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Tag Archives: grandchildren
Grandparenting Is Grand!
I know it’s hard to believe by looking at Marci and me, but we now have five grandchildren. Our oldest is 14, our youngest was born last month. All five of them are beautiful, brilliant kids who will excel at … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Our Children, Our Grandchildren, Parenting
Tagged Family, grandchildren, grandparenting, intergenerational, National Grandparents Day
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Ten Years of Joy
Today I am celebrating ten years since my wife Marci’s brain surgery. It was in 2001 that she was diagnosed with a meningioma tumor in her brain which thankfully was operable. You can read the whole story about her surgery … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Our Children, Our Grandchildren, Personal
Tagged Brain Surgery, grandchildren, Maddie, Marci, Meningioma
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Grandkids Update
One of the joys of getting older is showing off your grandchildren … so please indulge me here! Left to right: Layla (1), Jack (5), Maddie (9) and Nick (12).
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Tagged Family, grandchildren
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Our Four Grandchildren
Here’s the latest photo of our four grandkids. Layla was having a bad day but she begrudgingly let us get the shot.
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Tagged Family, grandchildren
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Rice Family Photo Op
Guess where we took our family this week?
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Tagged Family, grandchildren
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Laughing Layla
Here’s a picture of our granddaughter Layla taken at Christmas, with a bow on her head. One of the few times she thought grandpa was funny. Most of the time I just make her cry …
Sweet Layla
Our beautiful grand daughter. Hard to believe she’s almost two months old!
Here’s Layla!
Let me introduce you to our fourth grandchild, second granddaughter and first child of our son Corey and his wife Janna … Layla OraBelle Rice, born Saturday night June 5. She’s beautiful of course, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 … Continue reading
Gifts Under the Tree
I think we’re about ready for Christmas. All three of our grandchildren were with us a couple weekends ago and we let them hand-make all the Christmas ornaments for our tree this year. Marci bought the crafts supplies and let … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, grandchildren, Jack, Maddie, Nick, traditions
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Jack’s First Fish
We had a nice visit from all three of our grandkids over the weekend and I took them out fishing in Mission Bay on Saturday afternoon. Our youngest (age 3) grandson Jack hooked up his first fish, a 6 inch … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, fishing, grandchildren
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