2007 Edwards-Atkinson-Knox
This year brought many changes. The first was the remodeling on the inside and outside of our home. Laminate flooring, a new dining room wall, additional windows, covered patio, and cream siding with white trim all added up to a new look and plenty of money spent. Like our home, we also had many family changes.
Bob still traveled in his job, but spent most of his time this year in nearby Omaha, NB. He did manage to spend some time in Salt Lake City, UT; Charleston, WV; and Monterrey, MX. He also got a new buddy this year with our grandson Cash Aiden Atkinson. Despite my efforts to spoil little Cash, that baby loves Bob the best.
Bob and I have both been writing a little. He is working on Sci-Fi and I am working on humorous mystery. We were able to travel to Council Grove, KS for a writer’s retreat. It was fun and informative, but Kansas is STILL a boring state to drive through. The only other traveling for our family was the annual group trip to Oklahoma at Easter.
I continue teaching 8th grade literature. I had an opportunity to work in the high school, but decided to stay where I am for now. I spent most of my summer months with three men-Jim, Dave, and Mike…the remodelers.
Rachel, Veronica, and Cash live across town in a little house. Rachel is assistant manager at Sonic, continues to buy textbooks, and remains VERY busy. She had a pretty easy time when Cash was born. However, the look on her face when she saw the difference in size between her newborn 8’11” baby and her previous 3’7” preemie baby was PRICELESS. Rachel also recovered from surprise surgery when her appendix was taken out earlier this year.
Veronica is a 6 year-old first grader. She enjoys reading and math and soccer. BEFORE Cash was born Veronica was the most thrilled of all of us about him. AFTER he was born, she was the least thrilled of all of us about him. She is doing much better, but she had to sit Grandma Goldie down and explain what would be appropriate to share with the baby. Apparently, Cash will never learn to sing Row, Row Your Boat. That’s our song ONLY!
Baby Cash is just a joy. He looks a lot like his Uncle Drew. He has a sweet nature and loves to laugh. He is so big he outgrew the doctor’s growth chart. In spite of the fact that he has no teeth at all, he eats real food because he would starve otherwise. At seven months he crawls and likes to stand up against things, but lets go of them. We expect him to walk EARLY.
Drew spends much of his time up in the air. REALLY. He is majoring in aviation and has been taking flying classes. He takes off and lands, has soloed, and even done some long distance flying. He is now living in an apartment in Warrensburg. He is Vice-President of the college anime club.
Ryan and Mike are both living in Connecticut with their mother. They are juniors and almost 17 years old. They are both looking more like men than boys. Mike came to Missouri to visit this summer before he and Ryan went to CT. It was nice for everyone to get to see both of the boys at the same time. Bob’s parents enjoyed having all four of their grandsons together.
We have had some nice visits this year. Ryan and Mike’s maternal grandparents came for a short visit. My mom has been up twice. FYI-She is getting ready to retire in the next year. My sister Bev continues to be an administrator in the Juvenile Department for two counties and loves the challenge. My brother Bill and his wife Debbie are having a good time spoiling all of their grandchildren. At Thanksgiving we got to see two of Bill’s grandsons playing with our grandchildren. Does that make us old?
One sad change for our family this year was the loss of our family friend and Robin’s mother, Frances Osborne. She is missed as one who celebrated our family joys and worried right along with us when things weren’t good.
These were some of the many changes this year for our family. We hope you enjoy the many changes you and your family will experience in 2008. With luck, we will get to see you in person to hear about all of the changes.
Bob, Goldie, Rachel, Drew, Ryan, Michael, Veronica, and Cash
