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It's a Girl ! With grateful thanks to Heaven, we joyfully announce the long-awaited arrival of a healthy little baby girl to Efrat and Ariel, sister to Eran and Adi, born at 2:14am on September 2, 2010. She weighed 3K 50 grams, has long fingernails and, according to Ariel, blue-green eyes. We will be visiting this afternoon and I'm sure pictures will be taken. Sherry and Vernon, Daphna and Debora P.S. UPDATE: photos are now available on Sherry's Facebook page. You may have to 'friend' her in order to view the photos...

Sad, sad news. Kyle Lowe's mom, Norma, passed away in Oklahoma on Sunday. Our prayers and thoughts are with Kyle and Kerry, as well as Kyle's sister and the rest of the extended family. It is awful to lose a parent, especially when you are as close as Kyle was to his mother. Condolences may be sent to: Kyle Lowe 525 Sweetbough Jones, OK 73049

Just got news from Rickey Lynn that her daughter Jennifer is now engaged to a young man named Joshua. Congratulations, Jen -- and we're waiting to hear more news as to a wedding date!

If you're looking for a bit of a chuckle today, check out my blog here for a few funny pregnancy stories, as well as some new pics of Austin and an update on JR and I's new jobs! Love, Carrie.

Hello Everyone! I've posted pics about my family's Independence Day celebrations on my blog, click here to check it out! Also, I will be changing my blog address on Thursday, and will post the new address here on that day. If you are curious as to why I am changing it, it is because of privacy reasons, I explain more on my blog itself, k? Thanks y'all and Happy 4th of July!

Click here to check out my post of the same name with before 'n' after pics of Austin in her car seat the day we brought her home and pics of her in her car seat one month later. The difference is amazing! Cheers! -Carrie

Howdy, it's Carrie again! Just heard the good news- JR (my hubby) has passed all of his classes (B+ and above) and will graduate from his LPN program tomorrow! Yahoo!!!! Now he has only to pass his licensing test, the NCLEX, and then hopefully we'll finally be able to make a call as to whether I will have to return part-time to work at the end of my maternity leave (boo!!!!) or get to stay at home with lil' Austin (yay!!!!!) Keep your fingers crossed for us! Oh- and Aunt Susan, JR and I's anniversary is June 3rd if you wanna add us to your list (we were married in 2005, Happy 5th Anniversary Husband!)

Hello all, Ariel sent me a bunch of photos of his family, and asked that I share them with you all... here is a link to the photo album on my Facebook page. You should not need to have a Facebook membership to view these photos when you use this link. If anyone has a problem, please let me know and I will make sure you get the photos. Have a great day! Susan Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=184587&id=581387686&l=f4c3abf622

This report comes in from Rickey Lynn: We're in Denver! It's cloudy, rainy, with a high of 60 degrees. What a wonderful relief from some of the heat of Phoenix. Tom and Jan and Jonathan and June have been wonderul hosts and hostesses, spoiling Jennifer and myself almost hourly. Today we visited the Butterfly Pavilion and got some fantastic photos. Tomorrow is the real reason we drove 900 miles - it's June's birthday. We're trying to make sneaky plans for a nice cake for her. She would normally be at work tomorrow, but she's entitled to take the day off, so she's going to go in for just an hour to let them know it's her birthday and to let them know she's going home. Then it's into downtown Denver to see what there is to see. That's going to be followed by a dinner in June's honor to celebrate her last birthday in her 20's. Too bad - so sad - many of us have already visited that time in our lives and lived to see another yea...

Here's the lineup of birthdays and memorable days in the Clan: (If I missed someone, let me know and we can add it to the list straight away!) June 04 - Ariel and Efrat Whetstone, married 1996 (PS Efrat is pregnant!!) June 10 - Thomas Marion Tate 1918-2006 (think of you every day, Daddy) June 12 - Aubrey Tate born 1988 June 14 - June Tate born 1981 June 23 - Matt Walker born 1974 June 26 - Edith Casteel (Tate) Hern 1922-2008 (miss you all the time, Auntie) June 30 - Daveena (Martinez) Walker born 1987

Hello! This is Carrie (David's oldest daughter) here. As my first contribution to the blog, I figured I'd tell y'all who don't already know about it about JR and I's big news. We had our first baby on April 28th, a beautiful lil' girl who we named Austin Keelee (She gets her first name from the song "Austin" by Blake Shelton, and her middle name from her Grandma Powell) Austin was a premie at 8 weeks early (32 weeks gestastion) but for a premie, she has done fantastic! The nurses in the NICU nick-named her "mighty-mite" and "rockstar" because from day one she did great: by the time she was 9 hours old, she on nothing but room air, and breathing just fine on her own (which was a HUGE relief to her daddy and I) . She also started to successfully coordinate the suck-swallow-breathe reflex within a few days after her sudden arrival (something we were told not to expect her to be able to do that for until she was closer to 34-35 weeks ge...

Well, Carrie and Rickey Lynn have played the guilt card on me successfully... so I'll keep this blog going. But I do ask that others in the clan send me some info to post from time to time, okay? Let us know what is happening in your lives. Carrie volunteered to be a contributor. If anyone else wants to contribute, that's great. If you don't want to be a contributor but do have some news to tell, just send it to me in an email and I will post it for you. If we're gonna keep this up, let's do it up right. Hugs all around to all the family!!

This will be my final post, I am afraid. I don't think anyone reads this blog anymore, so what's the point? It was to keep family and friends informed of events and happenings within the clan, but since nobody seems to check it anymore or contribute to it any longer, I will be closing it out at the end of this month. If there are any who want it continued, please let me know before then, okay? Take care all, and to all a good night. Susan

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I pass on the news that Mary (Rizzo) Borrelli passed away last night. Beloved mother of Don and Bill Borrelli, and sister to Carmella Emily (Rizzo) Tate, she will be missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing her vibrant personality. She was nearly 96 years old and still lived independently in her own apartment in Palos Hills, just outside Chicago, Illinois. I was fortunate to speak to her just hours before she died. She explained to me that she had not been feeling well for a couple of weeks, and her son Donnie took her to the E.R. yesterday when she complained of trouble breathing and heart palpitations. The hospital took multiple tests and said she would be fine, but they would keep her overnight "for observation." At around 10pm or 11pm Don and his wife Lupe kissed her goodnight and said they would see her in the morning; she said she was in a hurry to get back home "to clean house!" An hour later the hospital c...