Lincoln's in California

Lincoln went with other students to a field trip at the Getty Museum.  He sent me the following pictures.

CA Duncans

Here are a few photos of things we have done recently. Several are from my trip to the Merced National Wildlife Refuge with a friend from church. We saw tens of thousands of Ross's Geese plus Greater White Fronted Geese and many other birds like the avocet in one of the photos I'm including. 

There is also a photo of Caleb's first performance in the concert season with the wind ensemble.

Thank you!

When I started this Blog so many years ago my hope was that in some ways it would keep our family together no matter where we were living.  I never wanted you to not be able to know your aunts and uncles, or your cousins.  I never had that experience for your parents because of many things that kept our family apart.  Fortunately for me I was able to reconnect with my brothers and that was a great blessing in my life.  But I was into my 60s before that happened.  Each time I hear from you that you were able to spend time together or when you send me pictures of each other together, my heart is so full.  Today Lexy achieved a well deserved recognition of your effort as she earned her Masters degree.  

This evening I received this message from Meg.

"Rachel and I went to see Lexy's thesis defense today.  She was amazing!  I was super impressed by how clearly she explained all the details of her research!! She made it easy to understand!  And it was fun to see Ellis and Ava too!!  Her professors clearly liked her research and thought it was well done."

Thank you Meg and Rachel for being there to support your cousin.  It means more to me than you can even know. 💙💗💜💛💚💘

She Did It!!

 Today Lexy passed her Thesis Defense!  

Get Ready Ellis

Duncan started taking Taekwondo class and Aunt Amy sent me this video of him.  She wrote "Haven't seen him smile this big in a long time!"  

Lexy's Cat

I told Lexy her cat should be named Precious and here is an example why!  Lexy's dad came for a visit and who is sitting on his lap--the sweet misnamed Goblin!😂

Happy Birthday Bruce!

 22 Years Old

More Cat Pics

It looks like Ellis has made friends with their new pet.

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Uncle Christian is probably a little sad because this is his last daddy daughter dance.  I'm sure they had a great time dancing the night away!

Meet Goblin!

One of the reasons Lexy was excited to move to a new apartment was so she could have a cat.  Her wish became a reality!  

Happy Birthday Sweet Grandma!

 101 Years Old

This is my mom and me when I was about five years old.  When she came to live with us after my dad died,  having two Grandma's in the house was kind of confusing so we talked with Perry about what we could call her.  He decided we should call her "sweet grandma" and that was actually a beautiful description of her.  She was always kind and even when dementia took her memories away she never lost that kindness.  She loved Dr. Pepper, mexican food, and her grandkids and great grandkids. 

Fresno Zoo

Caleb and Uncle Andy enjoyed a day at the zoo!

Lexy

This weekend Lexy and a friend traveled to Denver to present at an academic conference on Friday and Saturday.  She said it was a success!  Would any of us expect any less?!

Happy Birthday Eden!

12 Years Old

Ice Skating!

Since it's freezing outside these two decided to go where they could warm up!  I know...it makes no sense, but the girls gotta do what they gotta do!

Peter

Aunt Becky sent me these pictures of Peter.  She said, "The fun part of having a percussionist in the family is keeping track of what instrument they are playing for each piece."  She said they went to a jazz night at the other high school but Peter's school was invited to play too.  His jazz group played four songs and Peter played in three of them.  This time he played the vibraphone for the first piece, the tambourine for the second and on the drum kit for the final song they played.  Aunt Becky said they sounded really good!

Eden

On Wednesday morning Eden left for Science Camp with other students at her school.  It seems to have been a great trip in spite of the cold.  This morning when they woke up there was snow on the ground.  A great ending to her final year in grade school.