Kelsey & Ethan

The joys of being an uncle! I don't get to see them that often, but my first niece and nephew were both born in 2007. Now my parents third grandchild is on the way and should arrive in May '08. We'll find out if it is a boy or a girl the week before Christmas. I obviously know it is a boy, but for some reason Sara really wants a girl - go figure. Since I'm always right, it's a boy! I'll let you know if my flawless record stands when we find out around December 21st.

Here is a recent picture of Kelsey.

My sister and her husband brought Kelsey into our family earlier this year.

Ethan came along a few months later as my brother and his wife had their first child together. Mom has had her hands full, since she watches both of the babies most days - but you wouldn't ever hear her complain.

God has opened our household to receive these blessings. May our lives of faith guide them into true knowledge and love of the Lord God.

"When your children ask you in time to come, 'What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?' then you shall say to your children, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. The Lord displayed before our eyes great and awesome signs and wonders against Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his household. He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land that he promised on oath to our ancestors. Then the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our lasting good, so as to keep us alive, as is now the case. If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right.'" (Deuteronomy 6:20-25 NRSV)