December 18, 2008

Merry Christmas!

Maggie, Finn, and I are off to Australia to meet Travis in Sydney. After a few days in Sydney we will board our cruise ship for a 14-day trip around New Zealand's two islands. We will be aboard for Christmas and New Year's and are all looking forward to being together and the cruise fun.

Next we will travel to Perth, where Maggie and Travis have established their current home. I imagine that will be the next place I will be posting news and pictures---so Happy, Happy Holidays and love from Penny.

Greetings from Pennsylvania!!!!

Hello from York, Pennsylvania! I am so happy to be here visiting Suzie and James and my month-old grand-daughter, Audrey Grace! This picture shows one of AG's favorite activities--sleeping on her mom's shoulder!

Her dad is also very good at discussing the affairs of life and the world with her. Note how carefully she listens to his wise counsel!

She also enjoys her favorite mittens---hand-me-downs that were made in 1975 for Uncle Travis by my cousin, Arlene Helling, from North Dakota. She seems to live the big flappy "paws" the mittens create!

Here she is back on her mom's shoulder! Sleep is soon to come...

Sleeping in the Heskin family heirloom cradle. Audrey is the 11th child to sleep in this special cradle that two generations of Heskin babies have enjoyed. She is a lovely baby and is a

wonderful addition to our family. Thanks, Suzie and James!