Last Day in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Today is the last day of our trip and our visit with our son, Chris, daughter-in-law, Tracy, and our new grandson, Javier.

Chris and Tracy always knew they wanted to adopt a teenager rather than having their own children. They both have extensive experience working with teenagers over their 15 year marriage.

Over the past year and a half, God has led them through the maze of working with state agencies and, in May, Javier finally came to live with them. It takes six months for the adoption to be legal, but to them he's already their son and to us he's our grandson.

As you can see from the picture, he's a big kid and he hopes to play football next year for the high school in Mount Vernon. We're very, very proud of all of them.

Today is July 20 and if today is your Birthday then you share your day with: Carlos Santana (guitarist - "Black Magic Woman"), Kim Carnes (country/pop singer), Diana Rigg (actress - Emma Peel on the TV show "The Avengers"), Natalie Woods (actress - "West Side Story"), and Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealander who was the first to climb Mount Everest).