It's Thanksgiving month! I'm so happy it's finally here! It's fun to already think of all that we'll have on our Thanksgiving table. In fact my grocery list is done and I'm ready to shop. One thing I'm waiting for is the turkey to go on sale. But Frank said that he read that turkey's are going to be more expensive this year, go figure, what isn't? Who cares, I'm still thankful, even for an expensive Turkey. It will be a wonderful day, but we sure will miss our family in Philadelphia. It'll be different that's for sure. We'll be thinking of you all and hoping that your first Thanksgiving in PA. will be your best yet!! How can it not be with a new baby to be thankful for :-) We'll have a very thankful day too with all our dear ones with us. I'm so thankful for my family and all the blessings God has poured on us. You 25 people are my life and I love you all!!!!

GRANDCHILD #15

Of course this post is going to be about the fact that grandchild #15 is a GIRL!!! We just found out on Sept. 16th!! It's so exciting!!! So 3 boys and now 3 girls for Eric & Tonia. How delightful!! And for the grandchild chart it's still the boys beating but the girls are catching up!! ONE MORE granddaughter and it would be equal :-) 8 grandsons and 7 granddaughters!! Who could ask for anything more??

WE'RE HAVING GRANDCHILD #15!!!

Happy days are here again. . . just this week we learned that another Koehler baby is on the way!! Eric & Tonia are having their 6th baby and we are so very excited, for them and for us :-) We love babies that's for sure!!! We will pray for this new little one every day for health and strength while he/she is growing in the womb :-) What a beautiful thought!! We will pray that he/she grows to love God with all their heart! And we will pray that we can get out to Philadelphia very soon after the birth!!! I think I need to get a job :-) Thank you God for giving to our family another child to love and cherish and grandparent along the way!!

CAMERON'S COMING!

WOW! It's so exciting! Cameron is coming "back home" to Illinois for a few days!!! We'll even get to celebrate the first holiday of the summer with him! We're so excited! Thank you Eric & Tonia for letting him come. It is such a special 8th grade graduation gift to him. . . and to us :-)

POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE

Congratulations Austin Alexander Ray!! You have successfully completed 9 years of elementary school and 4 years of high school! We are so very proud of you! You, being our first graduating grandson, have a very special place in our hearts!! You'll always be #1, that's just the way it is!!! What an honor and privilege for us as your grandparents to see this day come to fruition. It's a celebration for our whole family!! We've been the rounds through 4 of our own children and now starts the next generation ~ only 13 more to go. . . at this point :-) You are loved beyond measure forever and always!!

HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGETY JIG!

We are so glad to be home from all our travelings over the past month! We feel like we've been gone a long, long time! It's always good to be home. Even though I love going places, and I really do, it's good to be back where you belong :-) I'm so amazed at all the "spring" things that are going on around us!! Our whole yard is in bloom now! I love the trees, what are left of them, out my office windows that block the neighbors house and the barn!! And we have 2 new green additions to our front yard, an arborvitae and a flowering plum tree! They're like our new best friends!! It's fun even after almost 36 years in a house to have something new to add to the landscape! It's never really "done!!" So, welcome home to us!!

SUPER BIRTHDAY MONTH

I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Joshua, Emerson, Eric and Malia!!! Four birthday in one weeks time!! Whew, it's unbelievable!! And throw in there Kevin's birthday and Cameron's spiritual birthday and don't forget Aaron & Jenni's 4th wedding anniversary, well what can I say? It's an amazing month full of memories and special events!!! Hope that each one enjoys their special day!! We'll be thinking of you!