The Sorrows and Joys of Life

My next post was going to be full of pictures of Trey and Deborah's beautiful wedding.  However, I was only back in Nondalton two days when my Dad had a heart attack.  I flew back to North Carolina as fast as I could and met my Mom, two brothers and sister at the hospital.  The next day we all watched together as he passed away.

I love my Dad.  He is an awesome man.  I say that in the present tense because I believe in eternal life made available to us through our saviour and redeemer Yeshua (Jesus) our Messiah.  My Dad loved Yahwh with all of his heart, mind and soul and he loved his neighbor more than he loved himself as was evidenced by his actions.  I look forward to the day we are reunited in the presence of our heavenly Father.

I left the day after the funeral for Colorado so I could be with Abigail for the birth of my first Grandbaby.  Ronen Eliyahu Warren was born the next morning, June 12th, 2014.  Yahwh's timing is perfect!

I can't believe that all 7 lbs. and 12 oz. of Ronen was hidden inside of Abigail.  She did not look that big!

Dayton has been experiencing a lot of firsts.  He changed his first diaper and this picture was taken after his first mostly sleepless night as Ronen hadn't figured out that we sleep at night and stay awake during the day :)

A week after Ronen was born, you can hardly tell that Abigail just had a baby. 

Ronen's two Grandma's sitting in the shade and enjoying their Grandbaby.  This picture was taken a few hours before they took me to the airport to head back to Alaska. More bittersweet moments :) I was anxious to get back to Paul and the kids in Alaska, but I sure am going to miss holding Ronen.  Paul can't wait to see his Grandson and all his Uncles and Aunts are excited too.  We need to perfect the beaming technology so we can make regular visits :)

Surely my next post will be full of pictures of Trey and Deborah's beautiful wedding :)

Invitation to the Wedding Feast

We've set a date for Trey and Deborah's wedding.  We are going to hold the Marriage Feast on the 18th of May on Grandma Effie's farm.  The farm is 5 miles east of Hope, ND.  We would love to have you come celebrate the Feast with us.  The ceremony will begin at 3 pm followed by a reception.  If you can come, please RSVP to treyanddeborah.anrsvp.com

We needed a picture for the invitations so the kids went out and had fun taking pictures.

Deborah is Betrothed !!!

Deborah is getting married.  Praise Yah!!!  We are very excited to welcome Trey Lance into our family.  Trey lives in Minnesota about 2 hours east of Grandma Effie's house.  If you look at our posts from last year when we were at Grandma Effie's house waiting for Abigail's wedding you will see Trey.  We took two trips to visit the Lances      http://quiverfullofkids.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-rest-of-trip-part-3.html       and   http://quiverfullofkids.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-rest-of-trip-part-4.html

The Lances had us over to their place for a beautiful betrothal dinner.

Trey and Deborah got a semi-private table to themselves.

 Below Sarah (the youngest Brendemuhl) is sitting with Deborah and Tahan (the youngest Lance) is sitting in Trey's lap.

Trey's Grandpa visited the Hershey chocolate factory and brought back a huge (and delicious) chocolate bar.

Things are kind of crazy here.  We are in the lower 48 visiting with Trey's family and Grandma Effie.  We'll be traveling all over until Deborah and Trey get married then we'll head back to Alaska.  The wedding is set for May 18th at Grandma Effie's farm.  Everyone is invited.  I'll get more details and more pictures out soon.

Quentin's 1st Solo

Quentin soloed!! It was very nice of him to wait until Dayton and I came up for a visit to do it. :)

 The whole family was at the airport to watch.

It's tradition to rip the back off the shirt you're wearing when you solo for the first time and have everyone sign it.  Quentin made sure to put a t-shirt he didn't care about over top of the one he was wearing before we could get to it. :)

Dad had to get the ripping started with his leatherman.

Then Caleb wanted to finish it off.

Dayton had to help him at the end.

Deborah decorated his shirt and everyone signed it after we got home.

Dad is already looking forward to all the shopping trips Quentin can make (and Dad not have to) now that he's soloed.

Birthdays

I'm a bit behind in my birthday blogging.
I (Susan) turned 50.  I think it's kinda cool to be a half a century old :)
Paul got out the blow torch to light the candles on my birthday cake, but it was melting the candles too fast.

David turned 9.  Anna and Sarah are decorating his cake below.  

Deborah turned 18.  Below Quentin is lighting the candles on her cake.

 We got Deborah a Settlers of Catan game for her birthday and the kids have had many hours of fun playing it.

 To top off 2013, Caleb turned 11.

Below Caleb is popping off some fireworks on his birthday.