September 1, 1967..39 years ago today, our baby to be was born in Michigan. A special delivery angel on December 21st. A dream became reality for me... a baby daughter.
This picture was taken at 6 months, 2 months after we got her. She has been one of the greatest blessings in my life.






Time goes so quickly and before you know it, it's time for Kindergarten. We moved back to WI, and a new teaching job. She started Kindergarden just short of her 5th birthday. And she has an adorable baby brother, who is 18 months younger and a "partner in crime". That scenario would play out many time over the next 12+ years. Here are the two of them, ready for the Halloween dance..*VBS* Not sure who they were

meant to be, maybe Fonzie and one of his girls...LOL. The family now numbers 7. Three more siblings were added between 1973 and 1976.
If you think the years go fast when they are little...brace yourself. They fly by, and graduation comes and goes X 5.
This next picture if of my 5. 3 boys and 2 girls...a wedding day for DD#1. 3 handsome blond boys, all over 6', and 2 short daughters, dark
hair on both...not a single pair of brown eyes tho. The youngest son, on the left, still had one year of high school.
This picture was taken 13 years ago, August 19th. She has remained my most special blessing, and I wish her the merriest of birthdays today, as she turns 39. Hard to believe I have a child that old...*VBS* And our story has a very happy side note. She found her birth mother in Michigan in 1993, as she prepared to marry. J. came to MN for the wedding, and has increased our family circle by one. DD is an only child. J calls her "my daughter", and I call DD my daughter. When we are together, she's "our daughter. J and I have become good friends..almost a sisterhood between us. And when I lunch with DD today and give her the Aunt Gracies friendship star quilt, we'll raise our glasses to J. in Michigan who also has a daughter having a birthday today.