family year end notes

Hi,

I have noticed that a lot of folks write Christmas and year end notes about what their family did in the previous year. It just kind of helps people stay up to date with the family if they want to. Since many of you know a lot about me, but little about my family, I thought I would spend a few moments as the year ends and bring you up to date on who they are and what they are doing.

I will start with our oldest, Allison or Alli who is the one on the right in the picture. Alli is a junior at the University of Central MO in Warrensburg. She is in the nursing program. This year she turned 21, a great milestone for her young life. When she is in town she works as a server at the Lakewood Oaks Gold Club restaurant.

Jennifer is 19. She is in the blue next to Alli. Jenny is a Sophomore at UCM in Warrensburg. Both girls are in the AOPi sorority. Jenny is studying in the med tech program. A med tech is the person at the hospital that does all of the lab work. Both girls are taking lots of difficult science classes. When home from college, Jenny works at Spin Pizza on Chipman Rd over by Jason's Deli and Kohl's.

Scott is 17. He is a senior at Blue Springs South. He has senioritis. He can't wait to get out of high school and go to college. He has been accepted at, and is planning to enter the engineering program at Pittsburg State in the fall of 2009. Scott works at Best Buy on 39th street and is a jumper on the school track team. If you noticed the helicopter in the picture, yes it is government surveillance on Scott. They pretty much follow him everywhere.

The woman on the left in the picture is Cathy, my wife and the kids momma. She has worked all year for PRA Intl. Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Intl. She is a CRA 2 and travels every week and monitors medical testing at hospitals all over the country. Since she is gone every week for four days, when she is home she likes to hang around the house and pretend like she lives there.

All four people in the picture above are awesome. Except that they are ornery and have a bad sense of humor. Other than that, there is not that much to report. It has been a good year. No complaints and many blessings. We thank God for your friendship during the past year.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.