Great-Grandma's First Flower

This is John Carl, our oldest great-grandson...at 6 months.  He is a bright-eyed boy and is growing larger and sweeter each day.  He is named for his Uncle John and for his grandfather, Carl.  His mommy has begun a play group for him with an emphasis on his being bi-lingual in English and Spanish.  His grandma, Carolyn, loves to take care of him and have him spend the night with her.  Both of us crochet things for him and purchase books for him.

Our Little John is not the first in our family with that name.  Here are the other Johns directly down to him.

These is my great-grandfather, Johann Ficke.

Here is my grandfather, John Ficke.

Here is my father, John McBee Ficke.

Here is Little John's uncle John Christian.

My name is Johnette Sue Ficke Seibert.  I was, of course, named for my father.  I also have two cousins, John Ronald Johnson and John Poe, named for my father and his father.  Raf also had a brother named John Clifford Seibert.

The name John, or Johann in German, means God Is Gracious. The origin of the name John is Hebrew. This is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the language.

So the name John is a very strong name.  And here is the most recent photo of our great-grandson, John.

Hello. I'd like to introduce us. We are Raf and Sue Seibert of Mineral Wells, Texas. It's been quite a while since I have been blogging, but I want to take it up again.

This is where you will often find us, most days. However often our cat, Turtle, joins us in our recliners. She sits between us, or she laps sits. Recently our youngest daughter, Christi, gave us a bird feeder which attaches to the glass of our French doors, and now Turtle spends much of her day glued to the glass, watching the goldfinches, chickadees, pine siskin, and titmice eat sunflower seeds and millet. 

Raf and I have slowed down now, at age 76, and we love the life we have. We've been married almost 42 years. We have lived in our home for about 35 years. We see many of our family quite often, and we thoroughly enjoy it all...and are thankful for each day.

Our three daughters

5 of our 7 grandchildren

We attend St. Luke's Anglican Church.  Raf is a member of the local gun club, and I'm a member of the Women's Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

I write and do various arty things, and Raf does photography. 

We are the proud parents of three daughters, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandsons.

I hope to get to know you other bloggers out there.