We have a new great nephew! + update

My mom (Nora Lee Ingle) called and said my brother Ned is a grandpa again!! His son Jarrod and wife Sharon became parents this evening - April 24 - to a baby boy named Derek Michael Ingle. He weighed 8# 11oz. and was 20 inches long. He has dark curly hair like his grandpa Ned! Jarrod, Sharon and Sofia were back at Thanksgiving (they live in California). It was so good to see them and we send them our congratulations and look forward to pictures. This makes my mom's 17th great grandchild!! The most recent ones born within the past year are: Ben and Emily--a baby girl, Paige, born in February; Matt and Kelly--a baby girl, Alexandria, born Nov. 7; Marc and Ginger--a baby boy, "Shea", born Sept 23. Praise the Lord for each and every one! Grandpa Vern loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren VERY MUCH!!

An update on Bruce: he is SLOWLY improving....tires very easily, still sore on his right side, etc. He hasn't gotten test results yet. Thank you for all of your prayers and concern.

This time of year I am reminded of my dad and his mushroom adventures. He loved to go and he loved to share. He was known around Pleasantville as THEE mushroom hunter. When we were going through his things, we found 3 or 4 little books with the mushroom spots written down! We thought about auctioning them off.....but, they will remain memories for the family. Which reminds me, Dave---do you have all 4 of those?? One time Dad's feet got so sore from all of the walking he did, mom got a picture of him soaking one foot in a 5 gallon bucket of water, surrounded by his treasure of mushrooms all around the bucket!!