Nathanael will turn ten this month on September 24th. He was the first of our 5 Grandchildren. His little sister Grace is our last Grandchild. We will now have to wait for the Great-Grands to start arriving, but that will be sometime in the distant future. In between numbers 1 and 5, we were blessed with 3 more boys.
Nathanael was and is a huge blessing to us. I was sooo ready to be a Grandma. I love being able to buy things for my Grand kids and just spending time with them. Nathanael and I share a love of Giraffes partly due to the fact that I gave him a toy Giraffe as soon as he came home from the hospital. He is such a wonderful big brother and a good helper to his Mom and Dad.
Our second Grandson was born a little more than three months later on January 7th. Timothy made his grand appearance on our Wedding Anniversary. Wow Christy and Mark, thanks for that gift. Tim is the deep thinker in our family. He sometimes appears older than his 9 1/2 years. What a joy he too has been to our family.
Number 3 on the list is Matthew. Matthew is the second Son of Our Son Jason and our Daughter in Law Karyn. Matthew is a tender heart and very considerate of others. I love the story that Karyn told about the time when Matthew sat at the table without eating until someone asked if something was wrong with his food. Then he said "No, but we didn't pray."
Our Fourth Grandson Jonathan is just a tad bit stubborn. He must get that from his Auntie Christy. ha ha ha I love that little boy! As I love all of them, but Jonathan has his own mind and knows very well how to make is presence known.
And then we were blessed with Grace. Wow! What a way to wrap up our years of welcoming new Grandchildren. Grace will be the last one unless something changes some one's mind. hint hint. But that us OK with Papa Ken and Grandma Mary. We love to watch the antics of Grace and look forward later this month to see all of the Grandkids when we travel to Southern California for Birthday Party's.
I thank God for each and every one of our Grand Children and I pray for them daily. I also pray for the girls that I will one day call my Granddaughters. . . the girls that marry my Grandsons. And I pray for the young man that will some day ask my Granddaughter to marry him. God knows the plans He has for my Grandchildren. All we need to do is to follow His plan and not our own plan.
