As I mentioned last month, just one short month after the whole family surprised me with an early birthday party, the whole family again met in the Louisville area of Kentucky for Amelia’s wedding on September 22. It was a beautiful ceremony with fantastic weather. Congratulations to the newlyweds, Amelia and Ben White!
Caitlin was due
to have a baby very soon after the wedding, and we were all praying that she’d
make it there and back with no complications, and that she could be back home
in familiar surroundings before the baby was born. Well, God was
gracious, and Eleanora (Nora) Gray Updegrove was born at home on September
28. Gray is Caitlin’s middle name, and was also my mom’s, Jeannie Gray
Taylor Matthews, middle name. My mom got the name from her
great-grandmother, Jeanie Gray, who was married to Herbert Hudson Taylor, son
of James Hudson Taylor, well-known missionary and founder of the China Inland
Mission (now OMF International).
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| Lena and Nora |
Krista and I
just returned from a visit to the Updegrove’s home in Philadelphia, where we
got to spend a week with them meeting Nora, making friends with her big sister,
Lena, and helping out where we could. The bonus was that Carissa’s family
lives only two doors down, so we got to spend time with them too!
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| Krista, Lena, and I took a walk one beautiful day |
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| Krista with her newest granddaughter |
My son, Levi,
has now finished his soccer career with our local Christian school that I
mentioned last month. His team made it to the championship, and we got to
watch lots of his games this year. We’re all really proud of all he
accomplished with them!
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| Levi (#4) usually plays defense, like here, but... |
In this game, they were so far ahead that his coach put him in on offense, and he scored! I apologize for a lousy video.
That’s all for
now, so we’ll talk again in November!
