Peace
on Earth
December, 2006
Merry Christmas from Barbara
& Mike.
We had a great year in 2006. Everyone is
doing well, and Lindy’s tests continue to be clean. She has another set
scheduled for late December. We made it to the beach at Oak Island 3 times this
year; March, July, and September. Several family members were able to share the
beach with us each trip.
Barbara is heavily involved in raising
funds for Lindy’s Neuroblastoma Research Project at UNC Children’s Hospital.
She conducted a raffle of a beautiful Friendship Garden Quilt that was handmade
by Kathy Pascarella. With much help from friends and family in Kentucky, Maryland,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Texas &
Kansas, the raffle raised over $7500 for the research project. Robbie &
Lynn raised another $2700 at their annual oyster roast on November 4 at their
house in Raleigh.
Barbara visited Louisville twice this
summer. The first time was to visit our niece, Madison Stitzer, while she was
recovering from successful knee surgery. The second time was to visit all the
cousins accompanied by Lynn, Kate, & Lindy. Then on December 1, we both
went to Louisville for the wedding of Kristin Gnau & Michael Earls. As always we enjoyed spending time with the
family on a visit that was all too brief.
Courtney and her ultimate team, Ambush,
came to Maryland for a tournament again this year in August. It was great to
see all the girls again. Several of them stayed at our house, and the whole
team came for dinner one night.
Lynn, Robbie, Kate, & Lindy visited us
in Myersville for 5 days at Thanksgiving. The girls had a ball riding &
grooming McKenzie. They both ride very well. They played ball with the dogs and
“rubbed” the cats. They both enjoy doing barn chores. Grammy & Granddad
enjoyed all the games we played. The Guptons also visited Disney World this
summer thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
All our animals are doing well. Maggie at
age 11 is slowing down a little, but she still participates in all our
activities. McKenzie continues to be a great pony, and the girls love to ride
him. Our house is still listed for sale, but the housing market is slow here.
When it finally sells, we plan to move to North Carolina.
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. We continue to 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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