Our immediate family is now eleven. Below is a picture of us at Shell Beach, CA on Christmas Eve day 2007. We have obviously grown since that picture was taken. Mark, our son, lives in Las Vegas and he works as a helicopter pilot for Mercy Air . He is married to Courtney who works as a nurse for Dignity Health. They got married on June 5, 2010 in San Clemente, CA. Our granddaughters are Claire Marie Thomas (4) and Cora Mae Thomas (2). Our Texas A&M Aggies — our daughter, Judy (class of '99), William (class of '08), Nathan (class of 2029), and Logan (class of 2033) and Mason (class of 2037) — are currently living in Fairview, Texas. William is an electrical engineer working for Raytheon. Judy continues to work as a Director of Client Services for the Accenture Marketing Sciences Digital group. She works from a home office and balances working and taking care of the boys. Although our children are grown, our family continues to enrich our lives daily. We are blessed [five times] to be called Papa and Grandma now.

Our grandsons are just the cutest little guys. And trying to keep up with their latest happenings is like trying to nail Jell-o to the wall. But, like any proud grandparents, we're going to do our best to keep everyone up to date and brag as much as possible. They are constantly up to new things and we're always amazed at how quickly they are growing.

Our daughter tries keeping the family posted with blog updates about the boys. Check out Koonce Korner for the latest on Nathan, Logan, Mason and the Koonce family. There you can see the latest pictures and videos.

Nathan started Eighth grade this fall and is now a teenager (13). Logan is nine and is excited to be in fourth grade. Mason is five years old now and started Kindergarten this year. Thanks to Covid they are learning online at this time. They talk to their teachers virtually.

We have three dopey dogs, Bentley, Chloe and Abby. Bentley was adopted from the English Springer Rescue America group in 2008. Chloe [tri-color liver, from kennel in South Dakota] and Abby [black & white, from kennel in Kentuckey] joined our family in June and September 2018. They are both two years old. Just like "people" children, our "fur babies" each have their own personalities and provide us hours of entertainment. They are all so incredibly sweet and loving. Bentley is our old man now, and sleeps most of the day. He rules the roost. Chloe is our hunter. She loves catching rabbits and gophers and chasing lights and shadows (OCD). Abby is our cuddle bug. She loves to snuggle in our laps, especially when we are watching T.V. Together they are just three dopey dogs :-)