Introducing Emily Grace Mei Venn

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A more recent update is soon to come

On December 5th, my family lost a very cherished member. My uncle Thomas Shrewsbury, affectionately known as "Budgie", lost his battle to cancer. He was one heck of a good man with a true character and stern faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and a fantastic sense of humor. On one of his last days here on earth, it is noted that he called many of those that he was closest to and asked if they were definite that they knew the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior because he wanted to be sure that he would meet them later in Heaven. It was just like him to worry about everyone else when he himself was taking his last breath. He will surely be missed!! I went north for his funeral among the ice and snow for four days. When I returned home, David told me that he had a new found respect for all that I do with Emily Grace and he said that I HAD to TEACH him how to use those elastic ties to put her hair in pig tails. Too funny to me!! I came home on Tuesday night and by Friday evening, my students and I put on a show for close to 300 guests complete with Gladiatorial combat, War drums, Dancers, Roman Cuisine even a Roman wedding took place. We had spent weeks on this production and it went very well!! I was very proud. However, it was soooo much work that I have decided that it will be my last one. I have been running nonstop. From both of those events, I am so far behind in every aspect of my life. I hope that you all will receive our Christmas cards before Christmas. I wont bore you with the details of the rest of my life but I can hardly stay awake during my days and there is so much to do at night trying to get caught up that I never get any sleep. Eventually, I will put the pics of Emily Grace meeting Santa Claus on the blog. What a wonderful happy moment it was for all of us. She was in utter heaven!! She is a BIG FAN of the jolly ole fat guy in the red suit.
Stay tuned... :-)

4 comments:

Chani's Bow Making Mama said...

So sorry for your loss. Can't wait to see Emily Grace's picture with Santa. Chani was scared so we're attempting it again tonight.

We've also been crazy busy. It will be nice when things calm down. Congrats on the show. It sounds like it was a lot of fun!

Briana's Mom said...

I am very sorry for your loss.

Briana didn't want to sit on Santa's lap alone. I had to join them. :)

Thank you for the Christmas card!

Molly's Mommy said...

So sorry to hear about your loss, it is always tough but this time of year it seems even worse.
Way to go Emily Grace for being so brave and seeing Santa, Molly didn't want any part of him, except to make sure somebody else told him what she wants!!!

dogowner said...

First, sorry to hear of the loss of your family member. 2nd, when you give David pig-tail and hair tips let me know I will fly down for the lesson as well. It is certainly one thing I rely heavily on "mom" to take care of. Dora is OK with Santa, as in, she will say hi, but not a big fan of the lap yet! Hope you have a great Have a great holiday season.