It’s not unheard of for a couple that have three children to end up with nine grandchildren – except when the grandkids are only three years apart. Such is the case for Donn and Sharon Loe, who have been Seal Beach residents since 1965.
All three of the Loe’s children attended Los Alamitos High School and continue to live locally. And, now, all nine grandchildren are currently Griffins- one freshman, three sophomores, four juniors and one senior. How is this possible? Two sets of triplets certainly make it easier to understand.
Perhaps it helped that Sharon, who was waiting for grandkids who were not forthcoming, asked her Bible study group to pray for grandchildren. It appears to have worked, as all nine were born between Feb. 28, 1998 and March 27, 2001.
The Loe’s eldest son, David, who also lives in Seal Beach, has identical twin sons, Denzill and Dylan, and a triplet daughter Alexis who are juniors. Their daughter, Teri , lives in Rossmoor and has a son Harrison, who is a junior and a daughter Lauren, who is a freshman. The youngest son, Gary, lives in Los Alamitos and has a daughter, Jade, who is a senior, as well as triplets, sons Jack, Julian and daughter Jazzmyn, who are sophomores.
All of the grandchildren are active at Los Al, participating in golf, lacrosse, softball and choir – and the eldest grandchild, Jade, recently accepted a softball scholarship to California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Donn and Sharon, who love to travel, have taken their grandchildren on many trips, seeing countries such as France, New Zealand, and Italy in 2008, when they gathered all of their children and grandchildren to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
So, in the end, the moral of the story? Be careful what Grandma prays for!
