AL HAS HER BABY BLESSED

Dear Family,

Back in Michigan for a visit.  Al and Paul brought their new little girl (#9), Naomi Suzanne Fredenberg over to the Bloomfield Hills ward to do her blessing.  Paul did s great job and the moment of the naming and blessing was sweet.

Here we are outside the Bloomfield Hills Chapel after the blessing.  There is Opa,  Maryanna (hugging Opa), Henry Oma, James, Clara, Paul holding Charlie, Al holding baby Naomi, William, George and Peter.

Normally, Al likes there birthing at home but this time the little gal got stuck and they went to the hospital and had Naomi through a Cesarean Section.  Everything went eel and we have a great granddaughter  and a healthy mom.

  Paul's parents came to the blessing as well.   We gathered outside for the picture.  This is grandchild #81 and we are so happy she is here.

We went out to their farm in Munith.  Here is Maryanna with one of their new Nubian Goats.  The place has all sorts of animals now and they are thinking of getting a small pony.










Here is one of their new animals. William is holding a Bernese Mountain dog named Oskar.   This is a breed of Swiss dogs that are found on almost all Swiss farms .  They are big enough to pull carts and sleds which is the plan.  This dog is just a pup.

He reminds me of all the times similar dogs chased me when ik was doing Missionary work in Canton Bern, Switzerland.  We tracted a lot around Zollikofen, the site of the Swiss Temple, and we were chased off plenty of times by these large dogs.  They do not get as large as a St. Bernard but they do get big.

At they farm, there is a very well planned list of all duties that the kids follow.  Al had them organized to help during the pregnancy and recovery.  It is worth for mothers to click on this and see how to organize a home so Mom does not have to do everything.  William admitted they followed it pretty well but not always 100%.

Then there was supper.  I was placed in charge of cooking a huge Standing Rib Eye Roast.  This was from their Angus heifer that was butchered and aged.  That meat cost a fortune at Harmons..I saw sirloin steaks going for $30.00 a pound for similar meat.

I cut some of the steaks off this roast and still had a roast that weighed over 10 pounds  We drove to a produce store in Ann Arbor and picked up a roasting pan for that size and here it is coming out of the oven perfectly cooked.

This was better than the rib eye cuts we used to get at the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club.  Al said it tasted like meat candy.

Al and her family are doing well at the farm and have made good progress in her home school.  James will take the ACT test soon.

It is always great to visit them at their farm

Love to all, Mom and Dad