Peace
on Earth
December, 2007
Merry Christmas from Barbara
& Mike.
Hello. We hope
you had a great year. We were blessed this year with some memorable family time and an epic trip to Australia.
In March, the
four Gnau sisters (aka the coven) gathered in Myersville for a weekend. Madison
and Lucas came along to moderate the frenzy.
Kate &
Lindy spent a week with us in June and again in August. We discovered the
Thurmont Zoo and also revisited the Land of Little Horses in Gettysburg.
Barbara &
I were able to spend 10 days at Oak Island in March and again in July. I have
determined that when retirement does come, I will be able to handle it just
fine.
The highlight
of our year was a 12 day trip to Australia to visit Courtney. John & Vicki
Cadden joined us on the memorable trip. We flew from Dulles to LAX to Sydney.
Spent 2 days touring Sydney. Then we flew to Melbourne. We stayed at the
Citigate Hotel in the center of downtown Melbourne. Melbourne is a great
metropolitan city with a multinational culture; we met some really nice people.
We spent 3 days driving the Great Ocean Road along the coast of the South
Ocean. The scenery along the coast is unforgettable, and the people we met at
the B&Bs and bars were interesting folks. One amazing day, we walked
through a rain forest and watched Koalas up close in the wild. We also spent 2
days touring the Yarra Valley wine country. Again, the scenery was amazing and
the people were even better. We flew Quantas both ways and were pleased with the
flights.
The Guptons
visited Myersville again this years at Thanksgiving. Both Kate & Lindy are
becoming very good riders. McKenzie, their 22 year old pony, is going strong.
Lindy has continued to have clean scans, so we
feel truely blessed. Barbara is heavily involved in raising funds for Lindy’s
Neuroblastoma Research Project at UNC Children’s Hospital. This year we were
informed that the research has found an existing drug that may be effective at
killing neuroblastoma cells. This is great news, because a new drug can take
many years to be developed and licensed.
If you visit Maryland, we would love to
see you. Our house is located near Hagerstown, about an hour from Washington,
DC and Baltimore. 11908 Woodland Way Rd., Myersville, MD 21773. Phone
301-293-4375. Email: barbandmike@webtv.net
or michael.w.kelly@eds.com.
Thank you all
for your prayers and good thoughts for Lindy. She has scans scheduled for late December,
so please continue to include her in your prayers. We truly value all the time
we get to spend with the girls.
Peace and love,
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Mike and Barbara Kelly
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