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June 2006
Sophie's a big sister now! Barrett Tannon Lee was born on May 3. He
weighed 7 lb. and 6 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. Six days later we were
all at Sophie's Sonshine School program. She was very brave this year, and
waved at everyone from the stage!
The Saturday before Mothers' Day, Eric and Connie invited us to their home.
They surprised me with a Mothers' Day card that was to "Mom," which really
pleased me! They also gave me two pendants for a necklace. One is a girl
with Sophie's birthstone and the other is a boy with Barrett's birthstone.
They are all such a blessing to Joe and me! I also treasure the opal ring
from Joe, and opal earrings from Mike - not because of their cost, but
because of the love they show.
In
the past couple of months I have
been able to take Sophie over to Mom's apartment three times, and she
enjoyed playing games with Sophie, reading some books and helping her put a
couple of puzzles together. Sophie can just about do the 24-piece ones by
herself. Twice I took Sophie with me while I was cleaning Mom's apartment,
so the two of them had some quality time together while I worked. I have
such happy memories of playing games with my Grandma Martha Culp, and I'm
thankful that Sophie will have fond memories of [Great-] "Grandma Ada."
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Sophie when she comes over. They play with Duplos and other toys. Joe
reads to her (or she "reads" to him).
Joe bought Sophie a KU T-shirt. He
will always be a KU fan! He likes Texas Tech, but KU will always
be first place.
Joe bought season tickets again
this year to all of the home TT football games, and will be able to sit
with Eric, Connie, Steve and Judi. Too bad Joe's wife isn't a football
fan! (Well, maybe I'll get to watch the grandchildren!) Joe has finished a good year of teaching
at New Deal. Now he is looking forward to teaching RIGHT HERE IN
SHALLOWATER starting in the fall. We are both so excited that this
opportunity has come up. He will be teaching Algebra 1 and 2 in the
High School. Shallowater is a nice community with a good school. Joe
already knows many people who worship with us at the 12th St. church of
Christ. He also knows several in the community. We both think this job
will be more like Eudora, and we are thanking God for this wonderful
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It has already been warm enough for Sophie to
play in her pool twice when she was visiting with us. She can still fit into her swim suit from
last year. The pool I got this year already has holes in the bottom
(probably from rubbing on the cement), so we got her a little bigger pool
for the next time she comes to visit. Joe told her he would get in the pool
with her, so it's a good thing we got one big enough for him! Last summer
Sophie had a ball chasing Grandpa Joe around the back yard with the hose.
I'm sure they will have more fun again this year. I think Sophie takes
after her ornery Grandpa Joe!
My writing is going well. I am publishing
preschool Bible lesson books by Lisa Smith now. She is almost done writing
the third book! She is very talented! My orders are increasing, which is
also good. I am working on the last three chapters of Joy in the Morning,
and hope to have it published by this fall. Although we still miss Angie,
we are finding joy and peace in our lives now. We have truly experienced
Psalm 30:5, "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
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