Our son Ern's family increased in January, 2009 when their son Clark was born. Details are on Ern's Family family page.
Our son Michael and his wife Rachel were blessed with their first grandchild, Lance, in October, 2008. Details are on Michael's Family page.

• We have 4 long weekend trips planned. Two to go camping with some our our best friends and two to relax at our favorite resort area, where we also sometimes teach some line dancing.
• We will be traveling to visit our latest grandchild in March, 2009.
• We were actually home and able to celebrate Christmas on December 25, 2008 with the families of our daughters Gale and Jeannine and our children Mike, Dave, and Chris on December 26, 2008.
• We traveled to celebrate Christmas with our way out-of-state children and grandchildren and to meet our first great-grandchild in early December, 2008.
• In September, 2008 we started our fifth year of teaching line dancing at a church in a town not far from where we live. The proceeds go to the church's "Lord's Builders" fund. Each year the Lord's Builders help rebuild a church in the south that has been destroyed by arson.

• Ernie's Mom moved into an assisted-living home. This is the best thing that has happened in her life in a long time. She went from being very lonely and depressed to having many new friends and a social life of which we are all jealous.