New Life

OK, so I started this blog to talk about my grandchildren and life and changes... well, I got sidestepped for a while.  Since my last post, which was, by the way, my son's birthday, times and life have changed dramatically. The heat and heat and humidity of summer was replaced by the rainy month of August, which included an East coast earthquake(which rippled through my office's concrete slab foundation) and was followed by a pretty substantial hurricane. As it happens so often in life, when my sister in law, Kathy, passed away, our new little Maggie Aeryn came onto the scene. It is never easy to go through a death in the family, and losing Kathy  was devastating.  God, in His Infinite wisdom took her home and out of her intense suffering. That was a blessing, but we miss her dearly. Then came little Maggie, on the second of September. She is already winning our hearts with the newly found smiles and coos that melt your heart. So Elijah became the big brother. He is handling that well. Only asking once if he should hit the baby on the head. When told no, he declared, " then I will kiss her". Paige has become a real at home babysitter and is wonderful with Maggie. We sailed right through the annual Pitman carnival and school started, with Wyatt attending Kindergarten in Pitman, and Victoria starting high school in Woodstown. Wyatt was totally amazed by the school's butterfly parade and was one of the official keepers of the butterflies for the parade. The weekend of Kory's birthday, we brought Great Grandmom Klose home to live with us. She started out here as a visit, but was happy enough to want to stay permanently.  We feel blessed to have her in our home. Jamin turned 11, and shortly after that Elijah got very ill. He looked like a hurt puppy in the big hospital bed, but has healed well, and is now back to his normal "hi-yahing" self.  Halloween has come and gone, leaving enough candy to send Wyatt and Sami out on a limb for a few days. Jamin went on his first official missions trip in late October, early November. He was part of a team that built another home for a Haitian family left homeless after their earthquake episode. Jenn and Kory celebrated their 3rd anniversary, and are living nearby. Victoria was a part of the high school varsity soccer team and officially has a boyfriend. Changes are whirling us around. Can't even keep up with all the new activities and life changes that are happening around us. Thank God, we don't have to!