^{Last Sunday we celebrated John’s parents’ birthdays. 
Poppy’s birthday was 10/19 and Ba’s is 10/30.
They also have an October anniversary.}

^{We don’t usually get to all get together to celebrate, but this year John’s brother’s
family and his sister’s family were able to join us for dinner.  It was a nice afternoon.}

^{We also learned of our niece Katelyn’s engagement to Joe. 
We are looking forward to their April wedding! 
This good news is in addition to the wedding of our niece
Rachael to Chuck in August!  Yay 2012!}