Its My Life!: Family Christmas Newsletter 2019

Merry Christmas from the Fowle Family!

Welcome to our wild and wonderful world... okay, maybe the "wild" part for sure... and for the most part, wonderful. :)

Here is a snapshot of our year, in order of birth (not including the old folks)...

Serena & Charlie are happily still fostering “Baby Ty” and hoping that he can officially become theirs in 2020. Ty is a happy, healthy 17-month old who is running in all directions all the time! We get to see him several times per year and are spending Christmas with them in Houston this year! Serena is now supervising a team of account managers at Alliant Group in downtown Houston and has added many air miles this year! Charlie is freelancing as a web designer and playing poker. The Hedgepeths traveled to several weddings this year, in Big Bend, West Texas, Kansas, and Mexico!

Cassie & Cole are as busy as we are! They are house-hunting this winter and hope to be in a home of their own by April. Jaxson is in first grade this year, and doing AMAZINGLY well! He continues to win awards at school for his attitude and academics. Gracie Mae is 4 going on 25 and in her final year of preschool. She is quite the diva! Cassie and Cole are very happy with their church family and are helping develop a new church campus in Garner.

Sam has also just passed his one-year anniversary at Lowes Home Improvement in Apex. He is also being groomed for bigger things at work, and continues to work hard at adulting. His faithful cat, Poo, is still large and in charge! :)

Danny recently celebrated his one-year anniversary as a permanent DELL employee. He has been shadowing in different departments as they groom him for bigger things, and he is eager to step into a supervisory position! The boys still share a house not far from us.

With a handle on her medical issues, Kennedy moved into an apartment in Raleigh for her senior year at NC State. She traveled to Houston twice this year — once for a baby fix, and once to check out Houston University. She and Lynanne did a whirlwind trip to visit potential grad schools this fall — Boston, Philadelphia, and NYC. In addition to school, she has divided her time between an internship at the local chamber of commerce, a part-time job in the social work dept, and nannying. She is also on the board of Phi Alpha honor society. Her only regret this year is that she hasn’t been able to do any intl. traveling, but she has been concentrating on finishing school strong! One semester to go!

Mark & Lynanne have had a busy year — Lynanne continues her work at Campbell University, and Mark is still commuting to Durham every day. We took a couple of quick trips this year to visit family and friends—to NH in May, a trip to VA to do family history research, in July, and to TX in August to celebrate our foster grandson’s 1st birthday! Lynanne remains active in her Rotary Club and GoalFriends group. Mark continues to be active in the Masons.

Barb & Darryl have spent the past year settling into their new digs here at the homestead. We got some landscaping done and set up the bird-feeding station early in the year. Barb joined a church choir and a community chorale in 2019 and now rehearses two nights/week! They built bookcases in two rooms and unpacked all of Darryl’s books! This fall, they have joined a program where they read books to 1st and 2nd graders who read below grade level at a local elementary school. Retirement is looking pretty good to them!