FIRST COUSINS and GRANDSONS

For the second time in 2010, all our kids and all their kids were together briefly, this time at Memaw's and Papa John's home. It makes quite a crowd now. Most importantly the picture below is the first time all seven (first) cousins have been photographed together since Lucas JOHN was born about seven weeks ago. You can see why counting our blessings has become one of our favorite pasttimes.

Becasue Lucas is not sitting upright yet he is necessarily in horizontal mode in all his pictures. In this case he is keeping a careful eye on Memaw who is the current holder. He still looks like Daddy/Momma/Papa/this side of family/that side of family/and an angel, don't you think?

Not to be outdone, brother Eli, who will be two on July 13th is a good-looker too. He is also a high-speed goer and doer, and his mind seems to be going as fast as his feet. We are betting he is another genius among our precious seven. Eli has finally figured out that his little brother is part of the family now and worthy of kisses.

Betty and I are very proud of the parents of the wonderful kids in the pictures. We think that they are wonderful kids too and someday, maybe, we will capture all of them in some family snapshots we can share. Meanwhile, our grateful thanks to six wonderful young parents. May God richly bless all of you and help us continue to make happy memories together.