She finally came! As I mentioned last month, we have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of our 19th grandchild, and she finally came! Faye Ariel White arrived to my daughter, Amelia, and her husband, Ben, on December 20, and everyone is doing great.
We had a
wonderful Christmas and New Year’s, starting with a Christmas Eve service at
our church, followed by a party at Hannah’s, and then a quiet evening at our
house with just Krista, Jem, Zach, and me. Christmas Day was a lot of fun
with brunch at our house and visits from most of the local families sometime
during the day.
Since some
people couldn’t make it here on Christmas, we had a whole local family
get-together on December 28 to exchange gifts, eat good food, and enjoy each
other’s company.
On New Year’s
Eve, Ella hosted a party and the adventurous stayed up there to welcome the New
Year. Krista and I went home around 9pm. I made it to midnight
(barely) at home but I was by myself. It was all great, however, and a
fun time celebrating.
Our biggest event of the past month was the wedding of our son, Zach, and his bride, Brandi on January 11. Everyone made it home for that, and it was a beautiful wedding and a fun reception. My grandson, Alex, said, “I never knew a wedding could form into that kind of party!” And my granddaughter, Josie, asked Kayla, “Can you and Levi get married tomorrow so our whole family can just stay?” The only picture I have is me holding Faye at the reception, but you can contact Zach or Brandi if you want to see wedding pictures.
The day after
the wedding, everyone (including the bride and groom!) came to our house for a
brunch and to spend time together since we’d all been too busy having a wedding
to really get to talk. It was a crazy, chaotic, loud, and fantastic time
with all 42 of us crowded into our not very big house! And we got to
watch the Bills crush the Broncos (sorry to any of you Broncos fans getting
this)! By God’s grace, everyone made it here and home again safely, and
we are so glad to have had this time together.
Happy New Year
to you all!
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