December 2014
Dear Online Family and Friends,
As another year winds to a close, we
want you to know we're thinking about you and wishing you everything
good in the coming year. It's been a stressful year for us. We were
very sad to lose Dwayne to a medication error, lose a neighbor to the
flu, and have friends in intensive care for heart and lung
related-problems. Ken and I are fighting some kind of bug right now,
but this summer he was fine, since he paced himself with R&R
breaks from construction on our apartment (inside the airplane
hangar.) I've been fine, too, with the exception of a digestive
problem I had back in April, which kept me from going home to Indiana
for family visiting and machine knitting fun.
David and Julie have settled into their
new place, complete with cows, goats, and chickens (fresh eggs, yay!)
Julie recently hired on with a local casino's personnel department.
Their daughter, Jennifer's, family is doing great, and we'll see even
more of them next year when she moves to Ft. Walton Beach, Fl, as
part of a military reassignment. More good news: Dave and Julie's
son, DJ, is engaged to Stephanie McCloud. They plan to marry next
June. Jordan, Dave and Julie's youngest daughter, has made some
positive changes in her life and now lives here and works for a local
bank. Dwayne's son, Mikael, is doing really well with his web
business. We're so proud of everything he's accomplished. We saw
Robert and his wife, Barbara, and their children, Trenton and Joshua,
at Dave and Julie's when Dwayne died. It's always a surprise how fast
the grandchildren grow up.
My son, Mike, and his children, Nick
and Tiffiney, are doing good. Mike's found another job in the RV
industry that has a shorter commute. Always a consideration when the
weather gets as bad as it does in northern Indiana. It was fabulous
to spend time with them, and Mike's friend, Jenny, and her two sons,
RJ and Charley, earlier this month. It was an impromptu trip, made
when we finally had the time after shutting down the Arkansas place
for the winter.
Speaking of the Arkansas place, here
are a couple pictures. Ken did a lot of framing this summer. The
place will be ready for electric, plumbing, etc. when we return there
next spring. The picture on the bottom shows some large trees being
removed that were threatening the hangar.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with love and good things always!
Ken and Joni
