As I reflect on this past year, I realize I have much to be grateful for…this Christmas was the first in 5 years that all four of my children and my Mom were able to be here with us. As the kids pair up and alternate family holidays, and Mom returns south again next year; I know these times are special and rare.
In January of this
past year, Britt and her boyfriend, Chad, moved back to Wisconsin after living
in Denver, Colorado the past six years. Both Britt and Chad were fortunate to
find new jobs fairly quickly; Britt is the Marketing Manager for a large
printing company in Sun Prairie, and Chad is doing Graphic Design work for Air
Graphics in Fitchburg.
Britt was the last of
the girls to migrate back to the Midwest.
All three of them have lived far away (Colorado and California) for a
good part of the past 10 years. Britt, Kristin, and Austin all now live within
15 minutes of our house, and Molly and Lukas are only a couple hours away in
Chicago. It has been so much fun
for Tom and I to have the kids so close. We didn’t realize how much we missed
them.
Kristin returned for her second year of
teaching Middle School Art in Beaver Dam. This marks her tenth year of
teaching! Kristin is also my creative partner in our Fiber Art Gypsy Doll
venture. It has been wonderful having her so near for our collaborations.
Molly has had a
momentous year! Over Labor Day
weekend she and Lukas got married in a beautiful outdoor wedding in Chicago. So
many of our dear friends and family
were there to help us celebrate. It was a magical weekend we will not soon
forget.
We feel blessed to welcome Lukas into our family.
Molly and Lukas both
happily continue to work in the Marketing/Advertising field in downtown
Chicago. Molly is an Account Executive at Plan B Advertising and Lukas is the
Marketing Manager at HIMSS, a Non-Profit Organization.
Austin joined Tom
in business this year, officially becoming the fourth generation Gannon to join
in the Real Estate end of The Gannon Company. (Keep him in mind if you have any
Real Estate needs. He is always willing to help you buy or sell (:
Austin also took
some Construction Administration classes at MATC this summer, and studied for,
and received his Real Estate Brokers License .
2012 brought a promise of things to come for the Construction part of the business…and Tom and Austin
built a gorgeous custom home for the first time in a few years! They also built
several condos, duplexes., and four units. They have also started dabbling in rental properties.
After many
years of intense art fair gigs and
pedaling my wares to galleries, I have cut back this year to mostly selling my (our) Gypsy Dolls in my (our) online Etsy store.
For right now, that seems to be enough while I contemplate what my next
project/direction will be.
Tom and I took
only one longer vacation this year-Florida in February-we loved eclectic Key
West! Of course, there were also my wedding related trips to Chicago and many
weekend jaunts to our little cabin
on Presque Isle Lake. It was great
having the kids join us in the north woods for many of those weekends.
It was, all in
all, an eventful, lovely year.
I hope that you
and your family have had a year full of good changes and grand adventures just
as I have. I hope that you have made some truly magical memories.
And, I hope that
the New Year brings you
More time with
those you love,
Perfect health,
Abundant joy,
peace and contentment.
Happy 2013!
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