Merry Christmas 2013
Hello Family and Friends,
Well 2013 sure was interesting. It really started in Dec of 2012 when Manny
decided to move to Seattle to join up with Kathy in Edmonds, Washington. The house in Tampa finally sold (thank you
God) and Manny spent some time in the DC area living with Mane and Tony
Diez. Christmas 2012 was spent with
Brandon, Sophia and Austin in DC for Paul Hamm’s wedding. A good time had by all.
Then Mel agreed to drive with Manny across the country. We made it in 4 days. Too many stories to recount here. Margy is also in Seattle.
Manny and Kathy settled into the Edmonds routine and spent some
weekends with Brandon and Sophia’s parents.
Manny also played a lot of bridge and we would take ROAD Trips into the
mountains.
In May, Austin graduated from UFla with a degree in
accounting and got a summer job in Tampa at KPMG. He also got accepted into the USF graduate
program and lives with our good friends Dr. and Catherine Marston.
Kathy’s best friend Janet visited and eventually moved her
family to Seattle too. Kathy and Janet
went to Oregon to see some Whales and Kathy fell in love with the Oregon
coast. It was on our bucket list to live
near the beach some day. So in July we
moved to Astoria/Seaside Oregon where Kathy was offered a job.
On July 27, 2013, our first grandchild was born. Ethan Immanuel Suarez to Brandon and Sophia
who are now living in San Diego, California.
What a BIG beautiful baby. We have
visited several times and also Skyped on the computer. We look forward to the Baptismal in Feb.
2014.
Manny is now still playing a lot of bridge and subbing at
the three local public high schools: Seaside, Astoria and Warrenton. Kathy loves her new little house (rental) and
has spent a year decorating it. We still
take our Road Trips. We got our first
BIG snow storm in Dec. and learning how to drive on icey roads.
Hope everyone has a safe and warm Christmas.
Love, Kathryn and Manny Suarez in Oregon, Austin in Tampa,
Brandon, Sophia and ETHAN in San Diego.
