In Awesome Wonder

Well, of course the very BIG news of today is that Rebekah Grace arrived.  She weighs nine pounds and one ounce and she is a little sweetheart!  We have been so very blessed to Facetime Lia and Peter and have watched little Rebekah smile and have listened to the little noises she makes and watched her cuddle into her mother's arms.

This little one is Lia's second child and second daughter, and our fourteenth grandchild.  She is already much loved and eagerly welcomed into the world.  It seems that Eliza, her older sister by not quite 2 years, has given her approval, and so I think Rebekah has already established herself in the family.

Even after having four of my own, and being present at some of the births of our grandchildren, it is still an utter miracle to see a newborn so perfect with 10 little fingers and 10 tiny little toes, and imagine the potential ahead.  Rebekah is struggling to open her eyes to look around, and is so very responsive to her mother.

Anything else I tell you will be insignificant by comparison, but perhaps a few pictures of Denmark will be a good way to end this post.

Our friends, Elder and Sister Thorne and Sister Hamblin went for a drive last week and took pictures of themselves in large yellow fields.  Elder Thorne said it is a tradition in Denmark for a missionary to get his picture in these fields.  Hey....you can't buck tradition!  So we drove south until we found some "canola" fields.  The internet says that these plants produce bio-fuel and oil and other things.  They were everywhere!!!!!

Don't you love these thatched roofs?

We found this beautiful estate with a castle of sorts and several outlying buildings with ponds and lovely gardens.  As we strolled the grounds, I felt like I was in a Jane Austen novel.

 We also drove through some lovely little villages and beautiful forests.  The beauties of the world around us were most edifying today, but the beauty of little Rebekah eclipses everything!