Walter Paul Schwind

 Ruth sent us a text last night that Rebekah was in labor and Rebekah announced the birth of her son today.  Meet Walter Paul Schwind.

He is named after 2 of his grandfathers. He was born at 10:01 pm weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and is 19 inches long. His siblings Jordan, Riley and Blair were thrilled to welcome their new little brother home. 

No walk this morning, it was just not very nice weather and since Diane isn't here to insist the rest of us kind of forgot on purpose.  I left for Sam's Club at 7:30 am in order to get there at 8:00 am the opening time. I bought a few things for the big new years eve party that will be held at Joan's house. Anyone wanting to come it starts after church on Friday evening. On the way home I stopped at Phil and Anna's to pick up Pax who will be staying with us for a few days. He was thrilled to be here and Rizzy was not real thrilled to see him but they soon settled down. I needed to finish the apartment before the next renters arrived which went well. The only problem was the last renters had broken the closet door in the bedroom. It wasn't their fault, it is a folding door that comes off the hinge pretty easy. Once that was fixed I headed over to mom's to take Ruth's place for the rest of the day so she could go play with her new grandson.  Phil and Anna's family along with Nolan and Sarah's family spent the day at the Ark Encounter. Pictures of that are posted below.

It looks like they are having a wonderful time.