Emmalyn&DeanJames are pregnant! We are 13 week grandparents! "Their Ritchie Baby" sounds like "Our Cheese Baby" when Roxie was voicing family prayer, and the nickname has stuck. Emma is still dealing with headaches. And sick-not-just- nauseated but throwing up multiple times a day. Under good doctor care & medicated, AND still teaching high school chemistry full-time. Our son-in-law is in a graduate program at U of U, official game-making. They will be somewhere in July while he works an internship: maybe CA, maybe FL.... I am flying out to UT the end of February while he has a school conference out of town to hang out with Emma, cook nutritious and surprising food that we don't discuss before hand & will be instantly bivouacked away if it displeases her. I am so sympathetic & want to baby my baby having a baby! Wherever they are in July I will stay for 2 weeks to help after the birthday!
Stewart got a promotion at Sodalicious. He is in Provo & taking on-line classes. Thus, the year long beard.
Suzanna is home from serving a church mission in Portugal. She prays & sings in Portuguese. She is back at BYU Provo & working at the MTC.
Samuel is currently serving a church mission in Arizona. We hear from him fire-safety delinquency observations & stories about dogs. My favorite picture, so far, was him dressed in white for a baptism!
Roxie Jane loves to sing! She has been chosen to sing in all-county & all-state choirs. She is teaching the YW to crochet bracelets. This morning she is sore from YW basketball practice.
John continues as ward clerk & work at Maryland Environmental Services in procurement. I still teach early morning seminary at our home & just got called as stake welfare specialist over suicide prevention & awareness. Also a new member of Maryland's Governor's commission on Suicide Prevention. We both are on-call for the Harford County Office of Drug Control Policy for talks to youth & health fair presentations. We have 3 huge boxes ready to bleach & vinegar to make DEFIANCE shirts.
We are good busy, blessed, & happy for the exciting changes in our family this year!
