Update 10/18/25: New Stage of Life

Psalm 127:3-5 “Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies at the gate.”

If we have learned anything over the last 10 years, we know that life is truly a blessing. We have once again been blessed that Wayne is here to experience the newest stage for us: being grandparents! Abigail and I were talking about it the other day that she is just amazed at how gracious and kind God has been to her. Wayne has been here for her high school and college graduation, was able to walk her down the aisle, and now he got to hold his first grandchild. We would love to introduce you to the newest member of our family: Ruth Anastasia Camacho. She was born 10/16 at 1:33am and weighed in at 7lb 8oz, 19” long. Mom and baby are doing wonderful and it was so special to see Elijah taking care of both of them. He was a great coach and cheerleader for the birth, and now he is taking great care of Abigail as she recovers and it’s so sweet to see him love on Ruth. Wayne and I are sad to leave them behind today. I know I’m already making plans when I can come back and love on the young family. 🩷🩷

Wayne holding Ruth about 7 hours after she was born. 

Joella was “so disappointed” that she had to go with us to see the baby. 🤣 She has already bragged to her siblings that she got to hold their niece first. 

We couldn’t get enough of her!! She’s the best baby. Today, she just opened her eyes and was such a quiet baby…until you change her and she gets cold. 

Growing family. 🩷🩷🩷

Look at her head of hair. I know that comes from Elijah's side since our kids all had fuzz and never a full head of hair.

We snuck in a few more snuggles before we headed home on Saturday.

We were all sad to leave.

The drive to Virginia was beautiful. We saw a lot of colors along the way. On Thursday after we met Ruth, we headed to Shenandoah National Park to give them some time to rest. We drove part of the Skyline Drive. Since the park visitor centers were closed, we chose to cut the drive short. What we saw was beautiful!! It was nice because we could visit the vistas so Wayne could see the beauty without having to hike. 

I will be posting in a couple days another update on some of our kids. I am trying to spread it out since there is so much going on. For now, we are just basking in the wonderful new stage that we have entered. God has been so gracious to us and we are so thankful that God isn't done with either of us. Until our dying breath, we want to point people to Jesus!