This October 2016, Quentin turned 16, I turned another Big-Oh year, my mom turned another year younger, and a new great-nephew was born. That is four great-grandsons born to my mom and dad in the last year and a half. (Mom is still waiting for a new great-granddaughter for the little dress she is saving.)
Will Jackson Levy was born to Meghan Plumb and Will Levy IV (Melanie’s son) on October 5, 2016, in Maryland 3:52am at 7lbs 20.5 inches long. They plan to call him Jackson and he is a precious little bundle of joy.
Jesse Blue, born June 30, 2015 to Hailey McAllister (Warren’s daughter) and Blue Harrington, just turned 15 months old as October began. I have so far only gotten to see him grow through Facebook photos.
Madden James Shelton born September 9, 2015, to Madison (Melanie’s daughter) and Dennis Shelton turned 13 months old. I visited him at 1 month old in Maryland. On the same day that Jackson was born, Madden’s parents signed the papers to purchase their first house. I just found out they made the move to their new home the Saturday before Thanksgiving after major renovations. I am still waiting for photos!
And Patrick Hayden Schultz born January 9, 2016, to Ariann (Neil’s daughter) and Eric Schultz turned 9 months old. I wrote about Neil and my June visit in a previous post. Until our next visit, we love seeing him grow through videos and photos that Ari sends us.
Raven, a friend of Quentin’s, had a surprise beach party for him the Saturday before his birthday. We guests were hiding on the boardwalk to the beach when we saw him coming. I think he didn’t have any idea until he was walking up and saw all the food and coolers around, then everyone jumped out. 
Raven had invited several of his friends, ordered the cake, and got Quentin out of the house for a beach day early on a Saturday morning (impressive), but had a lot of help from Vajra and Nadia who organized food, games, and cake pickup! I also went up to the house on the night of his 16th birthday for a family/friends dinner and birthday cake. Quentin enjoyed all the attention but inbetween was busy working on has advanced math homework. He did get all A’s on his first quarter report card so his work paid off.
Quentin requested a new computer for his birthday (and Christmas) asking if the family could help with some funding, Great grandparents, grandparents, and aunties came through with some solid funding, and Quentin has a job a few days a week for the rest. He waited till Cyber Monday and ordered a great machine to the specifications he wanted. He told me it just arrived last Tuesday and it is perfect! He will be busy over the winter school break setting it up the way he wants. He said his last computer lasted him 10 years (was running Vista and SLOWWWW) and he expects this one to last him as long. Yes, he is a gamer but he is good about checking his email now and communicating with Grandma Beamer and his dad!
My birthday was a wonderful but quiet day. My good friend Robin took me for a special lunch and had a beautiful lei ready for me at the restaurant. Morley and Jean came over and sang happy birthday and I had many calls and wishes from family and friends. We had a delicious dinner at home. Neil and I had plans to go out but to make a long story short, he had been cut off by a jeep while riding our scooter weeks before and was still recovering from deep road burns. The Friday after Thanksgiving we went out for our “birthday night” activity to Warren and Annabelle’s Magic show in Lahaina. I laughed and laughed and was thoroughly entertained by the two comedic illusionists. It is a small intimate theater and the illusionist were amazing; I can’t figure out how they did any of it.
Neil spent time looking for birthday gift ideas for me. Life is simple and I don’t need much. He was looking at a food processor that has the bread dough mixing option but I said my processor is still fine. I finally realized that what I wanted was to get my teeth worked on. Once that decision was made, within two weeks I was in Thailand. That’s a story for another post!
