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Monday, April 2, 2012

HIGH MOMENTS - YOUNG ADULTHOOD

Getting married to Debbie on August 11, 1973, within two months of graduating from college!

Our honeymoon!  :-)

Our first apartment in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Travis being born on February 24, 1976.

A wonderful camping vacation (August, 1983) to the Smokies in Tennessee.  We had purchased a used tent-camper.  Travis was two-and-a-half.  We took Deb's brother, Wally, with us as his high school graduation gift!  We did a lot of white water tubing and did water-slides for the first time!  Great stories!

Becoming a full-time pastor at Jeannette, Pennsylvania in June, 1976.

Being ordained in June, 1978.

Troy being born on August 24, 1980.

Tracie being born on August 13, 1981 - that's right, eleven months later!  :-)

Becoming pastor of the Oakland Free Methodist Church in East Liverpool, Ohio in June, 1982. 

In 1983, we upgraded to a little newer pop-up camper and started an annual, July pilgrimage to Pymatuning Lake, Jamestown, Pennsylvania.  Every summer for the next twenty years found us camping there for a week!

About the same time, we began including the Canfield Fair as a staple in our family activities - often as a part of our camping trip to Pymatuning State Park! 

Graduating from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in June, 1987.

Christmases were always special times - especially as the children became our focus!

Family Camp was always a fun time for our family as we packed up and moved to the Tri-State Campground for ten days every July!

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