SUMMER '08

July 10:
This summer has been filled with the beauties of the outdoors! We have been blessed with days of hiking in the surrounding mountains, biking, sailing in Florida and of course our great love of the water right here on Lake Norman! We cherish our time together in prayer, praise and worship as we get closer to celebrating 34 years of marriage! Oh how we will celebrate! We are preparing for a journey to the British Islands on a private catamaran cruiser with 2 other dear couples leaving from Tortola and cruising through all the islands. Dreams do come true!. We never could afford a real honeymoon when we were married. 2 nights in Gatlinburg and we were both back at work trying to make a living. Seems like we had lots of big dreams when we were young, but God used us quickly in other directions. We had our first son at 24 and our 2nd son at 28. Our dreams quickly became the busy daily lives of caring for 2 very special little boys (Brian and Tye) and all the commitments to church, community, shool, activities, and demanding jobs, their friends and a house full of boys! Just cooking for a family kept us busy!! Now my life is very different as I am committed to my continued growth in Christ, Stephen Ministry, my Women's Outdoor Trek Group, my latest career change (for awhile), and Doug stays busy with his continued growth in Christ, his work, our full schedule, and he has been golfing and crewing in sailboat races! And our most favorite role of all - being Nana Nancy and Poppy Doug! We love our sons and a house full, so I guess it was inevitable that we would love being Grandparents to Bryson and Noah. We just love all the kids and are fortunate to get to enjoy my niece's precious girls too. Wow after brothers and sons (which I totally loved and adored) I did not have those girl things. My girlfriends know I need them desperately to fill that void that I do not have in my life. But as always God knows what he is doing! And he filled my life with boys, boys, boys! A house full of boys. They will never comprehend what it is like from my perspective, but I did manage to have a couple of female dogs - precious Daisy and Huckleberry. Oh they were dear to us!