2003 News
Yes, the Anderson’s are sending out their annual update… of course we only tell you the good stuff. Our house gets quieter and quieter and then all the girls show up and it’s noisy again! We are thankful to report relatively good health all around. A few bumps and scrapes, but nothing we can’t handle with God’s help. Jim and Jeanie celebrated 25 years of Wedded Bliss… Well it was mostly good and at least we are still speaking to one another!
Jim is still at Wachovia. Most days he still takes the bus to the office uptown. If he could just learn not to ride the bus home on days that he drives in (there’s a story in there). Jim mentors a little boy named Darius in a program called Faith Hope and Love that helps at risk children in Charlotte. He has joined Toastmasters where he can finally speak without interruption and has completed 6 of 10 speeches towards his Certified Toastmaster award. After 19 years out of the nursing field, Jeanie has begun a refresher course after which she will be able to work as an RN again. She’s over half done with the book work, and then comes the clinical. It’s challenging, but we are cheering her on to the finish.
Jim and Jeanie took a vacation alone this past summer. It has been a long time since that happened. We drove from Charlotte to San Marcos, Texas to visit Jeanie’s sister’s family. They really showed us a good time, and oh, what a beautiful part of the country they live in!
One year in the life of our daughters…
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Leah Kathryn
As the last “full time” daughter, Kat is enjoying having the run of the house (and car and truck). Now that she has learned to drive a stick shift, we don’t see much of the truck. She is a senior in high school this year and can hardly wait until this June when she says goodbye to high school forever! She continues to enjoy her involvement with videography in her Radio and TV class. She and her good friend Karyn produce the “Morning Show” which is a news format TV show broadcast at their school each day. Kat has been accepted to Western Carolina University with a $6,000 scholarship. She plans to study communications. |
Melody Grace
Melissa Erin
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Danae and Mark Ogren |
Mark and Danae still live in Kingsland, GA, where Mark is a submariner in the Navy assigned to the USS West Virginia. Their American Bulldog “puppy,” Petey is now as big as a horse! Our family all went to Kingsland where the Ogrens hosted Thanksgiving this year. It was a really fun trip. As I write this, they are on a cruise after which they are headed to Nebraska to spend some time with Mark’s family.Thanks, God for the lovely family you have loaned us… May we be the people you want us to be.