I know that it has been nearly 3 months since my last post. I will try and summarize what's been going on. Our grandson is in Ann Arbor ICU. His second open-heart surgery was on the 16th of this month. He is just starting to breathe on his own again, which is a HUGE step in the right direction! Prior to the surgery, we had several opportunites to babysit and did we ever enjoy them!!! Justin is such a good baby. He especially loves his Aunt Rachel!!
We've been able to enjoy a lot of time with our families. We were at my Uncle Ross' for both Thanksgiving and Christmas Days and they were much fun (as always). My dad came up for a week or so while my sister was in the hospital, so we got to spend a few hours with him in person. We had Christmas with my Grandma Farrand last Friday, and that was great. (Especially since I got a batch of her famous sugar cookies for myself!!) I especially enjoyed being able to spend two days with my siblings and neices- it's always loud, but wonderful when we all get together.
On the down side, we had another funeral to go to yesterday. It was for Chuck's cousin, Sandy. His cousin, Joe, just died September 29th. They were both from the same side of the family and they were both the same age (just a year older than Chuck).
Tonight we are having our Care Circle (small group from church) Christmas party. We always have so much fun together and I'm sure tonight won't be an exception. We usually go to the same home for every meeting and Lil (the usual hostess) says that we are louder than the neighbors having a "kegger"!!!
I hope that the upcoming year will be full of blessings for all of us.