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.