Andrew Turns Twelve

On August 18, twelve years ago Andrew was born. Gary's daughter Camille wanted to name him after her brother, Andrew who had been killed in a car accident when he was only eighteen. Camille had even asked her father if he would mind her naming her son after his son. And of course I'm sure he felt it an honor for her to do that. Some of you may not know, but Camille doesn't really enjoy her own birthday, because that was the day her brother was killed.

But with all the sorrows that life brings to us, God sheds His many blessing on us also. Like our grandson Andrew. He has been a real joy to this blended family. Well, I'm not a Cardinal fan, but Andrew and his dad are real good fans of that team.
Here we are all getting ready to sing "Happy Birthday" to Andrew.

My sister from France wanted to give Andrew a special gift. So Andrew was so happy to get some euro money. I told him that he could take it to the bank and cash it in for American money. But he said that he just wanted to hang on to it.

With approval from his parents, Gary was able to purchase Andrew his first pocket knife. Which we also added some money to his card. His already thinking about getting a case for his new knife.

Then we have Andrew's sister Brigitte who just had her hair cut and was having fun with her mom.

Happy birthday Andrew...just think, next year he will become a TEENAGER! That will become a whole new world for everyone!