I'm a blogger!

So I suppose I am officially a blogger! Let's begin at the beginning. Skip and I were so thrilled to learn we had a baby boy on November 5, 1989. He was named James for Penny's granddad James Gray and Richard for his dad. We had so many hopes and dreams for our precious boy. He was a great baby, sleeping through the night by Christmas and reaching all the milestones in a timely fashion. We thought he was pretty smart and so were not surprised at the results of the tests he took for giftedness in grade 2. He didn't start reading at a particularly early age but I suspect he was capable of reading on his own a lot sooner than we knew. I think he just enjoyed being read to by his mom and dad so much! Anyone who knew James can attest to his love of reading!

Africa for James

Wow. I never thought I would ever start writing a blog and even more amazing is that I could never have envisioned a time when Skip and I would be travelling to Africa on a school building mission. It's a long story how we got to this time and place. Hold on to your seats kids - over the next few weeks you're going to learn how we got here and then you will share our journey. This is blog testing. I hope I can work it!