"New" Family Members

Yesterday afternoon, we recieved an unexpected call from Stan's step-brother, Jason. Jason and his mom, Tammy, were out from their home in Nebraska to see relatives here in our town, and wanted to get together with us for a visit before they headed back home. Stan hadn't seen them since before he and had I met, so they'd never seen me, let alone any of the kids. This seemed too good an opportunity to pass up, wouldn't you say?

We invited them to join us at the park and we had a wonderful time eating cold hot dogs, warm potato salad, and very melty chocolate chip cookies. I was glad we had remembered to bring our camera, and although a few of our kids seemed to be either grouchy or distracted by the time we finally broke out the camera, we did get good pics of Jason and Tammy, and that's what counts. ;)

We were so glad to get to spend some time with them, they are just lovely people, and we hope to be able to see them again before too long.

This is Jason, Stan's "little" brother, who's not so little any more! He's 17, and going to be a junior in high school this year. He likes football, is active in his local AWANA program, and is planning on joining the National Guard after graduation. He was really great with our little ones, and seems to be a very neat young man.


This is Tammy, Jason's mom. She was warm and friendly, very easy to visit with, and has the most beautiful ginger-colored hair.

We were so glad to be able to spend some time with our "new" family members. :)