Just Visiting

Betty and I have been doing some visiting. We had a very nice visit with Ryan, Laura, Hannah and Emma on Hannah's Birthday. It's always nice to see the family members at our occasional 'get-to-gethers', but a 'just us' visit with the individual families are great. We're going to try to do this more often. Not only did we have a nice visit with Ryan and Laura, but we spent some one on one time with Hannah and Emma too. It is exciting to see how they grow and learn.
We also visited with Scott, Casey, Jackson and Jeffrey just this last Tuesday evening. What fun. Jackson is as active as any two year old can be, and his mind is just as busy. Casey does such a great job in teaching behavior with an active boy while caring for her new-born son and keeping Daddy happy too. What a great blessing we have with our family. They are all so good.
Last night we had a special treat. We had called to set up a date and time to visit with Jon, Julie, Aeneas and Natalie, and they agreed to last night, but on the condition that we come for dinner. This certainly was not our intention, but we agreed and had a specially nice evening. Only one slight dissapointment, Natalie was not abe to be there. But again, it was great. In fact, everything was so nice, we were there until almost 10pm. Heard all about their trip to So. Calif., reminisced about childhood memories, and just had a real good visit. They are a wonderful family, and I think we got closer than ever. Julie was very lucky to meet Jon, and I think that Julie has given him all that he could ever want in a wife. Aeneas also seems very happy. We certainly hope so. We didn't realize it until Julie said it, but I guess for them, we are the only grandparents that either of them have. So we'll have to live up to that responsibility.
Well, enough for today. We send our love to all. Roland and Betty