ed is still hanging in there

One more year-end update. Ed is still unresponsive. He is still at Orchard Park rehab - we appreciate their good care.

This year has been busy - our daughter Kristy in D.C. got married in August. It was interesting planning a wedding in Portland, Oregon while Kristy and Tristan were in D.c. Kristy found a good wedding coordinator who did a great job! Our other daughter Dawn was an 8-month pregnant matron of honor, so we were all relieved when she and Brian had no difficulty driving from Denver to Portland and back again. Brian was the officiating minister, so we were all particularly grateful when they both made it to Portland! We were also grateful that Kristy and Tristan went directly to their honeymoon cruise which returned to port 3 days before Hurricane Irene hit. They were safely tucked in back in D.C. by the time Irene came their way.

Our first grandchild was born 6 weeks later (here in Denver!). Van William Whiting weighed in at 9 pounds 2 ounces, so it is perhaps not surprising that Dawn ended up having a C-section since he just didn't come out. He is a bouncing 15 pounder at this point. Dawn did note that Van got a lot cuter when he started sleeping through the night.

Hope you all had a good year. Thank you for all your good thoughts and prayers.