This past year has been extremely busy one and blessed to be sure!

We got a chance to travel to Negril to refresh from a cold winter.

We came home to enjoy the wonderful feeling of Spring, bringing forth the freshness and newness of growing flowers and budding trees.

We enjoyed with pride (and fond memories of our own) watching our youngest graduate from Basic Training at Fort Jackson.  We enjoyed traveling across the country; to visit family and friends while the weather held up. Late in the summer, after solving the question of who enslaved our 2x great-grandfather Franklin Hatter,  and sharing with other historians at Harewood plantation in Charles Town, West VA.,

I finished writing the family history book ” Yes We Remember” and  spoke on the Hatter part of the family at the AAHGS convention in Richmond.

Marilyn developed a course she will teach at NOVA this year.  I received a new titanium knee and was able to walk without a cane by Christmas!  We watched our grandchildren grow sooo tall and get drivers licences, jobs, and good grades in school. They are sprouting up and maturing and trying their best to make us feel old. But all in all, 2015 was a very good year for our family, we didn’t lose anyone, all of us are busy, healthy, and feeling good.

We welcome the new year by wishing for peace, happiness and goodness throughout the world.  Resolving to Pay it forward – Be kind each day and give of yourself to help others less fortunate.  We only have the here and now so let us make the best of life by being kind.

Happy New Year Everyone!