Austin is the youngest member of our Cradle Roll. Figuring out a good nickname for him was not difficult. Before he was born, all the kids in the family kept demanding to know what his name would be and one day "Escalo" popped into his Mom's head and she told them that as a joke.
In this photo, Escalo is wearing his favorite hat and sporting those hand covers that keep newborns from scratching their faces. He and I were not boxing, I promise you. He'd kill me.
He's also a very talented Musician and can play several instruments - at once.
Here he is playing a song he wrote this evening. It's untitled at the moment but sounds exactly like the back-up warning on a delivery truck.
Our Niece 'Risa greeting a few flurries of snow in Kentucky. I'm her favorite Uncle, of course.
Greeting snow is really hard work!
Today was our very first Church meeting. All the credit belongs to Majors Dave and Linda Harmon, Corps Officers of the Guam Corps and their family. They have poured more than ten years of their lives into the work in Micronesia. They are our Pastors and Mentors and spent a lot of time helping us along. I sat under their leadership for over seven years and remain confident that the work here will be successful, because they trained us so well. The seeds they planted in us are now beginning to bear fruit. Hats off and a big thank you to the entire Harmon family!
All the kids zoomed around a lot and it was hard to find them still long enough to get photos. If you click to enlarge and look at the youngest ones, you can see that they're all about ready to burst into a spontaneous song. Now, you'd suppose they were gonna sing "Jesus Loves Me" or "I've Got That Joy Down In My Heart", which they'd just learned. But nnnnOOOOOoooo! They started singing "Happy Birthday" to me. We were really baffled at this, as it isn't my (or anyone else's) birthday today. Go figure.
Happiness cannot be faked. It's obvious that Char and Daniel have put their family first and made these kids very happy.
Can they take great photos or what?
To see more of their photos, just click on the title of this post above.
Her husband is therefore our Brother-in-Law and their kids are our Niece and Nephew. They're also our sisters and brothers in Christ.
They're a biking family and this is my favorite pic of my little sister. She's a racer and a jumper and one of the world's best moms. Same goes for Daniel, and he's one of the world's best Dads. They're really good photographers and their stuff will appear here often.
To see more of their photos, just click on the title of this post above.
All this time, I thought she was my eldest Chimichanga but alas, she's really Princess Toadstool in disguise.
This is what happens when she sneezes.
Of course, this means an eventual visit from Mario.
Wonder if he'll grant autographs?
Exit....stage left!
Note the horrifying origami claws (shudder)!
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