Suz's family remains scattered across the country, with Mom living in Stuart, FL (north of West Palm); Dennis in Thousand Oaks, CA; Denise in Denver; and Christine in San Diego.

Our entire clan most recently got together for an Alaskan cruise in August of 2003. On one of the formal nights, all fifteen of us stood still long enough for a family portrait.

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It's hard enough to imagine any of our nieces or nephews in college, let alone four out of the six of them! All of Denise's kids are at CU-Boulder. The oldest, Stephen, is in his fifth and final year at CU-Boulder where he is studying aerospace engineering and astronomy. When he graduates in the spring, he will receive both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees simultaneously. In his spare time (when he's not designing and launching satellites), he has taken up fencing.

Lauren is in her junior year CU in August 2004 majoring in accounting. Since the summer following her freshman year, she has been interning for Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS) and doing all sorts of fabulously cool things like learning to fire Glocks and Colt submachine guns!

Kevin is now a sophomore at CU studying linguistics and math. Having mastered Japanese already, he is know learning Korean, with thoughts of becoming an interpreter.

Christine's oldest, Daniel, started his freshman year at Notre Dame in August 2006. He hopes to play soccer with the Irish as a walk-on. Tamara is a sophomore at Poway High where has played varsity soccer since her freshman year. This past summer, she and her club soccer team had the experience of a lifetime serving as flag-bearers for one of the World Cup games in Germany. Theresa is in eighth grade and, while dance remains her first love, has recently begun taking voice lessons at the urging of her various choir coaches.