Yes, Denis and I really do have seven children...
(Back: Geoff, Sydney. Front: Doug, Andrew, Guthrie, Georgia, Jessica
with grandchild Tyler)
(BTW, this is a pretty old picture, since Andrew just turned 5, Sept. 20, 2005!)
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Geoffrey (25) was a National Merit Scholar. He spent a year at NYU and one at USD. College didn't quite suit him. He spent some time as a baker in Santa Cruz, CA, where he picked up playing the banjo! He is now back in Vermillion with a wonderful contingent of his California friends. (They survived a winter in South Dakota and are ready to try it again!) Jessica (23) graduated in 2000 from Washington High School in Cherokee, Iowa. You can visit her homepage at members.tripod.com/jessical_kronaizl/index.html. Having never done any programming before, she created her page in one Saturday on Tripod.com using its quickstart utility. She quickly jumped to the advanced level, and is writing her own html code, and using it to share her poems and love of butterflies. She had a little boy, Tyler, on October 1, 2001 (a VERY digital bithday - 10.1.01 ;-) He is a living doll and nothing short of a miracle! Guthrie (23) graduated from Vermillion High School in 2001. He and his cousin, Jonah,spent time in Thailand with a work-study program during the summer of '00. They taught English as a second language. They spent 9 weeks in Nigeria during the summer of '01 working with SERAC (Social and Economic Rights Action Centre) to help legally defend people displace from their homes through urban development. An avid black and white photographer with his own darkroom, he brought back many interesting and beautiful photos of the people and landscape. Guthrie is also a musician, playing saxophone, bass, and guitar. He graduated in May of 2005 from St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM. He and his girlfriend, Katie, plan to go to Spain this fall and winter. Georgia (18) graduated May of 2005 from Vermillion High School. She loves to dance (ballet, pointe, character, modern and jazz), and taught ballet at Heart and Soul. At home, she is always reading a book (although she does take breaks to eat and sleep ;-) She also plays piano and saxaphone. She started college at Skidmore in Saratoga Spring, NY September, 2005. She is planning to get a degree in English Literature (and possibly Education - I think she'd make a GREAT teacher!) Douglas (12) is a 7th grader at Vermillion Middle School. He likes Weird Al Yankovic and has taken up playing accordion! He's really good, too! He plays the Ninetendo game songs on accordion, like Mario Brothers (including the water level) and Zelda! He's even made money "busking" in front of the coffee shop! (Busking is playing music on street corners for whatever money passersby wish to give you.) Sydney (9) is in 4th grade at St. Agnes School. She likes to do ride her bike and play the recorder. She also draws beautiful pictures and writes poems for her own greeting cards. Andrew (5) is the baby (for now ;-) He started pre-school at St. Agnes September, 2005.
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(You
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My Story... To
read the story of how I nearly aborted my first child, Geoffrey,
visit Vanderbilt Students
for Life. I am a long-time member of the group, Feminists for Life. Some other sites I strongly recommend are:
You can also
visit Augustana's Life Alliance website at http://student.augie.edu/~lifealliance
It has links to lots of good pro-life resources on the life links
page, http://student.augie.edu/~lifealliance/lifelinks.html
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