Wednesday, January 01, 2014

2013 Year End Review

2013 was a good year for us.  We experienced lots of change and adjustments this year!

Brooke shared her amazing voice as a soloist in the WV Solo and Ensemble.  She ran her last Cross Country races, and sang her last A Cappella and Chamber choir concerts as she finished up her high school career and graduated with honors from Parkersburg High School.  She made the big move to West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon and completed her first semester with straight A's.

Tyler moved up to Parkersburg High School and began playing in the Big Red Band.  He played 3rd Bass this season and loves band.  He also built a super computer with a water cooling system for gaming and has since built 2 more for his friend and his brother.  He is a whiz at computers and Chad and I have no idea what he is talking about half the time!  He is currently working on his Eagle Scout Project.

Nicholas is in 8th grade at Hamilton Middle School.  He was voted into student council.  He plays trumpet in the band and really enjoyed move up day to play at halftime with the Big Red Band.  He plans to join the Big Red Band this summer.  We will have two boys in the Big Red Band which makes Papa Ed very proud. He has waited many years for someone in his family to follow in his footsteps and play with the Pride of Parkersburg Big Red Band!

Chad continues as a scheduler/planner at Dupont.  Dupont is spinning off so the name will be changing. His mom moved from over an hour away to right here in Parkersburg so he is constantly busy keeping up with two houses.  He devotes time working with the boys Scout troop and assisting our Youth Pastor with the teens.

Michelle continues to teach reading as a Title I Basic Skills teacher at Martin Elementary School.  She loves her job and considers helping children that struggle with reading as her ministry.  She and her sister became passionate about helping people get healthy and started teaching essential oils classes.  Their business is thriving and they have assisted many people in achieving wellness. 

2014 will start us on a New Year that is sure to bring more blessings and possibly some more changes. We have several issues which we have handed over to the Lord.  We know that in His time these issues will also turn into blessings.   We will continue to pray and trust in him.  This year our goal is to be a blessing to others and to look for and be thankful for the blessings given to us. 

Have a BLESSED 2014!