graces us with a smile.

Alan and Katie watching with great anticipation:)

Granddad is such an eloquent speaker!

Aww. The expressions on their faces were soo precious!

Praise the Lord!!

A precious Daddy and Mama.

Our beloved Patriarch.

Uncle David with Bretyboo.

Mrs. Kusimanio and Kress chatting about quilts.

I'm glad I wasn't the one behind the camera who received that look;)

Chatting with Mike and Kress.

Compliments of Beth. (And notice the rose in background. Granddad is so sweet! I now know where my betrothed inherited all of his charm;)

A charming brother-in-law. Hmm, twice over I suppose;)

The little boys eating supper with our cousin Avery.

Reminiscing over old photographs.

"What? That's it?? This is the way your going to end your post sissy?"

Jamestown Excursion

Beth is gone away to Jamestown for a week and a half with some dear friends. We have been missing her very much, but are so glad they are having a good time!

I've been being reminded once again this week of what a blessing she is to our household.

(Not just because the garden is overrun by weeds and the laundry is backed up, lol;)

I'm so blessed to have such a delightful family that makes it a joy to work together, serving the Lord under our father's leadership. Ahh, Praise the Lord!

We sure love and miss you Bethy!!

Daddy was so kind to take us all out to Ryan's for lunch on Sunday after church.

Family Reunion

Good evening y'all!

Here are a few pix of the Sheats-Hardy Family Reunion a couple of weeks ago.
The Smith fam is still around, though a bit busy of late (new development, right?) LOL.
The Lord is so good!!

Wedding plans are swirling around in everyone's minds, as well as the excitement about the adoption. Plans to travel to Latvia are underway!

Beth's garden is doing well. She's so wonderfully faithful about it. What a blessing to the family!

Alan and Katie are doing well. Bret is growing and appears to be planning to crawl here in another few days:) Ohh you could just eat 'im up he's soo sweet. We are all so excited about they're new babe on the way! The Lord is so gracious!!!

Well supper must be made, and I have a phone appointment with my beloved this evening so I am off. Hope y'all have a blessed week!

Grace and Peace in our Lord Jesus Christ

~Rachel

Shalini, Christina, Katie, Kressant and our darling Aunt Julie:)

Sweet Aunt Dianna and our darling Shalini.

I just love his pix of Katie in the background.

Our charming Uncle Leon:)

Miss Brianna playing with her "wittle cuthin" (one of these days we'll figure out if they are fourth, fifth, or sixth cousins, lol)

Sisters...sisters...never were there such devoted sisters...

"When in the course of human events..."

Camera wars (In keeping with the general tradition)

Sarah Jo playing with Brety boo.

"Alright, where's the buffet?"

The Smithy ham pauses for a still shot.

Our cousins Daniel and Jennifer.

LOL! What cute babes:) ~Two of Daniel and Jennifer's little treasures.

Aunt Deb, Christina, Julie and Aunt Diana.

Sweet Auntie and "Nefoo".