I have a brand new grandson

                                 Tyler Jeffrey Bowman was born Oct. 5th.  My 13th grandchild.

                                                                Grandpa  and Tyler

Kaity, Mama, and Tyler

Here is Tyler saying hello to the world.  Here he is only a few hours old.

Livia, Sydney and Brooklyn spent some time at the hospital with us, greeting their new cousin.

Such a happy mom!

And of course I had to get some time with Tyler too.

Tyler was born on Wednesday and came home on Saturday.  George and I stayed with Matthew and Kaity during that time and got so attached to them!  Also on Saturday, Sydney was baptised since she recently turned 8!

With Matthew and Kaity

Tara and Tamara came for the baptism too, and got to meet Tyler.  What great timing!

Sydney with both sets of grandparents. 

What a great looking family!

Starting Over Again

Since our last blog was taken away by mysterious powers that be, I am learning how to do a blog all by myself.  A huge learning curve for me.  I am in my 22nd year teaching and my 5th year in Kindergarten and am loving it every day.  Kindergarteners are so much fun.  We had the best summer going to Europe to see Amy and her family and taking a tour to some other countries while we were there.  Here we are in front of the Coliseum in Rome, Italy.

Shirley and I throwing coins in the fountain backwards, wishing to return again someday.

On our way to the Sistine Chapel.

 Visiting the site where the new Rome temple will be built, it was a long taxi drive to get there.

Shirley at the tops of the Alps in Switzerland.

Visiting Dacau, a very sad and depressing place.  The sign says Work Makes Free meaning they worked the prisoners to death, then they were free.

Leaving Edelweiss, a resort in Bavaria, which is a state of Germany.

Liechtenstein, a very very small country.

The Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris.  There was a crowd of people around it that you had to fight to get close enough to take this picture.

The Eiffel Tower from the ground looking up.

Goodbye Amy's beautiful family.  See you next year when you return to the United States.