Junior and the boys are opening their own shop!

Song

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two-pence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."  

- C. S. Lewis

Max and Sam - KDH article

 

Killeen Daily Herald

Ellison X-Country team 2011

Max the troll!

Naegle Family Art and Photos

Watercolor by my uncle, Stephen Naegle

http://www.naeglefriends.org/

This is a photo of my mother, Lynda Naegle Edwards, in 1954, taken by depression-era photographer, Dorothea Lange.  

Hello, it's me. Where did the year go?

It has been an interesting year.  I got cancer again.  Blah.  No fun.  No fun at all.  How did I deal with it?  I let myself deal with it any way I wanted to deal with it.... the only way I could.... one day at a time.  Plus, I had many other things and people to keep my mind off myself.  That helped.  It helped a bunch.  Then there is seventies music.  I can always pull that out of my hat too.  Oh, and Hallmark movies.  The ones with predictable plots, but I didn't care.  Then, when I could walk, walks to the pond.  Sitting by water, listening to frogs and watching birds dive in for a sip, is pretty restoring.  This is going to sound awful of me, but I have to be honest.  I know God was watching over me but I kind of took the phone off the hook for a while.  I don't know why.   Even so, I had a feeling it was okay with Him because He understood I did not really know what to say, but I kept a thankful heart.  Finally, when it struck me, I would write a poem.  Music, movies, walks, talks, writing and even well-placed denial might have kept my spirits up, but I could not have survived without my family, great doctors, nurses and wonderful friends.  I've been humbled to my core.  Again.

Back to School!

Now everyone is back to school!  Jake got a job working at Harker Heights High School.  We are very proud of him :) He has a cool and very energetic girlfriend named Jessica.

Jessica and Jake

Seth is almost done with his welding program and is thinking about automotive school next.  He is doing really well!  Luke started at CTC today. Yay!!! and discovered an interest in photography.

Photo by Luke Mayo

Destanni and Max

Max and Sam are taking all these dual credit classes and running.
Max has a sweet girlfriend named Destanni. 










Max and Sam volunteer in the emergency room at Metroplex Hospital and really enjoy it.  Sam wants to be a foreign exchange student next year.

Sam scaring kids

Josh and Song

Song is busy with school, band, her boyfriend Josh and learning how to drive.
Song also enjoys volunteering at the hospital.
So, that is what is going on with the kids
so far!


 

Song and the 'stang

Family Photos

So much has happened since I last wrote. Christmas was fun and relaxing and we finally got family photos taken by our very own Mandy!!! She did such an amazing job and it was the best day our family had together in a long time. WE LOVE YOU MANDY AND JEROMY!! Good news is Mandy is having a baby girl this summer :) and Alan is working in Yellow Stone National Park and enjoying it! Luke got first in the district in wrestling and is graduating from high school! Song's rabbit got second place in her class in breeding and has decided not to be an Emerald next year. Rather, she is concentrating on her music, since she thinks she may want to major in music in college. Sam made it to Region in track and Max qualified for BioScience!  Jake is building up his DJ business and Seth is coming right along with school and work! Junior had a health scare, but is doing much better now.

                         
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