Edisto Beach Visit - August 2011

On Saturday night, Mack and Belinda and family came to dinner at our beach house.
Belinda was enjoying her last free days before the start of school.

Zach and Ashley - ready for school - and dinner. Zach is always hungry.

Grand mother Joyce.

Aunt Jan prepared the dinner. And of course it was delicious.

A Visit With The Kings - Our Edisto Beach Trip

The Piggly Wiggly is the best grocery store on Edisto Beach. Of course, it is the only grocery store there. But it is Edisto and it is Lowcountry. And you don't need any thing else.
On Thursday of our Edisto visit, we had dinner with the Kings. Roy Smoak is the first cousin of Ginny and Connie. Here I caught him in the middle of a blink. I can assure you that he is not sleeping - or praying!

I am sitting next to Ginny. She is our hostess. The meal was fantastic. Thanks Ginny.

Connie is the youngest of the three King sisters.

This is a happy group - Roseann, Jan, Beth and Roy Smoak.

Here is Ginny all by herself.

Joyce was classmates of Ginny and Roy at St Paul's.

Bill is the proud husband of Connie.

Two pretty ladies - Roseann and Jan.

Beth and Roy.

A Visit to the Slave Market - August 17, 2011

On Wednesday we went to Charleston for a visit to the Slave Market. It has been renovated and some of it is now air conditioned. We looked and shopped for about three hours. There were lots of visitors.
Eddie Mack in motion.

Joyce and Jan are good lookers and even better shoppers.

A good place to buy a hat!!

Something for the granddaughters.

We had lunch at Tommy Condons. I had the fish and chips.

Our two ladies.

A good sales lady talks to Joyce.

A look down the market.

An older gentleman looking for a hand out.

A Visit with Stella on August 6, 2011 in Rock Hill

This is a proud dad with the little one.
Does she get any cuter than this?

She had just finished with her bath.

Mom and daughter were both pooped out!

She is not happy about something!

Mom loves that little girl bunches and bunches.

Life is good for this little one.

Dad and mom resting and talking to the grand parents.

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.