NEW BEGINNINGS
NEW BEGINNINGS January is a good month to think about new beginnings. With the dawn of a brand-new year come new opportunities and exciting anticipation of new ventures and new challenges. New phases of our lives don’t always wait until January to begin. On Christmas day 2022, Allysen and Thabian Carpenter blessed us with our 1 st great-granddaughter, Valentine! At that moment we became new great-grandparents and Blake and Michelle became grandparents! (Yes, we now have a grandpa for a son!) This December 21 st we greeted Valentine’s baby sister, Zelda! This New Year,on January 2 nd , Janelle and Zack blessed our family with another great-granddaughter, Rowen! As we are just getting a good start at being great-grandparents, Blake and Michelle are experiencing the new beginning of being grandparents and the Carpenters and Wademans are starting a new fun beginning called parenting! With new beginnings come new responsibilities. What does society expect of new great-gran