A Christmas Letter from Joe & Patti - December 2001
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wow! What an fabulously eventful year this past year has been!

Patti and Joe met for the first time on December 30, 2000 ... Joe proposed the next day, on New Year's Eve ... Patti made Joe wait for her answer until the following year ....... (the next day) ... New Year's day, January 1, 2001 ... after she prayed much about how God would have her answer. Her answer was "Yes."   Obviously, there is a lot more to this story.   ; )

Click here for some wedding photos

So ....... Joe had a garage sale and sold almost everything that he couldn't pack into his car and and drove the 1,590 miles from Camano Island, Washington to Gilbert, Arizona ... in two days and the happy couple began an exciting new life together.

Within a few days after Joe arrived in Arizona, a buyer came forth and bought Patti's house ... for cash money ... for the full asking price.   How often does that happen?

Then, we found a wonderful new home which was "too good to be true" in Mesa, Arizona ... in a beautiful, quiet neighborhood ... close to absolutely everything, including a much closer/easier drive for Patti to her work.
Click here to see a snapshot of our new home.

Patti's daughter, Tracie, stayed with us only two nights in our new home and then "off she went into the wild blue yonder ..." (she joined the Air Force) and we became instant empty nesters.