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| Back Row L to R: Noah, Nathan Middle Row: Rebecca, Joseph, Susan, Terry, Caleb, Meredith Front Row: grandkids, Piper |
Once again there is no Christmas letter. Maybe I will just dispense with the apologies and say this is life! We were blessed to have all our kids and grandkids with us for several days at Christmas!
2022 was a great year for us. We are both just plugging along at our jobs. Terry is doing house flipping and rental property development, and lately he has been working on (1) getting our downstairs ready to rent as a 2BR apartment and (2) converting a Sprinter van camper, perhaps one of many as houses are getting a little harder to come by. I am still doing reading therapy with dyslexic kids (I'm currently working with nine who all come to our house several times a week).
Being self-employed definitely has its advantages. We love being able to just drop everything and go when we want to. This year we went to March Madness, made an awesome three-week camping trip out west (see the highlights here and here), made visits to see our kids in Richmond and Tampa, and I even got to go on a last-minute mission trip to Prague in September.
The highlight of the year for me was a week-long family reunion with my sisters!
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| Ann made all our t-shirts. We are organized by families. Carol and I have some catching up to do. |
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| This would have been our Christmas photo if I had managed to get out a letter |
The kids are doing great. Starting with the youngest first, Noah is finishing up college at Lee University. Caleb is finishing up an accounting degree from the University of Arkansas (online), and Meredith has been doing travel nursing in Florida. Nathan is still at UT Med Center working in the trauma ICU, though lately he has been on medical leave to recover from shoulder surgery. Both Nathan and Caleb & Meredith bought houses this year in the same Knoxville neighborhood! We are excited to have at least half of our kids close by. Rebecca and Joseph are still in Richmond. It's hard having our grandkids so far away, but we communicate often, and I have started doing a regular FaceTime story-time with them. Rebecca and Joseph plan to come back to our area eventually, so there is hope!
I'll close with some more photos from Christmas (Knoxville)/New Year's (in Arkansas).
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| Seaman extended family get-together on Christmas Day |
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| So I'm the hat-making Gran! |
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| New Year's Eve hike with my sisters |
