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Photo gallery of our great-grandchildren
Lo, children are a heritage of the L-rd: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:3-5
Our daughters Evelyn, Marjory and Mirjam have given us ten marvelous grandchildren, Signe, Joshua, Aaron, Jacob, Jordan, Seth, Marcus, Sofie, Oscar, and Maxwell. The first seven are independent grown-ups who each in their own way have strongly contributed to the economy. The seven oldest are married. Aaron married Vicki Arra on the 15th of August 1998. Signe followed the 28th of March 1999 when she married Oded Orgil. Jordan married Jeffrey Bustos on 18 May 2001 and on 2 October 2004 Jacob followed when he married Katharine Heidt Findley. His brother Marcus tied the knot with Elizabeth Rose Danielski on the 26th of November 2005. Joshua married Krista Joost on 29 July 2006, while his younger brother Seth followed on 3 September 2006 when he and Amélie Grenier were married. The three youngest grandchildren Sofie, Oscar and Maxwell still are too young to even think about marriage as can be seen from the pictures above. As parents, grandparents and now also as great-grandparents we are more than blessed.
On the 10th of May 2000 Kobi Moshe Orgil was born. He is our first great-grandchild. His brother Benjamin Yonatan Orgil arrived two years later, on the 7th of May 2002. Ryan Bustos was born on the 11th of March 2003. Next is was Tali Batia Chaya Orgil her turn. She was born on May 28, 2004. And on 23 February 2005 Ryan's brother Cole Jeffrey Bustos was born. On February the 3rd, 2006, we were informed of the birth of Eva Gabrielle Orgil. In the same year, on 26 October 2006 we received word that Edgar Gabrielse for the first time saw daylight. Oliver Gus Hoeksema was next. He was born on 18 November 2007 and Isabella Rose Hoeksema was born on 15 April 2008. On 14 July 2009 Claire Aaltien Gabrielse presented herself while Joel Aaron Gabrielse was born on 4 August 2009. Seth and Amélie announced the birth of their daughter Estelle Evelyn Gabrielse on the 26th of September 2010. Jake and Kat Hoeksema announced the birth of Grace Eliza on 12 April 2011. Marcus and Liz Hoeksema were blessed on the 12 September 2011 with a new baby girl whose name is Lucy Mae. Vonnie and I express our thanks to G-d for His mercy, patience and love with which He is blessing our growing family.
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