Here we are with the rest of our immediate family, during a visit to Pasco, Washington last January. Dean's daughter Stacy is on the far left next to Dean, followed by Stacy's daughter Jordan and son Tyson. Next you see my daughter Laurel holding Xena the wonder dog and me. Last but not least is Presley, Stacy's other daughter. We had a great blended family visit. I tried to crop out the legs in this photo but no go.
Stacy is just finishing up a two-year program in dental hygiene. As a single Mom of three kids, we are quite proud of her accomplishments. She already has a job lined up when she graduates and is currently househunting. Jordan has just turned 13 and plays soccer. Her favorite song last year was "Redneck Woman." Tyson is 7 (the same age as Xena), and loves SpongeBobSquarePants. Presley is 10 and is one of those people who was born happy and is a wonderful ray of sunshine for everyone. They are great kids. Missing from this photo is Stacy's friend Jeremy, who has been an important part of her support system while in school.
Laurel is getting ready to move to Tucson where she will start a Master's in Public Health Program at University of Arizona in the fall. We are quite proud of her too- she received a scholarship for the program and told she was at the top of their list. After working in Honduras for six months on my diarrhea study last year, she is fluent in Spanish. Her goal is to do health education with Latina women and public health research.
Here is a photo of Laurel and her main man, Noah, on their sixth anniversary of dating this past March.
One of my favorite family photos is from when Laurel and Noah came to visit us on a boating vacation with Jordan and Presley a couple of summers ago. 
As you can see, we are quite blessed to have such a great family and will look forward to visits from all of them in the coming years while we are cruising on Emily B.
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