Well, I'm going to try to catch up a year's worth of information and pictures for you. We had a great year. One of MY highlights of the year was visiting Philadelphia - I want to go back and spend more time there. There is SO MUCH history there!
Enjoy the pictures - I'll try to keep the blog updated more frequently with more information.
We are in our second year of Howard's contract with the hospital here in Albemarle, NC. He has this year and one more year on the contract. Then, who knows what the future holds. We are open to where God will lead us.
Enjoy!

Snow in January 2011!

After a walk in the snow, Trixie decided the fire looked and felt mighty good!

Christmas at home - 2010





Heather loving on Sherlock

Andrew and Sawyer

Howard and his mom making a Japanese Fruit Cake - YUM!!!!!!

Christmas 2010 -

First Picture - Howard and his mom

Second Picture - Amber and her husband, Greg

Third Picture - Amber and Greg's daughter, Courtney

Fourth Picture - Tracy's husband, Bryan, holding Breanna, with Taylor in the foreground

Last Picture - Tracy and Breanna

Some pictures around where we live -- Albemarle, North Carolina
Fall-2010

In September 2010, we went to Philadelphia to watch Heather run in a half-marathon race. She did great and actually finished the race!
We got to eat at a couple of really neat restaurants, and one of them was the "City Tavern", one of the oldest restaurants in town, dating back to the 1700's.

Heather, Andrew and I visited the oldest penitentiary and one of the founders of that penitentiary was one of my ancestors, Benjamin Rush! (pictured here)
We had a great time, and I would love to go back and visit again. There is so much to see!

Summer at the Beach 2010!
Seated: Meme, friend of Courtney's, Courtney, Tracy, and Amber.

Pretty Beanna

Handsome Taylor

Fun at the Lake! Here's our friend, Rod, fishing. His son, Sadri, posing in the blue life jacket...

...friend Paige in the red life jacket, daughter Gabby in the green life jacket, and little Carmen and her sister Paige.
Great times were had by all!

Amber and Courtney came up for a visit during Courtney's spring break (2010) and they enjoyed fishing (although they didn't catch anything).

Granddaughter Courtney, Howard holding Trixie, and daughter Amber.

Taylor and Breanna

Howard holding Breanna when she was really little, and above, Taylor and Breanna

In February 2010, we went to visit Heather and Andrew in State College, Pa. The far picture to the left shows Heather holding their beagle, Sherlock, and Andrew is holding th walker hound Sawyer.

The next picture shows Trixie checking out their backyard full of snow.

Another picture of their backyard and below is Heather in her lab working on an experiment.