Sunday, July 29, 2007




Introducing Charlise (Charli) Robertson! Yes, I know there's already a photo of her in the family portrait, but that was before her legal name was changed to reflect that she belongs to the ROBERTSON CLAN! If you've been reading my eldest daughter's blog you know the problems we've had over the past year. I will spare you the long version, but tell you that last October, after almost a year of court hearings, Matt was divorced from his wife of 14 months. Charli is the result of that brief marriage, and Matt was granted primary custody of her on October 4, 06 when she was only 7 months old. In an effort to regain custody, lies were told that hurt our family badly. When the dust settled, Charli was back with us, and Alyssa now lives with her mom and her mom will not allow us any contact. Charli is now 16 months old, and this picture was taken a week ago, just before we left for Sunday School. She is the delight of our hearts, along with her two cousins, Julia and Sam Rutland. She loves her cousins, and they love her too! We can only imagine what she and Sam, who is 3 weeks younger than her, will get into when they get older! Poor Julia will have her hands full, trying to get her little brother and her little cousin to stay out of her stuff! Here's a picture of the three of them on the 4th of July! We thank God daily for the miracle of our grandchildren. David and I delight in them constantly! They are so very precious! God has entrusted Miss Charli to Matt, and we are helping him with her until he gets more adept at parenting. He is doing really well with her, and she loves her Daddy! Personally, David and I think we have the four cutest grandchildren in the world, and we miss "Miss Alyssa" the granddaughter we aren't allowed to see. She will always be in our hearts and hopefully she'll come to visit when she is grown and make her own choices.