Stella Grayce Goodman's Arrival - July 27, 2011

Jan and I had finished our walking on Wednesday July 27, 2011. We were eating our breakfast. The phone rang. Caller ID showed Matthew Goodman calling. "Dad, we are at the hospital. Are you coming?" Yes son, we will be on the way. After showers, etc, we headed for Rock Hill. We got there about 1220pm. We went to LDR #4 (Labor and Delivery Room). Times have changed. Everything happens in this one room. Aimee is in the bed. Matthew, Lisa and Joe are there. We leave for lunch. Soon we are back and the waiting continues. About 200-215pm the doctor comes in and says it is time. At 241pm Stella is born. She weighs 6 lbs 10 oz and is 20 inches long. We watch the nurse clean her up, weigh her and do all the other chores. Then the baby is given back to Aimee. And then we all take turns holding and kissing and just loving her. She has amazingly captured our hearts in one beat of our hearts. It is truly a miracle. We thank God for this child. We are so blessed. Rock Hill is only 75 miles away. And one day we will live there too. Jan will have to think about this for awhile!!

This is the pretty little girl that we were waiting for - Stella Grayce.
She had only been here for a few minutes.

She is sitting up for us.

This is the monitor of her heart rate, etc, will she was still save and sound in her mommy.

Aimee and Lisa waiting for the baby.

Mom holding the precious cargo.

Dad is holding her.

The new Matthew Nash Goodman family.

Dad and his little girl.

Three generations of Goodmans

Grandmomma Jan with the baby.

And now it was Granddad's turn to hold Stella.

And here is Poppa Joe with Miss Stella.

And Grammy Lisa with the baby.

Here we are in the LDR (Labor and Delivery Room)

Grayson Family Reunion - July 17, 2011

The Grayson Family met at Ravanel on July 17, 2011. there were 82 in attendance. The food and fellowship wer both delicious. By this time next year there will be four more children in the greater family. There will be Aimee Goodman's baby girl Stellar Grayce, Michelle Goodman will have her third, Little Ed's wife Lori will have her third, and Paige Rousey is also expecting. So lets say a prayer for all of these wonderful ladies and their future babies. We are so blessed. Somehow I managed to not have any pictures of Jimmie and Dianne. For this I apologize.

The Big Three - Aunts Joey, Dottie, and Betty
Jennie and Dennis - on her 65th birthday!!! Grayson enjoyed EddieMack and Joyce's discussion of their children!

The Brooks family with Aunt Joey

Fran with her four children

Chris keeps getting older and Lori and Kaylie keep getting prettier.

More of the Brooks family

More of the Goodmans

Edie Mack and Joyce - he is setting the record straight.

This is all of the Goodmans in attendance.

Shelly and family

More of Jennie Lee's family

Maria and Missy's families

Big Ed and Sister - they are going to be grand parents for the third time in December!

Jim highlighting Raymond and his family

And now we have Jamie and Dallas' families

Bubba and Jennie Ree

Sarah and her family

Peggy and Dwayne

Sarah and Ed

Please note the Clemson and The Citadel shirts. Also please note these three handsome young men - all aging very gracefully.

Aunt Betty with Peggy and Gary

Beauty and a beast

Jan with her best husband and then with Joyce.

Shelia with cousin Jamie

Two pretty little girls

Dennis , Mike and Clara

Kaylie has one more year in dental school at MUSC

Mother Margie and her little big guy Johnathan

The proud parents of the new baby girl Gracen - Connie and Jamie

Fourth of July Brevard, NC Celebration - 2011

Here we are in Brevard at the Fourth of July Celebration. There are about 300 classic cars on display. We picked a nice Ford pickup to stand in front of.
We were trying to get a waitress's attention. The place was crowded. Eddie Mack and Joyce were in fine feathers.

They choose the Ford car.

Jan liked the flames on this one.

Another look at one of the cars. The next five pictures show what a large crowd was in Brevard for the fourth!

We had a great time in Brevard!!