Christmas Photos

                                             Jewel, Peter,  Arianna, Benjamin, Elorie                                                      plus sonogram photo of the newest one due in June.

                                                         This is so cute!    Love it!   

                                                Joe, Christin, Alora, Clarity and Willow 

The latest from son Peter and family

 September 27, 2024

Below is a photo of Peter and family with David and Jenny Harris of BIMI who were in Nebraska in late September.  

Left to Right:   David Harris, Ben held by Dad Peter, Arianna, Mom Jewel with Elorie and Jenny Harris

 

August 3, 2024, was the 7th birthday of our first two grand children  Alora and Clarity, daughters of our son Joe and wife Christin.   They are becoming beautiful young ladies.  Wish we could see them more.  :-)    Happy Birthday you two!   

Just an update

 

Henry and I are feeling our age.  He's 70 now and I will be on the 18th.   I did get my Japanese driving license renewed Tuesday, though.   I had to sit through a two hour instruction class and take a road test around the driving course to do it, but I passed and have the new license for 5 years.  That is good news   :-)   

Henry has turned into a veggie farmer with lots of lettuce, tomatoes, cukes, spinach, squash, onion, potatoes, and other stuff.  He has a bunch of plants to still put in the ground someplace.   The garden stuff does taste good.  He has learned how to drive a tractor and the owner has him plow the two fields he has for growing squash.  He is also handy with the hammer and tools and will go up to northern Japan and help a fellow missionary renovate their new church building (starting the 13th).  He is very handy to have around.  :-)

Our six grandkids are growing well.  Peter and Jewel's Little Ben is crawling and trying to climb stairs. Big sisters Arianna and Elorie just love him.   He is about 8 months.   Joe and Christin are homeschooling their 3 girls.  He works for Amazon.   Steve works for Coca Cola in SC and still not married, but he takes care of his siblings.  Sara stayed with him many times when she was on deputation until recently.  Matthew is a manager at Panda Express and involved in our home church by singing in the choir.  He has grown a beard.  Teresa is in her 12th year teaching in Katy, TX.   The single ones don't have a person in which they are interested, at least they have not told us yet.   All of them contact us at least monthly. 

Easter Grands 2024

                                                           Arianna and her pretty hat 

    

                    Benjamin and Elorie on the bus                       Ben climbing the stairs     9 months

                                                        Ben and Elorie holding hands

                                                       All dressed up in a suit to hunt eggs

        

                       What a face!                                          Arianna, Ben and Elorie in Easter attire
 

Sakura and wood carvings

The Aonogahara train station is a minute walk from our house here in Ono City.  Every spring the eight huge cherry (sakura) trees are in full bloom in April.  People from all over come to take photos of these gorgeous trees.   

There is a wood carver near us and these are some of what he has done--bears and other critters.  Very life like.