BECCA'S NEW BABY BLESSING

Dear Family,

There has been a lot going on around here with the coming holidays, birthdays and church ordinance work.

Couple weeks ago, Becca and Paul and family came and stayed with us bringing their new baby (our 80th grandchild).  This was for our Thanksgiving celebration but part of the deal was the baby blessing in our Ward so many of the family could be there.  The Bishop was nice to let us do this.

Here are Paul and Becca and little Annalise Rae.  
We filled three long rows in the chapel and there were many there from the Hatch family in the back.  There were 12 in the circle and Paul did a real nice job blessing and naming there cute little girl.

Here are the grandparents so proud of this little girl.  We had a dinner after church and there must have been at least 60 there including the Hatches.  Doug and Mike could not come because of their Bishopric duties but some of the kids were over.  It was like a second Thanksgiving dinner in a matter of days after the first one.  We had two hams and a ton of other fixings and everything was devoured.  The desserts by my great baking daughters and daughter in laws were scrumptious.

Now Mom hast the Xmas tree up, the Creches are out and it is starting to look like Christmas already. Our missionaries are doing well and it is great to hear from them.  They have a certain amount of time on the internet to read all their letters, write one to the Mission President and write home.  The Missionary Department has relaxed some of these rules and have also relaxed the dress code a bit.  All are busy and teaching.

I have this picture of Madeline, (Sister Huntsman), in Dublin, Ireland.  She looks happy and well and getting ready for the Xmas festivities.  She will be in Dublin for another transfer and she is doing well there.  How could one not talk to her?
I will post pictures of the others when I receive them.

We had a quick trip to Spokane;  I got my eye injected and we went to the Spokane Nutcracker ballet.  Anna was one of the "Party girls" and Julia was one of what they called "the Bon Bons" or the gals that run out when the lady with the huge skirt comes on stage except they did not come out of the skirt.  It is always so fun to watch our grandkids in these performances.

Here is Natalie in Portugal.  She is doing great and also teaches a lot.  So proud of these two granddaughters.

 Here are Julia and Anna with their bouquet of roses and prizes after their performances.  Eva has also turned into a ballet Mom driving the girls to lessons and practices.  They were darling!

Not to be too outdone, here ls little Elena in her Michigan Cheerleading outfit that she wears almost all the time.  She wants makeup for Xmas.  We have such great grandkids.

Rob and I leave for East Texas next Monday for a Texas deer hunt.  A lot of the fun is getting ready and doing the preparations.  We had the fine tuning of the rifles and scopes.

Doug and I went to the ranger to do the final sighting in before it became so miserably cold.  Here is a 200 yard target that Doug and I shot.  Not bad for an injected eyeball at 200 yards!.

We leave next Monday  for a five day hunt in blinds and stations.  They say there are a lot of trophy whitetails down there.  Will report on the adventure next time

We are grateful for all our blessings at this time.  We wish you all the blessings of Heaven as you prepare for Xmas.  Remember our missionaries in your prayers.

Mit Liebe, Opa & Oma