The Party

Grandpa and Grandma Matthia hosted a special party yesterday afternoon for Dalene, the Greenville family and two friends. We would love to have been there, but thankfully we got to enjoy talking on the phone!

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO OUR WONDERFUL DALENE RACHELLE !

Dearest Dalene, The Lord has given us more wonderful memories than there is space to share, but I wanted to pick out just a very few from the full life the Lord has allowed us to know. We love you and wish you God's continued blessing every day. Much love and prayer, your Mommy for Daddy and your 9 D-lightful Siblings!

Our First Year with Dalene

Herzlich Wilkommen, Dalene Rachelle! Dalene's First Room First Family Picture at Two Weeks Dressed up for Going to Church Grandma Matthia during the Christmas Season Five Weeks Old Play Time Puzzling with Great-Grandma Four Generation Picture Uncle Kent and Uncle Kirk Our Sweetheart Family Devotions We went back to the States when Dalene was 6 months old. Getting to Know KarisJoy

1 Year Old

Birthday Girl!!! Christmas 1988 Visiting Great-Grandma Cameron during Christmas Break "Who's That?" :) (Danae arrives, greeted by her paternal grandparents.) "I Love You Bunches!" The Four Cousins Go, Daddy, Go! Way to Go, Uncle Kent!

2 Years Old

Easter Summer Fall

3 Years Old

Turning Three Visiting the Fair during deputation The Best Fans of their Uncles! Enjoying Another House Along the Deputation Trail

4 Years Old

The Paynes visited us on their way back to South Africa

5 Years Old

Ready for Church on the Steps Coming Down from our Apartment in Wurmlingen One of our First Trips to Magdeburg

6 Years Old

Visiting Berlin's Charlottenburg Palace with our First Summer Visitor First Day of School in Magdeburg

8 Years Old

Here we were standing near a pass in Colorado during our 1996 furlough.

10 Years Old

Birthday at Grandma Matthia's house in southern Germany.

11 Years Old

This is the year we enjoyed a spectacular visit with the Paynes in South Africa.

12 Years Old

Having Fun with Ria Dalene and KarisJoy at the 2000 Family Reunion in Spain

13 Years Old

First Day of School during Furlough Great-Grandpa Visits Us in Greenville Furlough 2001-2002 Prayer Card Services at BJ Birthday Party at State Park for Joann