An evening with Dick and Nancy; cute grandchildren pics

We had such a fun evening with my brother Dick and his wife Nancy.  They are camping in this area and came for dinner. 

This was their first time here at our house.  It was also their first chance to get away from home in a long while.  Nancy's brother Earl recently died after a long battle with brain cancer.  Dick and Nancy were the most faithful family members anyone could ever want at a time like that.  Every evening for months they would head to her brother's place around 9 pm and spend several hours with him and his wife.  They would read scriptures he asked for, sing songs, pray, help take care of many details.  In fact, they watched first hand as he gradually went from, "Don't quote any Bible verses" to "Please sing the songs we sang at church growing up."  They describe this summer as hard, intense, but sacred.  Worth every hour they spent with him. 

On a completely different note, I want to share some great photos of some of our grandchildren.  First of all, one that Lisa posted of Sophie with her best friend Maggie - at age 3 and age 7.  Is this delightful or what??

And Frank and Lauren's little Jada is three weeks old already!!  What a beautiful little doll!  I do hope we get a chance to see her before she's too much bigger.  Our schedules and distance make it very hard to get together. 

On Saturday Sam and Jenn took Sammy for his one-year-old pictures.  Here's some cute shots of him with a little red car!  What a ham!